NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Why US oil companies aren’t riding to Europe’s rescue
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 27 print edition, and it also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://nyti.ms/3kfQzfB
Americká ropa Evropě nepomůže. Těžaři se bojí poklesu její ceny
Echo24 (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in The World News.)
https://bit.ly/36WTA1i
Coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels, is in high demand
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Marketplace
https://bit.ly/3EVRKtV
WNYC-FM (New York)
https://bit.ly/3LnUB1j (This broadcast aired on more than 475 National Public Radio affiliate stations across the U.S.)
Watch the Venus-Jupiter conjunction at the end of April
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
https://cnn.it/3xXKWe2
Coal to power China’s energy transition
Shih Yu “Elsie” Hung, research manager at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, authored an article that features the institute’s China Energy Map.
Forbes
https://bit.ly/3vIknqm
Warsaw and Budapest split over Russian energy ties
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Deutsche Welle (This article also appeared in Times of Oman.)
https://bit.ly/3EVInKL
Florida adds another publisher to elementary math textbook list, pulling it from reject list
An article mentions that Accelerate Learning's STEMscopes Florida Math book was created in partnership with Rice.
Tallahassee Democrat (This article also appeared in the Florida Times-Union, Daily Commercial and News Chief.)
https://bit.ly/3kiNqLU
Presenta Samuel proyectos de movilidad a gobierno de Texas
An April 26 Baker Institute for Public Policy conversation with Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García Sepúlveda is mentioned.
El Horizonte (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3LuhVKY
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Neighbors fear 'forever chemical' business will ruin rural area in Williamson County
Michael Wong, the Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology, a professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering and of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in News Break.)
https://bit.ly/3EROXlr
Add Lyoya’s name to already too-long list
Tony Brown, professor and associate chair in the Department of Sociology and director of the Racism and Racial Experiences Workgroup, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This op-ed was included in the April 27 print edition.)
https://bit.ly/3MwN4xl
New research by Rice University’s Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute shows Texas could lead the energy expansion
An article highlights research co-authored by John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at the institute.
Gilmer Mirror
https://bit.ly/39pJ0kl
Houston’s emerging innovation district gets global recognition from prestigious program
President David Leebron is quoted in an article on the Ion, a tech hub in Houston's historic Midtown Sears building redeveloped by Rice.
InnovationMap Houston (This article also appeared in Tip Sale Tips.)
https://bit.ly/3Lm2Z1m
Rice University’s new opera house up to the task
An article features the debut performances of Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera. Mozart's "Don Giovanni" was performed under the stage direction of visiting artist Vera Calábria by Shepherd School graduate students Dylan Gregg, Rachel Shaughnessy, Hayden Smith, Jessica Crowell, Madeleine Lyon, Keaton Brown and Mario Manzo.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was included in the April 27 print edition of the Chronicle’s Examiner and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3Mxqg0m
Doctors weigh in on how debt woes affect patient health
A recent Baker Institute for Public Policy event on medical debt is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was included in the April 27 print edition of the Chronicle’s Examiner and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3OJchqg
BIS Houston takes to the road
Rice is mentioned.
The Buzz Magazines
https://bit.ly/37LHcS4
EHS students find STEM career inspiration at Engineering Design Showcase
Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering's annual Engineering Design Showcase is featured. Student Gloria Ni is quoted.
Village News
https://bit.ly/3MEyfZL
Recognizing women in sports: Texas State’s first female football director of operations
An article mentions that Kelly Keresztury formerly worked at Rice.
Corridor News
https://bit.ly/3Lmcs8X
BROADCAST
Turning a landfill in Sunnyside into a solar farm, and what motivates Gov. Abbott
Pedro Alvarez, director of Rice's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment and the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, discusses microplastics on “Houston Matters.”
Houston Public Media
https://bit.ly/3vPfgVk
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
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 in a broadcast on a whistleblower lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
https://bit.ly/36S7XE1 (This broadcast aired five times on KRLD-AM and once on KLBJ-AM in Austin, Texas.)
‘Real Green’
Engineering students from Rice who traveled to Nicaragua to provide electricity to a village church via solar power are featured.
WCBS-TV (New York)
https://bit.ly/3KjTkXO
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Crypto clarification: New proposals for gov’t regulation
Joyce Beebe, a fellow in public finance at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Accounting Today
https://bit.ly/3xSOxKh
Survey: Chinese public opinion of US crashes
Songying Fang, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
Scienmag (Similar articles appeared in Mirage News Australia, World News Network, Community and 24HTech.)
https://bit.ly/3xXBhE5
AIxIA, seminari gratuiti sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: come seguirli?
Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science, is mentioned.
Tom’s Hardware Italy (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Android Gadget.)
https://bit.ly/3Ls8gnZ
Realizzato il primo chip di elettronica molecolare
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering,
AI4Business (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3kisZP6
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
William Haupt III: If all government is local, so are elections
Melissa Marschall, professor of political science, is quoted.
Alabama Today (This op-ed originally appeared in The Center Square and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3MxPN9Q
‘In Conversation: Esther Adler and Anthony Pinn on the Spiritual Landscapes of Joseph E. Yoakum’
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and founding director of Rice's Center for African and African American Studies, will participate in an April 27 event at Houston’s Menil Drawing Institute.
HappeningNext
https://bit.ly/3ESrmRK
ERC-Grant für Silke Bühler-Paschen
Former visiting professor Silke Bühler-Paschen is featured.
TU Wien News (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Austria Presse Agentur and IDW Online)
https://bit.ly/3xXlwNC
The Black (student) body
Rice is mentioned.
The Claremont Institute’s The American Mind
https://bit.ly/3KlKDvS
Fibra ottica di TIM, cavi sottomarini utilizzati per monitorare i terremoti
Rice research on using underwater fiber-optic cables to detect earthquakes in real time is featured.
HD Blog (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in SannioPortale.)
https://bit.ly/3ETkiEj
Aluno de São José dos Campos passa em mais de 10 universidades ao redor do mundo; entre elas, Yale
Rice is mentioned.
OVALE (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3KnBa7r
SPORTS
‘KPRC Channel 2 News Today 4:30 a.m.’
Rice track and field athletes Grace Forbes, Maddie Forbes, Maggie Forbes and Taigen Hunter-Galvan and coach Jim Bevan are featured ahead of the Owls’ 4x800-meter relay competing in the Penn Relays. Grace Forbes is also competing in the 10,000 meters.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/3vhim5w
Ta’Quan Roberson football skills camp
An article mentions that Rice football player Chris Conti will be a counselor at an upcoming football camp.
West Orange Patch (New Jersey; this article also appeared in New Jersey Patch editions in Newark, Montclair, South Orange and Livingston.)
https://bit.ly/3LrsD4I
Roadrunners tune up three weeks out from conference
Rice’s J. Fred Duckett Invitational track and field meet is featured.
The Paisano
https://bit.ly/38tb9pP
Six-man rotation kicks in as Astros, Cristian Javier face Rangers
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured.
News Break (This article originally appeared in Sportsnaut.)
https://bit.ly/3vQQuo1
NEWS RELEASES
Experts to discuss trends in trade at May 4 Baker Institute event
A panel of experts will explore recent trends in international trade and provide policy recommendations for strengthening the global system during a May 4 event hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
https://bit.ly/3OD0No6
English learners more successful when they stick with one program, especially if it supports their home language
A new research brief from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has found that English learners have the most success when they stick with a single program — regardless of program type — and skills from their home language are incorporated in their education.
https://bit.ly/3rUYrHD