COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Baker Institute's Edward Djerejian on energy, medical expertise and Houston's place shaping policy
Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured in a Q&A about the institute's contribution to policy discussions from the pandemic to NASA. Baker Institute members Peter Hotez, adjunct professor of bioengineering and fellow in disease and poverty, and Quianta Moore, the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy, are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the cover of the Chronicle's "Texas Inc." in the April 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-djerejian-baker-institute
Houston researchers have been checking your poop during COVID. It's working so well they're going to keep it up.
An article mentions that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus. Lauren Stadler, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle's "ReNew" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-stadler
'They're giving up': How COVID red tape is decimating international education in Texas
An article about the impact of the pandemic on international student populations quotes and pictures graduate student Luisa Rezende. Adria Baker, associate vice provost for international education at Rice, also is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-baker-rezende
Why are our networks shrinking during COVID-19?
An article cites Rice research about how personal and professional networks may have been affected by the pandemic.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/april-19-forbes
KLIF-AM (Dallas)
A broadcast mentions that Rice continues to require its community members and visitors to wear masks while on campus.
http://dateline.rice/april-19-klif
Brasil tem 26 milhões de pessoas vacinadas, 13,9 milhões de casos e 371 mil mortes
An article mentions that data tracking coronavirus cases and vaccination efforts in Brazil has been compiled by Rice's Center for Computational Research.
Diario Poder (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-dp
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
The new face of Trumpism in Texas
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 articles and broadcasts, and he authored an op-ed in the San Antonio Express-News.
The Atlantic (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones
Commentary: SB7 is not Jim Crow 2.0, but it’ll sap voter turnout
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 18 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones
Despite natural gas failures during winter storm, Texas lawmakers target renewable energy in the aftermath
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones
Raul Castro retirement unlikely to alter Cuba's domestic, external policies
Sputnik
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones
Constitutional carry without a license
KLBJ Online
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-jones (This segment aired four times.)
NIH reverses Trump-era restrictions on fetal-tissue research
Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed and quoted about recent research that has grown monkey embryos containing human cells for the first time.
Nature
http://dateline.rice/april-19-matthews
'Stephen Nolan with Rick Edwards'
BBC Sounds (This segment also aired on BBC 5.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-matthews
Monkey man
The American Conservative
http://dateline.rice/april-19-matthews
She survived Hurricane Sandy. Then climate gentrification hit
Jim Elliott, a professor and chair of sociology at Rice and a fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
The Guardian (This article also appeared in the April 19 print edition of The Guardian's U.S. issue.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-elliott
How a deep freeze in the South burned Minnesota consumers
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/april-19-krane
Smart policy and innovative technologies, like advanced recycling, will deliver on climate and sustainability goals
Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and environment at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/april-19-meidl
Time for more corporate tax collection comparisons
Several articles feature collaborative Rice research into the possible effects of increasing the corporate tax rate to 28%. Co-authors 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, and George Zodrow, the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair of Economics and a faculty scholar at the Baker Institute, are cited in Roll Call.
Politico
http://dateline.rice/april-19-politico
The GOP’s fallout with big business is already mending
Roll Call (This article also appeared in Outside the Beltway.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-diamond-zodrow
Sound Off for April 19, 2021
Sun Herald (This roundup also appeared in the print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-sh
GU-Q launches energy humanities research initiative
An article mentions that Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology, participated in the webinar "Everyday Energy: Approaches to Lived Experience" hosted by Georgetown University and the Qatar Foundation's Center for International and Regional Studies April 7.
Gulf Times (This article also appeared online in MENAFN, and it appeared in the April 19 print editions of the Gulf Times and Qatar Tribune.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-boyer
Doha News hosts expert discussion on calls to boycott Qatar 2022
An article mentions that Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, participated in Doha News' Clubhouse session April 18 to discuss the growing calls from Europe to boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over human rights concerns.
Doha News
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ulrichsen
Operación Doolittle: Cómo fue el escape de los pilotos estadounidenses tras la venganza por Pearl Harbor
Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu, the Dunlevie Family Professor in History, is quoted.
