FEATURED ITEMS
Rice University's spectacular new Brockman opera hall gearing up to open with a community day and 'Don Giovanni'
A broadcast features Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera, which will host an open house for a behind-the-scenes look April 9. Matthew Loden, the Lynette S. Autrey Dean of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, and graduate student Travon Walker are interviewed. Robert Yekovich, the Elma Schneider Professor of Music and former dean of the Shepherd School, is mentioned.
Click2Houston (The video segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-brockman-hall-loden-walker
Houston happenings April 7-10
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-khou
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kprc1 (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kprc2
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kprc3
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kprc4
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Mexico high court OKs preference for state power plants
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-grunstein
Pressure mounts on Europe for total Russian energy embargo
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Axios
http://dateline.rice/april-8-mikulska
HOUSTON/TEXAS
New book from Rice professor shares climate change strategy
A book review features the new book by Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, titled "Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future."
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was also featured in the Chronicle's "Morning Report" newsletter April 8.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cohan
Chabad at Rice creates community with 'Mega Shabbat'
An article mentions that more than 100 Rice students attended the "Mega Shabbat" at Farnsworth Pavilion March 25. Community members mentioned or quoted include President David Leebron, Lovett College senior Ben Zaltsman, graduate student Jordin Metz, Wiess College sophomore Ava Fradlin and Rabbi Shmuli Slonim, co-director of Chabad at Rice.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jhv
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week
A roundup features a report that Aramco Americas has joined as a founding partner of the Ion, Rice Management Co.'s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into a tech hub, and quotes President David Leebron.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/april-8-the-ion-leebron
Texas border officials worry that Greg Abbott's order to increase vehicle inspections will hurt local economies
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.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-payan
Reforma eléctrica es una 'mala idea,' no alcanzará a implementarse
Energy21.com.mx (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-payan
Houston company sends first all-private crew to ISS in bid to keep Houston's title as Space City
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-abbey
A carbon resurgence? With $100 oil and big gaps in renewables, fossil fuels are as essential as ever
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/april-8-foss
Leaving a legacy: Cantor Finkelstein celebrated with concert at Beth Yeshurun
An article featuring Beth Yeshurun Cantor Meir Finkelstein mentions that he has worked with the following Rice community members to create a digital and physical archive of his compositions and performances: Joshua Furman, founder and curator of the Houston Jewish History Archive at Rice and associate director and lecturer in Jewish studies; Amanda Focke, head of special collections at Rice's Woodson Research Center; Debra Kolah, head of user experience at Fondren Library; and Dara Flinn, archivist librarian of special collections at Fondren.
Jewish Herald-Voice (This article was also featured on the cover of the April 7 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jhv
Searching for the tinker
Alumna Stephanie Chadwick, chair of Lamar University's department of art and design, is featured.
Lamar University's University Press
http://dateline.rice/april-8-chadwick
Queer things to do in Houston this weekend: April 7-10, 2022
A roundup mentions that Rice's Queer Resource Center will host a drag show at McMurtry College April 8 as part of Rice Pride Week.
OutSmart
http://dateline.rice/april-8-outsmart
Exclusive: New renderings of The Commons offer peek at Hermann Park's planned 26-acre green space
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hc
Hermann Park breaks ground on lush and game-changing new park, garden and water space
ABC 13 Online (This article originally appeared in CultureMap Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-abc13
BROADCAST
Judge Lina Hidalgo on two years of COVID and judges recusing themselves (April 8, 2022)
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, participates in a roundtable discussion of "The Good, Bad and Ugly" of the week's news.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ho
Mike Tyson selling ear-shaped CBD gummies: 'The Good, Bad and Ugly' of the week
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ho
'Un teatro político': Medidas del gobernador de Texas no tendrían impacto real en inmigración, según experto
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.
Univision (The video segment also aired on KXLN-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jones
White House calls Gov. Greg Abbott's migrant bus plan a 'publicity stunt'
Montgomery County Reporter
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jones
University of St. Thomas to offer free tuition for eligible incoming freshman
An article mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-abc13
EPCC professor wins award for best ideas in education
An article mentions that the Rather Prize, a $10,000 cash award that goes to the student, teacher or administrator who provides the best idea to improve Texas education, was established in 2016 by Rice alumnus Martin Rather and his grandfather, journalist Dan Rather.
