NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
College-shopping students have a new query: Is abortion legal there?
A memo to the Rice community from President Reginald DesRoches and former President David Leebron is cited, and a photo of campus by University Photographer Tommy LaVergne is featured.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
https://wapo.st/3z2xVyH
Nord Stream is Russia’s latest tool for coercion and control in Europe
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts fellow in energy and environmental affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute, co-authored an op-ed.
The Hill (This article also appeared in NewsBreak.)
https://bit.ly/3cA1Tm4
HOUSTON/TEXAS
College-shopping students have a new query: Is abortion legal there?
A memo to the Rice community from President Reginald DesRoches and former President David Leebron is cited, and a photo of campus by University Photographer Tommy LaVergne is featured.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
https://wapo.st/3z2xVyH
Nord Stream is Russia’s latest tool for coercion and control in Europe
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts fellow in energy and environmental affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute, co-authored an op-ed.
The Hill (This article also appeared in NewsBreak.)
https://bit.ly/3cA1Tm4
BROADCAST
‘CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto’
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, discusses the latest revelations from the Jan. 6 hearings. He also discusses President Joe Biden testing positive for COVID-19 on “Yasmin Vossoughian Reports,” and an article by InvesBrain mentions that he will speak at FreedomFest Memphis.
https://bit.ly/3BiQRf4
‘Yasmin Vossoughian Reports’
MSNBC
https://bit.ly/3Pv78BU
Five big debates at FreedomFest: Which was No. 1?
InvesBrain
https://bit.ly/3yXQ8gN
‘WMBF News at 4’
A broadcast features Rice research into decellularized skeletal muscle. Graduate student Katie Hogan is quoted.
WMBF-TV (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
https://bit.ly/3zsGGDK
VOB 92.9 (Barbados)
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
https://bit.ly/3v9qAvV
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
When parties can’t control primaries
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.
Governing
https://bit.ly/3osMqGU
Young white adults increasingly believe that anti-Black racism is a thing of the past
Research by Tony Brown, professor and associate chair in the Department of Sociology and director of the Racism and Racial Experiences Workgroup, is quoted.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
https://bit.ly/3okM8Cf
Kelly Fox to depart Georgia Tech, join Rice University
An article features Kelly Fox, who has been named Rice's vice president for finance and administration beginning Aug. 22.
Business Mayor (This article originally appeared in Georgia Tech News and also appeared in Business Telegraph and a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3otOw9v
New assistant editor joins G3
Natasha Kirienko, assistant professor of biosciences, is featured.
Genes to Genomes
https://bit.ly/3PODK9K
‘Energy Transformation after the Second Russo-Ukrainian War’
An event co-hosted by the Baker Institute for Public Policy is featured.
Foreign Policy Research Institute
https://bit.ly/3cA3yYQ
Art colleges in America for applying in 2022
Rice’s Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts is featured.
Art Business News
https://bit.ly/3Pv0Ylh
Transformative infrastructure funding is here. The application process for getting it still needs work.
Alumna Ellory Monks co-authored an article.
Water Online (This article originally appeared in Brookings Institution.)
https://bit.ly/3BaWgoD
7 reasons why people are moving to Texas
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 1 among Texas universities by U.S. News & World Report.
Redfin Blog (This article also appeared in ReallyList.)
https://bit.ly/3aWesHM
Is the Fed finally serious about inflation?
An op-ed by Thomas Hogan mentions he formerly worked at the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
American Institute for Economic Research
https://bit.ly/3vcecLJ
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Borrow some happiness at Berlin-Peck Library
An article mentions the book “Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life,” co-authored by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Patch (Berlin, Connecticut)
https://bit.ly/3b0gbMq
Flying Nickel announces appointment of CEO and CFO
Alumnus John Lee is featured.
St. Louis Star (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/3yZAHEW
Dixfield student to attend engineering program in Texas
Rice is mentioned.
Sun Journal (This article also appeared in Daily Advent.)
https://bit.ly/3z6YVx8
SPORTS
‘KPRC Channel 2 News at 5 p.m.’
A broadcast features Rice Athletics’ new ticketing system.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/3BasLmH
A winning state of mind: Mentality matters for Tompkins’ Tchouangwa
An article mentions that Cindy Tchouangwa has committed to play volleyball at Rice.
VYPE (Subscription is required.)
https://bit.ly/3BbX90a
NEWS RELEASE
Rice economist’s research on school choice suggests ways to improve experience for students, parents
For school-age students and their parents, school choice programs can be complicated and stressful. Research from Rice economist YingHua He suggests the process gets easier when schools are upfront about admission prospects and other details that factor into decisions, and that students should be allowed to apply before having to rank schools in order of preference.
https://bit.ly/3v83q9w