Online surveys hope to paint demographic profiles of COVID-19 pandemic
An article mentions Rice's collaborative effort to establish the COVID-19 Registry, which aims to compile a demographic portrait of the pandemic’s impact on Houston. Another Rice effort, COVIDSense, takes a global approach to collecting data to provide information for decision-makers. Rice community members mentioned or quoted include Ashok Veeraraghavan, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science; Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics and director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Urban Data Platform; Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering; and former Rice Provost Marie Lynn Miranda.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-covid-registry
Coronavirus live updates: Another COVID-19 testing site to open at Houston-area middle school
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-covid-registry
HPM local newscast for 8 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-covid-registry
There's no church, but it's still Easter and Christians are celebrating
Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ecklund
Special Edition: Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund and Dr. Stacey Rose (April 10, 2020)
Houston Public Media (This "Houston Matters" segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ecklund
Katy priest brings Good Friday services to community during coronavirus pandemic
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ecklund
Review: Marie Kondo sparks joy at work by bringing her KonMari method to the workplace
An article features the new book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, titled "Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."
USA Today (This article appeared in the April 13 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-sonenshein
Fortune's 'Inside Business' on CBS News Radio
http://dateline.rice/april-13-sonenshein (This segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
Fuel shortages pile pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro
An article quotes Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, Center for the United States and Mexico and Latin America Initiative and a lecturer in energy economics.
Financial Times (This article also appeared in Tech Deep.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-monaldi
The chicken game — Russia and Saudi Arabia’s war on oil prices
The Organization for World Peace
http://dateline.rice/april-13-monaldi
Fuel shortage in full pandemic: Venezuela running out of fuel
Red & Black Student Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/april-13-monaldi
Mexico’s coronavirus battle began late
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is quoted.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 12 print edition of the Express-News, and it appeared online in Lady Click.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-payan
North Texas doctor’s offices are hurting, too, and they’re crucial to the COVID-19 response
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 12 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ho
Free-market competition is one of the greatest strengths of the US oil industry
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, authored an op-ed.
The Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared in the April 12 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-finley
Air quality has improved since Houstonians have been forced indoors. But some fear EPA rollbacks.
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted and interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-cohan
HPM local newscast for 4 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-cohan
HPM local newscast for 12 p.m., Friday, April 10, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-cohan
HPM local newscast for 7 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2020
A broadcast features Rice research that suggests single mothers are more likely to hold jobs that are considered "essential" during the pandemic and face many unique challenges. Quianta Moore, fellow in child health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-moore
Yet another consequence of the pandemic: More plastic waste
Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and environment at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Wired
http://dateline.rice/april-13-meidl
How to stop touching your face
An article features a list of five science-backed recommendations to help people stop touching their face and reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus. Jim Pomerantz, professor of psychological sciences, is quoted and interviewed.
NewsCenter 1 (This article also appeared in My High Plains, KOAA Online and WYNT Online. This segment also aired on more than 80 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-pomerantz
I live alone and won't be able to hug anyone for months. What can I do until then?
Zoe Wool, assistant professor of anthropology, is quoted.
Huffington Post Canada (This article also appeared in NewsCaf.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-wool
Texas colleges flexible on fall admissions while navigating through coronavirus pandemic
Rice Vice President for Enrollment Yvonne Romero da Silva is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-da-silva
Coronavirus shutdowns pose grave economic risk, raising difficult questions
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of its Center for Public Finance, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 12 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-diamond
How technology will change us after the COVID-19 pandemic is over
Klara Jelinkova, vice president for international operations and information technology and chief information officer at Rice, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 12 print edition of the Chronicle's "Extra: Week in Review." This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-jelinkova
Houston companies will win the COVID-19 battle: Here’s why
Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, co-authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 13 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-mittal
Daily on Energy: Winners and losers from the big global oil deal
An energy roundup quotes Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/april-13-krane
Does vote-by-mail favor Democrats? Utah begs to differ, plus other mistruths about mail voting.