KTSM Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-rather
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
ASU+GSV: How digital transformation can cultivate diversity on campus
A Q&A features Caroline Levander, vice president for global and digital strategy.
eCampus News
http://dateline.rice/april-8-levander
NSF CAREER Award supports the study of reliable, secure WBMI bioelectronic implants
An article features Kaiyuan Yang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who has won a $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study the reliability and security of wireless, batteryless, minimally invasive bioelectronics.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/april-8-yang
Implanted 'drug factories' deliver cancer treatment directly to tumors
An article features collaborative Rice research that eradicated advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days with a treatment that could be ready for human clinical trials later this year. Co-authors Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and graduate student Amanda Nash are quoted.
National Cancer Institute
http://dateline.rice/april-8-veiseh-nash
Vipers sweep the G League major awards
An article mentions that alumnus and Rio Grande Valley Vipers general manager Travis Stockbridge won the NBA G League Executive of the Year award.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/april-8-stockbridge
Product management at HBS: Roll up your sleeves and learn by doing
Alumnus Weston Ruths authored a blog post.
Harvard Business School's MBA Voices
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ruths
MISO promotes three officers and names three additional officers
Alumna Jennifer Curran is featured.
Electric Energy Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-curran
Being real on campus
An article mentions that the app BeReal, which notifies users at a random moment each day to take a photo of themselves using the front and rear cameras of their smartphone, is used by Rice students.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ihe
New leadership announced at Ucross
An article mentions that Rice has partnered with Ucross fellowships, which award two-week residencies at the foundation's 20,000-acre Wyoming ranch.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/april-8-bw
United States: Three big things to watch in oil and gas markets
An article cites an analysis of possible global oil prices amid Russia's war on Ukraine, presented by the International Energy Agency and J.P. Morgan at a briefing organized by the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy March 23.
Mondaq
http://dateline.rice/april-8-mondaq
Today's 'D Brief': Ukraine FM to NATO; eyes on Donbas; China's lessons learned; boat blockade in Texas; and a bit more.
A roundup cites a 2020 study by the Baker Institute for Public Policy that found the economic benefits to Texas of illegal immigration are greater than the costs of the public services utilized.
Defense One's "The D Brief" newsletter
http://dateline.rice/april-8-done
Seth Kaller Inc. has history you can hold and own at the 62nd annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Rice is mentioned.
Pro News Report
http://dateline.rice/april-8-pnr
Brasileiros buscam explicar por que Ceres é tão diferente de seus vizinhos
An article mentions that experts from Rice collaborated on a study to reconstruct the formation process of the dwarf planet Ceres.
Revista Galileu (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-rg
Marie Kondo: Veja dicas de como ter método para organizar o caos do escritório
Rice is mentioned.
Valor.globo.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-vg
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Deja Vu Players reunite for weekend chamber music performance
Alumnus Thom McLean, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-mclean
Chinesischer Erzeuger der ersten genmanipulierten babys enthaftet
An article about research on gene editing in humans features former Rice professor Michael Deem and former student He Jiankui.
Der Standard (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ds
SPORTS
44 Farms Team Invitational set to begin Friday
An article mentions that Rice's track and field team will compete in the 44 Farms Team Invitational in College Station April 8-9.
12thMan.com (Similar articles also appeared in The Eagle, GoUTSA.com and Waco Tribune-Herald.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-12th
Preview: No. 4 Tech returns home to host K-State
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was swept in a three-game series by Texas Tech University March 11-13.
TexasTech.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-txtech
American play continues at Cincinnati
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Houston May 4.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-uhc
FIU football: Spring mailbag Q&A
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sbn
NEWS RELEASES
Rice University English professor Tomás Morín wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Rice professor Tomás Morín has won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor bestowed annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to a slate of the world’s top scholars, artists, writers and scientists.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-news-release-morin
'GasLift' by allies could help Europe offset loss of Russian gas, say Baker Institute experts
Stopgap options including an infusion of gas from allied nations could help Europe maintain enough energy supplies to offset a potential cutoff from Russian gas, according to experts from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-news-release-collins-miles