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Texas State to make bowl debut against Rice in First Responder Bowl, first series meeting since 1987
Several articles mention that Rice's football team will play Texas State University in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas Dec. 26. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in three articles and interviewed in the first KHOU segment.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ap
Rice to play Texas State in First Responder Bowl
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 4 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bloomgren
Rice and Texas State will play in 2023 First Responder Bowl
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bloomgren
Rice Owls invited to play in bowl game for second straight year
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bloomgren
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bloomgren
Six American Athletic Conference teams to play in 2023 bowl season
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-the.american
Going bowling: Texas State to face Rice in SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
TXST.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-txst
Texas State Bobcats to make bowl debut against Rice Owls in First Responder Bowl
Fox 7 Online (Austin; this article also appeared in Yahoo! Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kxan
Texas State football selected for first bowl game in program history
The University Star
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-univ.star
The complete college football bowl schedule
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hc
2023-24 college football bowl game schedule, scores, TV channels, times
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ncaa
Teams, tickets, odds for Cotton Bowl, other Dallas-Fort Worth bowls
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-morning.news
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4- ktrk.1 (This segment aired three times.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ktrk.2
'CW 39'
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kiah (This segment aired three times.)
'Sports Sunday'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kprc
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kriv
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-khou
'Big 2 News'
KMID-TV (Odessa, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kmid (This segment aired three times.)
'KXAN News Today'
KXAN-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kxan (This segment aired twice.)
KTXX-AM (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ktxx (This segment aired twice.)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
B-school admissions deans are feeling the pressure from falling applications
Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and professor of strategic management, is quoted. Rodriguez is featured in a roundup by InnovationMap.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in MSN Money and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rodriguez
3 Houston innovators to know this week
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rodriguez
Completing the FAFSA: everything you should know
Paul Negrete, executive director of university financial aid services, is quoted.
U.S. News & World Report
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-negrete
Electricity flows like water in 'strange metals,' and physicists don't know why
An article features collaborative Rice research into the quantum fluctuations of charge in nanowires made of a rare compound of ytterbium, rhodium and silicon. Study co-author Doug Natelson, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Live Science.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-natelson
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
An article reports on alumnus Samuel Schultz, whose case against David Daniels and Scott Walters resulted in guilty pleas to the charge of sexual assault.
The Associated Press (This article appeared in more than 400 other media outlets since appearing in last week's Dateline, and it appeared in the print editions of the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and more than 10 other media outlets across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-schultz
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston university lands $2.5M grant for STEM inclusivity
An article features the news that Rice has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support inclusive STEM education over the next five years. Rice community members mentioned or quoted include Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost and professor of economics; Janet Braam, professor of biosciences and associate dean for strategic initiatives; Margaret Beier, professor and chair of psychological sciences and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Alexander Byrd, vice provost for DEI, associate professor of history and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Liz Eich, director of undergraduate research and inquiry; Dereth Phillips, lecturer in biosciences and inter-institutional liaison for undergraduate research; Caroline Quenemoen, associate provost for strategic and educational initiatives; Renata Ramos, senior associate dean for academic affairs at the the George R. Brown School of Engineering, chair of Faculty Fellows, fellow at the Center for Teaching Excellence and an associate teaching professor of bioengineering; Matt Taylor, senior associate provost for strategic and educational initiatives; and Tony Varilly-Alvarado, professor of mathematics. The article also mentions Rice's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-inno.map
Guest commentary: Congress should stop medical consolidation price hikes
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.
The Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ho
Beware of Medicare Advantage (Opinion)
Hagop Kantarjian, nonresident fellow in health policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This op-ed appeared on the front of the Outlook section in the Dec. 3 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kantarjian
Horsepen Bayou: Are flood district plans well-conceived or just another bayou boondoggle?
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law, co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-blackburn
Abbott stumps for pro-school choice candidate
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Dallas Express
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-jones
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-jones
Nita Prose among the authors at Houston book events this week
A roundup mentions that Andrea Bajani, distinguished writer in residence in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, will moderate a conversation with Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov at Menil Collection Dec. 9.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 4 print edition, and it appeared in MSN Travel.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bajani
Restaurant Roundup: Andiron steakhouse gets new chef; MKT Distillery closing
An article features alumnus Michael O'Connor.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-oconnor
Mixed-use development coming to Dunham Pointe community in Cypress
The Rice Management Co. is mentioned.
