Dateline Rice for Nov. 23, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
Dec. 23, 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 Dec. 22, 2020
Dec. 22, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn's great conjunction captured in stunning images
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted in numerous articles about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn appeared so close to each other in the sky that they looked like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages. Univision Houston features several images of the conjunction over Lovett Hall.
Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms
Dec. 22, 2020
Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology can be used to investigate the health impacts of gut bacteria.
Rice commits to Racial Equity Principles
Dec. 21, 2020
Rice University President David Leebron has joined leaders of Houston’s business community in committing to the Greater Houston Partnership’s Racial Equity Principles.
Dateline Rice for Dec. 21, 2020 (Weekend Edition)
Dec. 21, 2020
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is interviewed about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn will appear so close to each other in the sky they will look like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 20, 2020
Dec. 20, 2020
With a little help from science, musicians at the Houston Symphony made their return to the stage
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 quoted.
Dateline Rice for Dec. 18, 2020
Dec. 18, 2020
Early lockdowns slowed COVID-19 spread, Rice report says
Numerous articles and broadcasts mentions that stay-at-home orders are likely the biggest factor in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to a new Rice study. Co-author 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 or interviewed in several articles; she is quoted in The Texas Tribune about the coronavirus vaccine's possible effect on Texas unemployment rates; and her op-ed about insurance pricing is cited in The Eagle.