Dateline Rice for June 25, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Texas power grid faces summer having changed little from February freeze Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in several articles on the Texas power grid. Reuters (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
Owl track and field stars add more achievements, accolades
A trio of Rice track and field standouts have added to their resumes in big ways following the conclusion of the collegiate season.
People, papers and presentations June 28, 2021
The MD Anderson Leadership Institute at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Prism Award 2020 nominee.
Dateline Rice for June 24, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Congressional Dems open another front in their war on oil and gas A report on the CLEAN Future Act by the Baker Institute for Public Policy is cited. Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at the institute and the author of the report, is quoted in a broadcast by WOAI. Forbes (This article also appeared in OLT News.)
Dateline Rice for June 23, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Gerrymandering Texas could help Republicans take back the House in 2022 Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, is quoted. PBS NewsHour https://to.pbs.org/2TYrCLL
The Rice baseball program hosted its first FUNdamental youth camp of the summer June 14-17.
Celebrating Pride with a cold one
Revelers — and a few of their four-legged friends — celebrated Pride Month during a happy hour at Valhalla June 18.
People, papers and presentations June 21, 2021
Rice sophomore swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger earned a trip to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a strong performance over the weekend at the U.S. team trials in Minneapolis.
People, papers and presentations Jul 14, 2021
Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, is co-author of a commentary in the National Academy of Medicine on how the pandemic’s unprecedented stress on the U.S. health care system revealed its fragility and suggests how it could accelerate the advance of telehealth and digital medicine.
Argentine officials visit Rice
A delegation of top Argentine officials visited Rice June 8 for a meeting with President David Leebron and others from the university community to explore opportunities for collaboration, such as student and faculty exchange, study abroad programs and research.
Three Owls achieve All-American status at NCAA track and field championships
Rice track and field athletes Michelle Fokam, Tara Simpson-Sullivan and Grace Forbes recorded first-team All-American performances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last week in Eugene, Oregon.
People, papers and presentations Jul 7, 2021
Physics and astronomy graduate student Asa Stahl is gaining international attention for his children’s book, “The Big Bang,” illustrated by his collaborator in England, Carly Allen-Fletcher. The book was nominated for the Ezra Jack Keats Award, is a finalist for Japan’s Sakura Medal, won an honor in the 2021 International Literacy Association's Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards and was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students by the National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council.
People, papers and presentations Jun 1, 2021
Former Rice golfer Mario Carmona qualified for the U.S. Open by finishing in the top 10 among a field of 115 players last week at the Dallas Athletic Club. He is the first Owl to qualify since Michael Whitehead in 2011. The tournament is June 17-20 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
