FEATURED ITEMS
Rice University adds to global footprint with new center in India
An article features the news that Rice has opened Rice Global India in Bengaluru, which will focus on advancing research in sustainable energy, climate change, artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Rice will also establish a scholarship program to fund up to $2 million annually to support Indian students pursuing professional master's degrees. The article also mentions Rice's Global Paris Center, which opened in 2022. Community members quoted or mentioned in the articles below include President Reginald DesRoches; Caroline Levander, the Carlson Professor in the School of Humanities, professor of English and vice president for global and digital strategy; Amy Dittmar, the Howard R. Hughes Provost, executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of economics; and Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research and professor of materials science and nanoengineering and physics and astronomy.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-levander
Rice University announces strategic expansion into India with Rice Global India
India Education Diary
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-levander
Rice University expands into India with 'Rice Global India' hub in Bengaluru
Financial Express
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-levander
Rice University launches new research hub in Bengaluru
India West
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-levander-dittmar-ramesh
Rice University expands to India with launch of Rice Global India
OnManorama.com (A similar article also appeared in ManoramaOnline.com.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-levander-dittmar-ramesh
US: Rice University launches $2 million scholarship program for Indian students
MSN India (This article originally appeared in the Free Press Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches
US's Rice University announces expansion to India
The Indian Express
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches
Rice University announces up to $2 million annual scholarships for Indian students, opens center in Bengaluru
The Indian Express (This article also appeared in Funds Digest.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches
Rice University expands global reach with Rice Global India
EducationWorld
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches
US's Rice University expands to India
Asia Education Review
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches
Rice University | Suvarna News | Kannada News
Asianet Suvarna News on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-ramesh-levander
US varsity offers 2 million dollar scholarship for Indian students
MSN India (This article originally appeared in The New Indian Express.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-msn
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-ktrk
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Two Texans received the 'Rhodes Scholarship' among 32 in the country available
An article features Brown College senior Jae Kim, Rice Student Association president, who has been named a Rhodes Scholar.
MSN (This article originally appeared in KRLD Online.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kim
Meet the only student at a Texas school to receive a Rhodes Scholarship this year
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kim
Rice University student awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kim
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kim (This segment aired twice.)
OPINION: Biden should retaliate for Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Real Clear Politics.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-king
Strange Mars sulfur stones star in stunning NASA rover panorama
Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-siebach
Mars Curiosity rover takes a last look at mysterious sulfur
MSN (This article originally appeared in Phys.org, and similar articles also appeared in Mirage and FriendsOfNASA.org.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-siebach
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover takes a last look at mysterious sulfur
MSN (This article originally appeared in NASA.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-siebach
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University harnesses nanotech to revolutionize clean water access
An article features Rice's Water Technologies Entrepreneurship and Research (WaTER) Institute and the Rice PFAS Alternatives and Remediation Center. Community members quoted or mentioned include 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 the WaTER Institute; Michael Wong, the Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology, professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering and civil and environmental engineering; James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
InnovationMap (This article was also featured in the "Daily Digest" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-alvarez-wong-tour
Local energy innovators recognized at annual Houston Innovation Awards
An roundup features late alumnus Scott Gale, a graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, who was named a Trailblazer Legacy Award recipient. Brad Burke, associate vice president for industry and new ventures and executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, who was honored with the 2023 Trailblazer Award, is quoted. The article also mentions the Ion, a Houston-based tech hub owned by the Rice Management Co.
EnergyCapitalHTX
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-gale-burke
Local Foods Market opening at Rice University with new pizza offering
An article mentions that Local Foods Market will open a location at Rice's Brochstein Pavilion Nov. 20. Beth Leaver, senior executive director and chief hospitality officer at Rice, is quoted. Alumnus Brock Wagner, co-founder of Saint Arnold Brewing Company, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Food and Drink.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-leaver-wagner
Listen: UTSA's new research center seeks Bexar County voters' opinions
An article mentions Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
San Antonio Report
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-sar
UTHealth Houston honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Houston Chapter for philanthropic achievements
An article featuring Kevin Foyle mentions that he worked on Rice's Centennial Campaign.
UT Health Houston
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-uthealth
AddRan gathers top Central American scholars for symposium
An article mentions that Rice formerly hosted the Third Coast Central American Collaborative symposium, a conference of scholars and students from the Gulf Coast region who study Central America and its diasporas.
Texas Christian University
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-tcu
BROADCAST
KTRH-AM (Houston)
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 interviewed about Harris County residents' concern over reliable electricity.
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-jones
Perspective: Australia calling
An article featuring Paula Garrett, former reference and collection development librarian at Rice, and Katie Egan, reader services librarian at Australian National University, mentions that they participated in an international job-exchange at Rice in 1985.
Northern Public Radio (This segment also aired on WNIJ-FM in DeKalb, Illinois.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-no.pr
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
At Rice, a new era of undergraduate business begins
An article features the news that a donation by Farid and alumna Asha Virani has established Rice's Virani Undergraduate School of Business. Community members quoted or mentioned include alumnus Faraz Virani; President Reginald DesRoches; and Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and professor of strategic management.
