Dateline Rice for Feb. 9, 2021

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Here’s what we know about the new COVID-19 variant cases in Houston
An article mentions that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/feb-9-wastewater

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

How fossil fuels, ironically, are critical in the development of renewable energy sources
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/feb-9-foss

Juicio a Trump arranca en el Senado con altas posibilidades de absolución
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.
El Mercurio (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared on the front of the Internacional section in the Feb. 9 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-9-jones

HOUSTON/TEXAS

CLASS faculty, alumni inducted to prestigious Texas Institute of Letters