HURRICANE LAURA
Laura hits petrochemical region, and a factory goes up in flames
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 28 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-blackburn
Damage assessments still to come in Hurricane Laura's wake
Engineering News-Record
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-blackburn
Special Edition: Preparing for Hurricane Laura
Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics and director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Urban Data Platform, is interviewed about the Texas Flood Registry, a collaboration between the Kinder Institute and other Texas agencies that aims to track the long-term impacts of large storms. The last three articles cite collaborative research by the registry that determined 50% of Houston-area residents have wrestled with powerful or severe emotional distress since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in 2017.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-ensor (Interview begins at 36:40.)
As Hurricane Laura looms, Texas Flood Registry details physical, mental toll of storms
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-ensor
The current state of America is leading to a mental health crisis
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-rice-texas-registry
Stormy start | Perfect Saturday | Extreme hurricanes becoming more common in Atlantic basin
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Scroll down to "Mounting drumbeat of climate disasters threatens mental health.")
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-rice-texas-registry
Increasing number of climate disasters impacting mental health
EcoWatch
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-rice-texas-registry
'Politico Nightly'
A news roundup quotes Tom Kolditz, director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.
Politico (Scroll down to "Around the nation: Laura's wake.")
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-kolditz
Houston weather updates: Aug. 26
Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-bedient
Poverty and petrochemicals converge as Hurricane Laura's devastation exposes entire Gulf Coast as 'sacrificial zone'
Common Dreams
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-bedient
3 years after Harvey, reservoir flood risks remain
KUT Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-bedient
Texas and Louisiana awaited with horror the storm Laura, which intensified on Wednesday as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane
Pledge Times
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-bedient
Special Edition: Lessons of Hurricane Laura
Ed Emmett ’71, fellow in energy and transportation policy at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-emmett
'Catastrophic damage': US Gulf energy infrastructure faces test with Hurricane Laura
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute Public Policy, is quoted.
Upstream
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-finley
Editorial: 3 years after Harvey, close call with Laura should scare Houston into action
An article mentions that Rice collaborated on the Galveston Bay Park Plan, a proposal to protect the region from hurricanes.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 28 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-galbay-park-plan
It’s time to revisit Ike Dike!
Big Jolly Times
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-galbay-park-plan
Dallas area sheltering Hurricane Laura evacuees
An article mentions that Rice is a member of the Texas Library Coalition for United Action.
People Newspapers (A similar article also appeared in North Texas e-News.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-coalish
TMC institutions prepare for Hurricane Laura
An article mentions that Rice canceled all classes and events Aug. 27 ahead of Hurricane Laura's landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border. Normal operations on campus resumed Aug. 28.
TMC News
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-tmc
Southeast Texas prepares for Hurricane Laura's arrival late Wednesday night
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-hp
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-kprc
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
What Texans are saying about Trump’s re-election chances
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 and interviewed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-jones
Texas county expands November voting options by $17M
Governing
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-jones
Congressman Dan Crenshaw is set to speak, tonight, at the GOP
iHeartRadio Houston News Feed (This podcast also appeared on iHeartRadio's Metroplex News site.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-jones
Texas Standard for Aug. 28, 2020
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 20 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-jones
Texans play small role at RNC, and other takeaways from the convention
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-jones
Implementation of social distancing policies correlates with significant reduction in SARS-CoV-2 transmission
An article features collaborative Rice research into how the implementation of social distancing policies corresponded with significant reductions in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and reduced community mobility, both in the U.S. and globally. Raghu Kalluri, adjunct professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
San Saba News
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-kalluri
Can you get paid leave when you home-school your child during coronavirus?
Larry Stuart, lecturer of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Parade
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-stuart
What are Jews doing during COVID?
A photo is attributed to Rice's Houston Jewish History Archive
Jewish Standard
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-rice-jewish-history-archive
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Is Ivanka Trump going to change anyone’s mind?
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in several articles. He is interviewed by BBC World News about President Donald Trump's "law and order" reelection platform.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. this article also appeared in the Aug. 28 print edition of the Times, and it appeared online in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brinkley
Are angry mobs increasing Trump’s election chances?
The Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 28 digital and print editions of The Australian.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brinkley
The White House under Trump: How one man changed the presidency
The Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brinkley
Objective science and scientific vested interests
Montgomery County Sentinel
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brinkley
'BBC World News'
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brinkley
An Iranian-born progressive unseating a Trumpist veteran in Texas? It could happen.
An article quotes Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, and cites the annual Kinder Houston Area Survey he conducts.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-klineberg
Saudi Aramco promises to keep its dividend. It may have to make radical changes.
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in Barron's, and he authored an article in Middle East Economic Survey.
Barron's
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-krane
Dubai’s coal push upends Abu Dhabi’s clean energy strategy
Middle East Economic Survey
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-krane
More proof that ‘progressive’ wealth taxes hurt average Americans
An article cites a Rice study on the economic impact of a wealth tax.
