NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Sleep loss after spouse's death can harm immune health
Two articles feature research by Christopher Fagundes, associate professor of psychology, and graduate student Lydia Wu into the long-term health impacts of losing a spouse.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/may-20-fagundes-wu
Body chemistry can predict severity of depression after death of spouse
Medical Xpress
http://dateline.rice/may-20-fagundes-wu
Top public and private colleges in the South
An article mentions that Rice is No. 15 in the nation according to the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
The Wall Street Journal
http://dateline.rice/may-20-wsj
Texas A&M Foundation board of trustees honors three seniors with Outstanding Student Award
An article featuring Marco Solarte mentions that he plans to pursue an MBA at Rice.
MSN (This KBTX Online article originally appeared in Texas A&M Today.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-msn
Grange co-op awards local students with scholarships
An article featuring Kelsea Whiting mentions that she plans to attend Rice next semester.
Yahoo! News (This Colusa County Sun-Herald article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-yn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University hires architecture dean with international background
Two articles report that Igor Marjanović has been named dean of Rice Architecture effective July 1. Provost Reginald DesRoches is quoted, and John Casbarian, the Harry K. and Albert K. Smith Professor in Architecture, director of external programs and interim dean of the architecture school, is mentioned in both articles. President David Leebron is quoted in the Houston Business Journal.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/may-20-marjanovic-leebron
Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice School of Architecture
The Architect's Newspaper (This article also appeared in Commercial Construction and Renovation.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-marjanovic-casbarian-desroches
Rice working group says millions needed to stem Ion's potential gentrification of the Third Ward
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. 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 Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/may-20-dike
Houston's Midtown innovation district is taking shape, despite controversy
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/may-20-odegard
Community investments, project-based opportunities and more goals in proposed Midtown benefits agreement
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/may-20-the-ion
Texas has wasted 60K COVID vaccine doses. Over half were thrown out in the last 2 weeks.
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the May 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-ho
As Texas colleges lift mask requirements, faculty urge Abbott to reconsider mandate
An article reports that Rice will no longer require will no longer require fully vaccinated members of its community to wear masks indoors. The article quotes Kevin Kirby, Rice’s vice president for administration and chair of the Crisis Management Advisory Committee.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the May 19 print edition, and it was featured in the Chronicle's "Morning Report" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-kirby
Unexpected 'Black Swan' defect discovered in soft matter for first time
An article mentions that Hua Guo, assistant research professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and alumnus Mujin Zhuo contributed to the featured research.
Texas A&M Today (This article also appeared in SciTechDaily, AZo Materials and 4State.News.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-guo
BROADCAST
Mayor Turner's proposal for firefighter raises (May 20, 2021)
A "Houston Matters" segment features Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, discussing the advances in autonomous vehicles and last year's conversation with Geoff Winningham, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Humanities in visual and dramatic arts, about his book "Friday Night in the Coliseum."
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-Veeraraghavan-winningham
Bandage diagnosis
A broadcast features Rice research that developed a microfluidic chip that may diagnose illnesses using a smartphone. Peter Lillehoj, associate professor and the Shankle Chair in Mechanical Engineering, and Rice postdoctoral researcher Xue Jiang are mentioned.
The Loh Down on Science (This segment aired on 150 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-lillehoj
'13 Eyewitness News'
A broadcast features Rice's Houston Asian American Archive and interviews alumna Anne Chao, manager of the archive and adjunct lecturer in Rice's Department of Humanities.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-chao (This segment aired twice.)
Young Artist in Residence: Cristina Cutts Dougherty
A music broadcast mentions that the recordings were made at the Shepherd School of Music.
YourClassical.org (This Performance Today segment also aired on more than 400 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-shep-school
Note on emerging science: Biochar and irrigation
An article mentions Rice research that found biochar could save farmers a little more than 50% of the water they now use to grow crops.
Living on Earth (This segment aired on more than 100 stations across the U.S. and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-loe
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
George Floyd, Black Lives Matter and the impact on HE
President David Leebron is quoted.
University World News
http://dateline.rice/may-20-leebron
Pharma companies are marketing drug products to Facebook users
Kirsten Ostherr, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and director of Rice's Medical Futures Lab, is quoted.
Legal Reader
http://dateline.rice/may-20-ostherr
An update on Aurora Exascale Readiness at Argonne
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Inside HPC
http://dateline.rice/may-20-ihpc
Vectorworks Design Scholarship winners announced
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.
BIMToday
http://dateline.rice/may-20-zhu-chen
Emerson appoints James Turley as chair of the board of directors
Alumnus James Turley is featured.
Industrial Valve News
http://dateline.rice/may-20-turley
Interfaith engagement at a Christian university: Four metaphors, their problems and a creative alternative
Alumnus Perry Glanzer authored an article.
Christian Scholar's Review
http://dateline.rice/may-20-glanzer
MoCA and Translite Global offer MDU owners no-new-wires path to gigabit services
Rice is mentioned.
Broadband Communities Magazine
http://dateline.rice/may-20-bcm
Out of this world
Airport World
http://dateline.rice/may-20-aw
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Heart of Nashua: Someone new eyes the corner office
An article cites the 2017 study "Who Runs for Mayor in America?" by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
New Hampshire Union Leader
http://dateline.rice/may-20-kinder-study
Concert will feature Mendelssohn, Haydn, Fernandez and Schubert
An article features alumna Johanna Lamb, a graduate of the Shepherd School of Music.
Naugatuck, Connecticut Patch
http://dateline.rice/may-20-lamb
SPORTS
Inside James Harden's beautiful mind, the tool that could lead the former MVP — and the Nets — to an NBA title
Rice head basketball coach Scott Pera is mentioned.
The Athletic
http://dateline.rice/may-20-pera
Pitcher's sneaky pickoff move made him a viral star
An article features former Rice baseball player Blake Fox.
FanBuzz
http://dateline.rice/may-20-fox
Cedar Rapids Kernels pitching reports: Matt Canterino
Former Rice baseball player Matt Canterino is featured.
Twins Daily
http://dateline.rice/may-20-canterino
Texas hires 1st Black director of Longhorn marching band
A caption mentions the 2010 football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/may-20-ap