NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Chevron's long game in Venezuela brings it political risk
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 Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 5 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-monaldi
Houston mayor touts program for group buying power with solar panels
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online, and this segment also aired three times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-cohan
With Mauna Loa's eruption, a rare glimpse into Earth
Helge Gonnermann, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in The New York Times, and it appeared in Yahoo! Finance Canada and in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-gonnermann
Nine years of Dateline's 'Missing in America': 188 still missing
An article features former Rice student Reny Jose, who went missing while on spring break in Florida in 2014.
NBC News
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-nbc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Hobby School recognized for accuracy in political polling
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-jones
Common Desk expands at the Ion as coworking demand grows at Midtown innovation hub
An article mentions the Ion, a Houston-based tech accelerator owned by the Rice Management Co.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-hc
Ion partners with MediaTech Ventures to create new incubator program
Houston Inno
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-inno
2022 Houston Christmas Theater, part III
An article features Hayden Smith, a graduate student at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-smith
Celebrate Hanukkah in Houston with these eight local events
A roundup mentions that Rice hosted a pre-Hanukkah celebration Dec. 4 with music by the Marching Owl Band.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-houstonia
Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center News
A roundup features the news that Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are collaborating to offer the Executive Leadership in Healthcare program.
Texas Medical Center's "TMC Today" newsletter
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-tmc
Here's how Houston makes the grade as best college town in new report
Rice is mentioned.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-cmh
Darius Elam gets new hearing on recanted informant testimony
Defender
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-defender
BROADCAST
NC Treasurer Folwell and hospitals at odds over health pricing and transparency
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, is quoted.
North Carolina Public Radio (This segment also aired on six affiliate stations across North Carolina, and it appeared online in WFAE Online, BPR.org and WHQR Online.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ho
Bilingual children might have a superpower, UT study finds
An article cites a Rice study about English learning students in Texas schools.
KXAN Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-kxan
Newstalk 610
A broadcast mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
CKTB-AM (Ontario, Canada)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-cktb
WVON-AM (Chicago)
Rice is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-wvon
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice University's Baker Institute partnership brings light to USACAPOC(A)
An article mentions the Baker Institute for Public Policy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). James Baker III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute and former U.S. secretary of state, and David Satterfield, director of the Baker Institute, are mentioned.
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-baker-satterfield
Religious violence increases anxiety among Muslims and Jews, even if they have never been personally targeted
Fear of hate crime looms especially large in the minds of Jews and Muslims, according to collaborative research by Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, professor of sociology and director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ecklund
'The Newsedge: Early Edition'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-kriv (This segment aired twice.)
HIV 'drug factory' implant promises once-a-year therapy
An article mentions that Rice research will develop a once-a-year treatment for patients with HIV and other infectious diseases. Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and Michael Diehl, associate professor of chemistry and bioengineering, are quoted.
Science X
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-veiseh-diehl
Novel nanomaterial catalyst swaps heat for light
An article features collaborative Rice research into a low-cost technique for splitting hydrogen from liquid ammonia. Co-authors quoted include Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering and the director of Rice's Smalley-Curl Institute, and Peter Nordlander, the Wiess Chair in Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
Plasicstar.io
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-halas-nordlander
UAE plans to have it both ways as COP 28 climate summit host
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Climate Home News
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ulrichsen
Crystal predictions take shape
An article features collaborative Rice research by Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, and alumnus Luqing Wang.
Materials Today
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-yakobson-wang
On Margaret Mead and healed thigh bones
George Marcus, professor emeritus of anthropology, is quoted.
OnlySky
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-marcus
How Byzantine architecture influenced the world
A roundup features the architecture of Rice's campus. Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice's first president, is mentioned.
Greek Reporter (This article also appeared in Athen-News.gr.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-gr
I know firsthand that adult learners need a variety of supports to succeed
An article mentions that the Rice University School Mathematics Project conducted an independent study of the success rate of the College of Health Care Professions' Hispanic students over seven years.
Times Higher Education
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-the
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Undergrads: Remember to opt out of Husky book bundle
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
University of Connecticut's The Daily Campus
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-uconn
SPORTS
Smith: For 5-7 Rice, bowl trip is a feel-good story
An article mentions that Rice's football team will play the University of Southern Mississippi in the LendingTree Bowl Dec. 17 in Mobile, Alabama. This is the Owls' first bowl game since 2014. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Dec. 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-bloomgren
2022-23 college bowl games: Confidence football pool picks, schedule, predictions, rankings from proven model
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-cbs
LendingTree Bowl: Rice vs. Southern Miss
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-hc
Four Mississippi college football teams earn bowl bids
Y'all Politics
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-yp
Southern Miss accepts LendingTree Bowl bid; set to play former league foe Rice
SouthernMiss.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-sm
2022 Conference USA bowls preview
LWOSports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-lwos
'Sideline View' with Dale McKee
WTOK Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-wtok
College bowls 2022: The full schedule
East Bay Times (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ebt
'News 11 Midday'
WTOK-TV (Meridian, Mississippi)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-wtok
MBB: Dec. 5 Players of the Week
Rice basketball player Quincy Olivari has been named Conference USA's Player of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-olivari
Harrell scores 23 against the Owls
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated Texas State University 83-71 Dec. 4.
TXST.com (This article also appeared in the San Marcos Daily Record and the University Star.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-txst
Men's hoops back home Sunday against Rice
TXST.com (This article also appeared in the University Star.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-txst
Bobcats pull away late for road win
TXST.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-txst
High school football playoffs: Breaking down the Class 6A state semifinals
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-hc
High school football: Statewide UIL semifinal pairings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-hc
Texas high school football playoffs: What to know about Austin-area hopefuls in semifinals
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-statesman
What four Austin-area football teams are still alive in the state playoffs?
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-statesman
Kennedy bids farewell to seniors
An article featuring Patrick Valent mentions that he has committed to play football at Rice.
The Vindicator (This article also appeared in the Tribune Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-tv
Brandon Nakashima, James Blake and other tennis players raise money for childhood friend Ivan Smith
Rice is mentioned.
Sportskeeda
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-sk
From Auburn to Texas State: Ranking the 2022 coaching carousel jobs in recruiting potential
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ta
USF introduces new HC Alex Golesh and he isn't Deion Sanders but don’t underestimate him
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
Sports Talk Florida
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-stf
Texas roster departure tracker and scholarship list
An article mentions last season's football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-247
Houston's Dana Holgorsen discusses playing in Indy Bowl, Shreveport
Rice football is mentioned.
KTBS Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-ktbs
FAU baseball releases schedule for 2023 season
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play Florida Atlantic University March 31-April 2.
University Press
http://dateline.rice/dec-6-up