Dateline Rice for Nov. 17, 2020
November 17, 2020
How Rice University is fighting COVID-19 spread
Several articles and broadcasts mention Rice's plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which have included conducting over 60,000 tests since August, requiring face masks, altering Thanksgiving and spring break schedules and establishing a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. President David Leebron and Martel College senior and Student Association President Anna Margaret Clyburn are interviewed by KHOU; McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao and Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, are interviewed by ABC 13; and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, is quoted in MSN.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 16, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
November 16, 2020
SpaceX flying ex-football players, flight controller, Scout
An article features astronaut and alumna Shannon Walker '87, who is a member of the first crew rotation flight to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Nov. 15. Luis Duno-Gottberg, department chair and associate professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, is interviewed by KRIV following a watch party at Rice. McMurtry College senior Ryan Udell, president of Rice's chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and graduate student Feni Pandya, vice president of SEDS Rice, are featured in a C-SPAN broadcast.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in the more than 100 other media outlets.)
Dateline Rice for Nov. 13, 2020
November 13, 2020
An article features Rice's plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has included conducting over 60,000 tests since August, requiring face masks, holding some classes outdoors in tents and establishing the student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. Rice community members quoted or mentioned include: President David Leebron; Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates; McMurtry College junior Mel Xiao; Jones College sophomore Jackson Jeffcoat; Duncan College junior Julian Braxton; Wiess College junior Abigail King; and Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
Dateline Rice for Nov. 9, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
November 9, 2020
Trump defied gravity; now falls back to earth, future TBD
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in multiple articles about President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump. He also authored a review of "Eleanor" by David Michaelis in the Washington Post.
Dateline Rice for Oct. 26, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
October 26, 2020
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
What some Texas colleges and universities are planning for fall 2020
An article cites an open letter to the Rice community co-authored by President David Leebron and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, about the university's plan to start the fall semester with changes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-leebron-gorman
