NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Tarnished legacy? How Biden's age and refusal to pass torch earlier hangs over his exit
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is quoted.
USA Today (This article also appeared in MSN and more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-brinkley
The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards. Only four may face consequences.
Daniel Cohan, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune and was in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-cohan
Quasiparticle research unlocks new insights into tellurene, paving the way for next-gen electronics
An article features collaborative Rice research into how polarons behave in tellurene. Co-authors quoted include Shengxi Huang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, and alumna Kunyan Zhang.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-huang-zhang
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texas 100: Influential pros to know in 2025
Brad Burke, associate vice president for industry and new ventures and executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, is featured.
Houston Business Journal (This article also appeared in the Jan. 3-9 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-burke
Chances are 'very bleak' that legalized gambling receives Texas Legislature support in 2025
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.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-jones
'East Texas News Midday'
KLTV-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-jones (This segment aired twice.)
KLIF-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-jones (This segment aired three times.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-jones (This segment aired twice.)
Raymondville ISD deputy super named finalist for top job at Mercedes ISD
Alumnus Benjamin Clinton is featured.
MyRGV.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-clinton
BROADCAST
'CBC Newsroom'
David Satterfield, director of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about a possible ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
CBC
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-satterfield
Mayor Whitmire considers sending Houston water to West Texas — despite forecasted shortfall
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-collins
Bianca Mabute-Louie's 'Unassimilable' reframes immigration and belonging
An article features graduate student Bianca Mabute-Louie, author of "Unassimilable."
KQED Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-louie
Alexandria Museum of Art issues open call for 38th annual September competition
Graduate student Erika Holum is featured.
CenLaNow.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-holum
Resurrecting spiders
An article features Rice research that repurposed deceased spiders as mechanical grippers. Graduate student Te Faye Yap is mentioned.
The Loh Down on Science (This segment aired on 150 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-yap
'CW 39 Weather & Traffic'
A broadcast features a new Rice study that found that only one in three Houstonians believe they have enough money in savings to sustain themselves for three months or longer.
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-kiah
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Inaugural issue of Sphere
An article features the news that the Rice School of Architecture (RSA) has released the inaugural issue of Sphere, a print publication archiving the previous academic year. Igor Marjanović, the William Ward Watkin Dean of the RSA, and Nathan Friedman, professor in the practice of architecture and guest editor of the issue, are quoted.
e-flux
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-marjanovic-friedman
AIANY announces design awards 2025 recipients
An article mentions that Troy Schaum, associate professor of architecture, was on the jury for the AIA New York Design Awards.
Architect
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-schaum
Why polygamy might not be the best strategy for birds
An article features Rice research into the evolution of bird behavior. Co-authors Rafael Marcondes, faculty fellow in ecology and evolutionary biology, and McMurtry College senior Nicolette Douvas are quoted.
MSN Lifestyle (This article originally appeared in ETX Daily Up.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-marcondes-douvas
Monogama fågelarter har högst chans att överleva
Natursidan.se
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-marcondes-douvas
Physicists predict exotic 'paraparticles' defying fermion and boson classifications
An article features Rice research into discovering the potential existence of paraparticles. Co-authors quoted include Kaden Hazzard, associate professor of physics and astronomy and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and former Rice graduate student Zhiyuan Wang.
Gadgets360.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-hazzard-wang
Científicos desarrollan un método increíblemente efectivo para tratar aguas residuales
An article features Rice research into using dialysis to treat wastewater. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Menachem Elimelech, the Nancy and Clint Carlson Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and postdoctoral associate Selina Chen.
La Derecha Diario
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-elimelech-chen
Background Briefing: Jan. 14, 2025
Annelle Sheline, nonresident fellow in the Center for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured.
Background Briefing
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-sheline
Top news stories of Jan. 14, 2025
A slideshow features Rice research into recycling carbon nanotube fibers.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-phys
Houston Grand Opera reveals 2025 Concert of Arias finalists
An article features alumnus James Gaffigan, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
BroadwayWorld (This article also appeared in The Katy Times.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-gaffigan
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Fralin Institute: Words activate hidden brain processes shaping emotions, decisions and behavior
An article mentions that Marina Vannucci, the Noah Harding Professor of Statistics, and postdoctoral research associate Beniamino Hadj-Amar collaborated on the featured research.
