NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Tomorrow's special election in Texas is the Democrats' best House hope in 2021
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, authored an op-ed in The Hill, and he is quoted in Jewish Insider.
The Hill (This op-ed also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones
Buoyed by Trump endorsement, Susan Wright expected to glide into Texas congressional runoff
Jewish Insider
http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones
Daily Kickoff
Jewish Insider
http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones
US population growth slows down
Bill Fulton, director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
VOA
http://dateline.rice/april-30-fulton
De første 100 dage — Bidens historiske gambling
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in an article about the Biden administration's first 100 days.
BT (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-brinkley
'Donne Chiesa Mondo,' tra Stato e mercato la sfida della vita
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Vatican News (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-kennedy
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University to demolish, rebuild science and engineering building
An article reports that Rice's Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory will be demolished to make way for a new engineering and science building that will include multidisciplinary labs and headquarter the Welch Institute for Advanced Materials. President David Leebron, Provost Reginald DesRoches and Luay Nakhleh, the J. S. Abercrombie Professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, are quoted.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/april-30-leebron-resroches-nakhleh
Rice Jewish Studies welcomes new postdoctoral fellow
An article features Daniella Farah, the Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice's Program in Jewish Studies. Matthias Henze, the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism and founding director of the Program in Jewish Studies, is quoted.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-30-farah-henze
Bun B's new radio show celebrates the best of Southern rap
Rapper Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/april-30-bun-b
Mayor Sylvester Turner announces slew of police reform initiatives
An article features research by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research on police oversight groups in Texas' major cities and how closely they align with the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement's guiding principles.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/april-30-kinder-study
Norman: When all else fails, follow the instructions
Rice is mentioned.
Glen Rose Reporter
http://dateline.rice/april-30-gr
BROADCAST
Behind Deer Park lawmaker Briscoe Cain’s quest to change voting in Texas
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/april-30-stein
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Wearable devices offer new insights into the progression of Type 2 diabetes in Latino adults
An article features collaborative Rice research into the progression of Type 2 diabetes among at-risk Hispanic/Latino adults from wearable devices that continuously monitor blood sugar. Co-author Ashutosh Sabharwal, the Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/april-30-sabharwal
China’s massive satellite initiatives: Intrusion into space sovereignty
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Australian Defence Magazine (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-alexander
Drinks with The Deal: Electricity grid expert Julie Cohn
Julie Cohn, nonresident scholar in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured in a podcast.
The Deal
http://dateline.rice/april-30-cohn
Remembering Bob McRitchie
Alumnus Bob McRitchie, who died Dec. 3, 2020, at 90, is featured.
Oregon Wine Press
http://dateline.rice/april-30-mcritchie
Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston is on hold, for now, in a traffic-choked, divided region
An article cites a 2017 study by the Houston Health Department and Rice that found children living in zones where transportation emissions were high experienced more asthma attacks requiring emergency services.
Inside Climate News
http://dateline.rice/april-30-icn
Ethics of AI: Benefits and risks of artificial intelligence
Research by graduate student Beidi Chen is featured.
ZDNet
http://dateline.rice/april-30-chen
Fortune launches its higher education rankings with 2U as a founding sponsor
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.
IBL News
http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones-school
Geothermal technology has enormous potential to power the planet and Fervo wants to tap it
An article mentions that Rice and other institutions around the nation have partnered with Fervo Energy, a Houston-based geothermal tech developer.
TechCrunch (This and similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-tc
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
What does Harvard's record-low admissions rate mean for the college — and for higher education?
An article mentions that Rice plans to expand its student body by 20% by 2025.
The Harvard Crimson
http://dateline.rice/april-30-hc
Rogers senior is Harvard-bound
Rice is mentioned.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article also appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-nadg
University of Texas' business school ranked nation's 18th-best
An article mentions that Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 25 in the nation according U.S. News & World Report.
The Hayride
http://dateline.rice/april-30-jones-school
SPORTS
'Houston's Morning Show'
Former Rice football player Bert Emanuel is featured.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-emanuel
Foster Sarell went from nation’s No. 1 offensive tackle to marginal NFL Draft prospect. What happened to arguably the Northwest’s best recruit ever?
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
Score Book Live
http://dateline.rice/april-30-bloomgren
How to watch No. 22 Southern Miss vs. Rice Owls baseball on live stream
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Southern Mississippi April 30-May 2.
Hattiesburg American
http://dateline.rice/april-30-ha
'WDAM News 7'
WDAM-TV (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
http://dateline.rice/april-30-wdam (This segment aired three times.)
NCAA women's tournament: Penn State cruises, second round now set
The Rice soccer team claimed the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history by defeating Furman University 3-1 in the first round April 28 in Cary, North Carolina.
Pittsburgh Soccer Now
http://dateline.rice/april-30-psn
K-State wraps up homestand against Texas Southern
An article mentions that Rice baseball played Kansas State University earlier this season.
KStateSports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-30-kss
NEWS RELEASE
Student startups awarded $65,000 at 2021 Napier Rice Launch Challenge
A mobile app to help prevent veteran suicide is one of the products created by three student startups that claimed the top prizes at this year's edition of Rice's H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge.
http://dateline.rice/april-30-news-release-launch-challenge