Dateline Rice for Nov. 24, 2020
A Houston, les étudiants échafaudent un tribunal anti-COVID An article details Rice's student-run COVID Community Court, which was established to adjudicate public health violations on campus. Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, and McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao are quoted. Libération (An English translation is not available.)
Dateline Rice for Nov. 19, 2020
Rice University, Houston Symphony team up to study safe social distance for musicians An article and broadcast mention collaborative research between Rice and the Houston Symphony to determine how far a musician or vocalist's droplets are pushed into the atmosphere when they perform. Co-author Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, is interviewed.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 18, 2020
Rice University: COVID-19 not welcome here 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, altering Thanksgiving and spring break schedules and establishing a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. President David Leebron is interviewed by KRLD; Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, is interviewed by KVII; and McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 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)
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
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. 12, 2020
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 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)
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.
