Texas A&M, UH systems plan to open colleges this fall
An article mentions that while Rice has transitioned classes to an online format for the remainder of the spring and summer semesters, the university has not yet made a determination for the fall semester. President David Leebron is quoted in several articles.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the May 1 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
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Houston universities prepare for possible return to classroom in fall
Houston Business Journal
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LIST: Texas colleges planning to open this fall and some still evaluating
MSN (This article originally appeared in KVUE Online, and it appeared in KCEN Online.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-leebron
Houston coronavirus updates: April 30, 2020
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
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LIST: Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor among colleges planning to reopen campuses in the fall
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/may-1-leebron
Aggies aiming for football and a full Kyle Field by fall
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the May 1 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-fall-semester
Several Texas universities plan to open for fall semester and some plan to start sports
Click2Houston (This article also appeared in KSAT Online, and the video segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-fall-semester
Study identifies Harris County neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19 unemployment
An article cites a new study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research on Houston-area neighborhoods hit hardest with job losses. Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute, is quoted and interviewed in MSN. Kinder Institute director of research management Jie Wu is quoted and pictured in the Houston Business Journal.
MSN (This article originally appeared in KHOU Online, and the video segment aired three times on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
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These Harris County neighborhoods have seen the most job loss due to COVID-19
Houston Business Journal
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Texas jobless claims near 2 million, Houston’s low-income neighborhoods among hardest hit
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the May 1 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-kinder-study
Study shows how economic downturn is affecting Harris County neighborhoods
KHOU Online
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Houston doing ‘very little’ to help renters during pandemic, advocates say
Houston Public Media
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Strained San Antonio hospitals receive federal coronavirus bailout checks
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 quoted.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the May 1 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-ho
Al-Jazeera English
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the possible effects of oil production cuts.
http://dateline.rice/may-1-krane
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
Drug cartels may turn to smuggling heroin into the U.S. as exports of Chinese precursors for synthetic drugs have dried up, according to researchers at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Nathan Jones, nonresident scholar in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute, is interviewed by WOAI. Gary Hale, nonresident fellow in drug policy and Mexico studies at the Baker Institute, is interviewed by KFYI.
http://dateline.rice/may-1-jones (This segment aired five times.)
KFYI-AM (Phoenix)
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NASA selects SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build human landing systems for the moon
Patrick Rodi, professor in the practice in mechanical engineering, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the May 1 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-rodi
Parenting in a pandemic: How caregivers can ease young minds
Children’s distress about the pandemic can manifest in a wide variety of ways, some of which will not appear to be related to the pandemic at all, according to experts Quianta Moore, fellow in child health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Patrick Tennant, project manager in child mental health at the Baker Institute.
The Good Men Project
http://dateline.rice/may-1-moore
Colorado oil and gas downturn affecting economy, jobs
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, is quoted and interviewed.
KRDO Online
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‘Newschannel 13 at 4:30’
KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-finley
These 5 Houston-area research institutions have bright minds at work to battle COVID-19
An article mentions that a team of Rice researchers has created an interactive map of all coronavirus cases in Texas. Farès el-Dahdah, professor and director of the Humanities Research Center at Rice, is quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/may-1-dahdah
Expert: Pandemic requires new ways of thinking about drug addiction
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Medical Xpress
http://dateline.rice/may-1-harris
It’s National College Decision Day, though fall semesters remain undecided
Rice Vice President for Enrollment Yvonne Romero da Silva is quoted.
KTRH Online
http://dateline.rice/may-1-da-silva
Get a rare, behind-the-scenes tour of Houston’s arts-changing Moody Center — a PaperCity video exclusive
An article features the exhibit “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is quoted in the article, and she leads a virtual tour of the works.
PaperCity
http://dateline.rice/may-1-weaver
China may regret its role in the spread of the virus
A broadcast cites a study from Rice that suggests that the U.S. may need to increase competition with China for rare-earth metals.
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-rice-study
5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week
An article reports that Rice’s COVID-19 Research Fund has awarded grants for projects to develop affordable diagnostic tools, seals to maximize the efficiency of surgical masks, a system to identify signs of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in Houston wastewater and methods to ensure voter safety this fall.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/may-1-research-fund
What’s in the water? Houston health officials monitoring wastewater to track COVID-19
An article mentions that the Houston Health Department has partnered with Rice to test the city’s wastewater for the presence of COVID-19.
KHOU Online (A similar article also appeared in the Houston Press and News Break.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-khou
Coronavirus updates: 13 HSCO employees now hospitalized with COVID-19
MSN (This article originally appeared in KHOU Online.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-msn
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-ktrh (This segment aired four times.)
Leaning into online learning
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.
The Buzz Magazines
http://dateline.rice/may-1-glasscock-school
Summer camps may be different or canceled this year
An article mentions that Rice has canceled some summer programs.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/may-1-ra
An article mentions that architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative. Barbara White Bryson, former associate vice president for facilities, engineering and planning, is mentioned.
Architectural Record (This article also appeared in Ladies Want More.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-bryson
Editorial
An article mentions that 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.
Drexel University’s The Triangle
http://dateline.rice/may-1-ventilator
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus in Houston
A timeline of the pandemic in Houston mentions that Rice transitioned to online classes March 9.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/may-1-houstonia
10+ can’t-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for May
A roundup mentions that Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Day, which connects startups with investors and energy companies, will be held May 7.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/may-1-rice-alliance
As ‘Angel of West Dallas’ comes to her neighbors’ rescue, she worries that coronavirus will accelerate gentrification
Alumna Erica Solis is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/may-1-tdmn
Texas colleges plan virtual graduations during pandemic
An article mentions that Rice will hold its virtual commencement ceremony May 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-1-hc
Texas universities tighten budgets, plan for fall classes
An article mentions that while Rice has not furloughed any employees as a result of the pandemic, a hiring freeze has been imposed.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/may-1-ra
‘It was like an emotional bomb’: Houston families make sure high school seniors aren’t forgotten
An article mentions that Juan DeLeon has photographed Rice’s women’s basketball games.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Coronavirus section in the May 1 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
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