FEATURED ITEMS
Rice University announces plans to grow student body – again
An article features the news that Rice is planning to increase enrollment 30% by 2028. President Reginald DesRoches and Yvonne Romero, dean of admissions and financial aid and vice president for enrollment, are quoted. The article also mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families; the newly redesigned Academic Quadrangle; the Moody Center Complex for Student Life, which will break ground in early May; and Cannady Hall and Sarofim Hall.
Houston Chronicle (This article was also featured on the front page of the April 21 print edition, and it appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-desroches-romero
Rice University plans ambitious expansion while navigating federal funding challenges
KHOU Online (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-desroches
Rice University unveils historic enrollment growth and free tuition plan to redefine access
University Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-21-desroches
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-21-desroches
Rice tops Memphis to win American Men's Tennis Championship
An article features Rice's men's tennis team, which defeated the University of Tulsa, the University of South Florida and the University of Memphis on its way to winning the American Athletic Conference Championship April 18-20.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Memphis, Rice to meet in championship final after semifinal wins
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Memphis, Florida Atlantic, South Florida, Rice reach men's tennis semifinals
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Tigers fall to Rice in American Athletic Conference Championship, 4-2
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
Tigers defeat Florida Atlantic to play in American Athletic Conference Championship finals
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
No. 1 South Florida falls short in semifinals against No. 5 Rice
GoUSFBulls.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-usf
No. 1 South Florida takes down No. 8 Wichita State in quarterfinals
GoUSFBulls.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-usf
Tulsa men fall to Rice in AAC quarterfinal round
TulsaHurricane.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-tulsa
Charlotte, UTSA, Wichita State take first-round matches at American Men's Tennis Championship
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
'KHOU 11 Sports Extra'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-khou
'Action News 5'
WMC-TV (Memphis, Tennessee)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-wmc (This segment aired twice.)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Trump has signed just 5 bills into law — while issuing 124 executive orders. Here is why that matters
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is quoted.
MSN (Australia; this article originally appeared in the Independent, and it appeared in MSN Ireland.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-brinkley
Donald Trump a semnat doar cinci legi, dar a emis 124 de ordine executive! Ce înseamnă asta pentru democrația americană
Puterea.ro
http://dateline.rice/april-21-brinkley
Theme park industry experts reveal groups are eyeing Houston for a potential theme park
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 ABC 13 Online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-jones
Los expertos en parques temáticos revelan que el estudio de entretenimiento de la Universidad de Houston podría ayudar a traer un parque temático a la ciudad
Perú Provincias
http://dateline.rice/april-21-jones
6 fakta misterius Vatikan: Proses pemilihan paus hingga mesin waktu
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, is quoted.
CNBC (Indonesia)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-kripal
Trump's speech style: Performing the exceptional everyman
Alumnus Anthony Koth is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in AFP, and it appeared in Yahoo! News and will be in the April 22 print edition of The New Zealand Herald.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-kripal
HOUSTON/TEXAS
8 Texans among the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
A roundup features Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology and co-director of Rice's Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience, who has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow.
Glasstire
http://dateline.rice/april-21-boyer
Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Guggenheim Fellowship
http://dateline.rice/april-21-boyer
ExxonMobil, Rice launch sustainability initiative with first project underway
An article features the news that Rice and ExxonMobil have entered into a master research agreement to collaborate on research initiatives focused on sustainable energy solutions. Community members quoted or mentioned include Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research, and Qilin Li, professor of civil and environmental engineering and co-director of Rice's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment.
EnergyCapitalHTX
http://dateline.rice/april-21-ramesh-li
The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lasting impacts and lingering questions 15 years later
An article features "Spill," which was performed at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts April 11-12.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 20 print edition, and it appeared in MSN and on the front page of the San Antonio Express-News' April 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-hc
Making school history, 2 Mayde Creek High seniors net full scholarships to top colleges
An article featuring Addmyra Robles mentions that she plans to attend Rice in the fall.
Katy Times
http://dateline.rice/april-21-kt
9 Houston universities make US News' 2025 list of top grad schools
A roundup mentions that Rice's graduate business school and graduate engineering school are ranked No. 29 and No. 26, respectively, according to U.S. News & World Report.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-21-cmh
Texas graduate programs shine in latest US News & World Report rankings
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN and five other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-hc
From the Statesman archives: April 1961 wildfire devastated Davenport Ranch
An article quotes late alumna Kathryn Respess.
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in the April 20 print edition and was in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-respess
New dean appointed for Angelo State's College of Arts & Humanities
An article features alumnus Sergio Ruiz.
San Angelo Live
http://dateline.rice/april-21-ruiz
HISD campuses, books taken off Naval Academy Library, cheap luxury bags
An article cites research by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy into the capacity rates of Houston Independent School District campuses.
