NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
America's political system is under stress as voters and their leaders navigate unfamiliar terrain
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-brinkley
A presidential race of increasing uncertainty
Amsterdam News
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-brinkley
Another new wasp species discovered by researchers
An article features Rice research that identified the new wasp species Chrysonotomyia susbelli, the fourth wasp species found on university grounds in seven years. Co-authors quoted include Scott Egan, associate professor of biosciences, Wiess College senior Brendan O'Loughlin and alumnus Pedro Brandão-Dias.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-egan-oloughlin-dias
Au Texas, des chercheurs découvrent encore une nouvelle espèce de guêpe sur leur campus
SciencesEtAvenir.fr
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-egan-oloughlin-dias
Though it has strong support, experts say mass deportation would take herculean effort
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.
Scripps News (This article also appeared in MSN and more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-payan
Midwest states far from US-Mexico border have spent millions to send troops there
KCUR Online (This Midwest Newsroom article also appeared in Iowa Public Radio, Nebraska Public Media News and STLPR, and this segment also aired twice on KCUR-FM in Kansas City.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-payan
'WPTV News'
WPTV-TV (West Palm Beach, Florida)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-payan (This segment aired six times.)
Handheld devices explode in Lebanon
Richard Sindelar, nonresident scholar in global diplomacy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Fox 26 Online, and this segment also aired four times on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-sindelar
Mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray featured in 'compelling' Senate race ad
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 Fox 26 Online article also appeared in AOL, and this segment also aired twice on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-jones
Ted Cruz would like to reintroduce himself
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-jones
Political Roundup: How zoning and land use play into the La Porte pipeline fire
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-jones
New census data shows population is growing faster in Houston's suburbs than the city. But why?
Daniel Potter, director of the Houston Population Research Center at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online, and this segment also aired five times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-potter
Is Deer Park fire's air quality worrisome? Expert says burning pipeline is in best-case scenario
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online, and this segment also aired twice on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-tour
Vacuous vs. deranged
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article.
MSN (This Real Clear article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-king
MBS: No Saudi-Israel normalization until Palestinians get a state
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Responsible Statecraft.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-ulrichsen
America's top 200 residential architects 2025 methodology
An article mentions that Carlos Jiménez, professor of architecture, is on the Forbes Architecture Advisory Board.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-jimenez
Scientists make promising breakthrough in rare metal mining after pairing bacteria with scrap EV batteries: 'Unique and sustainable new products'
An article cites Rice research into flash Joule heating.
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Cool Down.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-msn
New battery recycling technique promises to revolutionize the electric sector
MSN (This article originally appeared in Motociclismo International.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-msn
Most electric-car batteries could soon be made by recycling old ones
An article mentions Rice research into deep eutectic solvents.
The Economist (This article will also appear in the Sept. 21 print editions.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-the.economist
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Guest commentary: State's blacklisting over oil is costing working Texans
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
The Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-diamond
Fed interest rate cut could drive up Houston hospital expansions, acquisitions
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.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-ho
Annual policy series with Rice University's Baker Institute explores therapies for cardiac care
An article mentions that the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and The Texas Heart Institute co-presented "Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiac Care: Moving Forward" as part of their annual stem cell policy series Sept. 13. The event featured a conversation with alumna Maya Pomroy, the Jones Graduate School of Business' Owl Have You Know podcasting host, and Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute.
The Texas Heart Institute News
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-pomroy-matthews
Chevron names inaugural cohort of Houston energy innovators
An article mentions that the Rice Sustainability Institute hosted an event to award the Rice Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship to 10 students. President Reginald DesRoches, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research and professor of materials science and nanoengineering and physics and astronomy, and Carrie Masiello, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Rice Academy Senior Fellow and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, are quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-desroches-ramesh-masiello
Houston Methodist and Rice University team up to track gut-brain connection
An article features a collaborative study of Rice football players to determine the diagnostic potential of the gut's microbiome to track the impact of concussions. Sarah Schodrof, assistant athletic director, and Rice's Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland are quoted. The article also mentions the Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance.
Houston Methodist News
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-schodrof-mcclelland
Houston children at greater risk of road dangers in neglected areas, new study finds
An article features research by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy into the safety of young pedestrians and cyclists in Houston. Co-author Zoabe Hafeez, nonresident fellow at the Baker Institute, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 19 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-hafeez
Health equity in the spotlight: New community health report highlights needs in Harris County
Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research is mentioned.
MyNeighborhoodNews.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-mnn
11 events to attend in the Greater Houston area this weekend, Sept. 20-22
A roundup mentions that Rice will host the University Run Sept. 22.
Community Impact
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-ci
BROADCAST
This composer's music is the soundtrack to a Houston brain study
Anthony Brandt, professor of composition and theory at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Texas Public Radio (This segment also aired on seven affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-brandt
Hip-hop pioneer Mia X inducted into Rice University's hip-hop archives
An article mentions that Rice's Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) inducted Mia X into the CERCL Hip Hop Archival Collection Sept. 18. Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and founding director of CERCL, is quoted.
KHOU Online (This segment also appeared on KHOU on YouTube, and it aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-pinn
Two Bay Area schools in Top 5 of Forbes' best colleges list
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 9 in the nation on Forbes' "America's Top Colleges" list.