Houston Business Journal (This article also appeared in the Dec. 1-7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rmc
The uphill battles first-generation students face in the competitive college application process
Rice is mentioned in a series of stories about attendance rates and admissions at Texas universities.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Dec. 3 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hc
Pro tips from college admissions leaders Texas seniors should know
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 3 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hc
Jackson Lee and Whitmire propose plans to address housing, pollution in marginalized communities
An article mentions housing research by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 4 print edition and MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hc
How Houston Dairymaids helped bolster Texas' artisanal cheese industry
Alumna Lindsey Schechter is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Dec. 4 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-schechter
Top performing arts and live theater this week: Dec. 4-10, 2023
A roundup mentions that Bach Society Houston will presents "Christmas Oratorio" at Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera Dec. 9.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-365
Texas-Squared Startup newsletter No. 428 2023, week 47
A roundup features Rice news stories from the past week.
Texas-Squared Startup on Medium (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-tss
BROADCAST
Flyer from Houston City Council candidate Cynthia Reyes-Revilla, which attacks Mario Castillo, criticized as 'homophobic dog whistle'
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-stein
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-stein
Houston mayoral candidates attend forum to discuss issues affecting Precinct 2 residents
An article mentions that Ruth López Turley, director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, moderated a Houston mayoral runoff forum at the BakerRipley Ripley House Campus Dec. 3.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-turley
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-turley
Bloomberg Radio
Gary Hale, nonresident fellow in drug policy and Mexico studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the smuggling of drugs and humans by Mexican cartels.
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hale (This segment aired on more than 60 affiliate stations.)
'Capital Tonight'
A broadcast mentions that the remains of William Marsh Rice have been moved to a family plot in Glenwood Cemetery as landscaping work on the Academic Quadrangle begins.
Spectrum News Austin (This segment aired 17 times.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-spectrum
'KXAN News'
KXAN-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kxan (This segment aired nine times.)
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ktrh (This segment aired four times.)
'Black Information Network'
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-bin (This segment aired 18 times.)
'Channel 2 News'
A segment features Nancy Niedzielski, associate professor and department chair of linguistics.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-niedzielski
'Eyewitness News'
Alumnus DeRae Crane is featured.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-crane
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Moody Center for the Arts unveils new Tomás Saraceno sculpture
An article mentions that artist Tomás Saraceno will dedicate his sculpture "Crux Australis," which will be installed at Rice's O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science as part of the Moody Center for the Arts' Rice Public Art program, Dec. 13.
Hyperallergic (This article also appeared in Black Kite Express.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ha
Venezuela's Maduro holds referendum whether to invade oil-rich neighbor Guyana
Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, fellow at the Center for the United States and Mexico, director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
OilPrice.com (This article also appeared in Baystreet.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-monaldi
OPEC's cutting of oil production could prompt U.S. to look at refining Venezuelan crude
The Floridian
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-monaldi
Production of hydrogen and graphene from waste plastic
An article features Rice research that developed a low-emissions method of harvesting hydrogen from plastic waste. Co-author of the study James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (This article also appeared in the December print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-tour
Are we ready to head to Mars? Not so fast.
A book review features "A City on Mars," co-authored by Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct assistant professor of biosciences.
Singularity Hub
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-weinersmith
Seeking an enrollment Hail Mary, small colleges look to athletics
Steve Rackley, professor in the practice of sport management, is quoted.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rackley
Could another species of humans evolve? Yes, if we begin populating other planets
An article quotes Scott Solomon, associate teaching professor of biosciences and author of "Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution."
Genetic Literacy Project (This IFL Science article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-solomon
Il futuro dell’evoluzione umana: Speciazione e tecnologia genetica
ScienzeNotizie.it
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-solomon
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Kids Above All seeking donations, volunteers for annual holiday drive
Craig Considine, senior lecturer in sociology, is mentioned.
