FEATURED ITEMS
Biden awards $150 million in research grants as part of cancer 'moonshot'
Numerous articles feature the news that Rice will receive an $18 million grant to lead the development of more advanced imaging systems as part of the Biden administration's "cancer moonshot" initiative. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering, co-director of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technology, is interviewed by Fox 26 Online. Community members quoted in Bioengineer.org include Richards-Kortum; Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost, executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of economics; Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research and professor of materials science, nanoengineering, physics and astronomy; and Tomasz Tkaczyk, professor of bioengineering and of electrical and computer engineering.
The New York Times (Below is a sampling of articles that appeared in 400 other media outlets and was in the print editions of 20 other media outlets across the U.S. and Canada.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-nyt
Rice, MD Anderson on tumor analysis system
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-richards.kortum
$18M ARPA-H award supports Rice-led research on tumor analysis system for breast, head and neck cancer
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-richards.kortum-dittmar-ramesh-tkaczyk
Biden devotes $150 million to moonshot goal of ending 'cancer as we know it'
Fortune
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-fortune
Biden announces $150 million for tumor research with monies going to major universities
Fox News
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-fox
President Biden announces $150 million for cancer-fighting inventions
Axios
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-axios
Biden to announce new grants for cancer moonshot initiative
The Baltimore Sun
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-balt.sun
Biden announces $150 million 'cancer moonshot' investment
MSN Health (This article originally appeared in Roll Call.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.health
President Biden lands in New Orleans, announces $23M grant for Tulane cancer research
MSN Health (This article originally appeared in WVUE Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.health
Biden sets his sights on tumor-removal — and forks over $150 million in funding
MSN Health (This article originally appeared in Quartz.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.health
President Biden lands in New Orleans, announces $23M grant for Tulane cancer research
MSN Health (This article originally appeared in WLOX Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.health
Watch: Biden speaks on cancer treatment, prevention in New Orleans
AOL (This article originally appeared in The Hill.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-aol
University of Washington awarded $21M in 'cancer moonshot' funding for new cell imaging techniques
Geek Wire
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-gw
El presidente Joe Biden invierte millones en lucha contra el Cáncer
El Diario de Sonora
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-eds
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-ktrk
'CBS Austin News'
KEYE-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-keye (This segment aired three times.)
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-kprc
'Lex 18 News'
WLEX-TV (Lexington, Kentucky)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wlex
'Morning Rush'
WFTX-TV (Fort Myers, Florida)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wftx
'Fox 8 News'
WVUE-TV (New Orleans)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wvue (This segment aired three times.)
'Good Morning East Texas'
KLTV-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-kltv (This segment aired twice.)
'Channel 5 News This Morning'
KRGV-TV (Harlingen, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-krgv
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Kamala Harris is closing gap on Donald Trump in Texas, poll suggests
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.
Newsweek
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-jones
Can Kamala Harris turn Texas blue?
Newsweek
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-jones
'I'm pretty OK with that' and other world record-making quotes of the week
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-jones
3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US
Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Women's Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, and alumna Ana Martín Gil, research manager for the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, co-authored an article.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-norman-gil
Mexico residents express concern as town prepares to shutter police department
An article features research by Richard Boylan, professor of economics.
MSN (This article originally appeared in WCSH Online, and this segment also aired six times on WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-boylan
Independence Day special: Why India's Isro flies high and Pakistan's Suparco stutters despite early start
President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
MSN (India; this article originally appeared in Firstpost.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.india
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is the Democrats’ pick for Jackson Lee seat in Congress
Alumnus Cortlan Wickliff, associate vice provost for academic affairs and strategic initiatives, is mentioned.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in MSN and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wickliff
What to expect in the race to replace Sheila Jackson Lee's congressional seat
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wickliff
Sylvester Turner chosen as Democratic candidate for US Congressional District 18
Defender
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wickliff
BROADCAST
'NPR News'
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 interviewed about her research into the pay of hospital CEOs.
