Dateline Rice for Oct. 2, 2020

Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

'Live at Five'
A broadcast features Rice's plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which includes conducting tests, requiring face masks and holding some classes outdoors in semipermanent structures. Jerusha Kasch, director of institutional crisis management, is interviewed.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-kasch (This segment aired twice.)

Hundreds of HISD students are homeless and COVID-19 is complicating matters. How the district is trying to help
An article and broadcast mention a study by the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research on homeless students in the Houston Independent School District.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-herc-kinder-study

College football schedule 2020: The 24 games already postponed or canceled due to COVID-19
Several articles mention that Rice's football games were postponed through mid-October.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-owls
UNT set to enter intriguing race for C-USA title
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-hoot
Looking at Houston and Temple’s respective situations
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-hoot

Kevin Tubbs, Ph.D., SVP Strategic Solutions Group at Penguin Computing — interview series
A Q&A mentions that AMD has partnered with Rice and will provide supercomputing power for COVID-19 research.
Unite.ai
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-unite

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

61 years after RBG graduated from law school, the gender bias she faced is less obvious — but just as prevalent
An article cites a 2016 Harvard Business Review article about subtle gender bias co-authored by Eden King, associate professor of psychological science.

MSN (This article originally appeared in Business Insider.)

http://dateline.rice/oct-2-king

Democrats frantically move away from pushing mail-in voting to in-person

Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.

MSN (This article originally appeared in the Washington Examiner.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-stein

Hyperspectral stripe projector creates 4D views
An article features Rice research into the Hyperspectral Stripe Projector, which may allow for real-time 3D spectroscopy. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Kevin Kelly, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, alumna Yibo Xu and graduate student Anthony Giljum.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-kelly

These celebrities could be your next professor

A slideshow features rapper Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in Stars Insider.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-bun-b

How 8 Missouri high school seniors got to college
Rice is mentioned.
MSN Money (This U.S. News & World Report article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-usnwr

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University polling site to be all student-run on Election Day
An article mentions that Rice will have an on-campus early voting and Election Day polling station at Rice Stadium and an alternate station at Reckling Park for when the stadium is hosting a football game. Rice community members quoted include: Elizabeth Vann, director of programs and partnerships at Rice's Center for Civic Leadership; Hanszen College junior Mason Reece; Wiess College senior Lauren Biegel; J.P. Abercrumbie, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Rice’s athletics department; and Martel College junior and track and field athlete Ace Castillo. The article also mentions that the campuswide initiative RICEngaged, a coalition of students, faculty and staff, has been working to engage students and educate them about the democratic process.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-rice-voting-station

'This is bad policy': Trump administration proposes restrictions for international students — again
An article quotes President David Leebron; Adria Baker, associate vice provost for international education and executive director of Rice’s Office of International Students and Scholars; and Duncan College sophomore Andrei Mitrofan.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-leebron-baker-mitrofan

After a summer of unrest, Texas police are preparing for possible election night protests

Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Texas Tribune
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-brace

New innovation leader at Rice University plans to take campus innovations to the world
Several articles feature Kyle Judah, executive director of Rice's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. A roundup in the final InnovationMap article also features 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, which received a $1.5 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to fund the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator, the Ion Smart and Resilient Cities Accelerator and the DivInc Accelerator, which helps minority- and women-led startups. Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance, is quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-judah
3 Houston innovators to know this week
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-judah
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-judah-burke

Beta stung but didn’t submerge Houston — why we shouldn’t claim victory at this time
An article features Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-bedient

Jewish History Archive seeks High Holy Days reflections
Joshua Furman, temporary project manager in Jewish Studies and founder of the Houston Jewish History Archive at Rice, authored an article.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-furman

Dinner with friends keeps Shabbat alive
An article features Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-vardi

Shelley Luther to face Drew Springer in Texas Senate runoff
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.
Dallas Observer
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-jones
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-jones

Former US Secretary of State James A. Baker III to speak at Chiles Lecture Series at Baylor Law
An article mentions that James Baker III, honorary chair of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state, will be interviewed as part of the 2020 Starr Federalist Lecture Series Oct. 13.
Baylor University Law School News
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-baker

Houston energy company exits, 3 recent investments from local fund, and more innovation news
A roundup features two Rice stories: the Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge (D2K) provides a clinic for one-time sessions and a semesterlong D2K Capstone program, which forms interdisciplinary teams of advanced undergraduate and graduate students to solve pressing real-world data science challenges; and OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources, plans to double its catalog of textbooks with $12.5 million in new grants. Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founder of OpenStax, is quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-d2k-openstax-baraniuk

10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for October
A roundup mentions the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition Startup Village virtual pitch competition, a collaboration that includes the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, that will take place Oct. 27-29.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-rice-alliance

BROADCAST

How we might fix election security
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
KERA's "Think" (This segment aired on 70 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-wallach

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Water conflict, feud with Chihuahua governor behind president’s visit to Juarez, border expert says
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.
Border Report (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-payan

Miah Im joins Aspen Opera Program as head coach
An article features Miah Im, director of opera studies for Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-im

Researchers discover thermoelectricity response can be changed by factors in nanoscale gold wires
An article features Rice research into electricity generated by temperature differences. Doug Natelson, professor of physics and astronomy, of electrical and computer engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, and the department chair of physics and astronomy, and alumna Charlotte Evans are quoted.
Element 14
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-natelson-evans

Continuing education: Environmental inequity
An article mentions the urban and watershed advocacy-through-design effort led by Rice's Present/Future program.
Architectural Record
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-ar

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Student ensembles tie for top prize at music competition
An article mentions Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Lake Country Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-shepherd-school

Wolfeboro Friends of Music to present Boston Brass Oct. 18
An article mentions that the Boston Brass has conducted masterclasses at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
The Conway Daily Sun
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-shepherd-school

Debate team opens season with Octofinals appearance in Rice University tournament
An article mentions a Sept. 26-27 virtual debate competition was hosted by Rice.
Mercer University News
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-mu

SPORTS

NOTEBOOK: Fox named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month
Former Rice football player Jack Fox, who now plays for the Detroit Lions, is featured.
DetroitLions.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-fox

Loaded with talent, 'Q-ston' is the new hotbed for QBs
An article mentions former Rice football player Bert Emmanuel.
VYPE
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-emmanuel

Aaron Glenn picked off Texas and celebrated his way into the end zone
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by Texas A&M in 1992.
FanBuzz
http://dateline.rice/oct-2-fb

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