FEATURED ITEM
What Houston universities gain from DARPA semiconductor award
An article features the news that six Rice researchers with expertise in materials technology, including Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, professor of chemistry and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, will collaborate with the Texas Institute for Electronics, which was awarded $840 million by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research and professor of materials science, nanoengineering, physics and astronomy, is quoted.
HoustonInno
http://dateline.rice/july-24-ajayan-ramesh
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Burdened by what came before, Kamala Harris polls poorly in Texas
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.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle and was in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones
VP Kamala Harris to speak at American Federation of Teachers Convention in Houston Thursday, White House says
MSN (This KENS Online article originally appeared in KHOU Online, and the segment aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones
An historic week in politics (July 24, 2024)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones
'THV 11 News'
KTHV-TV (Little Rock, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones (This segment aired three times.)
'KAMC 28 News'
KAMC-TV (Lubbock, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-jones
HOUSTON/TEXAS
10 exciting things to do in River Oaks Houston
Rice is mentioned.
Secret Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-24-sh
BROADCAST
10 exciting things to do in River Oaks Houston
Rice is mentioned.
Secret Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-24-sh
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
35 HPC Legends: Ken Kennedy
An article features the late Ken Kennedy, alumnus and former University Professor. Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is also mentioned.
HPCWire
http://dateline.rice/july-24-kennedy
Foam-based pneumatic circuits enable new capabilities in soft robotics and wearable devices
An article features collaborative Rice research developing a haptic feedback device that keeps the hands and fingers free. Daniel Preston, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, is quoted.
Nanowerk
http://dateline.rice/july-24-preston
Jeffrey Kripal on 'Chuck Yates Needs A Job'
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, is featured.
Digital Wildcatters Podcasts on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/july-24-kripal
Magnetic field: Which planets are actually habitable
An article features collaborative Rice research into the role a star's magnetic field has on the habitable zone for planets. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, and graduate student Anthony Atkinson.
UniverseMagazine.com
http://dateline.rice/july-24-alexander-atkinson
Researchers led by Rice’s James Tour develop more environmentally friendly and cost-effective method for soil remediation
An article features collaborative Rice research developing a rapid electrothermal mineralization process. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and Yi Cheng, postdoctoral associate and Rice Academy Junior Fellow, are quoted.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/july-24-tour-cheng
Adria Baker — 2024 NAFSA International Education Award for Life Membership
Adria Baker, former associate vice provost for international education and executive director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, is featured.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/july-24-baker
Meet the MBA Class of 2025: Cristina García Abedrabbo, Notre Dame (Mendoza)
Alumna Cristina García Abedrabbo is featured.
Poets&Quants
http://dateline.rice/july-24-abedrabbo
Lissajous pattern multi-pass cell: Enhancing high sensitivity and simultaneous dual-gas LITES sensing
An article featuring research by Yufei Ma mentions that he is a former Rice visiting scholar.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/july-24-bio
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Jim Beam column: Biden earns right to finish job
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is quoted.
American Press
http://dateline.rice/july-24-brinkley
Egresada de la Panamericana, campus Aguascalientes, obtiene la prestigiosa beca Fulbright-García Robles
An article featuring Julieta Nava Granados mentions that she plans to pursue a graduate degree at Rice in the fall.
La Jornada Aguascalientes
http://dateline.rice/july-24-lja
Four distinguished communicators join LSU Manship School's 2024 Hall of Fame
An article features the late alumnus Martin Johnson, who will be inducted into the Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication's Hall of Fame Oct. 3.
LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication
http://dateline.rice/july-24-johnson
SPORTS
Rice ready for leap in 2024 as steady progress under Mike Bloomgren continues
An article previewing Rice's football team quotes head coach Mike Bloomgren.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the July 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-bloomgren
Why Rice football’s retention is important for the 2024 season
Lonestar Live
http://dateline.rice/july-24-bloomgren
Former LSU safeties coach Kerry Cooks hired by Rice
An article features Rice assistant football coach Kerry Cooks and mentions head football coach Mike Bloomgren.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in LSU Wire.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-cooks-bloomgren
Rice adds former LSU safeties coach Kerry Cooks as defensive assistant, per report
On3
http://dateline.rice/july-24-cooks-bloomgren
Big 12 week-by-week 2024 football schedule
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Houston Sept. 14.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and it appeared in Yahoo! Sports Canada.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-ys
How will Commanders use WR Luke McCaffrey?
An article features former Rice football player Luke McCaffrey.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in Washington Football, and it appeared in Athlon Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-mccaffrey
Texas football roster countdown: Nos. 49-40
An article mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Texas at Austin last season.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in On3.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-msn
With roots finally planted, Texas State's G.J. Kinne embraces Year 2 expectations
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to Texas State University in the Servpro First Responder Bowl last season.
San Antonio Express-News
http://dateline.rice/july-24-exp.news
Men's NCAA basketball 2024-25 roster moves, transfers, recruits
An article mentions former Rice basketball players Cameron Sheffield, Mekhi Mason, Noah Shelby and Keanu Dawes.
ESPN
http://dateline.rice/july-24-espn
AAC realignment rumors: Commissioner Tim Pernetti says 'nothing's off the table'
An article mentions that Rice competes in the American Athletic Conference.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in College Football Network.)
http://dateline.rice/july-24-msn
Rally House now selling officially licensed sports apparel, merchandise in Willowbrook Plaza
Rice is mentioned.
Community Impact
http://dateline.rice/july-24-ci
NEWS RELEASE
Rice researchers behind world’s first glacier memorial to unveil first Global Glacier Casualty List and Glacier Graveyard Aug. 17
Five years after the world’s first glacier funeral for Iceland’s first glacier lost to climate change, the Rice researchers behind the project are launching the Global Glacier Casualty List, the first platform for tracking disappeared and critically endangered glaciers around the world, as well as documenting their stories. The Casualty List will debut with the world’s first Glacier Graveyard Aug. 17 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
http://dateline.rice/july-24-news-release-howe-boyer