COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Texas colleges mixed on response to Abbott's no-mask mandate
An article mentions that Rice will continue to require its community members and visitors to wear masks indoors and outdoors while on campus, even after Texas' mask mandate lifts March 10. Kevin Kirby, Rice’s vice president for administration and chair of the Crisis Management Advisory Committee, is quoted in the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 4 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-hc
Making sense of a mask non-mandate
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-ihe
Texas Education Agency says school boards can determine their own mask policies
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-kprc
These Houston-area schools are maintaining their mask, social distancing policies
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-hc
How do we define when the pandemic is over? (March 4, 2021)
Bill Fulton, director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is interviewed about the infrastructure needs of local governments around the country during and after the pandemic.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-fulton
Nearly 1,500 doses of COVID vaccines went to waste from Texas power outages
An article mentions that Rice administered 800 COVID-19 vaccines to on-campus students, faculty and staff when the Harris County Public Health Department building lost power.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the March 4 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-rice-vacc
Who owns Alamo Drafthouse? Texas movie theater chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid COVID-19
Alumni Tim League and Karrie League, co-founders of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain, are mentioned.
MEAWW
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-leagues
5 ways to keep your good budget habits beyond the pandemic
Alumnus Ben Gran co-authored an article.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-gran
Student files class-action lawsuit against UT-Austin, saying online education last year wasn't worth the tuition
An article mentions that a lawsuit was filed against Rice Jan. 11 seeking prorated tuition refunds after the university moved to remote learning when the pandemic broke out last year.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-textrib
As pandemic stress and anxiety for students rise, focus and drive key to survive
An article featuring Fernanda Padilla Colin mentions that she plans on attending Rice in the fall.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-forbes
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Camera traps reveal new link between mammals, forests
An article features collaborative Rice research into how the health of tropical rainforest ecosystems may affect mammal diversity. Lydia Beaudrot, assistant professor of biosciences, and graduate student Daniel Gorczynski are quoted. A Rice video is included.
Futurity (This article also appeared in Earth.com.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-beaudrot
New UAE citizenship law a milestone for the Gulf
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
Diplomatic Courier
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-ulrichsen
Texas cold snap froze cleanup efforts at some Superfund sites
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 Verge (This article also appeared in Sports Grind Entertainment.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-blackburn
If heating goes electric, we're going to need a better grid
An op-ed about last month's winter storm cites a new study conducted by environmental engineers from Rice, Stanford University and Columbia University on Texas' December 1989 cold snap.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-bloomberg
Seven hundred leagues beneath Titan's methane seas
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 23 print edition of the Times and the March 4 print edition of The Independent, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/march-4-kennedy
Esther Vécsey, art historian and curator who exhibited a controversial Leonardo painting [obituary]
An article featuring the late Esther Vécsey Mattyasovszky-Zsolnay, who died recently at 81, mentions that she served as director of Rice's Sewall Art Gallery.
The Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-vecsey
Tsinghua eyes global diversity with hybrid courses
Rice is mentioned.
China Daily (This article also appeared in the March 4 print edition of China Daily and China Daily Hong Kong, and it appeared online in Xinhua.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-cd
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Women make less in the gig economy. A new study asked why.
Mikki Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology at Rice’s School of Social Sciences and professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This TheLily.com article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-hebl
Baylor launches online 'journey through history' regarding race
A roundup features remarks by James Sidbury, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, who participated in the panel discussion "Perspectives on Our History: Slavery in America" March 2 as part of the Baylor Conversation Series.
Baptist Standard
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-sidbury
Rice Alliance event identifies 4 most-promising energy tech companies at CERAWeek
An article mentions that the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosted a pitch event showcasing 20 technology companies with new solutions for the energy industry March 3.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-rice-alliance
Retail wrap: Common Bond, Diamonds Direct, Lovesac, Chloe Dao expand in Houston
The Rice Management Co. is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-rmc
Influential Woodlands planner, architect Heineman retires from Howard Hughes
Alumnus Robert Heineman is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. A similar article also appeared in Hello Woodlands.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-heineman
Over 100 Houston companies commit to Greater Houston Partnership's racial equity pledge
An article mentions that Rice and 120 other local institutions and businesses have signed the Greater Houston Partnership's One Houston Together initiative aimed at helping businesses increase their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-hbj
BROADCAST
After Texas freeze, immigrants play critical role in repairing tens of thousands of homes
An article cites research by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research that found that half of the Black and Latino immigrants surveyed in Houston could not come up with $400 to meet an emergency expense.
Houston Public Media (News updates citing this research also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-kinder-study
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
After the apocalypse: US refugee policy
A roundup features immigration policy recommendations for the Biden administration from Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program.
Inkstick
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-norman
Why some geologists say Charles Darwin's theory of coral atoll formation is wrong
An article features collaborative Rice research into how cyclic changes in sea levels drive atoll formation, which disproves Charles Darwin’s theory published in 1842, decades before glaciation became common knowledge. Co-author André Droxler, former professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Rice, is quoted.