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
The Salt Lake Tribune (This article also appeared online in CT Now and Hot air, and similar articles appeared in the April 11 print editions of the Buffalo News and Denver Post.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-stein
What could mail-in voting mean for Pennsylvania in the age of COVID-19? Seven experts weigh in.
Public Source
http://dateline.rice/april-13-stein
Study: Bottling up emotions after death of spouse can lead to serious health problems
Stress, loneliness and lack of sleep can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences.
Study Finds (Similar articles also appeared in the April 12 print editions of The Herald, The Sun News and the Belleville News-Democrat.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-fagundes
See where Texans are staying home to fight COVID-19
An article and broadcast mentions a study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research that suggests Harris County's stay-at-home order has spared more than 40,000 people from being hospitalized by the coronavirus.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kinder-study
Avoid family gatherings: Health experts remind us to keep social distancing through Easter weekend
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kinder-study
Study: County residents staying put
An article cites a collaborative study by Rice's Kinder Institute of Urban Research that analyzed smartphone data to determine how area stay-at-home-orders affected traffic and the environment.
Fort Bend Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kinder-study
How universities are developing COVID-19 solutions in real time
An article mentions that the design plans for an emergency ventilator developed by a team of Rice engineering experts and students are now online and freely available to anyone in the world.
PBS NewsHour
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
16 million out of work: Yet the private sector is making progress against coronavirus
The National Interest
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
Africa needs Afrocentric solutions to beat COVID-19
The Seattle Times
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
Modified sleep apnea machines can ease ventilator crisis
News Dio
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
Engineers at Billings Flying Service work with neurosurgeon to build ventilator
Billings Gazette (This article also appeared in the Missoulian, KHQ Online and KULR Online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
'KULR News at 10'
KULR-TV (Billings, Montana)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator (This segment aired eight times.)
Vidor teacher making face shields to aid area health care workers
The Orange Leader
http://dateline.rice/april-13-ventilator
Shuttered Houston farmers market returns temporarily to help amid coronavirus pandemic
An article features alumna Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram, owner of The Rawfully Organic Co-op, which is offering curbside vegetable pickup.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/april-13-hbj
Astros' Lance McCullers on deck for 'MLB The Show' video game tournament
An article mentions former Rice baseball player Jon Duplantier.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-duplantier
Why Texas colleges need a football season … at some point
An article mentions that Rice's football team played in the Cotton Bowl following the 1957 season. Former Rice athletic director Chris Del Conte is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 12 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-cotton
A driving and walking tour of Houston’s sculptures for our social-distancing age
An article mentions that artwork by James Surls is located near McNair Hall, the home of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, and the Susan and Raymond Brochstein Pavilion.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 12 print edition of the Chronicle's "Zest" section, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-hc
‘I miss the daily unexpected’: An ode to the city we yearn to touch again
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 12 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-hc
USG Senate discusses academic advocacy, increasing transparency
An article mentions that student body presidents from universities around the country, including Rice, have signed an open letter calling for transparency about how graduate schools, fellowship institutions and internships will weigh grades from this semester.
The Daily Princetonian
http://dateline.rice/april-13-dp
Death of Waco native, New York jazz singer Jan Forney mourned by family, friends
An article mentions that alumna Jan Forney has died at 66.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-13-forney
Ask what you can do for your country, an essay (with help from JFK)
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Cape Cod Wave Magazine
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kennedy
OPINION: COVID-19 fue pronosticada y brotó sin estar preparados
The World News (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kennedy
How Vanderbilt’s COVID-19 response compares to other top 20 institutions
Rice is mentioned.
Vanderbilt Hustler
http://dateline.rice/april-13-vh
Woman moves beyond bread-making stage of lockdown, breaks ground on mill in apartment
A satirical news outlet mentions a fake study from Rice.
The Beaverton
http://dateline.rice/april-13-fake-study
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Bruce Baillie, ‘essential’ avant-garde filmmaker, dies at 88
An article mentions that the late Bruce Baillie formerly taught filmmaking at Rice.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Art Daily.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-nyt
Homo galacticus: How space will shape the humans of the future
Scott Solomon, associate teaching professor in biosciences at Rice, is quoted.
