WINTER STORM

'CNN Newsroom Live'
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is interviewed and quoted in numerous broadcasts and articles.
CNN (This segment aired three times.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
Houston Newsmakers: Record-breaking winter weather cripples Texas
Click2Houston (This segment also aired five times on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan (Scroll down to "Investigating the power grid.")
Texas failed because it did not plan
The Atlantic
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
Electric, natural gas, wind: Blackouts in Texas illustrate dependency of systems as climate changes
WBUR (This "Here and Now" segment also aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S., and this item appeared on 50 NPR-affiliated websites.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
In extreme Texas cold, Green New Deal turns into hot potato
Al-Jazeera
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
Why some Texans are facing catastrophic electric bills after a winter storm
Vox
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
The boom in 'green' energy
The Week
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
Our view: State must learn lessons from epic grid failure
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
The lights are back on but Texas CRE still powerless in the face of multiple system failures
Bisnow (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan

Editorial: Yes, we must change
Quad-City Times (This editorial appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan
Opinion: Texans are reaping what Republicans have sown

http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan

Roundup: Biden admin flounders with oil and gas outreach

Rigzone
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohan

Greg Abbott: A savvy GOP governor navigates a storm
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 and interviewed.
Financial Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-jones
Ted Cruz's trip notwithstanding, Texans in Congress say they've been assisting relief efforts, calling for accountability
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-jones

Houston Newsmakers: Record-breaking winter weather cripples Texas
Click2Houston (This segment also aired five times on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-jones (Scroll down to "What does impeachment acquittal mean for Trump and the GOP?")

Billions in damage across the South prompts focus on who’s to blame, and who will pay

Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-krane
Gov. Greg Abbott wants power companies to 'winterize.' Texas’ track record won’t make that easy.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-krane

How Texas could prevent the next freezing blackout
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-kraneDeadly winter storm adds another layer of woe for struggling Houston workers
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Feb. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-rodriguez

Deadly winter storm reignites debate over independence of Texas' power grid
Julie Cohn, nonresident scholar in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Feb. 20 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohn
Abbott appointees made 'astonishing' cuts to power reliability team before deadly Texas storm
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Feb. 21 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front page of the Feb. 22 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohn
'Bloomberg Radio'
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cohn (This segment also aired on more than 60 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
Texas crisis a wake-up call for the nation's power grid
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-medlock
Here's why gas and coal went offline during the Texas cold weather catastrophe
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-medlock
MSNBC
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-medlock

Biden's infrastructure plan needs input from cities and regions
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, and Henry Cisneros, fellow at the institute, co-authored an op-ed in The Hill and the San Antonio Express-News. Cisneros is featured in a broadcast on Bloomberg.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-fulton-cisneros
Commentary: Modernize the infrastructure, or face future of more failures
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cisneros
'Bloomberg Balance of Power'
Bloomberg (This segment also aired on more than 60 Bloomberg Radio affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cisneros

'What happened is completely unacceptable': Gov. Greg Abbott calls for winterization of Texas energy system
Peter Hartley, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development at Rice, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hartley

Texas Standard for Feb. 22, 2021
Zeinab Bakhiet, research project manager for the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about how minority communities in Houston may be disproportionately affected by the recent winter storm.
Texas Standard (This segment aired on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-bakhiet
Racial inequities emerge as Houston recovers from last week’s winter storm
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-bakhiet

Three generations of Texans were trying to stay warm in the blackout. Then a deadly fire erupted.
An article reports that the mother and three young children of Jackie Nguyen, a student at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, died in a house fire Feb. 16.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-nguyen

Sugar Land mom shares grief, memories after fire during freeze kills her 3 kids and mother
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-nguyen
These three siblings died tragically in Texas' deep freeze. It didn’t have to be this way.
Daily Beast
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-nguyen
'This is some crazy nightmare': Mom recounts last moments with her 3 kids who died in Texas power outage
Daily Beast
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-nguyen

A frozen Texas and the perils of denial

Alumna and Rice academic visitor Antonia Sebastian is quoted.
Creators.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-sebastian

Texas' winter storm could make life worse for Black and Latino families hit hard by power outages
An article cites a 2018 study between Rice and the University of Pittsburgh that found post-disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is distributed unevenly and white communities see higher levels of reinvestment.
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-usatoday

Winter storms interrupt COVID vaccine distribution
Numerous broadcasts mention that Rice administered hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to on-campus students, faculty and staff after the Harris County Public Health Department building lost power and backup generators failed, putting more than 8,400 doses in jeopardy of spoiling.
Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio (This segment aired multiple times on over 800 affiliate radio stations across the U.S. Below is a sampling of more than 1,000 media outlets reporting Rice's recent vaccination effort.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-mp
'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'
MSNBC
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-msnbc (This segment aired six times.)
'ABC World News Tonight with David Muir'
KGTV-TV (San Diego)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-abc (This and similar segments aired on more than 200 affiliate stations.)
ABC News Radio
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-abc (This segment aired on more than 1,000 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
CBC Radio One
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cbc (This segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across Canada and the U.S.)
CBC Radio One
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-cbc-2 (This segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across Canada and the U.S.)
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-tpr (This segment aired on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
Power outage leaves health officials scrambling to administer 5,400 doses of coronavirus vaccine
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-c2h

AP Week in Pictures, North America
Will Rice College sophomore Belén Szentes is pictured sledding down a hill at Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre.
The Associated Press (This slideshow also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-szentes (Scroll to image eight.)

