Dateline Rice for Oct. 23, 2020

Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Oil falls $1/bbl on Libyan output, COVID-19 demand concerns

Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute Public Policy, is quoted.

Reuters (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)

http://dateline.rice/oct-23-finley

Houston coronavirus updates: Oct. 22

A roundup features a Rice Thresher article authored by Wiess College junior Hajera Naveed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-naveed

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Inside the Democrats’ battle to take back Texas
An article quotes Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology.
Financial Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-klineberg

Clean energy opportunities in a time of crisis
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an article.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-cohan

Don't assume that lots of early voting means Joe Biden is a lock
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
BuzzFeed News
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-stein

Qatar, the Gulf Crisis and the realignment of the Middle East
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Jerusalem Post (This article also appeared in the Oct. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-ulrichsen

Online voting: Why it's not secure, but some people may choose it anyway
Dan Wallach, a Rice professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in CNET.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-22-wallach

Part teacher, part den mother, a composer fosters diversity
An article features alumna Gabriela Lena Frank.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-frank

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial’ is a tour of love, family and Houston

An article features Bryan Washington, Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice and the George Guion Williams Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English. His novel "Memorial" will be published Oct. 27 and has been optioned for television.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-washington

30 years of Beth Yeshurun history, digitized, and at your fingertips
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

BROADCAST

KRLD-AM (Dallas)
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 interviewed and quoted. Baker College freshmen Virginia Baskin, Luke Stancil and Vivian Zheng are also interviewed by KTRK following an Oct. 22 presidential debate watch party on campus.
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones (This segment aired four times.)
Parties fight for legislative control ahead of redistricting
Governing
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones
This week's podcast: Latino evangelicals feel 'politically homeless'? They are not alone

Get Religion
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones

'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones-baskin-stancil-zheng (This segment aired four times.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Fossil fuel subsidies need global reform, say experts
An article features a new paper co-authored by Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the institute, which tracked fossil fuel usage and government subsidies since the 2009 G20 summit, when representatives from 20 countries agreed to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in Green Car Congress.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-krane-monaldi

Terahertz networks move closer to reality
An article mentions that researchers at Rice and Brown University have solved the longtime problem of keeping devices connected to a terahertz network. Edward Knightly, the Sheafor-Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice, and former postdoctoral research associate Yasaman Ghasempour are quoted.
Communications of the ACM (This article will also appear in the November print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-knightly

Sqirl finds itself in a jam
Anastasiya Zavyalova, associate professor of strategic management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured in a podcast.
Spectacular Failures (This podcast also appeared in Apple Podcasts.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-zavyalova
Sqirl finds itself in a jam (transcript)
Spectacular Failures
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-zavyalova

Federal Reserve’s Bostic: We need to participate in a deeper, more creative reckoning with a history of racial injustice
An article cites a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into how racism affects the economic well-being of the U.S. workforce.
Moguldom.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-kinder-study

Proposed US immigration changes could hit B-schools hard
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is mentioned.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jones-school

7 innovations reducing food waste
A roundup features Rice research that developed a way to use eggs that would otherwise be wasted as the base of an inexpensive coating to protect fruits and vegetables.
SpringWise.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-sw

Subsea Systems Institute receives $9.5 million for research, economic development
An article mentions that the Subsea Systems Institute, a partnership between Rice, the University of Houston and NASA's Johnson Space Center, has received $9.5 million from the RESTORE Act trust fund for workforce training, safety and sustainability in the offshore oil industry.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-bio

Chutes & Ladders — Cook County Health nabs new CEO from NYC Health + Hospitals; Blue Cross NC promotes CMO
Alumnus Von Nguyen is featured in a roundup.
Fierce Healthcare
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-nguyen

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

America's top 25 colleges and universities for 2021
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 7 in the nation according to WalletHub.
Mental Floss
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-no-7

SPORTS

Sean Taylor’s little brother is now a hard-hitting, ball-hawking college safety

A Washington Post article featuring Rice football player Gabe Taylor also quotes head coach Mike Bloomgren and assistant coaches Cedric Calhoun, Brian Smith and Mike Kershaw. Additional articles also mention Rice football's season-opening game against Middle Tennessee State University Oct. 24. J.P Heath, Rice's play-by-play announcer, is interviewed by KRIV.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-rice-football
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-heath
MTSU vs. Rice: Five things to know as the Blue Raiders play the Owls
Daily News Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-owls
CFB schedule, Sat., Oct. 24: No. 16 SMU hosts No. 9 Cincy in battle of unbeatens
Jacksonville Progress
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-jp
Pre-snap read: MTSU vs. Rice
Nashville Post
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-np
College football schedule
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-hc
Week 8 college football schedule: How to watch all 47 FBS games
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-ajc

Aggies set to host Rice in season opener
An article mentions that Rice's swimming and diving team will compete against Texas A&M University Oct. 23.
KBTX Online
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-kbtx
Texas A&M set to host Rice in season opener
SwimSwam
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-ss

MIKE LOPRESTI: As Big Ten finally kicks off season, get ready for more drama, surprises
An article mentions that Rice's Sept. 3 football game against the University of Houston was postponed.
IBJ.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-ibj

Women's tennis travels for SEC challenge
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team competed in the Fall Invite at Texas A&M University.
LSUSports.net
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-lsu

Games of the day: Lampasas, LBJ battle for district supremacy

An article mentions that John Long has committed to play football at Rice.
Austin American-Statesman

http://dateline.rice/oct-23-aas

Texas resorting to punitive measures in effort to reduce penalties
An article mentions former Rice head football coach David Bailiff.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-sbn

NEWS RELEASE

Election a pivot point for US immigration policy, Baker Institute expert says
A Joe Biden presidency would “roll back many of the Trump administration’s attacks” on immigrants to the United States, but that may not be enough to pacify critics of the Obama administration’s immigration policies who seek new protected pathways to citizenship, according to a new brief from an expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/oct-23-news-release-norman

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