NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Justice Department sues Texas over redistricting plans, alleging violation of Voting Rights Act
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
CBS News (This article also appeared in MSN and Yahoo! Finance.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-stein
Justice Department sues to block gerrymandered Texas congressional map
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Dec. 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-stein
Florida native Luke Delaney joins NASA's new astronaut class of 2021
An article features alumna Nichole Ayers, one of 10 people to be named to NASA's 2021 astronaut candidate class.
MSN (This article originally appeared in CBS Miami, and similar articles appeared in 70 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-ayers
Colorado woman selected amid thousands as new NASA astronaut candidate
Denver Post
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-ayers
Meet NASA's 'Artemis Generation': Agency inaugurates 10 new astronauts who include US military members, an ex-space medical director and Olympic track cyclist
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-ayers
NASA announces 10 new astronaut candidates out of more than 12,000 applications
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Dec. 7 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-ayers
Styrofoam trash adds to antibiotic resistance crisis
An article features collaborative Rice research that found discarded polystyrene broken down into microplastics may contribute to a growing resistance to antibiotics. Pedro Alvarez, director of Rice's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment and the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted.
Futurity (This article was featured in the "Futurity Today" newsletter Dec. 7, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-futurity
Microplastics may increase antibiotic resistance, study finds
EcoWatch
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-alvarez
Microplastics may cause bacteria to develop higher antibiotic resistance
Nation of Change
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-noc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
9 Houstonians make Forbes' 30 Under 30 Class of 2022
A roundup features Bryan Washington, Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice and the George Guion Williams Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English, who has been named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 North America Class of 2022.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-washington
How universities can help equip Houston with a skilled cybersecurity workforce
David Vassar, assistant dean of professional and executive programs at Rice's Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, co-authored an article.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-vassar
Omicron variant found in Houston wastewater, confirming spread of new strain locally
A photo depicts research technician Kyle Palmer working in the lab of Lauren Stadler, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, which has partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-palmer
COVID-19 omicron variant detected in Houston wastewater
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-stadler
San Jacinto College opens aerospace tech training program
An article mentions that Rice is working with San Jacinto College and other local institutions to implement programs creating a bridge from technical training to degrees benefitting the aviation and aerospace industries.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-hc
CALENDAR: Alley Theatre presents 'A Christmas Carol'
A roundup mentions that the Houston Children’s Chorus' "Kids & Christmas" Pops Concert will be held at Rice's Alice Pratt Brown Hall Dec. 18.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-hc
Very artsy news: Korean films, opera competition and more
A roundup mentions that Rice's Shepherd School of Music will host the 2022 Metropolitan Opera's Laffont Competition, which features 25 vocalists competing for a chance to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-shepherd-school
Abbott, Burrows hope to produce new $1B endowment for Tech
An article mentions that Rice is one of 64 research institutions in the Association of American Universities.
EverythingLubbock.com (This article also appeared in Clear Publicist.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-el
Cultural/Worship, Award of Merit — Brockman Hall for Opera
An article features Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera.
Engineering News-Record Texas & Louisiana
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-enr
BROADCAST
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the effects of the "Remain in Mexico" policy after a court order reinstated the 2019 program first introduced by former President Donald Trump.
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-payan (This segment aired three times.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
David Varner, architect who helped transform Greater Washington's workplaces, dies at 61
An article features the late alumnus David Varner, who died Nov. 13 at 61.
Washington Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-varner
2021 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Green Room, Rice University (Jones)
A pair of articles feature Sophie Randolph, a student at the Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-randolph
The Most Disruptive MBA Startups of 2021
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-randolph
The San Antonio Museum of Art appoints Emily Ballew Neff as new director
An article features alumna Emily Ballew Neff.
Artfix Daily
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-neff
Un coup de pouce aux cellules solaires ultrafines
An article features collaborative Rice research that found sunlight itself contracts the space between atomic layers in 2D perovskites enough to improve the material's photovoltaic efficiency by up to 18%. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Aditya Mohite, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and graduate students Wenbin Li and Siraj Sidhik.
Enerzine.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-mohite
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
The health toll of poor sleep
An article cites a 2019 study by Rice and Northwestern University that found grieving spouses who reported sleeping poorly had high levels of chronic, bodywide inflammation, which can increase their susceptibility to heart disease and cancer.
BDNews24.com (This New York Times article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-bdn
SPORTS
Volleyball has four named All-Region; Sis named East Region Freshman of the Year
An article mentions that Owls Anota Adekunle, Carly Graham and Nicole Lennon have received American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region honors.
GoCreighton.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-gc
2021-22 college football coaching carousel: Mario Cristobal leaving Oregon to replace Manny Diaz at Miami
A roundup mentions Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren.
The Athletic
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-bloomgren
NFL's Emmanuel Ellerbee launches nonprofit to lead Black student athletes into STEM
An article features former Rice football player and alumnus Emmanuel Ellerbee, who launched the nonprofit Bee's Believers, which aims to promote the pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics among student athletes. Ellerbee currently plays for the Atlanta Falcons.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in Afrotech, and it appeared in KTVZ Online and KAKE Online.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-ellerbee
Boys athlete of the week: Jacob Brown, Paetow
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-hc
Second Baptist falls in TAPPS Division II title game
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-hc
University of Hawaii's football team is miserable. Players say the culprit is head coach Todd Graham.
Former Rice head football coach Todd Graham is featured.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-hc
Hogs come long way to get to Tampa
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Arkansas 38-17 Sept. 4.
Whole Hog Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-whs
BONEYARD: SEC bowl bonanza
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by Mississippi State University in the 2013 Liberty Bowl.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-247
'WLOX News'
WLOX-TV (Biloxi, Mississippi)
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-wlox (This segment aired twice.)
Going bowling? A look at the eight bowl games that include a Texas team
Rice football is mentioned.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-dctf
KLBJ-AM (Austin)
A broadcast mentions that Rice's volleyball team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin 3-0 Dec. 3 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-klbj
NEWS RELEASES
NSF grant supports study of cells' early decisions
The Rice lab of Aryeh Warmflash, an associate professor of biosciences and bioengineering, has won a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to track down details of how cells collect and interpret the signals they receive in the complex process of differentiation.
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-news-release-warmflash
Should digital advertisers be taxed on the data they collect from us?
Is it legal — or even appropriate — for governments to tax digital advertisers on the user data collected from consumers? That’s one of the many questions public policy makers must grapple with as they look for new ways to collect taxes from the digital economy, according to a new policy brief from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/dec-7-news-release-beebe