Poets&Quants for Undergrads
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-viranis-desroches-rodriguez
Workshop emphasizes role of AI in advancing space exploration
An article mentions that Rice's Office of Innovation co-hosted the In-Space Physical AI Workshop at the Ion, a Houston-based tech hub owned by the Rice Management Co. Community members quoted or mentioned include President Reginald DesRoches; Sanjoy Paul, executive director of Rice Nexus; Kaiyu Hang, assistant professor of computer science; and alumni Anton Galvas and James Holley.
Space Daily
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-desroches-paul-galvas-holley
How Chris Wright's selection as US energy secretary 'fits right into the Trump paradigm'
Miriam Grunstein, nonresident scholar in the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Upstream
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-grunstein
A new, minimally invasive device to monitor brain activity
An article features collaborative Rice research into developing a technique for diagnosing, managing and treating neurological disorders with minimal surgical risks. Co-authors quoted include Jacob Robinson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and bioengineering, and alumnus Josh Chen. A Rice video is included.
Labroots
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-robinson-chen
The 25 best universities in America
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 9 in the nation according to Forbes.
Becker's ASC Review
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-beckers
NBA and Houston Rockets bring first-ever tech challenge and empowering programming to AfroTech
Rice is mentioned.
The Source (This article also appeared in Foot Boom.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-the.source
From light to fuel: Rice University's breakthrough in green hydrogen
An article features Rice research developing emissions-free hydrogen production.
Hydrogen Fuel News
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-hfn
Best colleges for biomedical engineering 2025
A roundup features Rice.
University Magazine
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-um
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Can AI boost human creativity?
Jaeyeon Chung, the William S. Mackey Jr. Distinguished Assistant Professor at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
The Daily Record (This article originally appeared in The Conversation and in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-chung
Hanington: New lithium-extraction method seen as a breakthrough
An article features Rice research that developed an innovative electrochemical reactor to extract lithium from natural brine solutions. Co-authors Sibani Lisa Biswal, the William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering and professor of materials science and nanoengineering; and Haotian Wang, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, are quoted.
Elko Daily
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-biswal-wang
Hilo native returns home to build statewide engineering pipeline
Alumnus Trevor Shimokusu is featured.
University of Hawaii News
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-shimokusu
Metropolitan Opera visits South Philly to find America's future opera stars
An article features alumnae Beautiful Sheriff and Daniela Machado.
PhillyMag.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-sheriff-machado
SPORTS
'Winning isn't comfortable.' An all-access look inside the Rice women's basketball program
An article features Rice's women's basketball program. Community members quoted or mentioned include: head coach Lindsay Edmonds; assistant coaches Danyelle Grant, Lakevia Boykin and Nick Grant; and players Sussy Ngulefac, Malia Fisher, Jazzy Owens-Barnett, Dominique Ennis, Hailey Adams, Destiny Jackson, Emily Klaczek, Shelby Hayes, Trinity Gooden, Victoria Flores and Aniah Alexis.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-wbb
Florida Atlantic's Rodgers, UTSA's Jenkins earn women's basketball weekly honors
An article features Rice women's basketball player Dominique Ennis, who was named to the American Athletic Conference's weekly Honorable Mention list.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-ennis
Rice, South Florida, UTSA earn final volleyball weekly honors
An article features Rice volleyball player Savannah Skopal, who was named the American Athletic Conference's Freshman of the Week.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-skopal
Texas college football power rankings: Who leads the state heading into final two weeks?
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham Nov. 23.
Lone Star Live
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-lsl
College football coaching carousel: Quick exit for Tom Herman at FAU
A roundup mentions interim head football coach Pete Alamar and former head coach Mike Bloomgren. Football Scoop mentions that Tom Herman is a former Rice assistant football coach.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-alamar
Sources confirm FAU is set to part ways with Tom Herman
Football Scoop (A similar article also appeared in Athlon Sports, Sports Illustrated and 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-fs
Colton Cowser is thoroughly 'goofy.' And that explains his rise.
Rice's baseball team is mentioned.
The Baltimore Banner
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-bb
WIPR será el canal oficial del Puerto Rico Baseball Challenge
Rice is mentioned.
Metro
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-metro
NEWS RELEASES
Rice public health summit addresses politics of vaccine hesitancy
Health, religion and public policy experts discussed the challenges of vaccine hesitancy as well as the upcoming Texas legislative session at the 2024 Texas Vaccine Policy Symposium, hosted by the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy Nov. 15. "Vaccines have saved an estimated 4 million lives each year around the world," said Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, in her opening remarks.
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-news-release-matthews
Top university entrepreneurship centers announced at GCEC conference
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), headquartered at the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, brought leading university entrepreneurship programs together to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education for its annual conference Nov. 14-16. GCEC also announced the top programs in higher education at the event.
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-news-release-jones.school