Defender
http://dateline.rice/april-21-defender
BROADCAST
Pope Francis' controversial progressive beliefs
Craig Considine, senior lecturer in sociology, is interviewed.
Fox 26 (This segment also aired on KRIV-TV in Houston, and it appeared in Fox 26 on YouTube, Yahoo! News and in MSN Politics.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-considine
Pope Francis dead: Tradition of selecting next pope
Fox 26 (This segment also aired on KRIV-TV in Houston, and it appeared in Fox 26 on YouTube and Yahoo! News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-considine
The legacy of Pope Francis (April 21, 2025)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-considine
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-considine
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-considine
'Fox 26 Morning News Weekends'
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, participates in a roundtable discussion of the week's political stories.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-king
STEM City: The science behind Rice University Athletics
A broadcast features John DeWitt, director of applied sports science and adjunct assistant research professor of kinesiology, discussing how Rice Athletics uses research and technology to improve performance. Head football athletic trainer Deanna Doheny also is interviewed about her role with Rice Athletics.
Click2Houston (This article also appeared in Click2Houston on YouTube.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-dewitt
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
John Corigliano's 'The Ghosts of Versailles' marks a major anniversary in Houston
An article features "The Ghosts of Versailles," a production by Rice's Shepherd School of Music celebrating its 50th anniversary. Matthew Loden, the Lynette S. Autrey Dean of Music, and Joshua Winograde, director of opera studies, are quoted.
San Francisco Classical Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-21-loden-winograde
Affordable, vibrating glove may help patients regain motor control
An article features Rice research developing a wearable device that uses targeted vibrations to reduce tremors and improve motor control in Parkinson's patients. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Maria Oden, teaching professor of bioengineering, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) and co-director of Rice360; Heather Bisesti, lecturer in the OEDK; Will Rice College sophomore Emmie Casey; and Lovett College junior Tomi Kuye.
Parkinson's News Today
http://dateline.rice/april-21-oden-bisesti-casey-kuye
'Game Changer': Hot new tech turns forever chemicals into valuable resource
An article features collaborative Rice research developing a novel method to efficiently eradicate forever chemicals from water systems while simultaneously transforming the extracted waste into high-value graphene. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and graduate student Phelecia Scotland are quoted.
Science Alert
http://dateline.rice/april-21-tour-scotland
Is Yellowstone going to erupt? New research reveals that the volcano is venting
An article features collaborative Rice research into how the volcanic system under Yellowstone National Park works. Co-author Brandon Schmandt, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
SciTechDaily (A similar article also appeared in Newswise.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-schmandt
Breakthrough quantum phase observed, paving the way for advanced computing and sensing
An article features Rice research that has achieved the first direct observation of a superradiant phase transition.
Newstarget
http://dateline.rice/april-21-nt
10 things to do in Houston for couples in 2025
A roundup features the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on Rice's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Wander
http://dateline.rice/april-21-wander
Physicists believed that this quantum phenomenon was impossible. They were very wrong
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Ruetir
http://dateline.rice/april-21-ruetir
Unleashing American innovation
An article mentions that Rice is collaborating with other institutions to create the Endless Frontiers Institute.
Council on Foreign Relations
http://dateline.rice/april-21-cfr
Slave trade database moving to Harvard
An article mentions that SlaveVoyages, a digital repository of ship voyages along the trans-Atlantic and intra-American routes that is currently housed at Rice, will move to Harvard University.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-phys
China could outspend the US on R&D by 30%‑plus by 2030 — even if the trade war roars on
An article cites a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy into China's economy.
R&D World
http://dateline.rice/april-21-r&d
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
World premiere concert to be held locally in May
Alumnus Jordan Kuspa is featured.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/april-21-kuspa
Renowned journalist, presidential historian to deliver HWS commencement address
An article featuring alumnus Geoffrey Herd mentions that he will receive an honorary degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges May 18.
Finger Lakes Times
http://dateline.rice/april-21-herd
Sătmăreanul Andrei Dragoș își face loc printre cei mai mari specialiști în robotică din lume
Rice is mentioned.
Informatia-Zilei.ro
http://dateline.rice/april-21-iz
SPORTS
Memphis claims American Women's Tennis Championship with 4-2 win against Tulsa
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team defeated Tulane University but lost to the University of Memphis in the American Athletic Conference Championship tournament April 18-20.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Memphis to face Tulsa Sunday for American Women's Tennis Championship
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Tigers take down Rice to advance to American Athletic Conference championship match
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
Tigers upset Charlotte to move on to American Athletic Conference Championship semifinals
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
UTSA, Tulsa, Wichita State, Tulane, Memphis are first-round winners in Women's Tennis Championship
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Tulane falls to Rice at the AAC Tournament
TulaneGreenWave.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-tulane
'Good Morning Memphis'
WHBQ-TV (Memphis)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-whbq (This segment aired four times.)