Clarín (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-shimizu
How to meditate
An article mentions that Rice offers the course Foundations of Mindfulness on Coursera.
The Baltimore Sun
http://dateline.rice/april-19-bs
Meet America's most manipulative billionaire
An article features Robert Brockman, a Rice trustee emeritus.
Forbes India
http://dateline.rice/april-19-fi
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Fact check: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims 'nothing has changed' with early voting in Texas
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted in the Houston Chronicle, and he is interviewed by KTRH.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 19 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front of the Metro section in the April 19 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-stein
Russian president not afraid to challenge President Biden
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired twice on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-stein
How the Democrats attempt to rewrite history
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-stein
Millions of birds die crashing into Houston buildings. A darker skyline could save them
Cin-Ty Lee, the Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology and chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Star section in the April 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-lee
Q&A: The Woodlands planner Robert Heineman reflects on 48 years in the community
Alumnus Robert Heineman is featured.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/april-19-heineman
Infrastructure bill includes green projects — and San Antonio advocates have some in mind
An article cites an infrastructure study co-authored by Henry Cisneros, fellow at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-kinder-study
BROADCAST
Gun control laws not needed? Congressman Brian Babin says no
A broadcast segment features alumna Anne Chao, manager of the Houston Asian American Archive and adjunct lecturer in Rice's Department of Humanities, and Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, discussing Houston's Asian population.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-chao-klineberg
Texas Standard for April 19, 2021
Gary Hale, nonresident fellow in drug policy and Mexico studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the Biden administration designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-hale
Mexico expert says rooting out corruption, not military force, best way to weaken cartels
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/april-19-hale
The Romanians are coming, the Romanians are coming
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
KTRH Online
http://dateline.rice/april-19-payan
WBAP-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-payan
Beyond the laws of physics and The Experiencer Group
A broadcast plays an excerpt of an interview with Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice.
Coast to Coast AM (This segment also aired on more than 500 affiliate stations across the U.S. and Canada.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-kripal
'Fox 26 Morning News Weekends'
Alumna and astronaut Shannon Walker is featured.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-walker (This segment aired twice and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
San Antonio City Council District 10 race 2021
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.
Texas Public Radio (This article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-tpr
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
ANALYSIS: US reliance on Russian oil hits record high despite souring ties
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
S&P Global Platts (This article also appeared in Hellenic Shipping News, and a similar article appeared in the April 19 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-finley
Severe weather this summer could cause another Texas power crisis
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
AlterNet
http://dateline.rice/april-19-cohan
Scholars critique white condemnation of critical race theory
An article quotes Anthony Pinn, founding director of Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies and the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, who participated in the Baptist Joint Committee's virtual discussion "Religious Liberty Has Been White Too Long: Voices of Black Scholars" as part of the 2021 Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty April 14.
Baptist Standard
http://dateline.rice/april-19-pinn
PolyVascular awarded $2 million SBIR grant
Will Clifton, lecturer of bioengineering and director of the Global Medical Innovation master's track in Rice's Department of Bioengineering, is featured.
Today's Medical Developments
http://dateline.rice/april-19-clifton
Living on the edge: Why we're attracted to places where the manmade abuts the natural
Rice is mentioned.
Arch Daily
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ad
From the jungles of Vietnam to the Academy Awards, William Broyles still has the work ethic of a Marine
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
We Are The Mighty
http://dateline.rice/april-19-kennedy
Startup co-founded by Kozhikode native student wins Rs 3.75 crores in international competition
An article mentions that technology aimed at reducing pesticide use won second place at the Rice Business Plan Competition.
Kaumudi
http://dateline.rice/april-19-rbpc
Oracle acelera la migración a la nube con los nuevos servicios de Oracle Cloud Lift
Rice is mentioned.
El Caribe (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ec
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
IUP student selected for NSF scholarship
An article features Vincent Thompson, who plans to study abstract algebra at Rice with a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program scholarship.
