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ByImageCaptionCloseRice University plans to take some of its fall courses outdoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will build nine structures on its campus to help maintain social distancing guidelines, according to a university release.Rice University plans to take some of its fall courses outdoors amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will build nine structures on its campus to help maintain social distancing guidelines, according to a universityRice University will hold classes in outdoor tents, asks students to bring own chairsBack to GalleryYou might consider class held in massive circus tents a little unconventional, but Rice University believes it's a perfect social distancing strategy.When Rice University plans to resume its on-site classes in August, students will be bringing their laptops and chairs into nine large tents and temporary buildings in order to manage social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic,"Reducing population density will require us to use spaces in non-traditional ways and increase the number of large venues on campus," the Rice University statement read.According to Rice University's director of news and media relations, Doug Miller, the plan calls for five (40 x 60 foot) tents which are currently on order. These will hold anywhere from 25 to 30 students.&nbsp; In addition to the tents, there will be four temporary buildings which are designed to accommodate 50 students and an instructor with the requisite 6 feet of distance maintained."In order to make best use of all our outdoor spaces, we will ask students who have portable chairs to bring them when they return to augment those already around the campus. We will also purchase a number of lightweight, portable camping-style chairs for student use," the statement read.Yes, Houston is scorching hot in August, but not to worry.&nbsp; The temporary structures will be "lighted, cooled, heated and ventilated,""Being in Houston, we can be outdoors the entire academic year," Kevin Kirby, Rice's VP for administration and chair of its Crisis Management Advisory Committee "As we've all learned about coronavirus, the risks decrease when you're outside.""So...students pay tuition to sit under tents with masks to listen to lectures in the Texas heat with high humidity. I just don't know if that will work--maybe November to March (Unless we have a crazy front - tropical weather)," wrote Debra Cerasa Courville on Facebook."Mosquitoes!" wrote Nancy Caraway Tucker Chambless on Facebook."Winter should be nice," wrote Sandy Hawkenson on Facebook.The concept was first noted by who touted this open-air plan as uniquely innovative."Students and professors will decorate the spaces with murals and video projections,"Kirby added this was a testament to Houston as a community."We are creative. We're resilient. And we do what matters," Kirby said.alison.medley@chron.com

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateYou might consider class held in massive circus tents a little unconventional, but Rice University believes it's a perfect social distancing strategy.When Rice University plans to resume its on-site classes in August, students will be bringing their laptops and chairs into nine large tents and temporary buildings in order to manage social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic,"Reducing population density will require us to use spaces in non-traditional ways and increase the number of large venues on campus," the Rice University...

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