Dateline Rice for Aug. 13, 2021

Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

ThirdAI raises $6M to democratize AI to any hardware

Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, is featured.
Yahoo! News (This TechCrunch article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-shrivastava

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Texas GOP's all-in focus on culture war spurs corporate backlash
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This Bloomberg article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones


US Census shows Houston grew faster than other areas, which could benefit region
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired four times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones


Cuba can overcome internal problems without external intervention
Penza News
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones

Houston's population grows by nearly 10%, census data shows
Jie Wu, director of research management at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Aug. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-wu

Bugged by the bug
An article mentions that Rice will require masks to be worn indoors at nearly all times and require regular testing for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals on campus amid Houston's surge of COVID-19.
The Leader
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-leader

BROADCAST

Late census results could mean delayed Texas primaries in 2022, experts say
An article quotes Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-klineberg


'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-klineberg (This segment aired twice.)

A mask mandate for schools and vaccines for pregnant women (Aug. 13, 2021)
A broadcast mentions that Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will be featured on the Aug. 16 episode of "Houston Matters."
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-fulton

WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about how the failures of Mexico's COVID-19 response may affect U.S. border states.
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-payan (This segment aired six times.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Houston I-45 expansion still a lightning rod for controversy 20 years later
Alumnus Ed Emmett '71, fellow in energy and transportation policy at the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bisnow (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-emmett

Sustainable settlements in space: What could extraterrestrial life look like for humans?

An article mentions that the lab of Haotian Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, recently has developed technology for efficiently producing hydrogen peroxide from water.
Euro News Next
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-wang

GOP congressman who voted against psychedelics amendment says MDMA therapy 'sounds amazing'
An article mentions that Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, recently held the third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit at Rice.
Marijuana Moment
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-mm

'Movement at the Edge of the Land': Brie Ruais at the Moody Center
An article features the exhibit "Movement at the Edge of the Land," which will be on display at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts June 5-Aug. 28.
Whitewall Art
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-moody-center

From other industries to oil and gas, Rosario Osobase knows her knack
An article featuring Rosario Osobase mentions that she has taken Rice leadership and executive management courses.
BusinessDay.ng
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-bd

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Clear warnings: Scientists understood in 1856 that humans were already increasing carbon dioxide
Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, authored an article.
Milwaukee Independent (This article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-dee

Commentary: Physics professor says 'chance of life originating on its own by natural processes is zero’
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 mentioned.
The Michigan Star
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-tour

Francestown: Cellist Jacob MacKay returns for hometown show
An article featuring Jacob MacKay mentions that he studied under Norman Fischer, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Cello at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-mackay-fischer

Newington High School alum named new director of BBC Concert Orchestra in United Kingdom
Alumnus Bill Chandler is featured.
Newington Town Crier
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-chandler

SPORTS

'Houston's Morning Show'
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is featured.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-bloomgren

C-USA Scholar Athletes of the Year announced
An article features the following Rice athletes who have been honored with 2020-21 Conference USA Scholar Athletes of the Year Awards, which recognize top student athletes in each conference-sponsored sport based on academic achievement, athletic achievement and service: Max Fiedler, Hociel Landa, Grace Forbes, Ellery Parish, Sumit Sarkar, Corbett Fong and former Owl Nancy Mulkey.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-owl

WSOC: Rice No. 22, North Texas (RV) in United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is ranked No. 22 in the 2021 preseason United Soccer Coaches' Women's Top 25 poll.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-cusa

Texas quarterback Casey Thompson ready for spotlight
An article mentions the 2019 football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 13 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front of the Sports section in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-hc

The top 25 matches we're looking forward to early in the NCAA volleyball season
A roundup mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play the University of Pittsburgh Aug. 27. Owl Nicole Lennon is highlighted.
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-ncaa

NCAA schools leaving 'gap' in health rules
An article mentions the late Dale Lloyd, a Rice football player who died in 2006 from a previously undetected genetic marker for sickle cell disease.
Yahoo! Sports (This USA Today article also appeared in Sports Grind Entertainment.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-lloyd

While dreaming about Texas, don't forget about Rice
An article mentions that Rice football's 2021 season is slated to start Sept. 4 with a road game against the University of Arkansas.
Whole Hog Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-whs


Six Hogs shortlisted for 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl
Arkansas Razorbacks News
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-ark


'40/29 News'
KHOG-TV (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-khog

UTEP women's basketball finalizes 2021-22 schedule
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play the University of Texas at El Paso Feb. 5 and March 3.
El Paso Herald-Post
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-ephp

Ball State linebacker Anthony Ekpe went from backup to first team All-MAC in 2020
Former Rice football player Anthony Ekpe is featured.
Star Press
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-star

How Detroit Lions' Jack Fox honors Blain Padgett's legacy
An article features former Owl Jack Fox and mentions the late Blain Padgett, a Rice football player who died in 2018.
Detroit Free Press (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-fox-padgett

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