Dateline Rice for April 30, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Tomorrow's special election in Texas is the Democrats' best House hope in 2021 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, authored an op-ed in The Hill, and he is quoted in Jewish Insider. The Hill (This op-ed also appeared in MSN.) http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones
Dateline Rice for April 29, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Demanding supply in college admission: White paper calls for expansion, innovation at selective schools Rice's plans to enlarge its undergraduate student body by 20% to 4,800 by the fall of 2025 are mentioned. Forbes https://bit.ly/3sYsITj
Dateline Rice for April 28, 2021
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL In Texas, Biden's infrastructure plan raises hope of an 'Ike Dike' to protect against hurricanes Phil Bedient, director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted. NBC News (This article also appeared in MSN.) https://nbcnews.to/2Sc3Z1i
Dateline Rice for April 27, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC Rice partially lifts mask mandate, changes testing requirements An article reports that Rice will no longer require those on campus to wear masks in outdoor spaces as long as people stay at least three feet apart. The article quotes Kevin Kirby, Rice’s vice president for administration and chair of the Crisis Management Advisory Committee, Provost Reginald DesRoches and Christopher Johns-Krull, professor of physics and astronomy. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the April 27 print edition) http://dateline.rice/april-26-kirby-desroches-johnskrull
Dateline Rice for April 23, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC Survey of Houston families reveals pandemic's unequal impact on wages and employment An article features Rice research by the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) that found that Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to experience lost wages or unemployment than whites during the pandemic. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include HERC associate director of regional research Daniel Potter, research scientist Gabriela Sánchez-Soto and junior research scientist Kenneth Stice. Phys.org http://dateline.rice/april-23-herc
Dateline Rice for April 22, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC The biology of grief An article cites research by Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences, which found links between grief, depression and changes to the immune and cardiovascular systems. The New York Times (Subscription is required.) http://dateline.rice/april-22-fagundes
Dateline Rice for April 21, 2021
COVID-19 PANDEMIC Harris County vaccination data shows African American, Latino residents have fallen behind 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. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 21 print edition of the Chronicle's Sugar Land Sun and a previous edition of Dateline.) http://dateline.rice/april-21-ho