The Cambridge Office Building (COB) offers several conference rooms available for campus-wide use, as well as additional meeting rooms reserved exclusively for building occupants. 

Reserving Conference Rooms

First-Floor Conference Rooms

• All first-floor conference rooms are booked exclusively through the COB Receptionist.
  • Email: cobreceptionist@rice.edu
  • Phone: 713-348-4600
• Reservations are available Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Conference Room 110 is regularly used as a classroom and is unavailable from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • During these hours, requests to use Room 110 must be submitted to registrar@rice.edu.
• Google Calendar access for all first-floor conference rooms is managed by the COB Manager. 

Shared Conference Rooms (Other Floors)

• Shared conference rooms on other floors can be reserved via Google Calendar. 
• The COB Manager assigns access levels for viewing or booking these spaces by user category.
• Reservation requests should be submitted to the COB receptionist, who processes all bookings through Google Calendar. 

Note: Reservation guidelines may be updated periodically to improve processes and better support building occupants. 

Calendar Access for Departments

• The COB Manager grants Google Calendar viewing access via Google Groups to departments that occupy COB.
• Departmental administrative coordinators may reserve 4th-floor conference rooms directly for their departments.
• Alternatively, departments may request reservations through the COB Receptionist. 

Requesting Google Group Access

To request a Google group for your department:

• Email cobmanager@rice.edu
• Include your department's staff list and associated NetIDs

Please review the floor plans and graphics below for details on meeting room locations, governance, including user categories and permission levels.