COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Houston police chief defends against crime, manpower restraints
A broadcast features Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discussing his research into federal spending during the pandemic.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-barro
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
What will become of Trump's border wall?
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, is quoted.
The Week (This article also appeared in the Dec. 11 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-payanGeorgia Republicans are using Senate candidate Raphael Warnock’s sermons against him
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, professor of religion and founding director of Rice's Center for African and African American Studies, is quoted.
Vox (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-pinn
To Sutherland and beyond: NASA veteran reveals how grandfather would have been proud of Scotland’s race to space
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
The Sunday Post (This article also appeared in the Dec. 14 print edition of the Newcastle, Dundee and Inverness issues.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-alexander
Rare ‘Christmas Star’ to light up night sky for first time in hundreds of years
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Huffington Post (Similar articles also appeared in 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hartigan
Editorial: Week's end wrap-up
Richmond.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hartigan
Topeka yoga instructor to host winter solstice hike
Dodge City Daily Globe (This roundup also appeared in 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hartigan
Virtual campus career fairs can be a tech nightmare — and still yield juicy job offers
Hanszen College senior Anthony Bagamian is quoted and pictured.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 14 print edition, and it appeared online in Live Mint.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bagamian
L'Arabie saoudite en mission difficile pour réconcilier les pays du Golfe
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN Actualite (An English translation is not available. This article originally appeared in Le Point.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-ulrichsen
HOUSTON/TEXAS
'It keeps him as a player': Expert explains motives for AG Paxton's election lawsuit
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front pages of the Dec. 12 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared online in MSN and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-steinAfter targeting GOP lawmakers in elections, can Dustin Burrows find redemption in the Texas House?
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.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones
Uncertainty over pandemic protocols, redistricting await Texas’ next legislative session
Courthouse News
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones
Republicans rallied behind Texas lawsuit asking SCOTUS to overturn election
WJLA Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones (This segment aired three times.)
Gran parte de los elegidos son cercanos al Presidente electo y de perfil tecnócrata.
El Mercurio (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in the Dec. 12 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones
Texas founding father Stephen F. Austin insisted Texas could not survive without slavery
Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in History, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-mcdaniel
COVID-19 vaccine could end the pandemic, but here's why millions of people plan to skip it.
Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-matthewsHouston book community mourns local literary titan Karl Kilian
An article mentions Max Apple, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor Emeritus of English.
Houstonia Magazine
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-apple
Sutton ends iconic, influential career with Howard Hughes
Alumnus Alex Sutton is featured, and alumnus Robert Heineman is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-sutton
We need to talk about secession
Alumnus Casey Michel authored an article.
Texas Monthly (This article will also appear in the January 2021 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-michel
Novelist Anna Meriano weaves quidditch, feminism and Houston into coming-of-age ‘This is How We Fly’
An article features the young adult novel “This Is How We Fly,” authored by alumna Anna Meriano, which will be released Dec. 15.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 13 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-meriano
HPE CEO Antonio Neri talks about returning to Houston and a post-pandemic world of work
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 13 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hc
BROADCAST
'Morning Joe'
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” is interviewed about Kennedy's influence on spurring scientific innovations.
MSNBC
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-brinkleyKUT-AM (Austin, Texas)
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is interviewed about possible policy changes by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding power plant pollutants.
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-cohan (This segment aired twice.)
The world is shifting to clean fuels. Can Houston still be a global energy leader?
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
KERA Online (This segment also aired on twice on KRLD-AM in Dallas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-foss
'KHOU 11 News'
A broadcast features a "moment of Zen" from the Rice campus.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-zen (This segment aired twice.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Indian-origin scientist discovers new way to filter fake news
An article features Rice research into applying machine learning to improve social media companies' ability to keep misinformation from spreading online. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, and graduate student Zhenwei Dai are quoted.