Indiana Gazette
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ig
Rogers senior earns admission to 18 colleges
Rice is mentioned.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article also appeared in the April 18 print edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-adg
BHS students navigate intricacies of paying for higher education
An article mentions that Padilla Colin plans to attend Rice on the QuestBridge National Match scholarship.
Berkeley High Jacket
http://dateline.rice/april-19-bhj
Vanderbilt graduate programs make substantial gains in 2022 US News rankings
An article mentions that Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 25 in the nation according U.S. News & World Report.
Vanderbilt Hustler
http://dateline.rice/april-19-vh
SPORTS
WSOC: Rice captures first C-USA title since 2014 with 2-0 victory over Charlotte
Rice's soccer team won the Conference USA Tournament with a 2-0 victory over the University of North Carolina at Charlotte April 17. The Owls earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will face Furman University in the first round April 28. Owls Rebecca Keane, Callie Ericksen, Bella Killgore, Delaney Schultz, Mijke Roelfsema, Caleigh Boeckx and Madison Kent are highlighted by Conference USA.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/april-19-cusa
2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship selections announced
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ncaa
DI women's soccer: 2020 selection show
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ncaa
'Spectrum News North Carolina'
Spectrum News (Charlotte, North Carolina)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-spectrum
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ktrk
Ricky Pierce Q&A: Signing autographs in high school, massive television room, finishing games
A Q&A features former Rice basketball player Ricky Pierce, who was selected in the 1982 NBA draft after three years as an Owl. Pierce returned to Rice to earn a degree in kinesiology when he retired in 1998.
Sports Collectors Daily
http://dateline.rice/april-19-pierce
'Fox 26 Morning News Weekends'
A broadcast features former Rice football player O.J. Brigance, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2007.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-brigance
Lance Armstrong stands by son accused of sexual assault
An article reports that sexual assault charges have been filed against Rice football player Luke Armstrong.
New York Post (This article also appeared in PopCulture.)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-nyp
Houston ends regular season with loss to Rice
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team defeated the University of Houston 5-0 April 18.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/april-19-uhc
Yankees 2021 prospect preview: Glenn Otto
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/april-19-otto
Track and field posts 17 personal bests at LSU Boots Garland Invitational
An article mentions that Rice's J. Fred Duckett Twilight track and field invitational is April 24.
UNO Privateers
http://dateline.rice/april-19-uno
2021 NFL draft prospect interview: Austin Trammell, WR, Rice University
Former Rice football player Austin Trammell is featured.
NFL Draft Diamonds
http://dateline.rice/april-19-trammell
Elite Eight primer: Once again, Nebraska and Texas set for a massive match in Omaha
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at Austin March 23.
Husker Extra
http://dateline.rice/april-19-he
Women's volleyball plays Texas in NCAA regional semifinal on ESPNU
GoPSUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-19-psu
Fact or fiction: Bryce Young is in the Heisman conversation
An article mentions that Rice football's 2021 season is slated to start Sept. 4 with a road game against the University of Arkansas.
Alabama Rivals
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ar
'5 News at 10'
KFSM-TV (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/april-19-kfsm (This segment aired twice.)
Tracking the hectic 2020-2021 Cornell transfer portal
An article mentions that Terrance McBride plans to join Rice's basketball team next season as a graduate transfer.
The Cornell Daily Sun
http://dateline.rice/april-19-cds
Hal Mumme will coach a new team in The Spring League
An article mentions that a football league, The Spring League, will hold games at Rice Stadium.
Kentucky Sports Radio
http://dateline.rice/april-19-ksr
Sports gambling conference eyes risks, rewards of legalization
Is the adoption of legal sports gambling in America a boon or bane? The question will be one of many on the controversial topic at the Ninth Eubank Conference on Real World Markets at Rice, which will focus this year on sports analytics and gaming risk management. The event will look at how computational tools and big data impact sports and change fan experiences through gambling.
http://dateline.rice/april-19-news-release-eubank-center
Mexico's economic slump here to stay, Baker Institute experts say
Mexico's economy will continue to struggle unless there is a "radical shift" in the country's politics, according to a new report by Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar for the center.
http://dateline.rice/april-19-news-release-payan-rodsan