Dateline Rice for Jan. 8, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Saudi Arabia just lifted Qatar’s 43-month blockade. How did this rift end?
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://wapo.st/3hUAJVo 

Device mimics intestines as bacteria invade
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found a way to mimic conditions in intestines, giving them a mechanical model for the real-time growth of bacterial infections. Study co-author Jane Grande-Allen, the Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering, is quoted in Futurity. She and alumnus Reid Wilson, a fellow co-author, are quoted or mentioned in several other media outlets.
Futurity
https://bit.ly/38o1eQ7
Simple bioreactor makes ‘gut check’ more practical
Bioengineer (Similar articles appeared in ScienceDaily, Scienmag, Australian Online News, Technology Networks, Menopausal Mother Nature, Severskiy, 7th Space and Agenparl.)
https://bit.ly/3biRpEP

How invocation of 25th Amendment against Trump may backfire on the GOP
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 in multiple media outlets.
Sputnik
https://bit.ly/3nlLJMM
After riot, Fort Worth-area lawmakers objected to President-elect Joe Biden's victory
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription is required.)
https://www.star-telegram.com/
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/2MLJMN7
'Wake Up! With SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/2MPbUix
KTRH-AM (Houston)
https://bit.ly/35E3rFt

The 30 most popular online courses of 2020
Rice's Foundations of Mindfulness course is featured.
Chicago Tribune
https://bit.ly/38o5f7c

The real culprits steering students into doing Big Oil’s dirty work
Rice is mentioned.
Gizmodo Australia
https://bit.ly/3brxOTf

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Lyda Hill Philanthropies chooses finalists for $10M Lone Star Prize to improve Texans’ quality of life
A project proposed by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy is among five finalists for the $10 million Lone Star Prize. The proposal, titled “Texas Dirt: The Key to Environment, Economy and Resilience,” is focused on transforming the state’s environment through implementation of a soil carbon storage market while growing new economic opportunities for rural Texans.
Dallas Innovates
https://bit.ly/2L7cLdU
UTEP’s ‘Texas Water Trade’ partnership up for $10M Lone Star Prize
El Paso Herald-Post
https://bit.ly/3q5UInd 

Lone Stars on the Medical Frontier: Researchers change up a microscope and train it to help medical professionals quickly and cheaply analyze cancer tumors
A Q&A with graduate student Mary Jin features collaborative Rice research that created a new microscope that can quickly and inexpensively image large tissue sections, potentially during surgery. Jin is a co-author of the study.
Lone Star Health News
https://bit.ly/39f4ZGQ

Baylor researchers earn Department of Energy grant to study impact of urban pollution on thunderstorm activity
Rob Griffin, senior associate dean of Rice's Brown School of Engineering and a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is featured.
Baylor University
https://bit.ly/2Xpzqoi

Spring preview 2021
“Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration," on exhibit at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts Jan. 22-May 15, is featured.
Glasstire
https://bit.ly/3s1PESF
8 vivid and eye-catching January art events no Houstonian should miss
CultureMap Houston
https://bit.ly/2Lxfgpw

BROADCAST

KTSA-AM (San Antonio)
A study by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy into how restrictions on nonessential travel over the U.S.-Mexico border due to the pandemic have affected the economy is featured.
https://bit.ly/39feIwQ
Report: Coronavirus travel restrictions may reduce border county GDP by nearly $4.9 billion
News Break
https://bit.ly/3pW31BG 

KUT-FM (Austin, Texas)
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted in a story on Texas' smog reduction plan.
https://bit.ly/39aEkuQ
https://bit.ly/35maQcg

'Xploration Nature Knows Best'
Rice research on squids and lensless cameras is featured. Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, and Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are quoted.
WZDX-TV (Huntsville, Alabama)
https://bit.ly/3pWiqlu

WZGC-FM (Atlanta)
Professional wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin mentions that his stepfather played football at Rice and scored the Owls' only touchdown in their loss to Navy in the 1958 Cotton Bowl.
https://bit.ly/3s9fx2C

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Advisers rebuke FEMA for racial disparities in disaster aid
Jim Elliott, a professor and chair of sociology at Rice and a fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Scientific American (This article originally appeared in E&E News and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3npeFmX 

Mourning in the time of COVID-19
Rice research that determined it’s healthier to freely express your emotions when facing the death of a loved one than to suppress your grief is mentioned.
Spectrum Health's HealthBeat
https://bit.ly/38rw22A

PROS 2021 predictions: The future of business AI and what to expect in 2021
Alumnus Justin Silver authored an article.
VMBlog.com
https://bit.ly/35mhVcB

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Team makes case for high-performance carbon nanotube fibers for industry
An article features Rice research that developed “wet-spun” carbon nanotube fibers that are stronger than Kevlar and are almost as conductive as copper. Those quoted or mentioned include Matteo Pasquali, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry, and director of the Carbon Hub; graduate students Lauren Taylor, Oliver Dewey, Natsumi Komatsu and Nicolas Marquez Peraca; alumnus Robert Headrick; Geoff Wehmeyer, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering; and Junichiro Kono, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Engineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering.
Mis-Asia
https://bit.ly/2Lyjspa 

HGO DIGITAL: Sasha Cooke und Kirill Kuzmin
Alumna Sasha Cooke is featured.
Nach Welt (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3nlQxBO

Governança no espaço: é preciso combinar as regras
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Canaltech (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/2Xkixvb

SPORTS

'CBS4 News at 10'
The Rice men’s and women's basketball teams’ games against the University of Texas at El Paso Jan. 8-9 are mentioned in several media outlets.
KDBC-TV (El Paso, Texas)
https://bit.ly/3pZRTnx
'ABC 7 at 6'
KVIA-TV (El Paso, Texas)
https://bit.ly/3blWT1O
UTEP vs. Rice college basketball picks, odds, predictions
Sports Chat Place
https://bit.ly/2MMfWbi 

In wake of devastation, Lowell Catholic’s Keenan Rudy-Phol has experienced generosity and compassion
Rice basketball player Travis Evee is mentioned.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Boston Globe.)
https://bit.ly/3hX8Yfe

Former MLB All-Star Lance Berkman joins baseball coaching staff at University of St. Thomas in Texas
Former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman is featured.
CBS Sports
https://bit.ly/35oN3Zf
Lance Berkman joins UST baseball as assistant coach
USTCelts.com (A similar article appeared in Agenparl.)
https://bit.ly/39bLRJQ

ESPN Radio New York
Rice is mentioned.
https://bit.ly/399iSpU (This segment also aired on ESPN Radio Los Angeles.)