Dateline Rice for May 18, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Engineers and economists prize efficiency, but nature favors resilience — lessons from Texas, COVID-19 and the 737 Max Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George...
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Colorado is offering hospitals Medicaid money to close down free-standing ERs Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Timothy Morton’s hyper-pandemic Timothy Morton, the Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, is featured. The New Yorker http://dateline.rice/june-8-morton As warming fuels disasters,...
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FEATURED ITEMS Rice hires Jose Cruz Jr. as next baseball coach Numerous articles and broadcasts feature former Owl Jose Cruz Jr., who has been named […]
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FEATURED ITEMS NCAA track: Rice’s Grace Forbes completes ‘triple All-American’ An article featuring Grace Forbes mentions that she placed seventh in the 10,000-meter race at […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel-winning chemist who made ‘art in a test tube,’ dies at 85 James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for June 16, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas power grid, strained last winter, now faces an early heat wave Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for June 21, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Venezuela oil czar says output to skyrocket, sanctions be damned Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Congressional Dems open another front in their war on oil and gas A report on the CLEAN Future Act by the Baker Institute for […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for June 28, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Lina Hidalgo’s political rise Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for June 28, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering James Sidbury, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, co-authored an article. The Conversation...
View ArticleDateline Rice for July 16, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL An obsession with sports turned into a career as an NBA data analyst A Q&A features alumnus Sergio Santamaria and mentions Tom Stallings, […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for July 19, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL OPEC Plus agrees on oil production increase, easing pressure on supplies and prices Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Daily on Energy: Despite OPEC oil supply deal, Biden not out of woods on gas prices Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Trump ally’s UAE lobbying struck heart of democracy, US says Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for July 26, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Arizona rally: Trump is always there for voters who just don’t trust Biden and Harris, analyst says Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL This woman was the first scientist to chart the physics of climate change — in 1856 Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and […]
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FEATURED ITEM Opinion: Time to reopen US-Mexico border to legal travel and vaccinate on both sides Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Aug. 9, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Abbott criticized for ban on COVID mandates as cases soar in Texas Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas Republicans eye changes to quorum rules to prevent future walkouts Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL How to get smarter: Start with the brain itself A roundup of research on the frontiers of neuroscience features Jacob Robinson, associate professor of […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Aug. 13, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ThirdAI raises $6M to democratize AI to any hardware Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, is featured. Yahoo! News (This TechCrunch article also […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Aug. 16, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL How do Haiti earthquakes compare? Experts hope for less damage, death than in 2010 Provost Reginald DesRoches is quoted. Miami Herald (This article also […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Aug. 17, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL If Biden wants to work with Mexico on migration and asylum, he might start talking to Mexican NGOs Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Tiny fibers in fabric could turn sun’s heat into energy An article features collaborative Rice research developing small carbon nanotube fibers for textile electronics and […]
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FEATURED ITEMS Rice delays in-person classes for 2 weeks, moves to virtual learning-only An article by ABC 13 Online cites a letter to the Rice community […]
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FEATURED ITEMS Rice University announces switch to online classes for beginning of school year Numerous media outlets mention that Rice will delay the start of […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Aug. 25, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Australia’s cane toads evolved as cannibals with frightening speed Volker Rudolf, professor of biosciences, is quoted. Nature http://dateline.rice/aug-25-rudolf Secret wife of...
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL College football kicking off in pandemic all over again Several articles mention Rice’s COVID-19 campus policies, which include encouraging vaccinations, requiring masks to be...
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NPR Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, is interviewed about the […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts Jim Elliott, a professor and chair of sociology at Rice and […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL EXPLAINER: How wetlands can help buffer Louisiana storms Phil Bedient, director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center (SSPEED), is […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Between Ida, Afghanistan and COVID, Biden has a lot on his plate Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is interviewed. […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 7, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site threatens wildlife, Texas environmental groups say Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Honens Festival moves outdoors for three days of concerts highlighting Calgary talent Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano at the Shepherd School of Music, […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL How SARS-COV-2 infects cells with its spike protein New simulations by experts at the Rice-based Center for Theoretical Biological Physics have outlined the process by which […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 10, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Researchers threaded a conductive shirt that accurately gathers health data At Rice University, researchers created a shirt that can track your EKG and heart […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 13, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL New storm to test post-Harvey Houston infrastructure Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Climate change is creating unrelenting challenges for the country’s power grid Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 20, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
FEATURED ITEMS With redistricting, Texas GOP works to cement its power despite changing demographics Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas finally went too far Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science […]
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FEATURED ITEMS Rice University receives $100 million gift from Moody Foundation Rice has received a $100 million grant from the Moody Foundation to build the […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Top-ranked private universities that aren’t Ivy League An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 17 in the nation according to the 2022 Best Colleges […]
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RACE IN THE U.S. The Backstory: The little-known story about a former slave who sued her captor and won An article features the story behind […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 27, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ‘CBS News Radio’ Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 28, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Battle over how states redraw their districts begins Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted. CBS News (This article […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Sept. 29, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL The plot against democracy: How Texas Republicans plan to steal power from minority voters Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban […]
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL The plot against democracy: How Texas Republicans plan to steal power from minority voters Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban […]
View ArticleDateline Rice for Oct. 4, 2021 (Weekend Edition)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL What happened to Texas’ tilt from red to blue? That’s a gray area Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, […]
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