'KPRC Channel 2 News at 10 p.m.'
Numerous articles and broadcasts feature a study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research that suggests Harris County's stay-at-home order has spared more than 40,000 people from being hospitalized by the coronavirus. Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute, is featured on KPRC.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-fulton
'KPRC Channel 2 News Today'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-fulton
Coronavirus live updates: County leaders OK $60M for field hospital at NRG Park
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, Connecticut Post and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
Harris County commits $60M to NRG Park field hospital for COVID-19 patients
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 8 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
Social distancing saving thousands of lives in Houston area, report suggests
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
New data suggests staying home, social distancing is saving lives
KHOU Online (This segment also aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study (This press conference aired on seven stations across the Houston metro area.)
New projections for coronavirus peak in Texas, total number of deaths expected
CBS 19 Online (This segment also aired on KYTX-TV in Tyler, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
'We have not reached the peak,' Mayor Turner says, while a report shows lives have been saved
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
Social distancing needs to continue as Houston has not yet reached peak, mayor says
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study (This segment aired three times.)
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kinder-study
Marie Kondo has a new book on tidying up at the office. Her tips work at the home office, too.
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." Sonenshein is interviewed on the Andrew Langer Show about how difficult times can spur innovation.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sonenshein
Review: Marie Kondo sparks joy at work by bringing her KonMari method to the workplace
USA Today (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sonenshein
'The Andrew Langer Show'
WBAL Newsradio
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sonenshein
Haal de bezem door je carrière: Tips van Marie Kondo
MT.nl (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sonenshein
Trump dominating media attention with unfiltered daily press briefings
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, is quoted.
CBS Austin (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jones
Exclusive: Venezuela gasoline shortages worsen as US tells firms to avoid supply — sources
An article quotes 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.
Reuters (This article also appeared in Financial Post.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-monaldi
Southeast Texas man building ventilators to join fight against COVID-19
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. Amy Kavalewitz, executive director of Rice's Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, is interviewed.
12 News Now (This segment also aired three times on KBMT-TV in Beaumont, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kavalewitz
A 'very different' time: Virus hits holiday worship for Metro Detroit faithful
Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is quoted.
The Detroit News (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 8 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ecklund
Loneliness and stress can make you more prone to COVID-19, if exposed. Here’s how to combat those feelings.
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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 8 print editions of the Chronicle's Woodlands Villager, Spring Observer and Bay Area Citizen.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-fagundes
Coronavirus pandemic puts pressure on time-sensitive space missions
An article quotes David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Chronicle's Coronavirus section in the April 8 print edition. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-alexander
Touching your face is a coronavirus danger: Tips to help you stop
An article features a list of five science-backed recommendations to help people stop touching their face and reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus. Jim Pomerantz, professor of psychological sciences, is quoted.
U.S. News & World Report (This article also appeared in HealthDay.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-pomerantz
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about how the Gulf Cartel has been leaving boxes of food for people under stay-at-home orders in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-correa-cabrera (This segment aired seven times.)
Waterway Arts Festival rescheduled to Oct. 17-18
An article mentions that Jenny Carattini-Wright, executive director of The Woodlands Arts Council, attended the Leadership Institute for Non-Profit Executives at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 8 print edition of the Chronicle's Woodlands Villager, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hc
Top five 1960s Cleveland Browns games to watch while social distancing
An article featuring a Cleveland Browns football game from 1964 mentions that the quarterback, Frank Ryan, completed his doctorate in mathematics at Rice in the offseason.
Dawg Pound Daily
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ryan
Top Houston news: Shelter being built at NRG Park; university opens 2 dorms for health workers; more
Rice will open Wiess and Hanszen colleges as temporary housing for front-line medical workers at nearby Texas Medical Center institutions.
Yahoo! News (This Hoodline article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-res-halls
Nabi Muhammad pelopor penanganan pandemik
An article cites a March 17 Newsweek op-ed authored by Craig Considine, lecturer in sociology at Rice.
Senayan Post (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-considine
Coronavirus, il vaccino finanziato da Bill Gates testato in USA. Chi sono i veri complottisti?
An article mentions a Rice professor’s research into "quantum-dot tattoos," a novel way to accurately record a person's vaccination history.
Il Format (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-if
Un nuovo programma Apollo, questa volta contro il virus
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured.
La Stampa (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kennedy
Dal Lazio al Piemonte, viaggio nell’industria dello Spazio
Fortune Italia (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kennedy
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
La Superluna illumina il cielo di Aprile
Rice is mentioned.
Pavia Free Italia (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-pfi
Vallo della Lucani. Se ne va il rettore Federico Rossi: Porto l'unicas al governo
An article mentions that former Rice professor Federico Rossi has died.
Voce di Strada (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-vds
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
New technology can convert the garbage into graphene and the manufacturing process takes only a few milliseconds
An article features pioneering research from Rice scientists that can create flash graphene from any carbon source. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, are quoted.
MIS-Asia
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tour-shahsavari
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
KP seniors recognized for athletic, academic excellence
Rice is mentioned.
Wicked Local Wrentham
http://dateline.rice/april-8-wl
SPORTS
Left turn puts Rice's Trei Cruz in ideal position for MLB draft
Rice baseball player Trei Cruz is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cruz
Cougars in the running to land ex-Rice guard Trey Murphy III
Rice basketball player Trey Murphy III plans to transfer.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-murphy
NCAA basketball recruiting: Analyzing transfer Trey Murphy’s 4 finalists
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/april-8-fs
Rice transfer Trey Murphy III has Villanova in final four
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sbn
UVA is one of four finalists for Rice transfer wing Trey Murphy
247Sports.com (This article also appeared in JerryRatcliffe.com.)
https://bit.ly/2xhptzJ
Pitt makes final four of Rice transfer Trey Murphy
SB Nation (This article also appeared in PGH Sports Now.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sbn
This date in history
A roundup mentions baseball games between Rice and Texas A&M University in 1990 and 2015.
The Eagle
http://dateline.rice/april-8-te
A way-too-early look at North Texas 2020 football schedule
An article mentions that Rice's football team will play the University of North Texas Sept. 19.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-8-drc
Boise State football: Dusting off some good ones
An article mentions that Riley Abercrombie plans to transfer to Rice to play basketball.
KTVB 7 Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ktvb
A meeting of minds
Former Rice assistant football coach Brian Stewart is mentioned.
Baylor University Athletics News
http://dateline.rice/april-8-bu
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Rice chemist wins grant to simplify drug design
Rice chemist László Kürti and his lab have received a prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to speed up drug design by simplifying the synthesis of essential precursors.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-news-release-kürti
Hardship presents opportunity for creativity, Rice Business experts say
The massive disruption of our social and work lives is unnerving, but there are benefits to shaking up our routines and feeling uncomfortable, according Rice experts Scott Sonenshein and Jing Zhou, professors of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-news-release-jones-school