Rice University will open its residence halls to health care workers fighting the coronavirus
Several articles report that Rice will open Wiess and Hanszen colleges as temporary housing for front-line medical workers at nearby Texas Medical Center institutions. President David Leebron is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article, and he is interviewed by KPRC.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Chronicle’s coronavirus section in the April 6 print edition. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News. A similar article appeared in Campus Safety.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-leebron
‘KPRC Channel 2 News’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-leebron
Coronavirus live updates
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-res-hall
Rice University opens 2 dorms for Med Center workers
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/april-6-hp
Rice University offers campus housing to Medical Center employees
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-6-cmh
MONDAY COVID-19 UPDATE: Another week of staying at home begins
KTRH.iheart.com (This article also appeared in The Buzz Online and KPRC Online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-ktrh
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-res-hall (This segment aired six times.)
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-res-hall
’13 Eyewitness News’
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-res-hall
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/april-6-res-hall (This segment aired on more than 20 stations across Texas.)
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-kriv (This news conference also aired on KTRK-TV and KPRC-TV in Houston.)
How the COVID-19 crisis will make us more resourceful
Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and co-author of “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” authored an op-ed. Sonenshein is quoted and pictured in the Dallas Morning News.
The Hill (This op-ed also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-sonenshein
These happiness hacks can add some cheer to your life
Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared in the April 5 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-sonenshein
How Abbott’s muddled coronavirus message resonated in a diverse state
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
http://dateline.rice/april-6-jones
El Paso lawmakers react to Gov. Greg Abbott’s actions to fight spread of COVID-19
http://dateline.rice/april-6-jones
How technology will change us after the COVID-19 pandemic is over
Klara Jelinkova, vice president for international operations and information technology and chief information officer at Rice, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 5 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 6 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-3-jelinkova
COVID-19 slows the census count and a truck full of toilet paper goes up in flames: ‘The Good, Bad and Ugly’ of the news
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is interviewed and quoted.
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-ho
Analysis: $100B stimulus package won’t be enough for health care industry
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 4 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-3-ho
Mexico’s slow response to coronavirus has implications for Texas, US
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-payan
As coronavirus takes their jobs, benefits, Houston immigrants feel ‘like they suddenly don’t exist’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-payan
Why religious apocalyptic texts can offer us solace during the coronavirus crisis
David Cook, professor of religion, is quoted.
ABC Radio News Australia
http://dateline.rice/april-6-cook
Inventors are whipping up homemade ventilators to fend off a shortage. Some doctors are wary
An article mentions that the design plans for the open-source emergency ventilator developed by a team of Rice engineering experts and students are now online and freely available to everyone in the world. Amy Kavalewitz, executive director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, and Dr. Rohith Malya, adjunct assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice and associate of the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, are quoted in News-Medical.net. Martel College senior Thomas Herring is featured in CTV News.
Time (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-time
Rice University’s open-source emergency ventilator design plans freely available
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/april-6-kavalewitz-malya
Opinion: COVID-19 pandemic underlines need for local solution to medical supplies in Kenya
MSN (This article originally appeared in Tuko.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-msn
Open-source ApolloBVM ventilator now available online
The Engineer (Similar articles also appeared in ScienceTimes, Click2Houston, Fox San Antonio, AOPA and Healthcare IT News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-te
WLW-AM (Cincinnati)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-wlw
CTV News (Ontario, Canada)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-ctv (This segment aired three times.)
Coronavirus live updates: Houston schools face technology problem during stay-at-home order
An article mentions that Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has launched OpenRICE, an initiative aimed at offering free COVID-19-related education materials to Houstonians. Robert Bruce, dean of the Glasscock School, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-dean
Pandemic revives hope of federal aid for Texas highways, ports, rural internet
An article quotes alumnus Ed Emmett ’71, senior fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 6 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-emmett
Saudi request to cut crude tests Trump’s free market zeal
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 4 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-krane
Texas oil regulators to consider production cuts
Courthouse News Service
http://dateline.rice/april-6-krane
5 ways the economic upheaval of coronavirus may impact CO2 emissions
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
Scientific American (This article originally appeared in E&E News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-cohan
After the virus: More working at home, fewer but better friends
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Newsday
http://dateline.rice/april-6-fulton
Get a better night’s sleep and don’t let coronavirus concerns run down your immune system
Stress, loneliness and lack of sleep can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences.
Greater Milwaukee Today
http://dateline.rice/april-6-fagundes
Loneliness, grief during social distancing can negatively impact health, experts say
Angie LeRoy, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative, is quoted.
Minnesota Daily
http://dateline.rice/april-6-leroy
Tips on how to actually stop touching your face to decrease the spread of COVID-19 An article features a list of five science-backed recommendations to help people stop touching their face and reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus. Jim Pomerantz, professor of psychological sciences, is quoted and interviewed.
ABC 7 Online (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-pomerantz
5 tips to stop touching your face
KSL News Radio Online
http://dateline.rice/april-6-pomerantz
Column: Life after coronavirus will never be the same? Let’s just see about that
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times (This article appeared in the April 6 print edition of the Miami Herald, and it appeared online in the Las Vegas Sun and Grand Island Independent. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-brinkley
US ‘seniors’ miss out on their final college memories
An article features a March 13 procession of graduating Rice seniors through the Sallyport after plans were announced by the university to complete the spring semester online. While Rice’s May commencement ceremony is still expected to take place at some point, many students may not be able to return to campus. President David Leebron, who attended the impromptu ceremony, and Duncan College senior Christina Tan are quoted in VOA. Wiess College junior Lauren Biegel is quoted in the Atchison Daily Globe.
VOA (This article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-voa
Amid lockdown, college seniors work in farewells
Atchison Daily Globe (This article also appeared in the April 5 print edition of The Sun – Lowell issue.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-adg
Until widespread testing is available, social distancing is the only weapon, experts say
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of its Center for Public Finance, is quoted.
Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/april-6-diamond
Texas college students adjust to first week of online classes
An article quotes Martel College senior Georgia Belmont, who is currently completing her opera degree remotely.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 5 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-hc
Waterway Arts Festival rescheduled to Oct. 17-18
An article mentions that Jenny Carattini-Wright, executive director of The Woodlands Arts Council, attended the Leadership Institute for Non-Profit Executives at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-hc
http://dateline.rice/april-6-chron
TexasFootball.com interview: Rice Owls head coach Mike Bloomgren
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is interviewed about how he’s keeping his players physically and mentally ready for the start of the 2020 season.
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/april-6-bloomgren
Houston BCycle program closes 12 locations at Memorial, Buffalo Bayou, Hermann parks
Houston BCycle, a bike-sharing program, has closed one of its stations at Rice and 11 other locations until further notice.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/april-6-cin
Quarantine Concert Series from the Lake George Music Festival
A roundup mentions that alumnus Giancarlo Latta gave a live-streamed performance April 5 as part of the Lake George Music Festival’s “Quarantine Concerts” series.
Carmel’s Hamlet Hub
http://dateline.rice/april-6-chh
Penn State’s Bojalad reflects on lost season
An article mentions that Rice’s Victor Lopez Classic track and field meet was scheduled for March 27-28.
The Courier Express
http://dateline.rice/april-6-courier-exp
Never home alone: How parents are managing kids’ enforced togetherness
Rice is mentioned.
WHYY (This article also appeared in WITF.)
http://dateline.rice/april-6-whyy |
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