NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Rice University says a testing glitch led to high rates of false positives
Several media outlets report that a testing center error has led to numerous false positives in the Rice community, according to a letter by Kevin Kirby, vice president for administration and chair of the Crisis Management Advisory Committee. Additional media outlets mention that Rice's fall semester will begin Aug. 25 with virtual learning until Sept. 3. Community members quoted include, President David Leebron, Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, Provost Reginald DesRoches, and Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kirby
Live COVID-19 updates: Rice discovers dozens of COVID-19 false positives, days after shifting classes online
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kirby
Rice realizes dozens of false positive tests were behind shift to online classes
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kirby
Rice University went all online amid COVID outbreak. Now it's reporting a mass number of false positives.
The College Fix
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-tcf
Rice University turns to online classes
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-leebron-gorman
Rice University in Texas to begin fall semester online due to COVID surge, delays start date
Forbes (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches
The delta variant is forcing some B-schools to change fall plans
Poets & Quants (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News and Yahoo! Finance.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches-rodriguez-gorman
As COVID-19 surges, Rice University switches to online instruction EdScoop
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches
Rice moves first 2 weeks of fall semester classes online
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Aug. 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-20-desroches-gorman
COVID-19: UCSF out-of-office work extended until March 1
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches
COVID live updates: Chevron mandates vaccines for Gulf of Mexico workers
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches
US expansion slowed in August, survey shows
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-wsj
COVID news: FDA expected to fully approve Pfizer vaccine next week
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-nyt
Coronavirus briefing: What happened today
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-nyt
Afghanistan, Tropical Storm Henri, slacklining: Your Friday evening briefing
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-nyt
University of Virginia disenrolls unvaccinated students ahead of fall semester
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the in Aug. 21 print edition and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-washpo
Delta variant shakes up start of fall semester
Politico's "Weekly Education" newsletter
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-politico
Vaccine mandates and COVID testing -- or neither? Colleges test the limits of 'normal' fall
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in USA Today, and it appeared in the Detroit Free Press, MSN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.) http://dateline.rice/aug-23-yahoo
Will University of Texas faculty get their wish on COVID-19 mandates?
University Business
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ub
TEA reverses course, now says schools must notify families when kids are exposed to COVID
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hc
Rice delays classes two days and goes virtual
KTRH Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ktrh
Back to college, COVID-style
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kuff
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ktrk
'CW 39'
CW 39-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-cw39 (This segment aired twice.)
'Fox 26 Morning News Weekends'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kriv
'8 News at 5'
WRIC-TV (Richmond, Virginia)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-wric
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ktrh (This segment aired three times.)
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-woai
Feds flex the power of the purse to get states in line with COVID-19 restrictions
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Health and Biosciences, is interviewed.
Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio (This segment aired multiple times on over 800 affiliate radio stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ho
Young investors flock to stocks, day trading as cryptocurrencies boom. Are the risks worth the reward?
An article mentions that Rice offers coding courses.
Yahoo! Finance (This article appeared in the Aug. 16 print edition of USA Today and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-yahoo
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Red Book offers rare window into the past of Houston's Black middle class more than 100 years ago
An article about "The Red Book of Houston," which depicted what life was like for African Americans in Houston 50 years after emancipation, quotes Norie Guthrie, archivist and special collections librarian at the Woodson Research Center at Rice's Fondren Library, Fay Yarbrough, professor of American Indian, African American and Southern History, and graduate student and 2020 Fondren Fellow Rachael Pasierowska.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Aug. 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)http://dateline.rice/aug-20-guthrie-yarbrough-pasierowska
A beacon for young families: Texas added over 400,000 children and teens in the past decade
An article quotes Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-klineberg
UTHealth oral surgeon is the second in US with active R01 grant funding
An article features Rice alumnus Simon Young and mentions that Jeffrey Hartgerink, professor of chemistry and bioengineering, is collaborating on his research.