'News 4 New York'
Graduate student Maryam Hassan is featured in a broadcast.
WNBC-TV (New York)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hassan

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Give Black employees time to rest and recover
Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice, co-authored an op-ed about the "two deadly and intertwined pandemics: COVID-19 and structural racism."
Harvard Business Review
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-kingWEEKEND INSIGHTS: Fairer tax system and small business credit

A roundup cites a July 2020 op-ed, "Tax Gap for Non-filers — Looking Through the Lens of COVID-19," authored by Joyce Beebe, a fellow in the Center for Public Finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Bloomberg Tax
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-beebe

The payoff for science spending is visible in a COVID vaccine and the continuity of knowledge: Arnold I. Caplan
Alumnus Barney Graham '75, deputy director of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health’s Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is featured.
Cleveland.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-graham

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Lindenberger: 16 years after Hunter Thompson's death, we still need his voice
An article about the late Hunter S. Thompson quotes Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Opinion page in the Feb. 20 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-brinkley

Spreading the word to Houston renters about the CDC's eviction order
Kyle Shelton, director of strategic partnerships at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Feb. 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-shelton

Kingwood teen offers virtual ACT tutoring for ESL, first-generation students
An article featuring Kathleen Ortiz mentions that she has taken courses at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hc

Moonshot composting moves from Downtown to swanky spot in Heights

Top 10 things to do this week in Houston: Feb. 22-28, 2021
A roundup features the exhibit "Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration," which is on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through May 15.
365 Things to Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-365

BROADCAST

'Houston's Morning Show'
Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is interviewed about NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, which touched down on the red planet's surface Feb. 18.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-siebach'News 19'
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is interviewed about how the revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit may affect gas prices.
WLTX-TV (Columbia, South Carolina)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-finley (This segment also aired on more than 50 stations across the U.S.)

'KHOU 11 News'
A broadcast features a "moment of Zen" from the Rice campus.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-khou

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

3 women pioneers who shaped Black history and American history
Alumna Janet Emerson, a graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Business 2 Community
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-emerson

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Montana’s health policy MVP takes her playbook on the road
An article mentions that Rice is collaborating with the National Academy for State Health Policy to develop the Hospital Cost Tool.
Ravalli Republic (This Kaiser Health News article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-rr

SPORTS

Rice baseball: Finding a way to start the season
An article featuring the start of Rice baseball's season quotes head coach Matt Bragga. The Owls lost to Houston Baptist University 8-7 Feb. 20 but defeated the Huskies 9-3 Feb. 21.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 20 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-bragga
College baseball roundup: Houston Baptist beats Rice in 10 innings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-rice-hbu
Rice, Houston Baptist to play three-game baseball series
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-rice-hbu
UH blasts TSU for series sweep
Houston Chronicle (This roundup appeared in the Feb. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hcWomen: Rice 64, Marshall 48
Several articles mention that Rice's women's basketball team defeated Marshall University 64-48 Feb. 20 but lost to the Thundering Herd 68-56 Feb. 21.
Houston Chronicle (This roundup appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hc
Stingy Rice stymies Marshall, 64-48
HerdZone.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-rice-marshall-wbb
Fourth-quarter Marshall rout deals Rice first league loss
HerdZone.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hz
MCGILL: Win by women's basketball team means a little bit more
HerdZone.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hz
Owls fly north for Saturday, Sunday tilts in Huntington
HerdZone.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hz
Photos: MU women's basketball vs. Rice University, Saturday
The Herald-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hd

Rice's Brian Lee earns 300th career win
An article features the Rice soccer team's 8-0 victory over Texas Southern University Feb. 21. It was Owls head coach Brian Lee's 300th career win.
TopDrawerSoccer.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-lee

Baseball: Stratford Spartans hope to build on last year's fast start
An article mentions that Mark Perkins has committed to play baseball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-hc

TEN: Feb. 10 Athletes of the Week
An article features Rice tennis player Maria Budin, who was named Conference USA's Female Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-budin

ITF: Feb. 10 Athletes of the Week
An article features Rice runner Grace Forbes, who was named Conference USA's Female Track Athlete of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-forbes

WBB: Feb. 15 Players of the Week
An article features Rice basketball player Nancy Mulkey, who was named Conference USA's Player of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-mulkey

Rice basketball likes the long ball, too
An article features Rice's men's basketball team and quotes head coach Scott Pera.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-pera

No. 6 Houston adds nonconference matchup vs. Western Kentucky
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated twice by Western Kentucky University this season.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-mbb

NEWS RELEASES

Advanced recycling strategies needed to clean up plastic pollution problem, says Baker Institute expert
Sustainability across the entire value chain — rather than advances in technology alone — is required to solve the United States’ plastic waste problems, according to a new brief from Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and environment at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-news-release-meidlStudy could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-news-release-igoshin

DARPA backs Rice sensor to detect COVID-19 virus in air
Researchers at Rice have received funding of up to $1 million to develop a real-time sensor system able to detect minute amounts of the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 infection.
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-news-release-verduzco-alvarez

Rice’s Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
Yingyan Lin, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice's Brown School of Engineering, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to make deep learning hardware accelerators more efficient and their development faster.
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-news-release-lin

Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows
Governments with strong female representation are more likely to deliver on campaign promises, according to new research from Rice.
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-news-release-homola