COVID-19 PANDEMIC
What some Texas colleges and universities are planning for fall 2020
An article cites an open letter to the Rice community co-authored by President David Leebron and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, about the university's plan to start the fall semester with changes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-leebron-gorman
Colleges slash budgets in the pandemic, with ‘nothing off-limits’
An article mentions that the pandemic has affected admissions in doctoral humanities programs around the country, including those at Rice.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-nyt
COVID-19 dashboards at Texas colleges evolve with the pandemic
An article mentions that Rice has a coronavirus dashboard tracking tests and positivity rates.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Coronavirus live updates: Houston on 'third wave' of cases, county official says
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Scientists using sewage samples to find Houston coronavirus hot spots faster
An article mentions that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
Community Impact Newspaper (This article appeared in the Oct. 3-Oct. 30 print and digital editions of the Heights/River Oaks/Montrose issue, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-wastewater-study
Scientists develop tech to filter COVID particles from air
An article mentions that Israeli startup LIGC licensed technology from Rice to develop an air filter with graphene.
Cleveland Jewish News
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-cjn
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
You can vote online, but it's not secure. Here's who might want to do it anyway
Dan Wallach, a Rice professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
CNET
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-wallach
What if friendship, not marriage, was at the center of life?
Elizabeth Brake, professor of philosophy, is quoted.
The Atlantic on Medium (This article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-brake
Coronavirus cases are surging again. These states have refused to loosen rules on who can vote by mail.
Rice's polling station is mentioned.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-washpo
Gov. Greg Abbott spends millions to keep Texas from turning blue
An article mentions that the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation partnered with Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy to survey potential Latino voters in the November election.
Salon (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-baker-study
Trump’s Latino supporters, a vocal minority, see him as a ‘Superman’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-baker-study
Conservative and liberal brains might have some real differences
An article mentions that political science experts from Rice and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln co-authored the 2013 book "Predisposed," which suggests that conservative and liberal beliefs are rooted in personality characteristics and biological predispositions.
Scientific American
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-sa
College excellence does not bring happiness
Rice is mentioned.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-forbes
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Trump puts oil on the ballot in race to win Texas
Numerous outlets quote or interview 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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 24 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
Harris County hits an all-time record of 1 million early votes. Which party has the edge?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 24 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
Texas Senate hopeful MJ Hegar tries to woo suburban centrists while mobilizing progressive Democrats
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 25 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
‘I want to see them burn to the ground’ — Democrats angry with Republicans turning San Antonio’s 78209 into battleground
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 25 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
COVID-19 takes a toll on 2020 campaigns, election experts say
Community Impact Newspaper (This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 21-Nov. 17 print and digital editions of the Katy issue.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
Biden says he ‘would transition from the oil industry’
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
Texas oil and gas industry an issue in the national debate — What's Your Point?
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones (This segment aired twice.)
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
La delegació del Govern als EUA farà un debat sobre les eleccions nord-americanes
Exterior (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-jones
Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial’ is a tour of love, family and Houston
An article features Bryan Washington, Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice and the George Guion Williams Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English. His novel "Memorial" will be published Oct. 27 and has been optioned for television.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was featured on the front of the Zest section in the Oct. 25 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-washington
Texas unemployment rate rises to 8.3% in September
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
The Panola Watchman (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-rodriguez
Rice Opera stages production composed in a concentration camp
An article mentions that Rice's Shepherd School of Music's Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra will present “Der Kaiser von Atlantis” Oct. 29 and 30. Miah Im, director of opera studies, and Pat Diamond, academic visitor and stage manager at the Shepherd School, are quoted in the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-im-diamond
Renée Fleming, Teresa Stratas, Marilyn Horne, Ausrine Stundyte, Alfred Walker headline top 10 operas to stream this week
Opera Wire
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-shepherd-school
Solid Waste plan makes a familiar pitch: Houstonians should pay a garbage fee of up to $25
An article cites the 2020 Kinder Houston Area Survey conducted by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Oct. 25 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-kinder-study
MD Anderson to fuel oncology clinical trials with new investment fund
An article mentions that the Rice University Endowment has contributed to the Cancer Focus Fund, an investment fund aimed at supporting development of investigational cancer therapies in early-stage clinical trials.
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-rice-endowment
Two Harmony students selected as Quest Bridge finalists
An article featuring Ulises Moreno mentions that his sister attends Rice.
Laredo Morning Times (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-lmt
BROADCAST
'KETK News'
An article mentions the Rice University Lib-Con Scores of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
KETK-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-ketk (This segment aired four times.)
'John Tesh Radio Show'
A pair of broadcasts mention Rice research that found clean environments lead to more ethical behavior.
KPLA-FM (Columbia, Missouri)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-rice-study (This segment aired on more than 300 affiliate stations across the U.S. and Canada.)
'Fast Money'
Rice is mentioned.
CNBC
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-cnbc
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
New study finds that parasites can drain energy from hosts prior to infection
An article mentions that Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct assistant professor of biosciences and the former Huxley Fellow in Ecology and Evolution at Rice, is a co-author of the featured research.
UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography (This article also appeared in UC San Diego Health News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-weinersmith
New psychology research highlights the value of consistency in closeness to God
An article features a study by graduate student Julian Culver that found being consistently close to or consistently distant from a deity was associated with better psychological outcomes.
