FEATURED ITEM

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

HOUSTON/TEXAS

The inauguration of Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick cost millions. But much of it went to fundraising and staff
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.
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in KERA Online, AlterNet, The Paris News, El Paso Business Journal and TurnTexasBlue.org.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-jones-statesman
House committee holds impeachment hearings and Democrats are laying out all of their evidence
Mitu
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-jones-mitu

Seven Lakes High School students participate in International Astronomy Olympiad
An article about the first-ever U.S. National Astronomy Olympiad team, which was formed this year through a collaboration between Rice and Texas Southern University, quotes and pictures Patricia Reiff, professor of physics and astronomy and the associate director of the outreach program at the Rice Space Institute.
Covering Katy
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-reiff

Duo Dramatique celebrates big D (not Dallas)
An article featuring Duo Dramatique mentions it will perform at Duncan Recital Hall at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music Nov. 24.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-duo

New toolkit helps to prepare children for future storms
An article mentions that Rice is a partnering institution with Ready Rosie to develop a toolkit to help address the trauma storms can cause to young children.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-hc

Cy-Fair ISD principal who needed heart surgery can attest that grads make great doctors
Alumnus Tom Nguyen is featured and pictured.
UT Health News
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-nguyen

BROADCAST

Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice, is mentioned.
Coast to Coast AM (This segment also aired on more than 500 affiliate station across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kripal
WOR-AM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-kripal2

‘On Story with Barbara Morgan’
Alumnus Bill Broyles Jr. ’66 is interviewed about his experiences in Vietnam and writing screenplays.
Public Radio International (This segment aired on 738 affiliated radio stations.) 
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-broyles

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Researchers 3D-print bulletproof plastic layered cubes
Researchers at Rice are testing polymers based on tubulanes, theoretical structures of crosslinked carbon nanotubes predicted to have extraordinary strength. Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry, and graduate student Seyed Mohammad Sajadi are quoted.
Interesting Engineering
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-ajayan
Manufacturing bits: Nov. 19
Semiconductor Engineering
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-tubulane

Metropolitan Opera’s artistic administrator steps down
An article features Michael Heaston, professor opera at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
OperaWire (This article also appeared in Opera News.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-heaston

Study: If you’re looking to make friends online, join as many groups as possible
An article about forming online friendships quotes Rice researcher Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science.
Study Finds
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-shrivastava

Westlake appoints Randy Woelfel to board of directors
An article features alumnus Randy Woelfel.
Fibre2Fashion.com (This article also appeared in Industry Global News 24.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-woelfel

Endocrinologist and reproductive physiologist Wayne Bardin dies

The Scientist
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-bardin

Unified Communications X (UCX) wins 2019 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine
An article about projects by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that won 2019 R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the year, mentions that Rice collaborated on Unified Communications X, an open-source software for high-performance computers.
Global Banking & Finance Review (This article also appeared in Lezard.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-r&d

Universities Space Research Association announces the 2019 Distinguished Undergraduate Award winners
An article mentions that McMurtry College senior Ryan Udell received honorable mention in the Universities Space Research Association’s annual Distinguished Undergraduate Awards.
SpaceRef.com (This article also appeared in CityBizList, Baltimore CityBizList and Washington, D.C., CityBizList.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-udell

Job-seekers urged to point out facial stigmas
Employers may be less likely to focus on facial imperfections when an interviewee acknowledges them upfront, according to a new collaborative Rice study.
HR Grapevine
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-face

Verizon’s Mobile 5G Goes Live in Boston, Houston and Sioux Falls
An article mentions that Rice Stadium is outfitted with Verizon 5G service.
CNET (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-rice-stadium

Africa es el nuevo jugador importante en energia y emisiones
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
El CEO (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-grunstein

Los mayores expertos en la enseñanza de la segunda lengua, reunidos en la UHU por el IV Congreso Int. ‘TAML2’
An article mentions Rafael Salaberry, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of the Humanities.
Cope (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-salaberry

Jacob van Rijs ofrece conferencias en el CTAC y en la Cátedra Cerámica de Valencia
Rice is mentioned.
Cope (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-cope

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Real estate industry blocks sea-level warnings that could crimp profits on coastal properties
John Anderson, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, is quoted.
Valliant News
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-anderson

Callisto String Quartet visits Chagrin Falls High School orchestra students: Community Voices
An article mentions that the Callisto String Quartet is the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Cleveland.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-callisto

P. Terry’s Burger Stand names Milli Hawkins CFO
Alumna Millicent Hawkins is featured and pictured.
QSR Magazine
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-hawkins

Jean Rivier, Salk Institute expert on stress hormones, dies at 78
An article mentions that Jean Rivier, who died Nov. 13 at the age of 78, completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Rice.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-rivier