UTHealth News
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hartgerink
Some conservatives irked by Cruz's endorsement of Abbott in 2022 Texas gubernatorial primary
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.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Aug. 20 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-jones
Business calendar: Upcoming events in the Houston area
A roundup mentions that Fred Oswald, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Psychology, will speak at the Labor Day UpSkill Works Forum series Aug. 24.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This roundup appeared in the Aug. 23 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-oswald
Rice's rise to top of Texas rankings leads Houston's 5 most popular stories of the week
An article mentions that Rice is No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in Texas according to Niche's 2022 rankings.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-no7
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-krld
Houston entrepreneurs launch Campus Concierge platform at Texas Southern University, eye expansions
Rice is mentioned.
The Business Journals' Houston Inno
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hi
Houston-born podcast 'Classical Classroom' demystifies classic music
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hc
Ysleta ISD's Benavides named finalist for 2022 Texas Teacher of the Year
An article featuring Ramon Benavides mentions that he has participated in a research internship at Rice.
El Paso Herald-Post (This article also appeared in Crossroads Today.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ephp
BROADCAST
'Houston's Morning Show'
Daniel Potter, associate director of regional research at Rice's Houston Education Research Consortium, is interviewed about the educational challenges facing students as local schools return to in-person learning.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-potter (This segment aired twice.)
CKFR-AM (British Columbia, Canada)
A radio broadcast cites research from Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business that determined grumpy employees are the most creative problem-solvers.
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ckfr (This segment aired on 13 affiliate stations.)
How the West came to dominate our brains
Rice is mentioned.
WGBH's "Innovation Hub" (This segment aired on 200 affiliate stations, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-wgbh
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice University awarded $4 million CPRIT grant to establish Genetic Design and Engineering Center
An article mentions that Gang Bao, the Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering, professor of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering, has been awarded a $4 million grant by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to establish the Genetic Design and Engineering Center, which will include the following Rice researchers: Jeffrey Tabor, associate professor of bioengineering and of biosciences; Caleb Bashor, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering; Isaac Hilton, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering; and Caroline Ajo-Franklin, professor of biosciences. The article also mentions that Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, received $250,000 to further his research. Provost Reginald DesRoches is quoted.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-cprit-award
New study finds FEMA disaster aid boosts entrepreneurship, increases racial disparities
The "Federal Drive" podcast features collaborative Rice research into how federal recovery funding after a disaster may disproportionally benefit white entrepreneurs. Co-authors Jim Elliott, professor and chair of sociology, and graduate student Asia Bento are interviewed.
Federal News Network (This segment also aired seven times on WTOP2-AM in Washington, D.C.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-elliott-bento
Nanotube fiber innovation tipped to 'change the world'
An article features collaborative Rice research developing small carbon nanotube fibers for textile electronics and energy harvesting. Graduate student Lauren Taylor is quoted.
Textile Evolution
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-taylor
Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival repertoire announced
An article mentions that Desmond Hoebig, professor of cello at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, will join the Callisto Quartet for a festival performance.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hoebig
Using team's emotions effective to boost creativity
An article features a new Rice study that found that teams may benefit when they are comprised of people who are opposites. Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Big News Network
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-zhou
Implementation of technology in the brain could eliminate neurological disorders
An article features the collaborative partnership between Rice and Houston Methodist Hospital to form the Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces.
Daily Research News (This article also appeared in Milenio.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-drn
Earth's outer core may be its largest carbon reservoir
An article features collaborative Rice research that better estimates the amount of carbon in the Earth's outer core. Co-author Rajdeep Dasgupta, the Maurice Ewing Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is quoted.
Earth.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-dasgupta
This week on Broadway for Aug. 22, 2021: Douglas Carter Beane and Andy Einhorn
Alumnus Andy Einhorn is featured.
Broadway Radio
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-einhorn
Equity, not equality, in college admissions
Rice is mentioned.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ihe
Moon -- our pathway to the stars
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Dawn
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kennedy
Big banks, tech giants join law firms backing Reynen Court
An article mentions Rice's s Houston Jewish History Archive.
Bloomberg Law
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-bl
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Encore! Encore! Opera! Pike! Park! returns to Milford
Alumna Anne-Marie Stanley, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Pike County Courier
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-stanley
Kelly awarded the James W. Buckley Leadership Scholarship
An article featuring the James W. Buckley Leadership Scholarship winner at East Georgia State College mentions that the award is named after alumnus James Buckley.