WNYC-FM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-ho (This segment also aired on more than 950 radio stations across the U.S.)
Concerns grow over Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
UpNorthLive.com (This segment also aired twice on KEYE-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-stein
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Do VP's really matter? Douglas Brinkley of Rice University
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is featured.
Battleground News on YouTube (This segment also aired on WSYM-TV in Lansing, Michigan, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-brinkley
Engineers create reactor to produce ammonia and clean water
An article features Rice research developing a new reactor system that converts nitrates into ammonia. Co-authors quoted include Haotian Wang, William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair and associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, co-director of the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment and director of Rice's WaTER Institute; and graduate student Feng-Yang Chen.
AZo Materials (This article also appeared in MSN Money Great Britain.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-wang-alvarez-chen
Simply scientifico
The New Indian Express
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-nie
Magnetism could hold key to battery recycling
An article features collaborative Rice research developing a new method to extract purified active materials from battery waste. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering; Yi Cheng, postdoctoral associate and Rice Academy Junior Fellow; and graduate students Weiyin Chen and Jinhang Chen.
Process Technology
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-tour-et.al
Could AI eat itself to death? Synthetic data could lead to 'model collapse'
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 and professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, is quoted.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-baraniuk
Good to Know: The US and its military alliances
Brett Ashley Leeds, the Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Political Science and chair of the political science department, authored an article.
Good Authority
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-leeds
The hardest college to get into in America isn't Harvard. Here are the top 25, based on data.
A slideshow features Rice.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in Stacker.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-msn.money
US students gain hands-on experience at Tenaris in Argentina
An article features Wiess College senior Benjamin Bridges.
Tenaris
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-bridges
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
New study uncovers racial bias in language used by physicians in medical records
An article features Rice research into electronic health records that found that doctors were more likely to use negative words in describing visits with Black and Hispanic patients than white patients. Co-author Eden King, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychological Sciences and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, is quoted.
The Washington Informer
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-king
CECS welcomes 17 new faculty members for the fall semester
A roundup features alumnus Sidong Lei.
University of Central Florida's College of Engineering and Computer Science
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-lei
SPORTS
Quarterman to play soccer at Rice
An article features Rice soccer player Camille Quarterman. Head coach Brian Lee is mentioned.
Savannah Tribune
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-quarterman-lee
Lakers sign Quincy Olivari
An article features former Rice basketball player Quincy Olivari.
TalkBasket.net
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-tb
North Shore, Fort Bend Marshall lead Houston area preseason football rankings
An article mentions that Michael Amey III has committed to play football at Rice.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-hc
KTRH-AM (Houston)
Rice football is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-ktrh
Memphis named 2024 American women's soccer favorite
Rice soccer is mentioned.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-the.american
Washington State football conference realignment: WSU joins Mountain West/Pac-12 arrangement
An article mentions that Rice competes in the American Athletic Conference.
HERO Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-hero
2024 AAC college football strength of schedule rankings
An article mentions that Rice's football is slated to play the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Sept. 28.
College Football News
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-cfn
Dade, Alvarez, Hillyer named to American's Preseason Soccer watch list
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team lost to the University of Texas at San Antonio last season.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-utsa
NEWS RELEASE
$18M ARPA-H award supports Rice-led research on tumor analysis system for breast, head and neck cancer
A Rice-led multi-institutional research collaboration has won an award of up to $18 million over five years from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop and validate a new system for improving tumor removal accuracy for two types of cancer: breast, and head and neck cancer. Called AccessPath, the novel, affordable, slide-free cancer pathology system will help surgeons know whether they have completely removed tumors during surgery by enabling rapid, automatic tumor margin classification of resected tumors. AccessPath is one of several projects funded through the ARPA-H Precision Surgical Interventions program announced today as part of a broader $150 million Biden-Harris administration Cancer Moonshot initiative.
http://dateline.rice/aug-14-news-release-arpa.h-grant