Dateline Rice for April 22, 2020

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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Can remote teaching make us more human?
Caroline Levander, vice president for global and digital strategy, co-authored a blog post.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/april-22-levander

Pandemic warms relationship between Trump, Mexican president
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is quoted in various outlets.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan
Coronavirus outbreak helps Trump get immigration crackdown he’s long pursued and given him a new foil
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Boston Globe.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan
Coronavirus ‘turbocharges’ poverty, hunger in Houston
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 22 print edition of the Chronicle's Pasadena Citizen, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan
Mexican president getting cozy with mother of ‘El Chapo’ a ‘slap in the face’ to crime fighters
WFLA Online (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan (This segment aired twice.)

Politique.​ Trump profite de la pandémie pour sévir contre l’immigration

Courrier International (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-payan

The US government is all-in on coronavirus: How it’s still not enough
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in two outlets. Brinkley also participated in a virtual panel discussion from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Politico (This article also appeared in Politico EU, Headtopics and Yahoo! News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-brinkley
Trump’s hoax: Obama didn’t predict this coronavirus and design a test for it
Huffington Post (This article also appeared in Huffington Post Australia, Easy Branches World News, Yahoo! News Australia, Yahoo! News New Zealand and Yahoo! News Canada.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-brinkley
'Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis: Foreign Policy, National Security and Domestic Challenges'
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
http://dateline.rice/april-22-brinkley

Got coronavirus? You may get a surprise medical bill, too
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.
NBC News (This article also appeared in The World News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ho
Before US can end coronavirus lockdown, here's what needs to happen
CNET
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ho

Rescuing US oil by restricting imports would be a bad idea
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/april-22-krane
Tomlinson: Oil collapse signals long-running economic crisis for Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 22 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it also appeared online in the Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-krane

April 20: WTI at -$37, Brent at $26! What happened? What comes next? The stories that will be told …
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/april-22-medlock

Oil markets’ crash raises tough questions for the industry’s future
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Roll Call
http://dateline.rice/april-22-finley

Oil companies want to use social media campaigns to greenwash their image
Chris Ferris, lecturer at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Teen Vogue
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ferris

No radical break: How US-Saudi ties may shape up under Joe Biden

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Middle East Eye
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ulrichsen
Saudi Arabia’s takeover of Newcastle is nakedly political — it’s about sportswashing, not football
Independent (This article appeared on the front of the Sports section in the April 22 print edition, and it appeared online in MSN IE and MSN Philippines. This story also appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ulrichsen

Moody Center for the Arts transforms to make face shields for medical workers
An article features Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, which has transformed its two-story art studio spaces into a factory for making face shields for medical workers. Quoted are Fred Higgs, vice provost for academic affairs, the John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership; and Rob Purvis, the Moody Center's workshop director.
Glasstire
http://dateline.rice/april-22-higgs-purvis

Wednesday’s show: Wage theft in a pandemic and UH president Renu Khator (April 22, 2020)
An article mentions that President David Leebron will be interviewed by Houston Public Media April 23.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/april-22-leebron

President Trump to block green cards for 60 days due to COVID-19 pandemic
Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
KTRH Online (This article also appeared in KPRC Online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-norman

Alternative realities
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice, is interviewed.
BBC Sounds
http://dateline.rice/april-22-kripal

Vote by mail in Wisconsin helped a liberal candidate, upending old theories
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This New York Times article also appeared Headtopics, Daily Magazine and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-stein

Interview: US psychologist gives advice for keeping mentally healthy when stay at home
Stress, loneliness and lack of sleep can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences.
MSN International in English (This article originally appeared in Xinhua.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-fagundes

The politics of social distancing
An article features collaborative research by Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, into why some people have taken the threat of the pandemic more seriously than others.
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/april-22-hochberg

Rice Village in Houston launches 'Fare For Care'
An article features Rice Village's "Fare for Care" program, a meal donation campaign to feed workers at three Texas Medical Center hospitals. Cecilia Arreola, investment manager for Rice Management Co., is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 22 print editions of the Chronicle's Bellaire Examiner and Memorial Examiner, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-arreola

New York begins manufacturing low-cost ventilator
An article mentions that the design plans for an emergency ventilator developed by a team of Rice engineering experts and students are now online and freely available to everyone in the world.
VOA (This article also appeared in Big News Network.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ventilator

Feds grant temporary approval to freestanding ERs to treat Medicare, Medicaid patients during COVID-19
An article cites a Rice study of the impact of freestanding emergency rooms on patient spending.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-rice-study