KRON4.com (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-kron
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice and Baylor receive $2.8 million to suppress inflammation and lung damage in ARDS patients
An article mentions that Rice and the University and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million in funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. Omid Veiseh, professor of bioengineering and faculty director of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator, is quoted.
MSN Health (Great Britain; this article originally appeared in News-Medical.net.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-veiseh
Climate change: 'Graveyard of glaciers' lays bare existential threat of melting ice
An article mentions that a Rice-led team of researchers established the Global Glacier Casualty List, a database of the world's glaciers lost to climate change. The casualty list was unveiled alongside a Glacier Graveyard in Iceland Aug. 17. Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer, both professors of anthropology, are quoted.
World Economic Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-howe-boyer
OLCF gathers users for 20th annual meeting
An article mentions that graduate student Jonathon Anderson presented at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Sept. 10-11.
HPCWire (This article also appeared in Oak Ridge National Laboratory News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-anderson
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announces new musician appointments for the 2024/25 season
Alumnus Andrew Burhans, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Ear Relevant
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-burhans
Biggest myths about your favorite business schools
A roundup features Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets&Quants
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-p&q
Will NASA astronauts unearth microbes on Mars?
An article features graduate student Bjorn Shockey.
Science X
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-shockey
Moderate levels of exotic species invasions may help maintain biodiversity, study suggests
An article mentions that Rice is collaborating on the featured research.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-phys
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Celebrating Hispanic OR practitioners
Richard Tapia, University Professor, the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and professor of computational and applied mathematics, is featured.
NC State University News
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-tapia
Alumna Elisa Gabbert's 'Any Person is the Only Self': Meditations on a well-read and well-lived life
Alumna Elisa Gabbert is featured.
The Berkeley Beacon
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-gabbert
Artist Karyn Olivier finds that patiently doing the work pays off
An article featuring artist Karyn Olivier mentions that her work will be featured as part of Rice's Off the Wall series.
Temple University
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-tu
Backpack blitz: Roughrider Foundation provides Scott students with school supplies, mental health tools
Rice is mentioned.
Riderville.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-rv
SPORTS
Rice visits Army Saturday as conference play resumes
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play Army Sept. 21. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-bloomgren
2024 Week 4 preview: Rice Owls at Army Black Knights
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-sbn
Golfers tie for third in CSU Ram Masters Invite
An article mentions that Rice finished fifth in Colorado State University's Ram Masters Invitational Sept. 17-18.
CUBuffs.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-cu
Dugger ties for fourth place at Ram Masters Invitational
HornetSports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-hornet
Trailblazers claim runner-up honors at season-opening CSU Ram Masters Invite
UtahTechTrailblazers.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-utah
Carlos Allen came to UH from Kennesaw State. The defensive lineman is starting to feel at home
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to the University of Houston 33-7 Sept. 14.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-hc
2024 Week 4 preview: Houston Cougars at Cincinnati Bearcats
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-sbn
Cincinnati football vs. Houston picks, predictions, odds: Who wins Week 4 Big 12 game?
The Oklahoman
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-ok
Scouting report: Cincinnati Bearcats football starts Big 12 play vs. Houston at Nippert
Cincinnati.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-cin
Week 4 preview: Houston
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-247
After a year off, McCutchin's stock is on the rise
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-247
Media availability: Running backs coach Jordy Joseph
Houston Athletics on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-uh
AAC commissioner calls University of Memphis a 'terrific brand' as Pac-12 rumors churn
An article mentions that Rice competes in the American Athletic Conference.
Memphis Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-mbj
UIW's Neal, A&M-Corpus Christi's Finnis earn Jersey Mike's Runners of the Week
An article mentions the Rice Invitational cross-country meet Sept. 13.
Southland.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-southland
TCU football player profile: LB Cooper McDonald
Rice is mentioned.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated's TCU Horned Frogs.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-msn
Men's basketball: CU Buffs get 2025 commitment from Texas wing Ian Inman
BuffZone.com (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-buffzone
OKC baseball club game notes — Sept. 18
An article mentions former Rice baseball player Jon Duplantier.
Our Sports Central
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-duplantier
NM State opens C-USA play at Sam Houston
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated Sam Houston State University earlier this season.
NMStateSports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-nmstate
NEWS RELEASES
Rice360 inaugurates conference on newborn, maternal health care innovation
Rice's Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies will host the inaugural Innovation for Day One conference, dedicated to newborn and maternal health care innovation for resource-limited settings, in Houston Sept. 25-27. The most critical interval for safeguarding the health of mothers and babies is at the time of birth and during the first 48 hours post-delivery, when the risk of mortality is highest. The first Innovation for Day One meeting will be focused on ways to enact immediate impact to drive health equity for mothers and babies around the world.
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-news-release-rice360
NIH awards $2.8M to Rice, Baylor College of Medicine for research on acute respiratory distress syndrome
Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have received $2.8 million in funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, for research on reducing inflammation and lung damage in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. The study, titled "Cell Based Immunomodulation to Suppress Lung Inflammation and Promote Repair," will be co-led by Omid Veiseh, a professor of bioengineering and faculty director of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, and Ravi Kiran Ghanta, a professor of surgery at Baylor.
http://dateline.rice/sept-19-news-release-veiseh