National Review
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-nr
Small quake clusters can't hide from AI
Researchers at Rice's Brown School of Engineering are using data gathered before a deadly 2017 landslide in Greenland to show how deep learning may someday help predict seismic events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
National Science Foundation
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-quakes
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Novel PROTAC enhances its intracellular accumulation and protein knockdown
An article mentions that José Onuchic, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate student Michael Wang contributed to the featured research.
Baylor College of Medicine
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-onuchic
Houston Symphony conductor Carlos Botero goes behind the music
An article mentions that Carlos Andrés Botero teaches at Rice's Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Aug. 28 print edition of the Chronicle's "Preview.")
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-botero
David Eagleman wants you to think much more about the brain
Alumnus David Eagleman is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview"
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-eagleman
BROADCAST
'TWC News All Morning'
Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science, is interviewed about how first lady Melania Trump may sway female voters.
Spectrum News Austin (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-brace
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
The United Arab Emirates and Israel just came clean on their extramarital affair
Gilead Sher, the Isaac and Mildred Brochstein Fellow in Middle East Peace and Security in Honor of Yitzhak Rabin at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
War on the Rocks
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-sher
How weird is Katharine Hayhoe’s climate science?
An article cites Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program
TheHumanist.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-ecklund
FDA approves enhanced version of Rice ventilator
An article featuring the Apollo ABVM, an automated bag valve mask device developed by Stewart & Stevenson Healthcare Technologies, mentions that it has been approved by the FDA as an emergency resuscitator for COVID-19 patients. A team of Rice engineering experts and students designed the original open-source plans. Rice community members quoted include Maria Oden, a full teaching professor in bioengineering, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health; and Rohith Malya, adjunct assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice and associate of Rice 360°.
Today's Medical Developments
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-oden-malya
Imaging chromatin architecture at the genome scale
Erez Lieberman Aiden, adjunct assistant professor of computer science, is quoted.
C&EN
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-aiden
Cultural Analytics acquired by Russell Reynolds Associates
Randy Stevenson, professor of political science and co-developer of Cultural Analytics, is mentioned.
MR Web
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-stevenson
This capsule could help solve heart attack complications
An article features collaborative Rice research that has shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells' ability to heal heart injuries caused by heart attacks.
UberGizmo
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-ug
University of Maryland architecture school mourns the loss of faculty members John Hill and Karl Du Puy
An article featuring alumnus John Hill mentions that he recently died at age 90.
The Architect's Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-hill
Nvidia stock and the price battle in the clouds
An article authored by alumnus Dana Blankenhorn mentions that Rice's "Sub-LInear Deep learning Engine" uses new algorithms to speed artificial intelligence training.
InvestorPlace
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-blankenhorn
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff
An article mentions that Rice helped coordinate a study from Emory University’s Department of Sociology into how scientific beliefs and attitudes shape religious identity within the Black Christian community, and vice versa.
Emory News Center
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-enc
Hendren named director of App State Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics
Alumna Christine Ogilvie Hendren is featured.
Appalachian Today
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-hendren
Cold Case: Family still looking for college senior after six years
Former Rice student Reny Jose, who went missing while on spring break in Florida in 2014, is pictured.
WGN Online (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-wgn
WMBB-TV (Panama City, Florida)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-wmbb
SPORTS
How ‘Madden’ has produced a generation of smarter football fans
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
The Ringer
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-bloomgren
The top 100: Ranking the best football players in Austin’s history
A roundup features Rice football player Shea Baker.
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-baker
UTSA, BYU to face off on Oct. 10 in Utah
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio Nov. 7.
UTSA Athletics News (This article also appeared in 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-utsa
Wonder-kid Warncke prepared to shine
Rice is mentioned.
Fort Bend Herald
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-fbh
Ranking BYU's most difficult games in 2020
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Texas at San Antonio last season.
Sports Illustrated's CougsDaily
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-si
BYU officially adds UTSA and Texas State to 2020 schedule
Sports Illustrated's CougsDaily
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-si
Texas signs 2018 Division II leading rusher as grad transfer
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-anderson
NEWS RELEASES
Rice expert available to comment on future of US-Mexico relations
A new volume of “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight,” a collection of essays that examine the relationship between the countries, offers policy recommendations for key issues and makes predictions on what may happen in the future. Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, served as editor of the book and co-authored one of its essays.
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-news-release-payan
Harvey’s overall impact dwarfs subsequent storms, Texas Flood Registry finds
Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Houston area three years ago, and a new report from the Texas Flood Registry shows the 2017 disaster’s lasting impact is felt more strongly than that of subsequent storms, including Tropical Storm Imelda.
http://dateline.rice/aug-28-news-release-ensor