Dateline Rice for March 6, 2020

Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Houston officials confirm first 3 cases of coronavirus
Numerous articles mention that a Rice employee tested positive for coronavirus following overseas travel. A small group of staff and students from Rice has been asked to self-quarantine and all university-sponsored international spring break trips and other official international student travel have been cancelled in accordance with CDC travel restrictions to countries experiencing outbreaks.
The Associated Press (Below is a sampling of articles that appeared in more than 250 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-ap

Live updates: Coronavirus fears reverberate as infections near 100,000; US officials widen states of emergency

Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/march-6-washpo


Rice University campus quiet after COVID-19 case confirmed
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Officials confirm 5 cases of coronavirus in Houston area, including 4 in Harris County
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the March 6 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared online in the Express-News, Connecticut Post, San Francisco Chronicle and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


COVID-19 in Houston: Live updates as region looks to contain the spread
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Rice University staff member tests positive for coronavirus
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


5 cases of coronavirus in Houston area linked to foreign travel
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Coronavirus live updates: Fifth Houston-area case related to Egypt trip, officials say
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Connecticut Post.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Coronavirus hits Harris County, Fort Bend and the Houston area. Here's what we know so far.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


'It was only a matter of time': Coronavirus case marks milestone for region
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Houston schools ramping up coronavirus responses
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Houston school leaders worry students, teachers will bring coronavirus back from spring break
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


2 new coronavirus cases reported in Harris County

Austin American-Statesman

http://dateline.rice/march-6-statesman


Four new cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Houston area
Texas Tribune
http://dateline.rice/march-6-textrib


Update: Houston confirms second coronavirus case, bringing local total to 6
Houston Public Media (This article also appeared in KERA News.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hpm


HPM local newscast for 5 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hpm


HPM local newscast for 6 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hpm


Rice University employee tests positive for coronavirus
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


5 Houston-area patients being treated for travel-related cases of coronavirus
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


First responders who transported presumptive coronavirus patient 'followed protocol'
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


Rice University staffer who tested positive for coronavirus is one of two Harris County cases
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


Houston-area coronavirus patients traveled together to Egypt last month
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


'KHOU 11 News at 10 p.m.'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-khou


COVID-19 cases increase to 5 in Houston area
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-abc13


Coronavirus live updates
NTD.com
http://dateline.rice/march-6-ntd


TIMELINE: Here’s how the coronavirus made it to the Houston area
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/march-6-c2h


Five people being treated for coronavirus in the Houston area
CW 39 Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-cw39 (This and similar segments aired 70 times across Texas.)


'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-kriv


KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-krld (This segment aired six times.)


'KPRC Channel 2 News Today'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-kprc

'Nanodrills' kill diseased cells in minutes
An article features Rice research into light-activated molecular motors that effectively killed cells in whole eukaryotic organisms. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Richard Gunasekera, an adjunct faculty member and former visiting scientist at Rice, are quoted.
Futurity (This article also appeared in News-Medical.net, Phys.org, Science Blog and Science Daily.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-tour

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Americans are being mean to each other. Trump and the fight for the Democratic nominee are making it worse. [Opinion]
Marlon Mooijman, assistant professor of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-mooijman

Railroad Commission candidate may have had the Wright name
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Connecticut Post and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-jones

Data-focused Houston company arms startups with the AI tools they need to grow
An article about startup accelerators mentions Rice's redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of 2021.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/march-6-the-ion

Baffled city: Exploring the architecture of gentrification
Maria Nicanor, executive director of the Rice Design Alliance, is quoted.
Texas Observer
http://dateline.rice/march-6-nicanor

HISD aims to create district’s first computer science academy
An article features Rice’s Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-tapia-center

The urgency of the woman behind the Emancipation Trail
An article features Naomi Mitchell Carrier, the 2014 Scholar-in-Residence at Rice's Center for Engaged Research & Collaborative Learning.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-carrier

Actor-turned-teacher Tony Danza shares his classroom experience during St. John's School luncheon
An article mentions that Rice student Daniel Koh is a teaching fellow at Breakthrough Houston, an organization that helps high-achieving, underresourced students through high school and college.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc


Thursday’s show: Coronavirus vaccine developed in Houston and diversity at the rodeo (March 5, 2020)
Houston Public Media (This "Houston Matters" segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hpm (Comments begin at 41:20.)

Video clips add dimension to Pasadena Little Theatre’s ‘Menagerie’
An article mentions that Alric Davis will direct "Macbeth" at Rice's 50th annual Baker Shakespeare Festival March 27.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc

‘Same God’ reviewed
A column reviews the film "Same God," which features alumna Larycia Hawkins and will be screened March 8 at AMC Houston 8.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc

Here are the Houston arthouse films showing March 6-12
A roundup mentions that Rice Cinema will present James Blue and David MacDougall Films March 7 and Low-Fi: Analog Deep Cuts from the Archive, a collection of unusual films from the Rice Cinema archive, March 12.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-rice-cinema

Art
An arts roundup mentions that Rice's Moody Center for the Arts is exhibiting “Story Lines,” a large drawings group show, through May 17, and “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present,” on view through May 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-moody-center

Revolutionizing the way Houstonians pay for health care
Alumnus Shane Stone is featured.
The Leader News
http://dateline.rice/march-6-leader

Tap into local beer
Alumnus Brock Wagner is quoted.
The Buzz Magazines (This article also appeared in the March 2020 print editions of the West University, Tanglewood/River Oaks, Memorial and Bellaire issues.
http://dateline.rice/march-6-buzz

