FEATURED ITEMS
Rice's move to American Athletic Conference part of long-term vision
An article reports that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference. President David Leebron and Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard are quoted in the Houston Chronicle and interviewed in several television segments.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Oct. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-leebron-karlgaard
AAC additions: A glance at the conference's six new teams
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 400 other media outlets online, and it appeared in the print editions of more than 50 media outlets across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-ap
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-leebron
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-khou (This segment aired six times.)
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-kriv
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-karlgaard
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-kriv2
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-karlgaard
Perry, FAU stay perfect in Charlotte with 38-9 win
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-ap
UTSA announces move to American Athletic Conference
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Oct. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-saexp
UTSA to receive more national media exposure after joining American Athletic Conference
Texas Public Radio (This segment also aired twice on more than 40 affiliate stations.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-tpr
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-ktrk (This segment aired three times.)
'KSN News'
KSNW-TV (Wichita, Kansas)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-ksnw (This segment aired three times.)
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-woai (This segment aired six times.)
KSSK-AM (Honolulu)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-kssk
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Blank slate to best hope: Can Youngkin rescue the Va. GOP?
Alumnus and former Rice basketball player Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor of Virginia, is featured.
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 300 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-youngkin
The creeping cost of compliance
An article cites a study by the Baker Institute for Public Policy on banks' expenses following the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-forbes
HOUSTON/TEXAS
'Spooky' tongue-eating parasite found in fish at Galveston Island State Park
Kory Evans, assistant professor of natural sciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-evans
Political expert: New Texas redistricting maps creates virtually no competitive races in Houston 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.
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired four times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-jones
Going nuclear: Desperate Dems want to end filibuster
KTRH Online (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston, and this article also appeared in KPRC Online and KTRH on Spreaker.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-jones
Jewish Book & Arts Festival: Spotlight on Houston authors at Local Literati
An article mentions Max Apple, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor Emeritus of English.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-apple
'Ron's Gone Wrong,' 'Dune' among the 15+ major films hitting screens this week
A roundup mentions that Rice Cinema will screen "The Sparks Brothers" Oct. 22.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 22 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-hc
The man who built River Oaks
The Rice Design Alliance is mentioned.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-tm
New intersection at Rice and Sunset boulevards is 15 years in the making
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-hc
Texas Gov. Abbott forms semiconductor task force
An article mentions that Rice is part of the National Semiconductor Centers Texas Task Force consortium, which aims to coordinate the development of a proposal to the U.S. Department of Commerce to help make Texas the future site of the National Semiconductor Technology Center and the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program.
MyHighPlains.com (This article also appeared in STL News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-mhp
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
US Energy Department rolls out new hydrogen opportunities
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Upstream
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-medlock
Startup hopes to shake up textbook market by encouraging a mix-and-match of courseware
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
EdSurge
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-es
Brian Armstrong net worth 2021: Coinbase CEO is one of richest people in crypto
Alumnus Brian Armstrong is featured.
Techie Gamers
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-armstrong
Engineers develop flexible, self-healing material to protect steel from the elements
An article features collaborative Rice research into an anticorrosive coating for steel developed by Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry. Research scientist Muhammad Rahman and graduate student M.A.S.R. Saadi are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-ajayan
More architecture schools are hiring! Don't miss these open faculty positions
A roundup features Rice.
Archinect
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-arch
Collegiate Chess League Round 4: Begim wins big
An article mentions that Rice will compete in Round 5, Division 9 of the Collegiate Chess League Oct. 23.
Chess.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-chess
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Rancho Bernardo Library's free chamber music series returns, with restrictions
Alumna Erin Breene, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
San Diego Union-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-breene
SPORTS
2021 Week 8 preview: Rice Owls at UAB Blazers
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham Oct. 23. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-bloomgren
'WVTM 13 News'
WVTM-TV (Birmingham, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-wvtm (This segment aired three times.)
'ABC 33/40 News'
WBMA-TV (Birmingham, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-wbma
'Alabama Today'
WSFA-TV (Montgomery, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-wsfa
Spring native Glenn Otto makes impressive debut in Major League Baseball against his hometown team
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured.
Spring Happenings
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-otto
Blue Raiders travel to the Lone Star State for regular season road finale against Rice
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play Middle Tennessee State University Oct. 22. Head coach Brian Lee is mentioned.
GoBlueRaiders.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-gbr
UTSA is looking to go 8-0, here's what the sports world is saying about the chances
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Texas at San Antonio 45-0 Oct. 16.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-hc
NEWS RELEASES
Pandora Papers and Mexico topic of Baker Institute webinar
The Pandora Papers — almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret dealings of political leaders, royalty, bureaucrats, billionaires and others — and their implications for Mexico will be examined in an webinar from the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy Oct. 28.
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-news-release-baker-webinar
This pyramid scheme could be helpful
Rice chemist Matthew Jones and his team have demonstrated how symmetry breaking during particle growth reliably forms pyramid-shaped, gold tetrahedron nanocrystals.
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-news-release-jones