HOUSTON/TEXAS
On the Texas border, Gov. Greg Abbott spends $435K per migrant stopped | Opinion
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-12-payan
How to evaluate an IPO, according to Houston researchers
Yan "Anthea" Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professor of Strategy at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, and Haiyang Li, the H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management at the Jones School, co-authored an article featuring their research.
InnovationMap (This article originally appeared in Rice Business Wisdom.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-zhang-li
New tiger beetle species detected in the Houston area by a Rice University research team
An article features news that Rice biologists have discovered a new species of tiger beetle, the Eunota houstoniana. Co-authors quoted include Scott Egan, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and graduate student Robert Laroche.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 12 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-egan-laroche
RBPC's big winners, Hello Alice scores funding, and more trending Houston innovation news
Innovation Map features the following three stories about Rice: the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), which was co-hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business April 4-6, is highlighted and Catherine Santamaria, director of the RBPC, is quoted; Rice's Synthesis X Center, which officially launched last month to bring together experts in cancer care and chemistry, is featured; and a team including Wei Li, professor of physics and astronomy and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, has been awarded a five-year $15.5 million grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics for their work in high-energy nuclear physics and research into a new state of matter. Startland News also mentions the RBPC.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/april-12-santamaria
KU spinout earns $180K+ in prizes at business plan competition; students going full-time with startup
Startland News
http://dateline.rice/april-12-sn
El valor de la franquicia de los Texas Rangers aumentó 8% gracias a ganar la Serie Mundial
Scott Powers, assistant professor of sport management, is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News' Al Día Dallas
http://dateline.rice/april-12-powers
Rowing is perfect exercise for surgeon who lost his eyesight
An article mentions the exercise path ringing Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Health.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-hc
Queer things to do in Houston this weekend, April 11-14
A roundup features the exhibit "Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us," which will be on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through May 11.
OutSmart
http://dateline.rice/april-12-os
HRC Houston dinner 2024
An article mentions that Rice PRIDE was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner April 6 for its program that extended honorary memberships to LGBTQ+ students at public colleges and universities across Texas to attend events or utilize resources provided by Rice's Queer Resource Center. Alumnus Rey Ocañas is quoted in the second article.
OutSmart (This article also appeared in the April print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-os
Empowering diversity: 2024 HRC Houston dinner with co-chairs Chris Barry and Rey Ocañas
OutSmart (This article also appeared in the April print and digital editions, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ocanas
Beyoncé is not the only Houston-born act with a new album you should hear
An article mentions the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on Rice's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 12 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-hc
Saint Arnold Brewery founder gets ready for grand marshal role in Houston's Art Car Parade
Alumnus Brock Wagner is featured.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared on the front page of the April 12 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-wagner
BROADCAST
Most 18-year-old Texans aren't signed up to vote despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools
Melissa Marschall, professor of political science, is quoted.
KERA Online (This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-marschall
'Great Day Houston'
Alumnus Geoff Winningham, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Humanities and professor of visual and dramatic arts, is featured.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-winningham
'Good Day'
Rice is mentioned.
KDFW-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-kdfw (This segment aired three times.)
'KHOU 11 Morning News'
An article mentions that Rice's Tudor Fieldhouse will host the Collab Kid U for young learners April 13.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-khou
'Great Day Houston'
A broadcast mentions that the late William Ward Watkin, founding director of Rice's architecture department, designed the original Miller Outdoor Theater.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-khou
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Engineering students' device could make intubation safer for young babies
An article features a Rice student engineering design project to aid pediatric endotracheal tube intubations. Faculty mentors included Sabia Abidi, a Rice bioengineering assistant teaching professor, and Gary Woods, a professor in the practice in electrical and computer engineering; the student team included Abi Parthasarathy, Mina Ghayour, Rian Philip, Shreya Majeti, Leighton Less, Jack Pearce and Sambhu Balakrishnan; and Chester Koh, adjunct professor of bioengineering, is quoted. The project was also featured at Rice's Harrell and Carolyn Huff engineering design showcase and competition April 11.
Medical Xpress (This article also appeared in MSN Health.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-med.xpress
Rice's Megan Reiter wins NSF CAREER Award to investigate planet-forming environments
An article features Megan Reiter, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, who has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to investigate the influence of neighboring stars on the formation of planets.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/april-12-reiter
Training AI on synthetic data: Is it a double-edged sword?
