NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
In Texas, Biden's infrastructure plan raises hope of an 'Ike Dike' to protect against hurricanes
Phil Bedient, director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
NBC News (This article also appeared in MSN.)
https://nbcnews.to/2Sc3Z1i
Will Biden’s first 100 days be his most successful 100 days?
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
The Boston Globe
https://bit.ly/3t26m3r
Why silver dissipates from gold-silver nanoparticles
An article features collaborative Rice research that could help industry fine-tune nanoparticle alloys for specific uses. Graduate student Alexander Al-Zubeidi is quoted.
Futurity
https://bit.ly/3nssva1
For Qatar and UAE, investment in soccer has been ‘potentially worth its weight in gold’
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
CNN (This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
https://cnn.it/2RavpnS
PSG and Man City’s symbolic Champions League semifinal takes ‘sportswashing’ to next level
Yahoo! India (This article originally appeared in The Independent.)
https://bit.ly/3aOk6sq
HOUSTON/TEXAS
ExxonMobil's carbon-capture plan part of a 'portfolio' to fight climate change
Jim Blackburn, Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar and director of the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center at Rice, is quoted.
Texas Standard (This article also appeared in HPPR.org and KUT.org, and the audio segment also aired on more than 20 radio stations across Texas.)
https://bit.ly/2R9YHTh
Texas Standard for April 27, 2021
Texas Standard
https://bit.ly/3tVihkR
Rice’s Moody Center commemorates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary
An article features Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts’ spring exhibition, “Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration,” which runs through May 15. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, and Frauke Josenhans, associate curator of the center, are quoted
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 28 print edition of the Chronicle and on the front page of the April 28 edition of the Bellaire-River Oaks-West University-Heights Examiner, and it was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3gFVoyc
The Houston Symphony and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music partner to establish new Brown Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellowship
The Houston Symphony and Rice’s Shepherd School of Music have announced the launch of the Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellowship, which will be awarded to a student from the Shepherd School’s graduate program annually for an apprenticeship to learn how to best work with children and residents from underserved communities. An article in Broadway World mentions Inaugural recipient Joseph Nuñez, a double bassist, and quotes Shepherd School dean Robert Yekovich.
The Katy News (This article also appeared in The Violin Channel.)
https://bit.ly/3eJgmJY
Raising corporate taxes to pay for infrastructure would put the US behind China
Rice research on raising the corporate tax rate is cited.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required.)
https://bit.ly/3tW5Yom
C-SPAN 2
https://bit.ly/3gM3SDR
Permanently closed Ginger Man awaits its fate with Rice University as new owner
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
https://bit.ly/3gKMSxV
Conversations with James Tour
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 featured in a Q&A.
Voyage Houston
https://bit.ly/3eBeKSd
Santos garners high marks as shortstop, valedictorian
An article mentions that some Houston ISD EMERGE program participants have received full scholarships to Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 28 edition of the Bellaire-River Oaks-West University-Heights Examiner.)
https://bit.ly/3eCli33
Personnel moves: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International names new president
An article mentions that alumnus Drexell Owusu ’01 is now The Dallas Foundation's chief impact officer.
D Magazine
https://bit.ly/2S5WQiR
Conservative solution to 'woke' corporations
Alumnus Aditya Atholi authored a column.
The Daily Sentinel (This op-ed originally appeared in the Lufkin Daily News and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3nBqfxi
BROADCAST
Fusion
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is interviewed about the 2020 census showing the U.S. saw its slowest population growth since the Depression.
https://bit.ly/3t2dkp7 (This interview aired eight times.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
Bob Stein is interviewed about the White House nominating Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
https://bit.ly/2Sa9Rbo (This broadcast aired twice.)
KNOW-FM (Minneapolis)
Research by Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, is cited in a discussion on the changing demographics of suburbs.
https://bit.ly/3aMQY4K
'Fox 8 News at 4 p.m.'
Broadcasts mention that one of Bellaire High School's nine co-valedictorians plans to attend Rice.
WJW-TV (Cleveland)
https://bit.ly/3vvGLBJ
KMBZ-AM (Kansas City, Missouri)
https://bit.ly/3gKVX9P
WPTF-AM (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Rice is mentioned in a discussion of the South's influence on tech and culture.
https://bit.ly/3u0FX7B (This broadcast aired twice.)
CHYM-FM (Ontario, Canada)
A broadcast mentions Rice research that found clean environments lead to more ethical behavior.
https://bit.ly/3vtvnX4 (This segment aired twice on CHYM-FM and twice on KPLA-FM in Columbia, Missouri.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Runoff from the 2016 Tax Day flood and flooding from 2017's Hurricane Harvey carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice study. Those quoted or mentioned include Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, Lauren Stadler, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, academic visitor Amanda Shore, graduate students Carsten Grupstra and Lauren Howe-Kerr and undergraduate Jordan Sims.
Seven Seas Media
https://bit.ly/3aK9BGg
What's next for the global oil market?
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Hart Energy
https://bit.ly/2QBy1eg
Exploiting non-line-of-sight paths for terahertz signals in wireless communications
An article mentions that researchers at Rice and Brown University have solved the longtime problem of keeping devices connected to a terahertz network. Former postdoctoral research associate Yasaman Ghasempour is quoted.
Bioengineer.org (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/3t6aNdK
Permian sees the start of a cautious recovery
Alumnus Stephen Whitfield authored a pair of articles.
Drilling Contractor
https://bit.ly/3vrTvt6
Exploration boom in Guyana-Suriname: High-dollar, high-stakes
Drilling Contractor
https://bit.ly/3aNsVm9
IIT Bombay launches free online course on PHP and MySQL
An article features alumnus Kannan Moudgalya.
TechGig
https://bit.ly/3sV9cqN
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Top football stars: Famous because they're rich, or rich because they're famous?
An article cites collaborative research by Alessandro Piazza, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in Global Advisors.)
https://bit.ly/3aM8A0s
WTAMU online MBA named among best in the country
An article mentions that the MBA@Rice program at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is No. 10 on Fortune's list of the best online MBA programs in the nation.
The Amarillo Pioneer
https://bit.ly/2S2gJr6
IUP master’s student admitted to fellowship program
An article features Vincent Thompson, who plans to study abstract algebra at Rice with a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program scholarship.
The Penn
https://bit.ly/3eEVROi
TPC MSME Enterprise Journey … 'Afropreneur' Idris Bello’s thoughts, works that inspire action
Alumnus Idris Ayo Bello is featured.
Brandcrunch
https://bit.ly/3vpi61x
SPORTS
Rice Owls swoop up Class of 2026 verbal commitment from Lili Elayi of Cardinal Aquatics
Lili Elayi, a junior at Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky, who has committed to swim at Rice, is featured.
Swimming World
https://bit.ly/3nrOPjS
Signing Day to feature virtual keynote from Musselman
Rice is mentioned.
El Dorado News-Times
https://bit.ly/3tZnS9W
Bally Sports Southwest
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is featured.
https://bit.ly/2Sdl0rV (This broadcast also aired on Bally Sports New Orleans and Bally Sports Oklahoma.)
You can't be a champion without 'sisu'
Former Rice track and field athlete Becky Wade authored an article.
PodiumRunner
https://bit.ly/3nr8Ze2
NEWS RELEASE
Rice names architect for new engineering and science building
With the imminent demolition of Rice's Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, the space will soon be cleared for a new engineering and science building, according to Rice administrators. International architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been selected as lead architect for the new building. Houston’s Scientia Architects will consult on laboratory design. Construction is expected to begin this summer.
https://bit.ly/3gPhs9s