NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Long lines frustrate Houston voters in black neighborhoods
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted or interviewed in several media outlets.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 350 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
ICYMI: A Bush lost in Texas Tuesday night
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
A Bush lost in Texas for the first time in over 40 years on Super Tuesday
The Blaze
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Railroad Commission candidate may have had the Wright name
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 5 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Travis County voters faced long lines on Super Tuesday — but they had choices, clerk says
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Texas Democrat forced into runoff despite $6.5 million in spending from establishment
Washington Free Beacon
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Did Pierce Bush’s family name doom his congressional run, or did his campaigning?
Brownsville Herald (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in the March 5 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Dallas state Sen. Royce West headed for US Senate runoff
Dallas Observer
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones (This segment aired twice on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
KLBJ-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-jones (This segment aired 14 times.)
Will coronavirus get the better of OPEC and its allies?
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Al-Jazeera
http://dateline.rice/march-5-krane
California and Texas voters faced hourslong lines on Super Tuesday
Rice architecture student Madeleine Pelzel is quoted.
The Guardian (This Newsweek article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online, and it appeared in News Parliament.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-guard
Michael Brodeur will become The Post’s classical music critic
The Rice Public Art program is mentioned.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/march-5-washpo
Coronavirus live updates: One diagnosed ‘presumptive positive’ case in Fort Bend County
An article mentions that a small group of employees and students from Rice has been asked to self-quarantine due to a Rice employee's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus while on overseas travel. Rice has also cancelled all university-sponsored international spring break trips and other official international student travel in accordance with CDC travel restrictions to countries experiencing outbreaks.
MSN (This Houston Chronicle article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-msn
'It was only a matter of time': Coronavirus case marks milestone for region
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the March 5 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hc
Scary stuff: City braces for coronavirus outbreak
The Leader News
http://dateline.rice/march-5-leader
Texas universities recall students, clean doorknobs as coronavirus safeguards
Longview News-Journal (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in The Eagle and the Fort Worth Business Press, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-lnj
Italy closes all schools for two weeks as coronavirus spreads
The Scientist
http://dateline.rice/march-5-sci
What to know about coronavirus in Texas
San Angelo Standard-Times
http://dateline.rice/march-5-sast
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-khou (This segment aired twice.)
'Fox 8 News at 5'
WGHP-TV (Greensboro, North Carolina)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-wghp (This segment also aired twice on KXII-TV in Sherman, Texas.)
What Harris County is doing to prep for COVID-19 threat
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/march-5-abc13
'KPRC Channel 2 News Today'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-kprc
6 people under self-quarantine at UH in ‘abundance of caution’ for COVID-19 concerns
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hpm
HPM local newscast for 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hpm
Mikroläkare invaderar din kropp
An article on medical innovations mentions that researchers at Rice are developing a micromotor device that can travel in the body and target disease.
Illustrerad Vetenskap (An English translation is not available. This article appeared in the March 5 Denmark print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-iv
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University professor pokes Houston’s energy elite with climate change warnings
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is featured and pictured.
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This Bloomberg article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-blackburn
Census 2020 participation is vital to public health
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Texas Medical Center News
http://dateline.rice/march-5-ho
'Give us an hour on MSNBC': Sanders says he would love to debate 'Medicare for All' vs. for-profit system with Joe Biden
Common Dreams
http://dateline.rice/march-5-ho
New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
An article features collaborative Rice research that developed a new material that can be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness. Co-authors Andrew Barron, professor emeritus of chemistry, and alumna Kourtney Wright are mentioned.
University of Houston News (This article also appeared in News-Medical.net, AZo Sensors and Science Daily.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-barron
Houston companies place limits on travel as coronavirus spreads
Haiyang Li, professor of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-4-li
The Ion, DivInc partner to spur inclusivity in Houston tech
An article about startup accelerators mentions Rice's redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of 2021.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 5 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-the-ion
HISD aims to create district’s first computer science academy
An article features Rice’s Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-tapia-center
What’s eating Monica Pope?
An article mentions that the Rice Farmers Market is located behind Rice Stadium.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hc
Acceptance rates for Texas universities: US News & World Report
Rice's Lovett Hall is featured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hc
Music Fest, DJ Screw and kites at Hermann Park: 14 Bellaire, Meyerland and West U community events in March-April
A roundup mentions that films will be screened as part of Rice Media Center's 50th anniversary festivities March 7.
Community Impact Newspaper (This article also appeared in the March 3-April 6 digital and print editions of the Bellaire/Meyerland/West University issues.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-cin
University of Houston announces free tuition program for lower-income students
An article mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/march-5-innomap
BROADCAST
'Radical Revisionists': Contemporary African art
A video features Rice's Moody Center for the Arts' exhibition “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present,” on view through May 16. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is interviewed.
