COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How 'frugal design' innovations have helped communities during COVID-19
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of the Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, co-authored an article.
World Economic Forum (This article originally appeared in The Conversation, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-richardskortum
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
This foreign voting machine company wants to take over America — if it can get through Fox News
Dan Wallach, a Rice professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/april-7-wallach
Researchers conclude what drives food waste in college cafeterias
An article features collaborative Rice research into understanding what drives food choices and how it can help high-volume food service operations like universities reduce waste.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://dateline.rice/april-7-ajc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice Cinema, Menil Collection team to honor Roberto Rossellini
An article mentions that Rice Cinema will co-host a screening of archival footage of the late filmmaker Roberto Rossellini speaking at Rice April 10. Charles Dove, professor in the practice of visual arts and film and director of Rice Cinema, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-dove
Freewheels Houston connects refugees, vets with bikes they need
An article mentions that Rice Bikes, a student-run organization that fixes, rents and sells bikes for the Rice community, helped repair bikes for Freewheels Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 7 print edition of the Chronicle's Bellaire Examiner and Memorial Examiner and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-rice-bikes
Former Rice fencing coach accused of sexually assaulting Houston teen in '90s
An article about a sexual assault lawsuit against Maher "Mauro" Hamza mentions the plaintiff alleges to have met him the year before he started coaching fencing at Rice.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/april-7-hp
BROADCAST
WOKV-AM (Jacksonville, Florida)
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 interviewed and quoted about national and Texas politics.
http://dateline.rice/april-7-jones
Texas corporations increasingly becoming political
24/7 News on Spreaker
http://dateline.rice/april-7-jones
Texas appellate court shake-up bill forged in private
Law360 (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-jones
Texas demanda a Biden bajo el argumento de que deja libre a indocumentados con historial delictivo
Univision Austin (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Univision Houston, and this segment also aired on KAKW-TV in Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-jones
Harvey and Tax Day flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore, Rice University study finds
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, a Rice University study published Tuesday said. Co-authors Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, and academic visitor Amanda Shore are quoted. This research is also featured in Texas A&M Today.
ABC 13 Online (This article also appeared in EcoWatch News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-correa
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-ktrk
Pollution from Hurricane Harvey traveled 100 miles off Texas coast
Texas A&M Today
http://dateline.rice/april-7-tamu
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
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 interviewed about the recent arrest of two immigrants on the terror watchlist at the U.S.-Mexico border.
http://dateline.rice/april-7-payan (This segment aired three times.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice University, Houston Methodist launch collaboration to solve clinical problems with neurorobotics
Rice and Houston Methodist have forged a partnership to launch the Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces to solve clinical problems with neurorobotics. Behnaam Aazhang, the J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Marcia O’Malley, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Mechanical Engineering, professor of computer science and professor of electrical and computer engineering, are quoted.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/april-7-aazhang-omalley
'Sacrifice zones': How people of color are targets of environmental racism
Jim Elliott, a professor and chair of sociology at Rice and a fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Nation of Change (This article also appeared in Raw Story.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-elliott
UK memory startup raises €1.5m, looks to IMEC
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
eeNews Europe
http://dateline.rice/april-7-tour
No. 582: In which lasers blast, neutron bombs idle and Mars comes into focus — plus, love in a hospital
A roundup mentions this week’s Rice Business Plan Competition.
Innovateli
http://dateline.rice/april-7-rbpc
An M7 school joins the Consortium
An article mentions that Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is part of the nonprofit Consortium for Graduate Study in Management.
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-jones-school
Majority of Texas patients prefer medical marijuana over prescription drugs
An article features a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy that found 61% of respondents in Texas who self-identified as medical marijuana consumers have used it to replace prescription medications.
The Fresh Toast
http://dateline.rice/april-7-baker-study
How does your college stack up on Salary Score?
Rice is mentioned.
University Business
http://dateline.rice/april-7-ub
Syzygy Plasmonics raises $23M in Series B funding
An article mentions that Syzygy Plasmonics' hydrogen fuel cell technology currently under development is licensed by Rice.
FinSMEs
http://dateline.rice/april-7-finsmes
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Faculty earn over half a million in grants for students
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Six Mile Post
http://dateline.rice/april-7-smp
Ucross welcomes Chad Deaton as trustee
Rice's Shepherd School of Music is mentioned.
Sheridan Media (This article also appeared in Fintech Zoom.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-shep-school
RWU selects Robert Griffin as dean of the School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management
Former Rice civil and environmental engineering professor Robert Griffin is featured.
Roger Williams University News
http://dateline.rice/april-7-rwun
SPORTS
ALUMNI NOTEBOOK: College Park grad picks up two conference superlatives
Rice volleyball player Carly Graham is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-hc
http://dateline.rice/april-7-chron
Transfer to USC works out better than expected for Libertyville grad Peterson
Former Rice basketball player Drew Peterson is featured.
Daily Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-7-dh
A conversation with coach Ben Braun
An article features former Rice head basketball coach Ben Braun.
EMUEagles.com
http://dateline.rice/april-7-braun
An all-Texas conference: Feasible or fantasy? An in-state Heisman contender? Ask the Texpert
Rice's football program is mentioned.
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-7-ta
A way-too-early look at North Texas' 2020 football schedule
An article mentions that Rice's football team is scheduled to play the University of North Texas Oct. 30.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-7-drc
Houston finishes third at Bayou City Collegiate Classic
An article mentions that Rice's golf team finished in ninth place in the Bayou City Collegiate Classic April 5-6.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/april-7-uhc
Kylen Granson — tight end, Southern Methodist Mustangs, scouting report
Former Rice football player Kylen Granson is featured.
Sports Illustrated
http://dateline.rice/april-7-si
Bohls: Texas Longhorns are making noise on the football field, at the Masters
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at Austin March 23.
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/april-7-aas
Panthers sign defensive backs J.T. Ibe and Jalen Julius
Former Rice football player J.T. Ibe is featured.
Yahoo! Sports
http://dateline.rice/april-7-ibe
NEWS RELEASE
Rice, Intel optimize AI training for commodity hardware
Rice computer scientist Anshumali Shrivastava and collaborators have demonstrated artificial intelligence software that runs on commodity processors and trains deep neural networks 15 times faster than platforms based on graphics processors.
http://dateline.rice/april-7-news-release-shrivastava