PsyPost
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-culver
2020 most disruptive MBA startups: Women Offshore Foundation, Rice University (Jones)
An article features Ally Cedeno, graduate student at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and founder and president of the Women Offshore Foundation.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-cedeno
Physics in the pandemic: ‘Moving the International Physicists’ Tournament online was challenging’
An article mentions that a team from Rice placed third in the Sept. 26-27 International Physicists’ Tournament, a global competition designed to test the problem-solving and presentation skills of undergraduate students interested in physics.
Physics World
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-pw
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Scientists shed new light on viruses’ role in coral bleaching
An article features collaborative Rice research that has shown viral infection is involved in coral bleaching. Co-author Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, is mentioned.
The News Guard
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-correa
Fact check: Uber and Lyft in Prop. 22 ads say they reduce DUIs, but what do studies show?
An article cites a collaborative 2018 Rice study into ride-sharing services.
The Sacramento Bee (This article also appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-sac-b
SPORTS
Rice misses quadruple-doink FG, MTSU wins in double OT
Numerous articles and broadcasts mention that Rice's football team was defeated by Middle Tennessee State University 40-34 in double overtime Oct. 24. Owls Mike Collins, Austin Trammell and Collin Riccitelli are mentioned in the first Associated Press article; Collins is featured in the first Houston Chronicle article; and Riccitelli is mentioned in the ESPN broadcast.
The Associated Press (Below is a sampling of articles that appeared in more than 125 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-owls
Week 8: Mountain West brings late show back; Big 12 showdown
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets, and it appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-ap
Collins set to make first start at QB for Rice football
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-collins
Rice misses potential winning FG with quadruple doink you have to see to believe
ESPN (This video aired more than 100 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-doink-riccitelli
At last, Rice gets to open its football season
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Ball doesn’t bounce Rice’s way in overtime defeat to Middle Tennessee in season opener
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Rice loses on ridiculous quadruple-doink field goal miss
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Rice begins season with loss to Middle Tennessee in double overtime
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Texas college football rankings: Texas A&M No. 1 again
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
College football notebook: OSU stays at No. 6, Sooners back in poll at No. 24
The Oklahoman
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-ok
Five things we learned in Week 8: Strong QB debuts and national disappointment
Dave Campbell's Texas Football (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-dctf
Protect your Unit Week 8 results thread
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-sbn
Quadruple doink foils what would have been a game-winning field goal in OT for the Rice Owls
Starr Cards on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-sc
MTSU 40, Rice 34: Blue Raiders survive insane missed field goal, win in double OT
Daily News Journal
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hoot
Watch Rice’s potential game-winning field goal in OT hit goal post 4 times before missing in loss
AL.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-owls
Middle Tennessee 40, Rice 34, 2OT
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Oct. 24: Middle Tennessee 40, Rice 34 (2OT)
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-hc
Sean Taylor's brother to make collegiate debut on Saturday
An article featuring Rice football player Gabe Taylor also quotes head coach Mike Bloomgren.
NBC Sports (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-bloomgren
Aggie freshmen lead the way as Texas A&M wins 15th straight over Rice
An article mentions that Rice's swimming and diving team was defeated by Texas A&M University Oct. 23 in College Station. Owls Becca Evans, Imogen Meers and Marta Cano Minarro each placed in the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter free relay.
SwimSwam
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-owls
Texans-Packers rewind: 5 up, 5 down
An article features former Rice football player Phillip Gaines.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-gaines
Soquel alums Dwight Lowery, Chris Sherman part of SJSU’s 2020 Hall of Fame class
Rice's baseball team is mentioned.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-scs
Rice University secures verbal from Indian national record-holder Saloni Dalal
An article featuring Saloni Dalal mentions that she has committed to join Rice's swimming and diving team.
SwimSwam
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-ss
Bud's Bets: College football gambling picks for Week 9
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-247
Tune, Stevenson lead Houston in win at Navy
An article mentions the 2018 football game between Rice and the University of Houston.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-uh
In historic NFL game, female coaches, official take the field
An article mentions the 2011 football game between Rice and Northwestern University, which saw the first woman to officiate a football game at a Big Ten stadium.
The Kenyon Collegian
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-kc
NEWS RELEASES
Rice rolls out next-gen nanocars
Scientists at Rice and the University of Houston are upgrading their nanocars with wheels of tert-butyl that should help them navigate the course during the second international Nanocar Race, slated for 2022.
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-news-release-tour
Odds are good for unique 2D compound
Engineers at Rice and Texas A&M University have found a 2D material that could make computers faster and more energy-efficient. Their material is a derivative of perovskite — a crystal with a distinctive structure — that has the surprising ability to enable the valleytronics phenomenon touted as a possible platform for information processing and storage.
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-news-release-lou
Rice Business’ Diversity and Inclusion Conference goes virtual Oct. 30
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business will host the fifth annual and first virtual Diversity and Inclusion Conference Oct. 30. With racial equity and social justice at the forefront of public discourse, this year’s conference provides a forum to discuss how these issues impact the workplace.
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-news-release-jones-school
Discovery adds new species to Rice lab’s ghoulish insect menagerie
A horrifying insect soap opera with vampires, mummies and infant-eating parasites is playing out on the stems and leaves of live oak trees every day, and evolutionary biologist Scott Egan found the latest character — a new wasp species that may be a parasite of a parasite — within walking distance of his Rice lab.
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-news-release-egan
SPOTlight supercharges cell studies
Researchers at Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new method to isolate specific cells, and in the process found a more robust fluorescent protein. Both the platform and the protein could be highly useful to synthetic biologists and biomedical researchers.
http://dateline.rice/oct-26-news-release-st-pierre