May. 19, 2021

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Dateline Rice for May 19, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

US, Mexico border restrictions extended

Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.

MSN Lifestyle (This article originally appeared in KRLD Online.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-payan
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-payan

Extreme green 'keep it in the ground' movement seizes on IEA warning
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/may-19-finley

Science community split over diminished Endless Frontier Act
Neal Lane, senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
National Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-lane

Indian, US researchers develop algorithms for lensless, miniature cameras with futuristic applications
A team of researchers from Rice and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed algorithms for lensless and miniature cameras. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, postdoctoral research associate Vivek Boominathan and graduate student Jasper Tan.
MSN India (This article originally appeared in DNA.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-msn
IIT-M, US researchers develop algorithms to get clearer images from futuristic lensless cameras
MSN Money India (This article originally appeared in ZeeNews.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-msn

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Ion gentrification concerns spur million-dollar Rice plan to help Third Ward residents

An article features Rice's redevelopment of Houston's historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of this year. Sam Dike, Rice Management Co.’s manager of strategic initiatives, is quoted in the first article, and Ryan LeVasseur, Rice Management Co.'s managing director of direct real estate, is quoted in the second article. Jan Odegard, senior director of industry and academic partnerships at the Ion, and Ed Egan, the former director of the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (now the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth) at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, are interviewed by the Texas Standard.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the May 19 print edition, and it was featured in the Chronicle's "Morning Report" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-dike-the-ion
A look inside the Ion, Houston's new tech hub inside a converted Sears
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the May 19 print edition of the Chronicle's Bellaire Examiner and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-14-levasseur-ion
Texas Standard for May 19, 2021
Texas Standard (This segment aired on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas and appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-odegard-ion

Renewable energy jobs are booming in Texas
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the May 19 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-medlock
VERIFY: No, the Keystone XL Pipeline decision has nothing to do with gas crisis on East Coast
WUSA Online (This segment also aired on more than 20 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-medlock

Rice University's general counsel to retire
An article reports that Richard Zansitis, vice president and general counsel at Rice, will retire at the end of 2021. The article mentions that Zansitis played a key role in ushering recent Rice projects like the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials and the Ion. President David Leebron is quoted.

Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/may-19-zansitis-leebron

FBISD announces top graduates for 2020-21 school year
A roundup features the following students who plan to attend Rice next semester: Kathryn Phung, valedictorian of Dulles High School; Stephanie Agu, salutatorian of Kempner High School; and Emma Codianne, salutatorian of Ridge Point High School.
The Fort Bend Star
http://dateline.rice/may-19-fbs

Letters for May 19
A letter to the editor mentions Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Eagle
http://dateline.rice/may-19-te

Katy ISD names its 2021 valedictorians, salutatorians
An article featuring Jennie Le, valedictorian of Morton Ranch High School, and Pranav Narayanan, salutatorian of Tompkins High School, mentions that they plan to attend Rice next semester.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the May 19 print edition of the Chronicle's Katy Rancher and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-hc

BROADCAST

Mandating an end to mask mandates (May 19, 2021)
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-jones
Political expert weighs in Matthew McConaughey's potential gubernatorial run
24/7 News on Spreaker (This segment also aired five times on WOAI-AM in San Antonio.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-jones

KSL-AM (Salt Lake City)
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
http://dateline.rice/may-19-kennedy (This segment aired twice.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice Architecture selects Igor Marjanović as its new dean
An article reports that Igor Marjanović has been named dean of Rice Architecture effective July 1. The article quotes Dawn Finley, associate professor and director of graduate studies, and John Casbarian, the Harry K. and Albert K. Smith Professor in Architecture, director of external programs and interim dean of the architecture school.
Archinect
http://dateline.rice/may-19-marjanovic-finley-casbarian

Charting a course through the enteric nervous system with a new single-cell atlas
An article features Rosa Uribe, assistant professor of biosciences, who has won a five-year, $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how the enteric nervous system forms.
BioTechniques
http://dateline.rice/may-19-uribe

Researchers to develop wireless, implantable device to control the body's circadian clock
An article features collaborative Rice research to develop a wireless, fully implantable device that can control the body's circadian clock. Researchers quoted or mentioned include Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering; Jacob Robinson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering; Kaiyuan Yang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Caleb Kemere, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
AZo Sensors
http://dateline.rice/may-19-veiseh-robinson-yang-kemere