MSN International (This Science Alert article also appeared in Newsbeezer, Vaaju, MSN Australia, MSN Arabia and MSN Iran, and it appeared in the April 12 print edition of Iran Daily and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-solomon
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Review: ‘Communion’ author Whitley Strieber sums up his life with alien visitors in ‘A New World’
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice, is quoted.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-kripal
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Mapping blood flow below in the skin in high resolution
An article features Rice research that developed PulseCam, which can make high-resolution maps of flowing blood. Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Tech Explorist (This article also appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-sabharwal
Capsule waverider: Spacecraft that survive fire, surfs its own wave
An article mentions that Patrick Rodi, professor in the practice in mechanical engineering, designed a spacecraft that could withstand a fiery return from space and float on its shock wave.
Tech Explorist
http://dateline.rice/april-13-rodi
Rice University professor designs 'capsule waverider' spacecraft
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' "Daily Launch"
http://dateline.rice/april-13-rodi
Best Python online courses in 2020: Learn or develop Python coding skills
An article mentions that Rice offers a Python Programming Essentials course on Coursera.
TechRadar
http://dateline.rice/april-13-tr
Meet the cast of 'The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart'
Former Rice football player Gabe Baker is featured.
Men's Health
http://dateline.rice/april-13-baker
The power of tapping academic communities for tomorrow’s workforce needs
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Getting Smart
http://dateline.rice/april-13-openstax
SPORTS
Pelicans cap expert J.J. Polk leaving to become assistant GM with Bulls
An article features former Rice basketball player J.J. Polk.
Nola.com
http://dateline.rice/april-13-polk
Which MLB team has hit on the most 1st-round draft picks?
Former baseball player Anthony Rendon is featured.
Bleacher Report
http://dateline.rice/april-13-rendon
Trib Classic: Miraculous Bruins stampede Steers — Baylor beats Texas, Nov, 9, 1974
Rice football is mentioned.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-13-th
10 potential offers for Texas in the 2021 class
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-13-247
Marshall Notebook: Vegas sets modest expectations for Herd
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play Marshall University next season.
MetroNews
http://dateline.rice/april-13-mn
Cougars Mailbag: Why Nate Hinton declared for the NBA draft
An article mentions that Rice basketball player Trey Murphy III plans to transfer.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-13-murphy
Trey Murphy III talks virtual Villanova visit with VUSports
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-13-murphy
NEWS RELEASES
Mothers on low incomes left out of pandemic support, say Baker Institute experts
Women with children are one of the most vulnerable populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic since they’re often the primary parent and they’re more likely to have low-wage jobs, according to a brief co-authored by three Rice Baker Institute for Public Policy experts.
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-beebe-moore-bakhiet
Rice’s Glasscock School launches courses to help small businesses affected by pandemic
Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is teaming up with the Ion to provide education and insight to small business owners that can help them return to normal operations and recover from closures.
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-glasscock-school
PulseCam peeks below skin to map blood flow
Rice engineers have found a way to use a video camera to peek below the skin and make high-resolution maps that show doctors and nurses exactly how much blood is reaching the capillaries.
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-sabharwal
Rice revamps summer school for online learning
Plans are in place for summer school at Rice in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to administration officials. Rice will offer for-credit summer classes at a significant discount not only to registered undergraduate students but also to the general public.
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-summer-school
Spacecraft is designed to survive fire, surfs its own wave
Patrick Rodi, a pioneering aerospace engineer who joined Rice's Brown School of Engineering in 2018, has designed a high-flying vehicle called a “capsule waverider.”
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-rodi
Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals
Rice researchers determined that puzzling indicators from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tools are not due, as thought, to the paramagnetic properties of the rock but solely to the size of the space that traps the petrochemicals. The team expects the discovery will lead to better interpretation of NMR logs by the oil and gas industry, especially in unconventional shale formations.
http://dateline.rice/april-13-news-release-petro-research