Houston Public Media's YouTube channel
http://dateline.rice/march-5-weaver
Scammers steal millions remotely hijacking smartphones
An article mentions that James Meadows teaches at Rice.
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-fox26
'News Channel 7'
Former Rice student Reny Jose, who went missing while on spring break in Florida in 2014, is pictured.
WJHG-TV (Panama City, Florida)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-wjhg
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Global energy conference scrapped as concerns over virus grow
Bill Arnold, professor in the practice of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
CoStar
http://dateline.rice/march-5-arnold
Researchers successfully grow atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride
An article features collaborative Rice research into growing atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride as two-inch-diameter crystals across a wafer. Co-author Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, is cited.
AZo Nano (This article also appeared in 7th Space Interactive.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-yakobson
ISSCC: Analog on-chip LDO beats back digital onslaught
An article mentions Rice research into digital low-dropout regulators as a means of preventing voltage-based side-channel hacking attacks. The research was presented at the 2020 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
ElectronicsWeekly.com
http://dateline.rice/march-5-ew
Revolutionary AI algorithm speeds up deep learning on CPUs
An article features Rice research that developed an algorithm that can speed up deep learning technology without the use of specialized acceleration hardware.
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/march-5-pt
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Sales tax fairness and the Invest in Iowa Act
Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Caffeinated Thoughts
http://dateline.rice/march-5-barro
What other planets can teach us about Earth: Stanford researchers explain
An article features collaborative Rice research that suggests that studying other planets can help us better understand Earth.
Stanford University News (This article also appeared in Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-stanford
RIT’s new Disability Services Office director says disability should be embraced
An article features alumna Catherine Lewis.
Rochester Institute of Technology
http://dateline.rice/march-5-rit
OG student's writing passion could bring national acclaim
Rice is mentioned.
Hub City Spokes
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hub
Pinellas County HR director Holly Schoenherr under fire for poor performance
An article mentions that Holly Schoenherr formerly held a leadership position at Rice.
Tampa Bay Times
http://dateline.rice/march-5-tbt
SPORTS
Martin scores 18 to lift Rice past Southern Miss 72-57
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated the University of Southern Mississippi 72-57 March 4. Owls Robert Martin, Drew Peterson and Trey Murphy III are highlighted.
The Associated Press
http://dateline.rice/march-5-mbb
Rice vs. Southern Miss basketball highlights (2019-20)
WatchStadium.com
http://dateline.rice/march-5-mbb
'Newscenter 11 at 10'
WTOK-TV (Meridian, Mississippi)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-mbb (This segment aired twice.)
UH prevails against Rice with clutch pitching, hitting
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was defeated by the University of Houston 6-4 March 4 at Reckling Park in the season’s first game of the Silver Glove Series. Head coach Matt Bragga is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 5 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-hc
Houston takes home Silver Glove Series win with victory over Rice
The Daily Cougar
http://dateline.rice/march-5-dc
Edwards scores 25 to lead UTEP over Middle Tennessee 60-56
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team will play the University of Texas at El Paso March 7.
The Associated Press
http://dateline.rice/march-5-mbb
UTEP punches ticket to C-USA Tournament with win over Middle Tennessee
KTSM Online
http://dateline.rice/march-5-ktsm
Pittsburgh Steelers intend to keep TE Vance McDonald
An article features former Rice football player Vance McDonald.
Clutch Points
http://dateline.rice/march-5-cp
Preview: U-20 USWNT faces Canada in World Cup Qualifying
An article mentions that Rice soccer player Caleigh Boeckx played for Canada in the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship March 4 in the Dominican Republic.
US Soccer
http://dateline.rice/march-5-soccer
'KLBK 13 News at 6'
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team will play Texas Tech University March 6-8.
KLBK-TV (Lubbock, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/march-5-klbk (This segment aired twice.)
NEWS RELEASES
Tissue-digging nanodrills do just enough damage
Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That’s bad news for disease. Scientists at Rice, Biola University and the Texas A&M Health Science Center have further validation that their molecular motors, light-activated rotors that spin up to 3 million times per second, can target diseased cells and kill them in minutes.
http://dateline.rice/march-5-news-release-tour
Scientists create model to predict multipathogen epidemics
Diseases often pile on, coinfecting people, animals and other organisms that are already fighting an infection. In one of the first studies of its kind, bioscientists from Rice and the University of Michigan have shown that interactions between pathogens in individual hosts can predict the severity of multipathogen epidemics.
http://dateline.rice/march-5-news-release-clay
New Rice music building to be named Brockman Hall for Opera
Rice's new music building will be named Brockman Hall for Opera and the 84,000-square-foot structure, along with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and its adjoining plaza, will be christened the Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center.
http://dateline.rice/march-5-news-release-brockman-hall