NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Trump's words, and deeds, reveal depths of his drive to retain power
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Feb. 2 print edition, and it appeared online in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-brinkley
NBC's China challenge: Politically fraught Beijing Olympics make Tokyo look tame
Aynne Kokas, nonresident scholar in the China Studies Program at Rice's Baker Institute of Public Policy, is quoted.
The Hollywood Reporter (This article also appeared in LX.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-kokas
California Focus: What departing Californians gain when they move
Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted in an article featuring research by the institute.
MSN (This Ukiah Daily Journal article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-fulton
Cal Matters: Nobody is leaving California over politics
Argus Courier
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-fulton
What is the zeroth law of thermodynamics?
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Live Science.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-openstax
Award-winning program selects local students and unique Airbnb
Sid Richardson College sophomore Aliya Belay has been awarded a 2022 Patti Grace Smith Fellowship summer aerospace internship.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Patch.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-belay
39 exceptional undergrads earn prestigious Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, bringing more Black excellence to aerospace
SpaceRef
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-belay
Abbott hedges grid bets as EU advances controversial green investment plan
An article mentions that the Baker Institute for Public Policy published a study of Texas' daily electricity generation by fuel type during last February's winter storm.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-forbes
HOUSTON/TEXAS
It's February. A freeze is coming. Will the Texas grid fail again?
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cohan
How North Texas is preparing for the incoming winter storm
KERA Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cohan
Here's what to watch for as another big freeze arrives in Texas
KUT Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cohan
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cohan (An English translation is not available.)
KERA-FM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cohan
The Ion opens prototyping, manufacturing space with TXRX Labs
An article features Rice Management Co.'s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion tech hub. Jan Odegard, senior director of industry and academic partnerships at the Ion, is mentioned.
Houston Inno
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-odegard
Ion prototype lab unveiled at Houston Innovation District
Realty News Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-odegard
West Texas energy billionaires make 7-figure wager against Abbott in GOP governor primary
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
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-jones
Texans prepare to vote in first primary elections of 2022
Courthouse News Service
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-jones
Rice University to move Founder's Memorial, replace it with commemorative monument of school's integration
The Rice Board of Trustees has announced that the university will relocate the Founder's Memorial and add to it more information about its subject, William Marsh Rice, including his ownership of enslaved people. A new monument will be erected in the Academic Quadrangle to commemorate Rice's integration. Robert Ladd, chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ladd
Renowned architecture firm designs $6M memorial for Joe Campos Torres, killed by Houston police in 1977
An article about the firm Rogers Partners Architects+Urban Designers mentions that it designed Rice's Kraft Hall for Social Sciences. William Cannady, professor emeritus of architecture and co-founder of the Rice Design Alliance, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cannady
Rice University expanding income bracket for full-tuition scholarships
An article mentions that Rice will provide all students who qualify for need-based financial aid with assistance without taking out student loans, and full-tuition scholarships will be awarded to eligible undergraduates.
Community Impact Newspaper (An excerpt of this article appeared in the Jan. 6-Jan. 31 print and digital editions of the Bellaire/Meyerland/West University issue and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cin
Enslaved legacies of the Varner-Hogg Plantation
An article mentions that Rice students created a temporary exhibit for the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historical Site that examined the lives of the enslaved people on the plantation.
The Facts
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-facts
UTEP reaffirms 'very high research' Carnegie R1 status
An article mentions that Rice has Carnegie Tier One designation.
El Paso Herald-Post
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ephp
BROADCAST
Kids of color are disproportionately punished in the Harris County juvenile justice system, a study shows
An article features collaborative research by the Rice University Texas Policy Lab that shows a small number of youths in the Harris County juvenile justice system account for a disproportionately high number of cases. Co-authors Diego Amador, the lead research scientist for criminal and juvenile justice at the lab, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (A similar article also appeared in The Crime Report.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-amador
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University — varieties of atheism in science
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program, discusses her research on the religious views of scientists.
Inside Higher Ed's "The Academic Minute" podcast (This segment also aired on 70 radio stations across the U.S. and Canada.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ecklund
WBT-AM (Charlotte, North Carolina)
A broadcast mentions that experts at Rice co-authored the study "N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor."
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-wbt
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Claim: 'Lockdowns had little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality but had devastating effects on society'
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 about DailyWire.com's intentional misrepresentation of a study she co-authored.
Truth or Fiction
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ho
US states, cities and experts back Mexico's lawsuit against gunmakers
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 Trace
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-payan
Seed dispersal is plummeting just when plants need to move most
An article features collaborative Rice research that suggests climate change may accelerate a decrease of ecosystem biodiversity due to the loss of seed-hauling animals that help move plants over time. Rice ecologist Evan Fricke is quoted.
Anthropocene
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-fricke
National Opera Association awards four inaugural Dominick and Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowships at annual conference
An article mentions that Dominick and Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowships for Vocal Performance were awarded to Caitlin Aloia to complete an artist diploma in opera performance and Hayden Smith to complete a master's degree in vocal performance at Rice.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-bw
Shown named president of Aeronet Worldwide
Alumnus Ted Shown is featured.
American Journal of Transportation
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-shown
Researchers demonstrate scalable single-molecule sensors
A roundup mentions that experts at Rice developed a single, scalable molecular sensor.
Electropages
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ep
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Future of higher ed likely to be mix of in-person, online classes
Caroline Levander, vice president for strategic initiatives and digital education at Rice, is quoted.
Arizona State University News
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-levander
SPORTS
ITF: Feb. 1 Athletes of the Week
An article features Rice track and field athlete Noah Hicks, who has been named the Conference USA Male Field Athlete of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-hicks
Super Bowl winners and scores: All-time results for NFL's championship game
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was held at Rice Stadium.
USA Today (Similar articles also appeared in 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-usatoday
Two of Tom Brady's Super Bowl MVPs came on Astrodome's old parking lot
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 2 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-hc
Black History Month: Building bridges
An article features former track and field athlete and alumna Keia Sanderson, who was awarded the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award in 2005 as Rice's top female student athlete.
GoHeels.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-sanderson
Conference USA Basketball Championships to be played in Frisco
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team was defeated by Middle Tennessee State University in the 2021 Conference USA Championship.
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-cw39
UTEP men's basketball game at North Texas postponed to Feb. 7 due to weather
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of Texas at El Paso Feb. 5.
KTSM Online (The video segment aired on KTSM-TV in El Paso, and this article also appeared in KVIA Online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ktsm
After joining 40-man roster, Detroit Tigers' Kody Clemens is on the doorstep of MLB debut
Rice is mentioned.
Detroit Free Press
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-dfp (Subscription is required.)
2022 Signing Day Profile: Brendan Sorsby
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-247
BREAKING: 2023 receiver Micah Gifford commits to Baylor
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-247
Virginia signs Columbia DL Paul Akere on National Signing Day
Sports Illustrated's Cavaliers Now
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-si
Texas is back in the saddle as preseason No. 1
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play a three-game road series against the University of Texas at Austin Feb. 18-20.
Baseball America
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-ba
Texas Tech is betting on Joey McGuire to reestablish its football identity. Here’s why it could work
Former Rice head football coach Todd Graham is featured.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-tdmn
See the hundreds of Dallas-area athletes who will be signing a national letter of intent Wednesday
An article lists high school athletes who have committed to play football at Rice.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-tdmn
Portal tracker: Updates on top quarterbacks looking for a new home
An article mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Texas at Austin last season.
Sports Illustrated's The Grove Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-si
'Houston's Morning Show'
A broadcast mentions Rice football's recruiting efforts.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-2-kriv