COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The pandemic recovery: Will low-income workers be the last to rebound?
Jie Wu, director of research management at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted and interviewed.
1A
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-wu
NPR
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-wu (This segment aired on more than 900 stations across the U.S.)
How college admissions has changed since the pandemic
Vice President for Enrollment Yvonne Romero da Silva is quoted and interviewed about how Rice's test-optional admissions policies during the pandemic have affected application numbers.
Fox 29 Online (This article also appeared in KABB Online, WOAI Online and News 4 SA Online, and this segment also aired on more than 50 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-dasilva
Houston colleges compete in COVID vaccination numbers as eligibility expands to all adults
Kaylie Huizenga, annual fund specialist at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is pictured receiving a COVID-19 shot at the vaccine hub at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative. Houston-area universities, including Rice, are competing to register the most students and alumni to receive a vaccine.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the March 30 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-huizenga
Mayor Sylvester Turner announces challenge to help Houston-area college students get vaccinated
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-c2h
COVID-19 testing: New chip to deliver results to your smartphone in less than an hour
An article features Rice research that developed a microfluidic chip that measures the concentration of protein biomarkers for COVID-19 in blood serum from a standard finger prick and delivers results on a smartphone in less than an hour. Co-author Peter Lillehoj, associate professor and the Shankle Chair in Mechanical Engineering, is quoted.
Financial Express
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-lillehoj
Using ACE2 structure to predict SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility in animals
An article features Rice research that has demonstrated a novel method of predicting a species' susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 based on the animal's structure of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. Postdoctoral research associate Ryan Cheng is cited.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-cheng
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Survey shows Texans don't like Warren Buffett's $8 billion Texas power plan
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, and Pablo Pinto, nonresident scholar in the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, co-authored an article based on collaborative research. Jones is interviewed about the research by the Texas Standard.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-jones
Texas Standard for March 30, 2021
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 20 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-jones
Two-thirds of Texans surveyed said they lost power during February's winter storm. The average outage was 42 hours.
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-jones
How I learned to love cardboard during the pandemic
Tomás Morín, assistant professor of creative writing, authored an article.
The New York Times Magazine (Subscription is required. This article will also appear in the April 4 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-morin
Graphene made from tires makes concrete stronger
Rice scientists have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. 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.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-tour
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University rises with plan to significantly grow student body
An article details Rice's plans to expand its student body by 20% by 2025, which will include a 12th residential college, a new engineering building, a building for the visual and dramatic arts and a new student center. President David Leebron is quoted. Robert Ladd, chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, also is quoted in American School & University.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-leebron
Rice will grow undergrad student body 20% by 2025
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-leebron
Rice University announces student body expansion
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-leebron
Rice University plans campus expansion
American School & University
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-leebron-ladd
'Fox News at 9'
KVCT-TV (Victoria, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-kvct
How an energy firm tied to billionaire Warren Buffett plans to save the Texas electric grid
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-krane
Opinion: Texas can't afford to pass on Medicaid expansion
Elena Marks, a nonresident fellow in health policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Opinion section in the March 30 print edition and was in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-marks
Gigantic space hurricane with 4,000 mph winds stalled above Earth, new research shows
Patricia Reiff, professor of physics and astronomy and the associate director of the outreach program at the Rice Space Institute, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 30 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-reiff
First tenants moving into 300,000-SF East End Maker Hub
An article about Volumetric Inc., a Houston-based startup specializing in 3D-bioprinted replacement organs and tissue, mentions that it was started at Rice.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-hbj
BRIDGES: The sensational case of William Rice
William Marsh Rice is featured.
Gainesville Daily Register
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-wmr
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Are women more likely to keep campaign promises?
An article features Rice research that found governments with strong female representation are more likely to deliver on campaign promises. Jonathan Homola, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
Good Men Project
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-homola
Fiber optic sensing and mining an ocean of data
An article mentions that Rice collaborated on a project using underwater fiber optic cables to gather oceanographic or seismic signals.
Marine Technology
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-mt
Permatex promotes Eva Pitts to director of sales
Alumna Eva Pitts is featured.
After Market News
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-pitts
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Columbia Bhangra 'E-Heights' online showcase unites dancers from across the nation
An article mentions that a bhangra dance team from Rice participated in Columbia University's virtual "E-Heights" celebration.
The Daily Columbia Spectator
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-dcs
SPORTS
Everyone is saying the same thing about the SWC tonight
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team won the Women’s National Invitation Tournament March 28, the first such title in school history.
The Spun
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-wbb
'Coach Yo' and Rebels fall in WNIT championship
The Nassau Guardian
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-ng
How Texas' collegiate baseball teams fared this week: TCU, UT, A&M record conference series wins
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team defeated Texas A&M University March 23.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-tdmn
Rob Childress previews A&M's midweek showdown with fifth-ranked Texas
TexAgs
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-ta
Texas A&M baseball welcomes No. 5 Texas to town Tuesday night
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-247
Diamond Notes: Aggies take two from Georgia to earn series victory
TexAgs
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-ta
Texas football schedule: The 1 potential trap game facing the Longhorns
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin next season.
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-fs
Nebraska moves up in volleyball rankings as regular season nears finish
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at Austin last week.
The Columbus Telegram (This article also appeared in the Norfolk Daily News.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-ct
Sources: Alabama is targeting Drew Svoboda of Memphis to replace Jay Graham as special teams coach
Former Rice assistant football coach Drew Svoboda is featured.
TDA
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-tda
NEWS RELEASES
Rice announces expansion of student body
Rice's Board of Trustees has approved a plan to enlarge its undergraduate student body by 20% to 4,800 by the fall of 2025. The university will open a 12th residential college and expand the number of students living on campus by about one-third to 3,525. Although decisions on graduate student enrollment are more decentralized, Rice’s current population of roughly 3,500 degree-seeking graduate students is also expected to grow, bringing Rice’s total enrollment to approximately 9,000 by fall 2025.
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-news-release-expansion
Rice graduate school programs score high in US News rankings
Eight Rice graduate programs rank among the country’s top 25 in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The George R. Brown School of Engineering, which ranks No. 29 nationally (up from No. 33 last year), has four programs or specialties in the top 25; and the Jones Graduate School of Business, which ranks No. 25 nationally, has four programs in the top 25.
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-news-release-desroches
Kumon or Montessori? It may depend on your politics, according to new study of 8,500 parents
Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political ideology, according to a collaborative study of more than 8,500 American parents by co-author Vikas Mittal, a professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-news-release-mittal
Serving size, satisfaction influence food waste on campus
Understanding what drives food choices can help high-volume food service operations like universities reduce waste, according to a new collaborative study by co-author Eleanor Putnam-Farr, assistant marketing professor at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
http://dateline.rice/mar-30-news-release-putnamfarr