The Roanoke Star
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-vannucci-amar
From Hanoi to Microsoft: A Vietnamese engineer's journey through 600 applications
Alumnus Nguyen Nhat Quang is featured.
VNExpress.net
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-quang
How to overcome language barriers in the health care sector as an expat
An article mentions that Rice offers the course Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings.
The Costa Rica News
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-crn
SPORTS
Spears scores 26, UTSA knocks off Rice 90-84
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team lost to the University of Texas at San Antonio 90-84 Jan. 14.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-ap
Rice overcomes big deficit, but UTSA pulls away in second half for AAC victory
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-hc
East Carolina, Rice athletes earn indoor track and field weekly honors
An article featuring Rice track and field athletes Cal Abdulky and Josie Taylor mentions that they were named the American Athletic Conference's Men's and Women's Field Athlete of the Week, respectively.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-abdulky-taylor
Lampkin leads North Texas against Rice after 29-point performance
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play the University of North Texas Jan. 15.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-ap
Mean Green set to host Rice Wednesday
MeanGreenSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-mgs
UNT women's basketball team seeks redemption against Rice after last season's AAC tourney heartbreaker
Denton Record-Chronicle (This article also appeared in El Paso Inc. and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-drc
The complicated saga of Jack Easterby, Houston Texans' former executive vice president of football operations
An article mentions former Rice head women's basketball coach Tina Langley.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-hbj
Former KU football coach Beaty takes job at Texas high school
An article features former Rice assistant football coach David Beaty.
KUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-ku
UTSA to visit Memphis on Wednesday
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team lost to the University of Texas at San Antonio 67-58 Jan. 8.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-utsa
UTSA hosts Tulsa Tuesday for salute to first responders
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated the University of Tulsa 70-64 Jan. 1.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-utsa
2025 Tennessee baseball preview: Dean Curley
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team will face the University of Tennessee March 1 in the Astros Foundation College Classic.
USA Today's Vols Wire (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-vols
Owls kick off spring season with fresh courts and new coach
An article mentions that Rice hosted the American Athletic Conference Individual Tennis Championships last October.
The Temple News
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-temple
NEWS RELEASES
The Brain House at Davos: Rice is helping lead brain health innovation at World Economic Forum
The Brain House at the World Economic Forum's upcoming annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is a marquee platform designed to spotlight the critical importance of brain health and how innovation in "brain capital" can address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Sponsored by Rice for the second consecutive year, The Brain House hosted by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Jan. 20-24 will showcase a series of events featuring leading experts in health and innovation who are advancing global brain health.
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-news-release-brain-house-davos
Emerging focus on brain health among several Rice researchers' expertise
In growing recognition of the role of the human brain as foundational to economies around the globe — both in terms of the costs associated with brain disease and as individual and collective brain capital — the notion of "brain economy" has emerged as a topic of interest for organizations such as the World Economic Forum, the United Nations General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, G7, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UNESCO, UNICEF, the European Commission and the UN Council of Parties. Rice is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the brain with experts ready to offer their insight on scientific and biomedical advancements relevant to brain health and the brain economy.
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-news-release-brain-experts
Rice researchers unlock new insights into tellurene, laying the foundation for next-gen electronics
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by Shengxi Huang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials science and nanoengineering at Rice, describe how one type of quasiparticle ⎯ polarons ⎯ behaves in tellurene, a nanomaterial first synthesized in 2017 that is made up of tiny chains of tellurium atoms and has properties useful in sensing, electronic, optical and energy devices.
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-news-release-huang-zhang
Engineers develop breakthrough method for aluminum surfaces, enabling advancements in cooling, self-cleaning and anti-icing technologies
An international team of engineers has developed an innovative, scalable method for creating topography-patterned aluminum surfaces, enhancing liquid transport properties critical for applications in electronics cooling, self-cleaning technologies and anti-icing systems. The research, published recently in Langmuir and conducted by groups at Rice and the University of Edinburgh as part of the Rice-Edinburgh Strategic Collaboration Awards program, demonstrates how cost-effective vinyl masking techniques can produce surfaces with high-resolution wettability contrast, paving the way for improved phase-change heat transfer applications.
http://dateline.rice/jan-15-news-release-preston-wehmeyer