NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Saudi Arabia commits to net-zero emissions by 2060
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in Bloomberg, and he co-authored an op-ed in The Dallas Morning News.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-krane
Despite what you have heard about rare earths, shifting to renewable energy will reduce mining
The Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-krane
Why did Texas ban Delta-8?
Lisa Pittman, nonresident fellow in drug policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Popular Science
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-pittman
Border Report: Mexico using immigration enforcement as leverage against United States
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.
Las Cruces Sun-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-payan
Irish stance on Israel is antisemitism in disguise
Craig Considine, lecturer in sociology, is quoted.
The Irish Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-considine
Obama implores Virginia Democrats to wake up ahead of governor's race
Alumnus and former Rice basketball player Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor of Virginia, is featured.
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-youngkin
Obama implora que democratas da Virgínia 'acordem' antes da eleição para governador
CNN Brasil (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-youngkin
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has paid his first voter fraud bounty. It went to an unexpected recipient
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.
The Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 23 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-jones
Sen. Ted Cruz blocks more Biden nominees, affecting American diplomacy
Spectrum News
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-jones
KLIF-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-jones
70,000 Cigna members to lose in-network access at CHI St. Luke's at the end of October
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ho
New Harris County, Kinder Institute study sheds light on housing 'affordability crisis'
An article cites the "My Home is Here" study by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, which found that nearly 500,000 Harris County families are paying more than they can afford for their homes.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-kinder-study
Lisa 'Li' Harris looks to evaluate Houston's creative economy at her upcoming performance 'Import' at the Moody Center for the Arts
An article featuring Lisa "Li" Harris mentions that she will perform "Import" at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts Oct. 27.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
Women Who Mean Business: Meet HBJ's 2021 finance honorees
Alumna Alison Young is featured.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-young
Houston Airport System director promises to 'build forward better' as pandemic challenges remain
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hbj
Del Valle High School teacher wins 2022 Texas Teacher of the Year
An article featuring Ramon Benavides mentions that he has participated in a research internship at Rice.
KFOX 14 Online (This article also appeared in the El Paso Herald-Post.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-kfox
Exclusive: Austin's Capital Factory bringing startup programming to The Ion
An article mentions Rice Management Co.'s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion tech hub.
Houston Inno
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-rmc
Theatre Under the Stars will establish an education and arts center in the Ion district in Midtown
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-the-ion
Oct. 28
A roundup mentions that DaCamera's "Pure Genius: Solo Bach" will be performed at Rice's Stude Concert Hall Nov. 30.
Texas Classical Review
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-tcr
BROADCAST
Oil industry helped handpick members of Texas advisory group for electric grid reliability, emails show
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
KXXV Online
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-stein
6 chilling books from Houston authors that will leave you looking over your shoulder
A book roundup features "Safe from Harm," authored by alumna Stephanie Jaye Evans, and the trilogy "The Passage," authored by Rice writer-in-residence Justin Cronin.
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-evans-cronin
Texas — USA
A travel show about Houston features Rice and interviews Lesa Tran Lu, associate director for educational programs at the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering and adjunct lecturer in chemistry.
The Life of Others on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-lu-butler
Rice is best in Texas
An article mentions that Rice is ranked the No. 1 university in Texas and No. 6 in the nation according to WalletHub.
KTRH Online (This article also appeared in KPRC Online.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ktrh
WABC-AM (New York)
A broadcast cites collaborative Rice research into the possible effects of increasing the corporate tax rate to 28%.
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-wabc
'Houston's Morning Show'
Rice is mentioned.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-kriv
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Chemists discover mechanism in controlled growth of tetrahedron-shaped nanoparticles
An article features Rice research demonstrating how symmetry breaking during particle growth reliably forms pyramid-shaped, gold tetrahedron nanocrystals. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Matthew Jones, assistant professor of chemistry and materials science and nanoengineering, postdoctoral researcher Muhua Sun and graduate students Zhihua Cheng and Weiyin Chen.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-jones
True polar wander: A shift 84 million years ago
Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor in Geophysics, is quoted.