VC LIVE | Montreal Chamber Music Festival presents: 'Home From Away' with pianist Jon Kimura Parker
Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano at the Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Violin Channel
http://dateline.rice/may-19-kimuraparker

Winning the future: Analyzing the CLEAN Future Act and its implications for biofuels
An article mentions that Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, testified at a May 5 hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy.
Advanced Biofuels USA
http://dateline.rice/may-19-foss

Vectorworks announces regional design scholarship winners
An article mentions that the work "Pliable Display-Ground" by fifth-year architecture students Han Zhu and Xinyu Chen and graduate student Wanting Zhou won a Vectorworks Design Scholarship.
TenLinks
http://dateline.rice/may-19-rsa

Portfolio management: As green technologies grow, oil companies have a choice to make
Alumna Judy Feder authored an article.
Journal of Petroleum Technology
http://dateline.rice/may-19-feder

Meet the MBA Class of 2022: Mariana Reyes, University of Rochester (Simon)

Rice is mentioned.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/may-19-pq

10 best courses and certifications for business, finance and entrepreneurship
A roundup features courses by Rice on Coursera.
JavaRevisited on Medium
http://dateline.rice/may-19-jr

Chip delivers COVID-19 test results on a smartphone
An article features Rice research that developed a microfluidic chip that measures protein biomarkers for COVID-19 in blood serum from a standard finger prick and delivers results on a smartphone in less than an hour.
NASA Tech Briefs
http://dateline.rice/may-19-tb

Offshore oil players navigate energy transition
An article features comments made at the May 14 webinar "Offshore Exploration and Production and the Global Energy Transition" hosted by the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Hart Energy (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-baker-webinar

Insufficient infrastructure funding cited as top concern by 91% of cities
Research on infrastructure needs by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research is cited.
Planetizen
http://dateline.rice/may-19-kinder-study

Temporada USM presentará concierto del destacado pianista nacional Javier Lanis

An article mentions Robert Roux, professor of piano and chair of keyboard at the Shepherd School of Music.

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria Noticias (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-roux

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Grange Co-op awards local students with scholarships
An article featuring Kelsea Whiting mentions that she plans to attend Rice next semester.
Colusa County Sun-Herald
http://dateline.rice/may-19-ccsh

Strawberry Crest High School: Tribune Scholars profiles and essays
An article featuring Srikar Parsi mentions that he plans to attend Rice next semester.
Tampa Bay Times
http://dateline.rice/may-19-tbt

Two Koreans among winners of the Met Opera competition
An article features alumnus Duke Kim, who is one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.
Naver (This Korea Herald article also appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-kim

14 genuine word plays that make you sound strong at work and others don't know why
Rice is mentioned.
Aha Moments on Medium
http://dateline.rice/may-19-aha

SPORTS

2021 schedule preview 4/6: Liberty & Rice
An article previews Rice football and mentions head coach Mike Bloomgren.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-19-bloomgren

No. 2 baseball versus Rice canceled
Several articles mention that Rice's May 18 baseball game against the University of Texas at Austin was canceled due to inclement weather and will not be rescheduled.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-19-ts
Forty Acres Insider: May 18
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-19-ts
Texas baseball mid-week matchup vs. Rice canceled
Sports Illustrated's Longhorns Country
http://dateline.rice/may-19-silc
Texas Longhorns June recruiting visit preview
Sports Illustrated's Longhorns Country
http://dateline.rice/may-19-silc
KUT-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-kut

No. 4 men's tennis preview: NCAA quarterfinals
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin March 12 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-19-ts

Houston broadcasting legend shares shocking Rockets stories
A Q&A featuring Bill Worrell mentions that his father, "Dub" Worrell, formerly served as a team dentist at Rice.
SportsMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/may-19-smh

Yankees' top 30 prospects update: Estevan Florial continues power show; Oswald Peraza raking; Deivi Garcia hot

Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in NJ.com.)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-otto

'40/29 News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Arkansas Sept. 4.
KHOG-TV (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/may-19-khog

NEWS RELEASE

Body chemistry can predict severity of depression after death of spouse
Bodily inflammation after the death of a spouse can predict future depression, according to new research from Lydia Wu, a psychology graduate student at Rice, and Christopher Fagundes, associate professor of psychology.
http://dateline.rice/may-19-news-release-fagundes-wu

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