Baker Institute's Norman: Election a pivot point for US immigration policy
Oct. 23, 2020
A Joe Biden presidency would “roll back many of the Trump administration’s attacks" on immigrants to the United States, but that may not be enough to pacify critics of the Obama administration's immigration policies who seek new protected pathways to citizenship, according to a new brief from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 22, 2020
Oct. 22, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CW 39 (Houston)
A broadcast mentions that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-wastewater
Fossil fuel subsidies need global reform, say Baker Institute experts
Oct. 22, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 22, 2020) – Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
At our cores, we’re all strengthened by ‘dumbbells’
Oct. 21, 2020
Scientists at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics detail the structure of dumbbell-like sequences in DNA during interphase that suggest several unseen aspects of chromosome configuration and function.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 21, 2020
Oct. 21, 2020
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
The debate over mail-in voting dates back to the Civil War
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Smithsonian Magazine
http://dateline.rice/oct-21-stein
Eight years and counting: Houston ISD 'way overdue' for a bond vote — with no end in sight
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 21 print edition of the Bellaire Examiner and Memorial Examiner, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-21-stein
Dateline Rice for Oct. 20, 2020
Oct. 20, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Death of the downtown: How cities can rebuild using 'tactical urbanism'
Bill Fulton, director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted. Fulton also authored an article on Medium.
SmartCities Dive
http://dateline.rice/oct-20-fulton
How my hometown’s failed urban renewal strategy shaped me as an urbanist
Medium
http://dateline.rice/oct-20-fulton
Dateline Rice for Oct. 19, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
Oct. 19, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
University leaders paint picture of COVID-19’s impact on staffing nationally
Kathi Dantley Warren, vice president for development and alumni relations at Rice, is quoted about how the university has navigated the pandemic to engage alumni and key stakeholders.
SmartBrief
http://dateline.rice/oct-19-warren
Show goes on: Rice Opera's first virtual performance is 'Der Kaiser von Atlantis'
Oct. 19, 2020
HOUSTON – (Oct. 19, 2020) – COVID-19 has taken a toll on performance venues, many of which have gone dark for the foreseeable future. Professional musicians and students alike are looking for new ways to share their craft with the public, even as a new study from Ricesuggests keeping musicians safe on stage may require more than just social distancing.
A trillion turns of light nets terahertz polarized bytes
Oct. 19, 2020
Nanophotonics researchers at Rice University, the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Italian Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel technique for modulating light at terahertz frequencies with plasmonic metasurfaces.
Rice's Vivian Ho elected to National Academy of Medicine
Oct. 19, 2020
Rice health economist Vivian Ho has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
RUPD accreditation commission seeks public comments
Oct. 19, 2020
HOUSTON -- (Oct. 19, 2020) -- A public forum for community comments about the Rice University Police Department will be held during a virtual visit to campus conducted by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.