The Georgia Virtue
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-buckley
BNL's Zhangbu Xu, others prove 87-year-old theories of famous physicists
An article quotes Frank Geurts, professor of physics and astronomy.
TBR Newsmedia
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-geurts
Film producer Golosi to deliver keynote address at International Conference of Stars
An article featuring Hastings Golosi mentions that he joined the Rice 360º Institute for Global Health virtual internship program.
Nyasa Times
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-360-inst
Las buckybolas, nanopartículas con superpoderes
An article mentions that Professor Emeritus Robert Curl and the late Richard Smalley shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with British chemist Sir Harold Kroto for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes, or “buckyballs,” a new form of carbon.
La Razón (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-larazon
Qui est Brian Armstrong le geek libertaire fondateur de Coinbase?
Alumnus Brian Armstrong is featured.
Challenges.fr (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-armstrong
SPORTS
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
An article previews Rice's football team after a scrimmage Aug. 21. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is interviewed.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-bloomgren (This segment aired twice.)
Deer Park's Meet the Team returns in fun fashion
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. Similar articles also appeared in Yahoo! Sports and Sooners Wire.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hc
MBB: Cottrell announces 2021-22 schedule
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play Houston Baptist University Dec. 11.
HBHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hbu
Girls volleyball: Harris hoping to set WW South to another title-filled season
An article featuring Darby Harris mentions that she plans to play volleyball at Rice.
Daily Herald
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-dh
Top 15 things to do this week in Houston: Aug. 23 to 29, 2021
A roundup mentions that Rice's Reckling Park is slated to host a celebrity softball game Aug. 29.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-365
Top 6 games and sports events in Houston this week: Aug. 23 to 29, 2021
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-365
Oklahoma football: Pods are next generation of conference alignment
An article mentions that Rice was part of the Southwest Conference.
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-fs
Shane Stone 'padels' to No. 2 in US
Former Rice tennis player and alumnus Shane Stone is featured.
Daily Express
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-stone
Handful of players held out
An article mentions that Rice's football team will play an away game against the University of Arkansas Sept. 4.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-adg
Offense pleasing to Briles
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-adg
Physicality strong part of practice
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-adg
Despite suitors, Odom feels 'blessed' to have Year 2 at Arkansas
Arkansas.Rivals.com (Similar article also appeared in SB Nation Saturday Down South, Yahoo! Sports and Auburn Wire.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-rivals
'KNWA News Today'
KNWA-TV (Ft. Smith, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-knwa (This segment aired three times.)
Football season preview: 2021 E-N Elite 11
Rice is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-expnews
Adios, UT and OU; hello, Big Texas Conference
Abilene Reporter News
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-arn
No. 4: Ford found his path forward as a freshman at John Burroughs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-stlpd
No. 5: No baloney, Parkway West's versatile Wayne gave up meat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-stlpd
A look at the schedule: Tyler Legacy Red Raiders
An article mentions that Davion Carter has committed to play football at Rice.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-tmt
The 12 loudest games at Memorial Stadium, beginning with a Halloween afternoon in 1992
A roundup mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Nebraska Sept. 15, 2001.
The McDuffie Progress
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-prog
Soccer hosts Sam Houston on Sunday
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated Sam Houston State University 4-0 Aug. 19.
LSUSports.net
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-lsu
Bruce Arians, Bucs feeling good about O-line depth
Former Rice football player Nick Leverett is featured.
Buccaneers.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-leverett
Conference USA 2021 football preview: Who will challenge UAB in a compelling race? Predictions, players to watch
Rice is mentioned.
The Athletic
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ta
WSOC: Huskies drop opener to North Texas
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play Houston Baptist University Aug. 27.
HBHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hbu
KTRS-AM (St. Louis)
Former Rice football player and alumnus Blaze Alldredge is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-alldredge
NEWS RELEASE
Trailblazing Rice bioengineer is turning cells into disease fighters
Viruses come in many flavors, and Rice bioengineer Isaac Hilton has long been fascinated by the kind that take control of cells without rewriting their genetic code. Hilton will be teaming with Baylor College of Medicine to create a new platform technology for cell and gene therapies, funded by a prestigious Trailblazer Award from the National Institutes of Health.
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-news-release-hilton