Dateline Rice for April 14, 2021

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Harris County vaccination data shows African American, Latino residents have fallen behind
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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the April 14 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ho

Mental health experts: Effects of COVID-19 stress enter second year
An article mentions Rice's collaborative COVID-19 Registry, which produces a demographic portrait of the pandemic’s impact on Houston residents.
Community Impact Newspaper (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 14-May 11 print and digital editions of The Woodlands issue.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-covid-registry

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Texas nearly went dark again because officials misjudged weather
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-cohan


ERCOT asks residents, businesses to conserve electricity over potential lack of generating power
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-cohan


Column: Acting on the infrastructure
The Morning Sun
http://dateline.rice/april-14-cohan

A $12.5 billion deal shows Saudi oil still eclipses all else
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-krane

A pair of misleading GOP attacks on Biden's infrastructure plan

An article features collaborative Rice research into the possible effects of increasing the corporate tax rate to 28%. Co-author 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.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-diamond

Ocala/Marion County community briefs for April 15, 2021

An article featuring Jessica Mongerio mentions that she holds certification as an International Baccalaureate music instructor from Rice.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Ocala StarBanner.)

http://dateline.rice/april-14-msn

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Grieder: Democrat Mike Collier betting voters will be ready to retire Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in 2022
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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the April 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-jones

Rice announces major expansion of student body and campus
An article details Rice's plans to expand its student body by 20% by 2025, which will also include a 12th residential college, a new engineering building, a building for the visual and dramatic arts and a new student center. President David Leebron is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 14 print edition of the Chronicle's Bellaire Examiner and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-leebron

When it floods in Houston, coral reefs pay
Runoff from the 2016 Tax Day flood and flooding from 2017's Hurricane Harvey carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice study. Co-author Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-correa


Harvey's pollution reached far into the Gulf, study finds
The Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/april-14-dn

Mercury Fund backs accelerator DivInc to grow resources for diverse startup founders
An article mentions Rice's redevelopment of Houston's historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open later this year.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/april-14-the-ion


Houston Climathon winning microgrid solution is more important now than ever
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/april-14-the-ion

Houston rap legend Bun B launches 'Trill' new show on SiriusXM
Rapper Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-14-bunb

BROADCAST

How the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause is affecting Houston (April 14, 2021)
A "Houston Matters" broadcast mentions that alumnus and comedian Matthew Broussard will be a guest on the show April 15.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-broussard

City Council District 10 candidates answer your questions ahead of San Antonio's May 1 election
An article features research by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research on police oversight groups in Texas' major cities and how closely they align with the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement‘s guiding principles.
KSAT Online
http://dateline.rice/april-14-kinder-study

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

VC LIVE | Michigan State University Dorothy DeLay Masterclass Series: Cho-Liang Lin
An article features Cho-Liang Lin, the Benjamin Armistead Shepherd Distinguished Professor of Violin at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, who led a virtual masterclass as part of Michigan State University's Dorothy DeLay Masterclass Series.
The Violin Channel (Editor's note: Yesterday's edition of Dateline misidentified Lin.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-lin

5 artists on the influence of Mark Rothko
An article features Rice's Moody Center for the Arts' spring exhibition, "Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration," which runs through May 15.
Artsy
http://dateline.rice/april-14-moody-center

AMLO’s young supporters are having buyer’s remorse
An article cites a 2018 study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy into the financial burdens on Mexico's millennials.
World Politics Review
http://dateline.rice/april-14-baker-study

Galileo sunspot sketches versus modern 'deep learning' AI

A caption mentions Rice.
Universe Today
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ut

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Bumpers College graduate Jankovska publishes books for multicultural children
An article features Olivera Jankovska, nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, who published the "My Homeland" children's book series in November.
University of Arkansas News
http://dateline.rice/april-14-jankovska

Supercomputers boost understanding of distance between Jupiter and Saturn
An article mentions that experts from Rice collaborated on the featured research.
UC San Diego News Center
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ucsd

University of Hartford leadership fails its athletes, coaches and alums
Rice is mentioned.
The Day
http://dateline.rice/april-14-td

SPORTS

High-impact freshmen to watch in the 2020-21 NCAA volleyball tournament
An article previews Rice volleyball's match against North Carolina A&T State University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament April 14. Owl Sahara Maruska is mentioned in the first article, and teammate Nicole Lennon is highlighted in the second and third articles.
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-maruska
5 unseeded college volleyball teams to watch out for in the 2021 NCAA Tournament
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-lennon
5 unseeded women's volleyball teams to watch in the NCAA tournament

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NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-lennon


Live coverage of the 2020-21 NCAA DI volleyball championship
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ncaa


2020 DI women's volleyball championship — first round
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ncaa

WSOC: C-USA QF 4 — Rice 3, Old Dominion 0
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated Old Dominion University 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship at Holloway Field. Owls Madison Kent, Bella Killgore and Mijke Roelfsema are highlighted in the first article.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-cusa


WSOC: C-USA QF 3 — Southern Miss 2, Florida Atlantic 1
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/april-14-cusa

Did you do the ice bucket challenge? A native Houstonian touched personally by ALS has an updated challenge
An article features former Rice football player O.J. Brigance, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2007.
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired twice on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-brigance

Texas State volleyball pushed through unprecedented season to reach NCAA Tournament
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team was knocked out of the 2018 NCAA Tournament by Texas State University.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 14 print edition of the Express-News, and it appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-expnews

Alvarez, Lawrence, Simon earn 18-6A basketball MVP awards
An article featuring Elijah Lawrence mentions that he has committed to play basketball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 14 print edition of the Chronicle's Bellaire Examiner and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-hc

Coon Rapids Athena: Megan Schultze
An article featuring Megan Schultze mentions that she has committed to swim at Rice.
HometownSource.com
http://dateline.rice/april-14-hs

ASU women's basketball associate head coach becomes new head coach at Tulsa
An article features former Rice women's assistant basketball coach Angie Nelp.
The State Press
http://dateline.rice/april-14-sp

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