NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Math in 3D: Q&A with Abel Prize winner Dennis Sullivan
An article features alumnus Dennis Sullivan, who was awarded the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters' Abel Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to mathematics.
Scientific American
http://dateline.rice/april-5-sullivan
Saudi Arabia, UAE view Biden admin as unreliable partner: professor
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Iran News
http://dateline.rice/april-5-ulrichsen
How do planets form? A 'baby Jupiter' hundreds of light-years away offers new clues
An image is credited to Robert O'Dell, the Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics and former chief scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Conversation
http://dateline.rice/april-5-odell
Will a 'smart gun' finally make it to market?
Rice is mentioned.
NBC (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News and AOL.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-nbc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice's new Brockman Hall for Opera ready for its close-up
An article features upcoming events to celebrate the opening of Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera, which include a behind-the-scenes look at the staging of an opera April 9, performances of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" April 14 and 16, and "A Celebration for Brockman Hall for Opera" April 22. Matthew Loden, the Lynette S. Autrey Dean of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is quoted and pictured.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (This article appeared on the front of the Star section in the April 5 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-brockman-hall-loden
After 1,600 days of 'purgatory,' families of detained Citgo officials still pleading for help
Alumna Alexandra Zambrano Forseth is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This essay appeared on the front page of the April 5 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-forseth
Skylark Wireless to hire, expand manufacturing capabilities ahead of wider commercial rollout
An article mentions that Skylark Wireless, which aims to bring broadband internet access to rural communities, started at Rice in 2012. Co-founders and alumni Ryan Guerra, CEO of Skylark, and Clayton Shepherd, chief technical officer, are quoted.
The Business Journals' HoustonInno
http://dateline.rice/april-5-hi
Hermann Park breaks ground on lush and game-changing new park, garden and water space
Rice is mentioned.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-5-cmh
Texas-Squared Startup newsletter No. 343
A roundup highlights the H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge, a pitch competition that will award $75,000 in equity-free funding April 20, and Duncan College freshman Jamal Sayid, who has been selected for a Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship, a fully funded international leadership program for students of color in Ireland.
Texas-Squared Startup on Medium
http://dateline.rice/april-5-tss
BROADCAST
Judge Lina Hidalgo's lawyer claims investigation is a misunderstanding
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.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-5-jones
How will the end of Title 42 restrictions on migrants affect the US-Mexico border?
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.
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/april-5-payan
KERA-FM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-payan (This segment aired three times.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
New research suggests tattoos are not a turnoff for customers
An article features collaborative Rice research into how tattoos in some professional settings may be seen positively by customers. Co-author Mikki Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology and professor in Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/april-5-hebl
NSF backs study of Mississippi River's response to climate change
A team from Rice will lead a study of how climate change will impact the frequency and severity of flooding on the Mississippi River. Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and James Doss-Gollin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, are quoted.
Environmental News Network (This article also appeared in Yuba Net.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-dee-dossgollin
What consumers get wrong about shrinkflation
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/april-5-dholakia
Bird losses hinder plants' adaptation to climate change
Rice ecologist Evan Fricke is quoted.
Cornell University's All About Birds
http://dateline.rice/april-5-fricke
Hornblower names Peakes EVP and CFO
Alumnus and former Rice basketball player Adam Peakes, chairman of the board of advisers at the Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Marine Link
http://dateline.rice/april-5-peakes
Jupiter Power's Flower Valley II energy storage facility comes online in Texas
An article mentions collaborative Rice research that found Texas could entirely phase out the use of coal in the state.
PV Magazine
http://dateline.rice/april-5-pvm
Cassatt String Quartet welcomes violist Rosemary Nelis and cellist Gwen Krosnick to the ensemble
An article featuring alumna Jennifer Leshnower mentions that she studied under Sergiu Luca, former professor of violin, at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/april-5-leshnower
Caen Thomason-Redus joins League of American Orchestras leadership team as vice president, inclusion and learning
Alumnus Caen Thomason-Redus is featured.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/april-5-redus
What can indigenous worldviews bring to space exploration? As it turns out, a lot.
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Mother Jones
http://dateline.rice/april-5-kennedy
Buttigieg latest Biden official to push green transition as gas prices soar
An article cites Rice research into the energy transition.
Fox Business (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-foxbiz
The creator of the CRISPR babies has been released from a Chinese prison
An article about research on gene editing in humans mentions former Rice professor Michael Deem and former student He Jiankui.
MIT Technology Review (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-mit
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
2 things to do in Iowa City this weekend include a University of Iowa oral history project
An article mentions that Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct assistant professor of biosciences and the former Huxley Fellow in Ecology and Evolution at Rice, will mark the start of "Iowa City Darwin Day: Science Fest" April 8 by presenting "Welcome to Zombieland: Real Tales of Parasites Manipulating Host Behavior."
Iowa City Press-Citizen (This article also appeared in Prestigious Scholarships.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-weinersmith
UB surgeon leads medical team providing combat care training in Ukraine
Alumnus Aaron Epstein is featured.
The Buffalo News (This article also appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-epstein
Daily kickoff
Graduate student Adam Maslia is mentioned.
Jewish Insider
http://dateline.rice/april-5-maslia
Plastic finding its way into fish flesh and our food chain
An article features research by alumnus Alvin Orbaek White.
The Clare Champion
http://dateline.rice/april-5-white
SPORTS
WNBA interest is at an all-time high. Could a team return to Houston?
Rice women's head basketball coach Lindsay Edmonds is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This article also appeared in Texas Standard.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-edmonds
BSB: HBU heads across town to face Rice
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play Houston Baptist University April 5.
HBUHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/april-5-hbu
Sanders Cup at Schroeder Park
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Houston May 4.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/april-5-uhc
American play underway Friday
UHCougars.com (A similar article also appeared in 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/april-5-uhc
Cougars audition for NFL scouts
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Houston Sept. 24.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/april-5-uhc
NEWS RELEASE
Living sensor research wins federal backing
Rice researchers will lead a Department of Defense-funded project to improve communications between microelectronics and microorganisms, an advance that would make living sense-and-respond systems possible.
http://dateline.rice/april-5-news-release-ajofranklin-et-al