Richard Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, is quoted.
NewsBytes
http://dateline.rice/april-12-baraniuk
Soft robotics manufacturing research advances design
An article features Rice research developing an analytical model that can predict the curing time of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers as a function of temperature. Co-authors Daniel Preston, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a Rice Senior Fellow, and graduate student Te Faye Yap are quoted.
Control Engineering
http://dateline.rice/april-12-preston-yap
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
An article features Rice research into the quantum information scrambling that takes place in chemical reactions. Co-author Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Chemistry, professor of biosciences, materials science and nanoengineering and physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/april-12-wolynes
The discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits
An article features Rice research into the methods for finding phase-changing quantum material. Co-authors quoted include Ming Yi, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/april-12-yi-si
Apollo Chamber Players presents season finale 'Muted' this May
An article mentions that the Apollo Chamber Players will present "Muted" at Rice's Shepherd School of Music May 24.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/april-12-bw
The top 100 business schools, ranked by research
A roundup mentions Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets&Quants
http://dateline.rice/april-12-p&q
AI's 'mad cow disease' problem tramples into earnings season
An article cites Rice research on the dangers of training generative artificial intelligence models on synthetic material.
Yahoo! Finance Hong Kong (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-yf
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
James Doss-Gollin (Rice University) — World Water Day 2024 at ASU
James Doss-Gollin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, gives a presentation at Arizona State University's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory for World Water Day 2024.
Arizona State University's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/april-12-doss.gollin
How hate leads to war and war leads to hate
Zahra Jamal, former associate director for community engagement at Rice's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is quoted.
Granada Hills Charter High School's Plaid Press
http://dateline.rice/april-12-plad.press
Senior Spotlight: Kendall Martin
An article featuring Kendall Martin mentions that she plans to attend Rice in the fall.
The Cardinal Post
http://dateline.rice/april-12-cp
SPORTS
'Houston's Morning Show'
A broadcast features Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren ahead of the team's annual Blue-Gray spring football game April 13.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-12-bloomgren
http://dateline.rice/april-12-kriv (This and similar segments aired three times.)
The 2023-24 DCTB Men's Basketball Awards
An article mentions that Owls Travis Evee and Mehki Mason were named All-Texas Honorable Mentions in Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball postseason awards.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/april-12-evee-mason
Indiana men's golf places first in Hoosier Collegiate
An article mentions that Rice's golf team recently competed in Indiana University's Hoosier Collegiate.
Indiana Daily Student
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ids
Indiana to host 2024 Hoosier Collegiate at The Pfau Course
IUHoosiers.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-iu
Blazers travel to Houston for AAC matchup against Rice
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham April 12-14.
UABSports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-uab
Tigers welcome AAC leader UTSA to FedExPark for first-ever meeting
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was swept by the University of Memphis April 5-7.
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-tigers
No. 34 Razorbacks set to host No. 25 Florida, No. 12 Mississippi State to end regular season
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team lost to the University of Arkansas April 8.
ArkansasRazorbacks.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ark
Planelles Ripoll named SEC Player of the Week
ArkansasRazorbacks.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ark
Hogs defeat No. 51 Rice, secure fourth consecutive ranked win
ArkansasRazorbacks.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ark
No. 41 Arkansas upsets No. 8 Texas A&M to earn first win in College Station since 1994
ArkansasRazorbacks.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ark
Gators set to face Arkansas in last regular season road trip
FloridaGators.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-gators
Texas A&M-CC/Rice baseball
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team defeated Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 5-3 April 10.
Idaho State Journal
http://dateline.rice/april-12-isj
Men's tennis welcomes Radford for Senior Day, Leonard's final home match
Former Rice tennis player Dylan Heap is mentioned.
ElonPhoenix.com
http://dateline.rice/april-12-ep
NEWS RELEASES
Rice's Megan Reiter wins NSF CAREER Award to investigate planet-forming environments
Megan Reiter, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Rice, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to investigate the influence of neighboring stars on the formation of planets. The research funded by Reiter's five-year, $951,446 NSF grant will shed light on a phenomenon that could significantly impact our understanding of how planets are born.
http://dateline.rice/april-12-news-release-reiter
Rice engineering students' device could make intubation safer for young babies
TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.
http://dateline.rice/april-12-news-release-tiny.trach