5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week
A roundup mentions that the Rice Business Plan Competition will be held March 26-28.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/march-6-rbpc

Queer things to do in Houston this weekend: March 5–8, 2020
A roundup mentions that a discussion about expanding gender-inclusive restrooms on campus was moderated by the Rice Queer Resource Center.
OutSmart Magazine
http://dateline.rice/march-6-os

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Bioscientists develop co-infection model to predict multipathogen epidemics
An article features collaborative Rice research that has shown that interactions between pathogens in individual hosts can predict the severity of multipathogen epidemics. Volker Rudolf, professor of biosciences at Rice, and alumnus Patrick Clay are cited.
News-Medical.net (This article also appeared in Phys.org, 7th Space Interactive and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-rudolf

The ban on vaping is unreservedly ineffective, says report
An article features Rice research that determined vaping products have contributed to a decline in cigarette smoking but have increased the number of middle and high school students who are addicted to nicotine. Co-authors Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the institute and director of its Drug Policy Program, are quoted.
The Health Mania
http://dateline.rice/march-6-harris-martin

Deep learning rethink overcomes major obstacle in AI industry
An article features Rice research that developed an algorithm that can speed up deep learning technology without the use of specialized acceleration hardware. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, is quoted. Graduate students Beidi Chen and Tharun Medini are mentioned.
Science Daily (This article also appeared in 7th Space Interactive.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-shrivastava


Deep learning breakthrough results in a 44-core Intel Xeon destroying NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU
WCCF Tech (This article also appeared in Tom's Hardware.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-shrivastava

Could this material predict bedsores?
An article features collaborative Rice research that developed a new material that can be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness. Co-authors Andrew Barron, professor emeritus of chemistry, and alumna Kourtney Wright are mentioned.
Medical Design & Outsourcing
http://dateline.rice/march-6-barron

Scientists find new way to extend Moore’s Law
An article features collaborative Rice research into growing atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride as two-inch-diameter crystals across a wafer. Co-author Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, is cited.
Knowridge Science Report
http://dateline.rice/march-6-ksr

Research voyage brings lost continent of Zealandia secrets to the surface
An article features the research of Gerald Dickens, professor of Earth, environment and planetary sciences, into Zealandia, a largely submerged continent that stretches across five million square kilometers beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Heritage Daily
http://dateline.rice/march-6-dickens

How this TSU grad got into engineering, internships and drones
Graduate student Tarence Rice is featured and pictured.
U.S. Black Engineer
http://dateline.rice/march-6-usbe

Guardian G-Volt masks would use graphene and electrical charge to repel viruses and bacteria
An article about the efficacy of the Guardian G-Volt face mask to repel viruses and bacteria mentions that some of the studies were conducted at Rice.
Dezeen
http://dateline.rice/march-6-dz

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

It’s time to get those vegetable gardens started
Joseph Novak, lecturer in biosciences at Rice, is mentioned.
Beeville Bee-Picayune
http://dateline.rice/march-6-novak

9 awesome places you didn't actually know existed in Houston
An article features James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Narcity
http://dateline.rice/march-6-turrell-skyspace

USC’s free tuition sounds like a stunt
An article mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
University of Tampa's Minaret
http://dateline.rice/march-6-rice-investment

Pinellas County HR Director Holly Schoenherr resigns before board could decide her fate
An article mentions that Holly Schoenherr formerly held a leadership position at Rice.
Tampa Bay Times
http://dateline.rice/march-6-tbt

Professors use, endorse open educational resources
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
The State University of New York at Plattsburgh's Cardinal Points
http://dateline.rice/march-6-openstax

Appleton council candidates in five contested races explain their qualifications, goals

Alumna Denise Fenton is featured.

Appleton Post Crescent
http://dateline.rice/march-6-apc

SPORTS

Rice pulls away from UTEP women in final quarter and a half

An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team clinched at least a share of the Conference USA regular season championship by defeating the University of Texas at El Paso 82-59 March 5 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Owls Erica Ogwumike, Sydne Wiggins and Lauren Schwarz are highlighted in the Houston Chronicle. Rice will play Old Dominion University March 8 to decide the No. 1 seed at next week's C-USA Tournament.
El Paso Times
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


Baylor tops Texas to extend record streak
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


Rice shoots past UTEP, 82-59
KTSM Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


League-leading Rice stops Miners 82-59
El Paso Herald-Post
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


Miners advance to C-USA tourney with 60-56 victory at Middle Tennessee
CBS 4 Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


UTEP women lose at Rice
CBS 4 Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


ODU women suffer overtime loss on Senior Night to UAB
13 News Now
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb


ODU women's hoops falls to UAB in OT during home finale
WTKR Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-wbb

Vanderbilt vs. UCLA and 9 more DI college baseball series you won't want to miss this weekend
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team will play Texas Tech University March 6-8.
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/march-6-ncaa


Tech to host Rice for three-game series
Daily Toreador
http://dateline.rice/march-6-dt


Dominant Red Raiders to host Rice this weekend
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/march-6-sbn


Preparing for greatness: No. 2 Red Raiders eager to get back on field, take on Rice
Lubbock Online
http://dateline.rice/march-6-lubb


'KLBK 13 News at 10'
KLBK-TV (Lubbock, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-klbk (This segment aired twice.)

Wildcats look to carry momentum into weekend series against Houston
Rice baseball is mentioned.
The Daily Wildcat
http://dateline.rice/march-6-dw

Baseball: Summer Creek grad Duplantier off to strong start at Texas
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team played the University of Texas at Austin Feb. 15.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/march-6-hc

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