Tigers drop Game 2 to Rice, 9-5
A series of articles mention that Rice's baseball team split the remaining two games of its three-game series against the University of Memphis April 18-19.
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
Cox's walk-off home run gives Tigers run-rule win over Rice
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-memphis
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-khou
'Action News 5'
WMC-TV (Memphis)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-wmc (This segment aired five times.)
'WREG News 3'
WREG-TV (Memphis)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-wreg (This segment aired four times.)
Bryan Clay Invitational 2025 entries. Here's the full list
An article mentions that Rice's men's and women's track and field teams competed in Azusa Pacific University's Bryan Clay Invitational April 16-18.
FloTrack.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-flotrack
Bryan Clay Invitational results 2025: Here's who won
FloTrack.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-flotrack
ISU closes Day 2 at Bryan Clay, Kansas Relays
Cyclones.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-cyclones
Collegiate Cricket League kicks off with fireworks and fierce competition
An article mentions that Rice's club cricket team lost recently to Georgetown University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Sports Illustrated
http://dateline.rice/april-21-si
2025 American Men's Golf Championship set for debut at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Sarasota
An article mentions that Rice's men's golf team is slated to compete in the American Athletic Conference Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Sarasota, Florida, from April 21-23.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-21-the.american
Charlotte readies for AAC Championship
Charlotte49ers.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-49ers
Men's golf set for AAC Championship
MeanGreenSports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-21-mgs
New Houston quarterback Conner Weigman is healthy and so is outlook for Cougars' retooled offense
An article mentions former Rice football player Dean Connors.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-21-hc
Jimmy Butler went unnoticed at Tomball. But everyone who coached him or against him believed in him
An article mentions Rice assistant football coach Johnathan Wilson.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-21-hc
Ashley Ridge senior and Goose Creek junior named All-Lowcountry basketball players of year
An article featuring Skyla Tuthill mentions that she has signed with Rice's women's basketball team.
The Post and Courier
http://dateline.rice/april-21-pc
Former SWAC Newcomer of the Year commits to FCS conference co-champion
An article mentions that Rice's football team played Texas Southern University last season.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in HBCU Legends.)
http://dateline.rice/april-21-msn
5 roster pickups UVa basketball can land — without the transfer portal
An article features alumnus and former Rice men's basketball player Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia.
The Cavalier Daily
http://dateline.rice/april-21-youngkin
Texas Southern Tigers football schedule | 2025
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play Texas Southern University Sept. 27.
Sports Illustrated's HBCU Legends
http://dateline.rice/april-21-hbcu
Could a national lottery fund Cayman's future Olympians?
An article mentions alumnus and former Rice track and field athlete Kareem Streete-Thompson.
Cayman Compass
http://dateline.rice/april-21-thompson
The Silver Glove stays home: Houston baseball stuns Rice with historic Silver Glove sweep
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team lost to the University of Houston earlier this season.
The Daily Cougar
http://dateline.rice/april-21-dc
NEWS RELEASES
Rice announces historic enrollment growth, expanding access and free tuition
The Rice Board of Trustees has approved an ambitious plan to increase access to a Rice education by growing the university's student body by fall 2028, marking an unprecedented growth trajectory that began earlier this decade. The expansion is part of Rice's commitment to access and is aligned with a strategic vision to solidify its position as a global leader in both teaching and research.
http://dateline.rice/april-21-news-release-rice.expansion
Rice scholar examines Pope Francis' legacy of interfaith relations, human rights and a more representative Catholic Church
Following Pope Francis' death, Craig Considine, a senior lecturer in sociology at Rice, scholar of religion and interfaith dialogue and expert on Catholic-Muslim relations, is available to discuss the late pontiff's life and legacy.
http://dateline.rice/april-21-news-release-considine
Rice experts available to discuss environmental research, insights ahead of Earth Day
As Earth Day approaches April 22, Rice experts are available to provide insight into their research on a range of environmental topics, including the Texas coastline, climate patterns, severe storms and more.
http://dateline.rice/april-21-news-release-rice.experts
From lab to launch: Rice WaTER Institute is catalyzing the future of water innovation
In a city defined by innovation and resilience, the Rice Water Technologies Entrepreneurship and Research Institute hosted its distinguished lecture and panel discussion in Houston April 16, drawing together industry leaders, venture capitalists, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs to tackle one of the most urgent challenges of our time: water.
http://dateline.rice/apr-17-news-release-water