MENA FN (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-shrivastavaWalter Bradley: An engineer who has made a difference
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
MindMatters.ai
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-tour
Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors
An article mentions that Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, made nanotubes that were used to calibrate and verify the model used to develop a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Nanowerk (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-kono
Solving a long-standing mystery about the sun: How stored magnetic energy heats solar atmosphere
An article features collaborative Rice research that may solve the long-standing mystery about why the sun’s atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface. Stephen Bradshaw, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted. Alumnus Shah Mohammad Bahauddin is mentioned. A Rice video is included.
SciTech Daily
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bradshaw
Stanford again tops P&Q’s 2020-2021 ranking of the best MBAs
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is mentioned.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in 24/7 Wall St.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-jones-school
SPORTS
UAB claims Conference USA’s West for 3rd straight season
Several articles and broadcasts mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham 21-16 Dec. 12. Owls JoVoni Johnson, Jordan Myers and Collin Riccitelli are mentioned. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in the Houston Chronicle and interviewed by KRIV.
The Associated Press (Below is a sampling of articles that appeared in more than 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-ap-owls
Rice finishes season with loss to UAB
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 13 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bloomgren
Rice tries to keep momentum going against UAB
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 12 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bloomgren
'Fox 26 News at 9'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bloomgren
Playoff picture stays the same as No. 1 Alabama rolls
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
UAB beats Rice, keeping UTSA out of Conference USA championship game
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
UTSA set for second bowl appearance in program history, drawing SMU in Frisco Bowl
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 13 print edition
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
UTSA headed to Frisco Bowl to face SMU
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
BOWL BOUND: UTSA accepts invite to play bowl game this Saturday
KSAT Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
Texas college football rankings: A good week for Texas A&M but not Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
Marshall to host UAB in the 2020 Ryan C-USA Football Championship
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab
'KPRC Channel 2 News at 10'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-uab (This and similar segments aired seven times.)Maluach scores 23 to lead New Mexico past Rice 72-61
Several articles and broadcasts mention that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of New Mexico 72-61 Dec. 13. Owls Quincy Olivari and Travis Evee are mentioned.
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-unm
New Mexico hands Rice first loss of season
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-unm
Lobos headed to Houston for two games
KOB Online (This and similar segments also aired 35 times on KOB-TV, KRQE-TV and KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-unm
Lobo Pack: Rice game recap
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-unm
After long layoff, University of Houston eager to play game
Rice football is mentioned. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in The Daily Cougar.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 12 print edition. )
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hc
Spare game?: UH hoping for one more matchup in 2020
The Daily Cougar
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-bloomgren
Belmont basketball beats Lipscomb 81-71 in the only meeting between the rivals this year
Rice basketball is mentioned.
Tennessean
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-mbb
Report: Former UH coach Major Applewhite to join Arkansas State staff
Former Rice assistant football coach Major Applewhite is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This and similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-hc
Off and running: Baylor Lady Bears host Texas Tech in Big 12 home opener
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated Texas Tech University 81-62 Dec. 5.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-ttu
App State will play North Texas in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. Here's the rundown on the Mean Green.
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of North Texas earlier this season.
Journal Now
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-rice-unt
NEWS RELEASES
Dogtrot dwelling divides to conquer energy bills
A new small home designed and being built by Rice students divides to conquer in the quest for energy efficiency. The accessory dwelling unit under construction in Houston’s northwest-of-downtown First Ward is a house in two parts, with a living room and kitchen on one side, a bedroom and bathroom on the other and a Texas-style “dogtrot” breezeway that separates the two.
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-news-release-rice-architectureDrop in activity along border could cost Texas billions, says Baker Institute expert
The reduction in mobility along the Texas-Mexico border caused by COVID-19 will hurt the state’s economy as a whole, according Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, postdoctoral research fellow in international trade at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-news-release-jirs
Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colors
Nanomaterials researchers in Finland, the United States and China have created a color atlas for 466 unique varieties of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Rice engineer and physicist Junichiro Kono, whose lab solved the mystery of colorful armchair nanotubes in 2012, provided films of nanotubes that were used to calibrate and verify the Aalto University model.
http://dateline.rice/dec-14-kono