DIY tacos, pizza. Houston restaurants help you make meals at home amid coronavirus pandemic.
Gatlin's BBQ, owned and operated by former Rice football player Greg Gatlin, is featured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-gatlins
http://dateline.rice/april-22-gatlins

After the crisis
Alumnus Edwin Bosso is featured.
Fort Myers Florida Weekly
http://dateline.rice/april-22-bosso

De copresidente de la mitad de los argentinos a Presidente de todos
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, co-authored a column.
El Economista (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-jones

En conexión con César Miguel Rondón 21 Abril 2020
Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, Center for the United States and Mexico and Latin America Initiative and a lecturer in energy economics, is quoted.
MSN International en Espanol (An English translation is not available. Comments begin at 5:35. This item originally appeared in Dailymotion.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-monaldi

'La crise sanitaire vue par les think tanks — 2 : les Etats-Unis.' La chronique de Frédéric Charillon

James Baker III, honorary chair of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state, is quoted.
L'Opinion (Subscription is required. An English translation is not available. This op-ed also appeared in the April 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-baker

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Boekenselectie 360 / Athenaeum
An article features a new book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, titled “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."
360 Magazine NL (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-sonenshein

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Alison Cook: My taco evolution in Houston
Alumna Alison Cook authored an article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-cook

Fantastic Arthur Storey Park in Houston
An article mentions that Arthur Storey Park is named after the late alumnus Arthur Storey Jr.
Hub Pages
http://dateline.rice/april-22-storey

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Double-walled nanotubes eyed to improve solar panels

An article mentions that Rice experts have calculated the effects of curvature of semiconducting double-wall carbon nanotubes. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, is cited.

Design News (This article also appeared in The World News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-yakobson

American Composers Orchestra announces two commissions from the 2020 Underwood New Music Readings
Alumnus Paul Novak, graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured. The article mentions that Novak studied with the following Shepherd School faculty: Kurt Stallmann, professor of composition and theory and director of Rice Electroacoustic Music Labs; Pierre Jalbert, professor of composition and theory; Anthony Brandt, professor of composition and theory; and Karim Al-Zand, associate professor of composition and theory.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/april-22-shep-school

Terahertz science discloses the ultrafast photocarrier dynamics in carbon nanotubes

An article features collaborative Rice research that developed a detailed microscopic model describing quasiparticle interactions in a strong electric field in carbon nanotubes.
Semiconductor Digest (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-sd

Reasons why you should move to Texas
Rice is mentioned.
Tunf
http://dateline.rice/april-22-tunf

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Graduate student earns NSF Research Fellowship to innovate metal casting
Alumnus Philip King is featured and pictured.
Penn State News
http://dateline.rice/april-22-king

SPORTS

Erica Ogwumike still looking to improve as she heads into WNBA
Former Rice basketball player Erica Ogwumike, who was the No. 26 pick in the WNBA draft held April 17, is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ogwumike
Ogwumike excels on an off the court
KARE Online
http://dateline.rice/april-22-ogwumike

Complete list of 2019-20 girls athletes and where they signed to play in college
An article mentions that Maya Bokunewicz signed to play basketball at Rice.
The Patriot-News
http://dateline.rice/april-22-plpn
State College senior Maya Bokunewicz named to Class 6A All-State girls’ basketball team
Centre Daily Times (This article appeared in the April 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-22-cdt

NEWS RELEASES

Bowers, Fox, Lima, Whitehurst and Zoghbi elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors
The Baker Institute Board of Advisors has elected five new members with expertise ranging from health and finance to technology and energy: Donald Bowers, Ann Fox, José-Alberto Lima, Jim Whitehurst and Dr. Huda Zoghbi.
http://dateline.rice/april-22-news-release-baker-board

OpenStax experts to provide tips on promoting equity, engagement in online learning
Online learning may continue as the new normal in American education into the next school year, and experts at Rice-based OpenStax are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting faculty and institutions with the tools and resources they need. The nonprofit will present a webinar April 24 with experts Richard Baraniuk and Anthony Palmiotto discussing how to promote equity and engagement through online education.
http://dateline.rice/april-22-news-release-openstax

How Muslims are preparing for Ramadan amid COVID-19
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Muslims around the world are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan. Craig Considine, a lecturer in sociology at Rice and a scholar of Islam, is available to discuss how the faithful will observe while social distancing and dealing with the pandemic.
http://dateline.rice/april-22-news-release-considine

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