Daily Herald
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-considine
Robust arts curriculum essential to ensure all students succeed
An article cites Rice research into the impact of an arts education on students' overall academic, social and emotional outcomes.
India West Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-iwj
The service of lessons and carols: a celebration of tradition and community
Alumna Zing Alsop, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Daily American
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-alsop
SPORTS
Concussions prompt Rice QB Daniels to retire from football
An article features Rice football player J.T. Daniels. Head coach Mike Bloomgren and assistant football coach Marques Tuiasosopo are mentioned. Bloomgren also is quoted in the News & Observer.
ESPN
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels-bloomgren-tuiasosopo
J.T. Daniels medically retires from football
News & Observer
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels-bloomgren
Rice quarterback J.T. Daniels calls it a career at age 23 after doctors advise him to stop playing football due to multiple concussions
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
J.T. Daniels, top QB recruit turned journeyman transfer, to pursue coaching after medically retiring
The Athletic
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
Social media sad to see J.T. Daniels retire from football
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in UGAWire.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
Rice QB J.T. Daniels to medically retire from football
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
BREAKING: Former 5-star prospect medically retiring from college football; Rice QB J.T. Daniels set to withdraw from NCAAF in astonishing move
Gridiron Heroics (This article also appeared in YardBarker.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
How WVU's 2023 transfers performed at their new schools
Sports Illustrated's Mountaineers Now
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-daniels
Evee guides Rice to 65-56 victory over Houston Christian
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated Houston Christian University 65-56 Dec. 2.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets, and an excerpt also appeared in the Dec. 3 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ap
MBB: Rice rallies past HCU at Tudor Fieldhouse
HCUHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hcu
Rice spreads attack to top A&M-Corpus Christi
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 84-56 Dec. 2.
GoIslanders.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-gi
Spanish players share special bond on Islanders women's basketball team
KIII Online (This segment also aired twice on KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kiii
Texas A&M-CC vs. UT Rio Grande Valley women's basketball predictions and picks — Dec. 5
KWTX Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kwtx
Lombardi Award celebrates 50 years in Houston honoring top college football lineman, giving back to the community
An article mentions that Rice is part of the American Athletic Conference.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hbj
With new conference membership, Army could play Navy twice
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Army Times.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-yn
The Texans' turnaround this season? It all starts with DeMeco Ryans.
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 3 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hc
L.J. Cryer scores 23 points in No. 6 Houston’s 66-60 victory over Xavier
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of Houston Dec. 6.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle and more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ap
No. 6/5 men's basketball takes road win at Xavier
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-uhc
Top games and sports events in Houston this week: Dec. 4-10, 2023
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-365
Houston hires Tulane's Willie Fritz after poor Big 12 debut
An article mentions that Rice's football team defeated the University of Houston Sept. 9.
ESPN
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-espn
SMU sends message during, Lashlee and Aresco after, AAC championship game
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-247
Track and field reveals 2024 schedule
An article mentions that Rice's Victor Lopez Classic track meet will be held March 21-23.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-uhc
Texas high school football playoffs: semifinal pairings, locations
An article mentions that Rice Stadium hosted semifinal high school football games last season.
KXAN Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kxan
Steve Sarkisian makes sure season-ending knee injury doesn't keep Jonathon Brooks out of Big 12 title game win
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 2.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-247
5 takeaways from Texas vs. Oklahoma State: Quinn Ewers’ historic day in Big 12 title win
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-morning.news
UTEP readies for NIVC match against North Texas
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team lost to the University of North Texas earlier this season.
KROD Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-krod
'Sports Sunday'
Rice is mentioned.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kprc
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
A broadcast mentions former Rice basketball player Quincy Olivari.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-kprc (This segment aired three times.)
NEWS RELEASE
Rice engineers tackle hard-to-map class of materials
Rice materials scientist Yimo Han and collaborators mapped out the structural features of a 2D ferroelectric material made of tin and selenium atoms, showing how domains ⎯ areas of the material in which molecules are identically oriented ⎯ impact the behavior of the material.
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-news-release-han-shi