SPORTS

College football: 10 best, 10 worst teams of Week 12 — where was this Notre Dame all year?
An article mentions that Rice’s football team defeated Middle Tennessee State University 31-28 Nov. 16.
Fansided
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-football

Men’s basketball preview: Houston at Rice
An article previews the Nov. 19 basketball game between Rice and the University of Houston at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, and it appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-mbb1
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-mbb2
College basketball report: Week 2
SportsMap
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-mbb3
‘KPRC Channel 2 News at 10’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-mbb4
UH, Rice basketball clash tonight at Tudor Fieldhouse
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/nov-19mbb5
Air Force football earns AFCA Academic Achievement Award
An article mentions that Rice received the American Football Coaches Asso­­ciation’s 2019 Aca­demic Achieve­ment Award and recorded a perfect score of 1,000 for its single-year Academic Progress Rate for 2017-18.
United States Air Force Academy
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-apr

Rice Stadium ranked on worst football stadium list
Rice Stadium is featured and pictured.
ABC 13 Online (This article also appeared in CultureMap Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-stadium

Memorial High School hosts massive fall National Signing Day ceremony
An article featuring Ben Dukes mentions that he plans to play baseball at Rice.
VYPE
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-dukes

Flipkens, Vandeweghe to square off in Houston 125K final
An article mentions the Oracle Challenger Series tennis tournament held at Rice’s George R. Brown Tennis Center.
WTA
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-oracle
Returning Falconi, Vandeweghe reach semifinals in Houston
WTA
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-wta2
Ken Hoffman serves up 10 questions for tennis star CoCo Vandeweghe
SportsMap
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-oracle

Local student athletes sign letters of intent
An article mentions that Matthew Linskey signed to play baseball at Rice.
Kingwood.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-bb

Monday morning water cooler: TJ Haws stunned Houston to highlight a weekend of buzzer-beaters
A college basketball roundup features the game-winning layup by Owl Payton Moore in Rice’s 82-81 defeat of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Nov. 16.
SB Nation 
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-moore (Scroll down to “Buzzer beaters galore.”)

Volleyball loses to Rice, earns a rematch in tournament
An article mentions that Rice’s volleyball team will play the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 22 at Tudor Fieldhouse in the opening round of the Conference USA volleyball tournament.
The Prospector (This article also appeared in the El Paso Herald-Post.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-volleyball

UH notebook: AAC sets schedule for next two seasons
An article about future college football schedules mentions that Rice will play the University of Houston Sept. 5, 2020, and Sept. 11, 2021.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Chronicle’s Nov. 19 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle. )
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-future-football
Cougars’ AAC football schedules set for 2020-21
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-chron
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-chron2

Arkansas-Texas Southern features coaching colleagues
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team was defeated by the University of Arkansas 91-43 Nov. 5.
Razorbacks News (Similar articles also appeared in The Sentinel-Record, Whole Hog Sports and 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-bball

Former Razorback baseball great Jeff King inducted Into SWC Hall of Fame
An article mentions that former Rice football player Courtney Hall was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.
Razorbacks News
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-hall

FB: Week 13 press conference quotes
Rice is mentioned.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-cusa

VB: Nov. 18 Players of the Week
An article mentions that Rice volleyball player Grace Morgan was named the Conference USA defensive player of the week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-cusa

Game notes: LSU vs Arkansas
Rice’s football program is mentioned.
RSHVNews.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-football 

2020 Lamar baseball schedule
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team will play Lamar University May 6, 2020.
College Baseball Insider
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-2020

Gamecock women rise into AP basketball top five, are at Clemson Sunday
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team was defeated by Texas A&M University 62-61 Nov. 17.
The Post and Courier
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-wbb

Francisco Lindor, not Mookie Betts, is the MLB superstar most likely to be traded this offseason
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is featured and pictured.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-rendon-forbes
La Vida Baseball MVP Anthony Rendon’s faith is major part of his inspirational story
La Vida Baseball
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-rendon2
Washington wants ‘quick resolutions’ to Stephen Strasburg, Anthony Rendon situations
Clutch Points
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-rendon3

2019 Arizona Diamondbacks reviews: No. 32, Jon Duplantier
Former Rice baseball player Jon Duplantier is featured and pictured.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-duplantier

Tommy Haas wins Oracle Champions Cup in Houston to win 2019 Invesco Series QQQ points title with undefeated season
An article mentions the Nov. 14 Invesco Series QQQ Tour tennis event at Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse.
Tennis Panorama
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-qqq

South Carolina football game-day guide: Gamecocks vs Texas A&M
Former Rice football player J.T. Ibe is mentioned.
Gamecock Central
http://dateline.rice/nov-19-ibe