Coastal News Today
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-droxler
Texas winter storm puts Beto O’Rourke back in political spotlight
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.
Courthouse News Service
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-jones
These windows could harness power from both outdoor sunlight and indoor artificial light
An article features Rice research into using luminescent solar concentrators in windows for next-generation energy collection. Rafael Verduzco, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, and postdoctoral researcher Yilin Li are quoted.
Anthropocene
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-verduzco
Physicists trap ultracold plasma in a magnetic bottle for the 1st time
An article features Rice research that trapped ultracold neutral plasmas using magnetic fields. Tom Killian, dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and the E. Dell Butcher Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Stephen Bradshaw, associate professor of physics and astronomy, are quoted.
LiveScience
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-killian-bradshaw
Help for new hips
An article features Rice research that developed a computational study that simulates and tracks how hips evolve, which may help clinicians personalize replacement joints for patients. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Fred Higgs, the vice provost for academic affairs and the John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering, graduate student Nia Christian and Gagan Srivastava, adjunct professor of mechanical engineering.
Today's Medical Developments
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-higgs
Founder of custom sneaker brand headed to ‘Super Bowl’ for entrepreneurs
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
The Business Journal's CincyInno
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-bizj
NKU entrepreneurial student to pitch business as a finalist in premier competition
Local 12 Online (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets, and this segment aired in WKRC-TV in Cincinnati.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-rbpc
Olin president Gilda Barabino named AAAS president-elect
Alumna Gilda Barabino is featured.
Olin College of Engineering News
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-barabino
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Q&A: 10 National Merit Scholars discuss high school, college and PSAT
Rice is mentioned.
The Hawkeye
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-he
Nickell named chief financial officer for Hershey Medical Center
Alumna Julie Nickell is featured.
Penn State News
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-nickell
Brownson speech and debate team continues to excel at asynchronous and virtual tournaments
An article mentions that a team from Rice competed in the virtual Virginia is for Lovers Speech Tournament co-hosted by James Madison University and George Mason University Feb. 13-14.
Seton Hall University News
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-seton-hall-news
Durango School District names three superintendent finalists
Alumnus Robert Lundin is featured.
The Durango Herald
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-lundin
New consortium will ensure future of SlaveVoyages database
An article mentions that Rice is one of six partnering institutions in the SlaveVoyages consortium, which will continue to serve as a resource for new initiatives and broader public understanding of the history of slavery.
Emory News Center
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-emory-news
SPORTS
Rice goes up against Our Lady of the Lake
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play Our Lady of the Lake University March 5 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Owls Quincy Olivari and Max Fiedler are highlighted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-rice-mbb
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
A broadcast features new Rice assistant football coach Marques Tuiasosopo. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-tuiasosopo-bloomgren
TEN: March 3 athletes of the week
An article features Rice's Diae El Jardi, who was named Conference USA's Female Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-eljardi
USC rises to second in Pac-12 after lopsided win over Stanford
Former Rice basketball player Drew Peterson is featured.
Sports Illustrated's All Trojans
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-si
Marshall women playing their best basketball at the right time
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated Marshall University 64-48 Feb. 20 but lost to the Thundering Herd 68-56 Feb. 21.
The Herald-Dispatch (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-wbb
UTSA beats five ranked teams, including No. 1 Arizona, at Cabo Collegiate
An article mentions that Rice golfers competed in the 11th annual Cabo Collegiate tournament.
GoUTSA.com (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-goutsa
RED RAIDER PREVIEW: vs. Cyclones
An article mentions a 2017 men's basketball game between Rice and Texas Tech University.
TexasTech.com
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-ttech
Spizzirri named Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin March 12.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-tex
4-foot-9 running back became the shortest ever (then got rocked)
An article features former Rice football player Jayson Carter. Former head coach David Bailiff is quoted.
FanBuzz (This article also appeared in The Miracle Tech.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-carter
NEWS RELEASES
Cancer 'guardian' breaks bad with one switch
A mutation that replaces a single amino acid in a potent tumor-suppressing protein turns it from saint to sinister. A new study by a coalition of Texas institutions shows why that is more damaging than previously known. Researcher Anatoly Kolomeisky at Rice has discovered the same mutant protein can aggregate into clusters, which in turn nucleate the formation of amyloid fibrils, a prime suspect in cancers as well as neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s.
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-news-release-kolomeisky
Study aims to help governments maximize profits from oil and gas auctions
Federal and state governments auction leases to oil and gas companies to extract natural resources from public land. A revamp of the auction system could lead to more competitive bids and more money for governments, according to Yunmi Kong, an assistant professor of economics at Rice.
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-news-release-kong
Rice Business Plan Competition announces 2021 teams
Startups from top universities in six countries will showcase their big ideas at the 21st annual Rice Business Plan Competition — the world’s largest and richest student startup competition — in hopes of taking home big cash prizes, with totals expected to exceed $1 million.
http://dateline.rice/mar-4-news-release-rbpc