EarthSky
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-gordon
The two-year crash course
An article cites a recent Foreign Policy op-ed co-authored by Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Groundviews
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-collins
The world's best MBA programs for entrepreneurship in 2022
An article mentions that the MBA program in entrepreneurship at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 3 in the world according to Poets & Quants.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-jones-school
Turning trash into treasure: A new tech bringing urban mining closer to fruition
An article features Rice research on using flash Joule heating, which was initially developed to produce graphene from carbon sources including waste food and plastic, to recover rhodium, palladium, gold and silver from electronic waste. Study co-author and postdoctoral research associate Bing Deng is quoted in Focus.it.
Bio Market Insights
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-bmi
Rifiuti elettronici: La nuova miniera dei metalli preziosi
Focus.it (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-deng
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
A focus on the present may help single mothers feel more 'in control' of their lives
Working, single mothers who feel in control of their schedules are more likely to fit in healthy habits like exercise, according to new collaborative Rice research. Co-author Danielle King, assistant professor of psychological sciences, is quoted.
Virginia Tech's Exponentially (This article also appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-king
Russia's big oil investment in Venezuela helps criminal Maduro regime grow stronger
Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Center for the United States and Mexico and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
The Floridian
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-monaldi
Faculty members fill ranks in strategic areas, from democracy to sustainability
A roundup features alumna Lakeshia Taite.
UVA Today
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-taite
Spy Review: Winners of Chesapeake Chamber Gold Prize
An article features alumnus Allan Hon, cellist of the Zelter String Quartet, which recently won the Lerman Gold Prize at the Chesapeake Chamber Music's ninth biennial international competition.
The Chestertown Spy
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hon
OPINION | OLD NEWS: Pine Bluff teacher blindsided in 1921 when paper names her most beautiful woman in US
An article features late alumna Edith Mae Patterson, who was named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the United States" by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1921.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription is required. This article also appeared online in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and it appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition of both papers.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-patterson
SPORTS
Rice beats UAB 30-24 in key Conference USA matchup
An article mentions that Rice's football team defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham 30-24 Oct. 23. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article.
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 400 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ap
Rice stuns UAB in Conference USA play
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-bloomgren
Texas college football rankings: It's Texas A&M and SMU
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
Rice vs. UAB: 5 things to watch
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
UAB hosts Rice for homecoming and Children's Harbor Game
UABSports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-uab
UAB football falls to Rice 30-24 at Protective Stadium
UABSports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-uab
The 411: Aggies are a top 10 team; that UTSA defense is something serious; tough talks needed at TCU
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-dctf
'WVTM 13 News'
WVTM-TV (Birmingham, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-wvtm (This segment aired six times.)
College football conference realignment tracker: Remaining questions, next steps after latest shakeup
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
ESPN (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 200 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-espn
FIU losing games and left out when C-USA teams bolt for the American Athletic Conference
Miami Herald
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-mh
'KSVT News'
KSVT-TV (Twin Falls, Idaho)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ksvt
KTSA-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ktsa (This segment aired three times.)
Houston vs. East Carolina: 5 things to watch
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Houston 44-7 Sept. 11.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
Saturday's Week 8 regional college football previews
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Texas at San Antonio 45-0 Oct. 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
No. 24 UTSA remains undefeated, rolling past Louisiana Tech
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-hc
Roadrunners extra points: UTSA 45, Louisiana Tech 16
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Oct. 25 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-saexp
UTSA vs. Louisiana Tech: 5 things to watch
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Oct. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-saexp
Football preview: At No. 16/18 Baylor
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin 58-0 Sept. 18.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-ts
NEWS RELEASES
Rice Business ranked No. 3 for entrepreneurship by Poets & Quants
The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice is ranked No. 3 in Poets & Quants' World’s Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship rankings for 2022, up from No. 15 on the 2021 list.
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-news-release-jones-school
Many Latinos chose virtual learning for children to minimize health risks to family, study shows
Many Latino families chose virtual learning for their children instead of returning to the classroom last fall in an effort to minimize health risks and protect vulnerable family members from COVID-19, according to a new study from Rice sociologist Julia Szabo.
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-news-release-szabo
Rice Business' annual diversity, equity and inclusion conference set for Oct. 29
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business will host the sixth annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 29. The event is designed to provide a forum for awareness, dialogue and skill-building around DEI issues as they relate to the business world.
http://dateline.rice/oct-25-news-release-jones-school-conference