NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Urgent care or ER? With 'one-stop shop,' hospitals offer both under same roof.
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 and professor of economics, is quoted.
The Washington Post (This article also appeared in MSN Health.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-ho
Investigation into the regime between the nano- and microscale could pave the way for nanoscale technologies
An article features collaborative Rice research into the properties of ferroelectric materials under an electric field at the mesoscale, which is 10 billionths to 1 millionth of a meter. Co-author Lane Martin, director of the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, the Welch Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-martin
Could generative AI go MAD and wreck internet data?
An article features Rice research into the negative impacts of using synthetic data to train generative artificial intelligence. Co-author Richard Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Engineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Earth.com.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-baraniuk
HOUSTON/TEXAS
More people may leave Venezuela after disputed election, Houston experts say
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 Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-monaldi
Partnership members making news — May and June
A roundup features the following Rice stories from May and June: Rice and the University of Paris Sciences & Lettres signed a strategic partnership for research and innovation on major global challenges and opportunities; Rice recently broke ground on a new $54.5 million building for the Jones Graduate School of Business; Rice and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced the creation of the Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative to develop technologies to improve cancer research, diagnosis and treatment; and Rice's Synthesis X Center and Baylor College of Medicine jointly awarded their first innovation seed grants to three teams of research collaborators.
Greater Houston Partnership
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-ghp
Houston Theater Week spotlights BOGO tickets to more than 250 shows
Rice is mentioned.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-cmh
Seven former students named College of Architecture Outstanding Alumni
A roundup features alumnus Steve Fitzpatrick and mentions that Jonathan Brinsden is a former Rice guest lecturer.
Texas A&M University's School of Architecture
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-fitzpatrick
STEAM Center inspiring young minds throughout the summer
An article mentions that the Shaw STEAM Center at Katy Independent School District has partnered with Rice's Office of STEM Engagement.
Covering Katy News
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-ckn
Funded by the NSF: UST Computer Science students excel in computational research methodology this summer
An article mentions that experts at Rice are collaborating with University of St. Thomas-Houston students in a three-year, National Science Foundation-funded research program in computational methods applied to ongoing biology research projects.
University of St. Thomas-Houston News
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-usth
BROADCAST
'He is stealing elections. Massive fraud.' | Venezuelans protest the country's election results
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.
THV 11 Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-jones
'KTAB Mornings'
KTAB-TV (Abilene, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-jones (This segment aired three times.)
Darden listed among best MBA programs in US
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 1 for its graduate entrepreneurship program by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
CBS 19
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-cbs19
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice's Sylvia Dee working to improve projections of extreme droughts, floods
An article features Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences and civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, who has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
Scienmag
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-dee
Why you should care a lot more about critical minerals | Michelle Foss, Ph.D.
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy, minerals and materials in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-foss
Hines announces leadership promotions
A roundup features alumnus Chris Rector, a graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and a board member of Rice Business Partners at the Jones School.
Bluevault
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-rector
Go fast alone, or go far together — the power of international education and collaboration
Graduate student Sathvik Ajay Iyengar is featured.
IIE.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-iyengar
Esa-Pekka Salonen and San Francisco Symphony announce seven new musicians joining the orchestra during the 2024–25 season
An article features alumnus Orion Miller, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
BroadwayWorld (This article also appeared in the Iron Tongue of Midnight blog.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-miller
Higher education gifts or grants of interest to African Americans
A roundup features the news that Rice has partnered to develop the "Impact Invention" master’s degree program at Kenyatta University in Kenya.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-jbhe
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Pratt Institute's board of trustees: Recently elected members and trustee emeritus
An article features alumna Gilda Barabino, who was the first African American to receive a doctorate in chemical engineering at Rice.
Pratt News
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-barabino
Partners Bank to donate $1,500 to the South Berwick Community Food Pantry: Seacoast business news
An article features Duncan College sophomore Andersen Pickard, assistant sports editor of the Rice Thresher.
Foster's Daily Democrat
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-pickard
SPORTS
Four American defensive backs on Jim Thorpe Award watch list
An article mentions that Rice football player Gabe Taylor has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2024 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-taylor
Regulators approve sale of Amerant Bank's Houston operations
An article mentions that Rice Athletics signed a multiyear sponsorship deal with Amerant Bank in 2023.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-hbj
Texas State football begins 2024-25 season with first practice of training camp
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to Texas State University in the Servpro First Responder Bowl last season.
KSAT Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-ksat
SteepleCats players look back on their 2024 season in North Adams.
An article mentions that Ryan Abel will be joining Rice baseball's coaching staff.
The Berkshire Eagle
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-be
Meet the man helping Knicks' Josh Hart fine-tune his jump shot
An article mentions former Rice basketball player Austin Ramljak.
SNY.tv
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-sny
A&M soccer captain Carolyn Calzada eager to kick off her junior season
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team will play an exhibition match against Texas A&M University Aug. 3.
TexAgs
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-tex.ags
A six pack of questions facing Texas squads ahead of 2024 college football season
Rice football is mentioned.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-dctf
WVU basketball offers 7-foot-1 high school recruit
Rice is mentioned.
WV Sports Now
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-wvsn
Three from the American on Maxwell Award watch list
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to the University of South Florida last season.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-the.american
NEWS RELEASES
Rice, DOE labs tackle knowledge gap in materials science research
Materials behave differently in different size regimes, and researchers tend to cluster their efforts either at the nanoscale, examining materials in atom-level detail, or at the microscale, looking at structures between three and five orders of magnitude greater. However, less is known about what happens in the "in-between" realm spanning from 10 billionths to 1 millionth of a meter. "We call this the mesoscale," said Rice materials scientist Lane Martin.
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-news-release-martin
Angel Martí elected fellow of the American Chemical Society
Rice's Angel Martí has been elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), one of his discipline’s highest honors. Martí, professor and department chair of chemistry, is among 37 newly elected fellows announced by ACS this week.
http://dateline.rice/aug-1-news-release-marti