NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Coronavirus briefing: What happened today
Several media outlets report that a testing center error has led to numerous testing anomalies 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. Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, is quoted in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-nyt
Rice University finds coronavirus testing error after plans to start online
EdScoop
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kirby
Briefly State
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kirby
Rice finds COVID-19 rate lower than originally thought
Inside Higher Ed (This article was also featured in the "Daily News Update" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kirby
See you in September? Or lose you to a summer virus?
Diverse Issues in Higher Education (This article also appeared in Today News Post.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-gorman
Daily markets: Retail earnings continue amid Washington's infrastructure gridlock
Nasdaq
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-nasdaq
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-ktrk (This segment aired twice.)
'The NewsEdge'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kriv (This segment aired twice.)
'KXAN News'
KXAN-TV (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kxan
'Fox News'
KVCT-TV (Victoria, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-kvct (This segment aired three times.)
The border crisis grows
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-ktrh
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-krld (This segment aired five times.)
KLIF-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-klif
EXCLUSIVE Venezuela swapped PDVSA oil for food, then punished the dealmakers
Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Center for the United States and Mexico and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Reuters (This article also appeared in more than 40 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-monaldi
US is importing large amount of Russian oil, but Facebook post misstates Keystone XL role
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is cited.
PolitiFact
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-finley
Menina de 9 anos com QI maior que Albert Einstein e Stephen Hawking quer ser astronauta
Rice is mentioned.
MSN Noticias (An English translation is not available. This article originally appeared in Hypeness.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-msn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
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 appeared in the Bakersfield Californian, Killeen Daily Herald, The Norman Transcript and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-klineberg
Rice University ranks in the top 10 best colleges
An article mentions that Rice is No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in Texas according to Niche's 2022 rankings.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-houstonia
Looking for Houston's Black-owned businesses? This new United Airlines app can be your guide.
An article cites collaborative Rice research that found predominantly Black neighborhoods led the region in the creation of new businesses in 2020.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-hc
Burger-Chan plans triumphant return to Houston dining scene after pandemic closure
An article featuring alumni Diane and Willet Feng mentions that they met while attending Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-fengs
Best places to study in Houston -- coffee shops, libraries and more
A roundup features Rice's Fondren Library.
Houston on the Cheap
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-hc
Indian tech firm launches digital transformation studio from its Plano hub
Rice is mentioned.
The Business Journals' NTX Inno
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-tbjs
BROADCAST
Texas House resumes work on election integrity bill, which could reach Abbott's desk in days
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 and interviewed.
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-jones
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice bioengineer receives Trailblazer Award to develop technology for reprogramming immune cells
An article features Isaac Hilton, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering, who won a Trailblazer Award from the National Institutes of Health to study non-integrating episomal DNA viruses for use in gene- and cell-therapy platforms.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-hilton
Ep. 619: Dr. Randi Martin: Long-term success in research on memory, language and the brain
A podcast revisits the 2015 interview with Randi Martin, the Elma Schneider Professor of Psychology.
People Behind the Science (This segment also appeared in Player FM.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-martin
Insulin implant for Type 1 diabetes
An article features Rice research on 3D printing an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics. Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and Jordan Miller, assistant professor of bioengineering, are mentioned.
Desang
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-veiseh-miller
Deciding factors
Alumnus Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor of Virginia, is featured.
Style Weekly
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-youngkin
Orchestras planning tech-savvy seasons using what they've learned during COVID
Alumnus Hsing-Hui is featured.
Strings (This article also appeared in the print and digital issues.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-hh
Modernizing through 'mutualisation' in a post-pandemic world
An article cites a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy on banks' expenses following the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Global Custodian
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-gc
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
10 full-time faculty members join Love School of Business
An article featuring Drew Peabody mentions that he is a former campus minister at Rice.
Elon University
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-eu
SPORTS
No. 16 Rice clips 'Jacks, 2-0
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated Stephen F. Austin University 2-0 Aug. 22.
The Daily Sentinel
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-ds
Might circumstances hasten Glenn Otto's big-league debut for the Rangers?
An article features former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto.
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-otto
Razorback football themed games announced
An article mentions Rice's season-opening football game Sept. 4 at the University of Arkansas.
University of Arkansas News
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-uark
Restoring gamedays: Razorback football is back!
Arkansas Razorbacks News
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-arn
'Sam Pittman Live' returns to Catfish Hole for 2021 season
Arkansas Razorbacks News (A similar article also appeared in 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-arn
'Fox 13 News'
WHBQ-TV (Memphis)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-whbq
Ranking all 30 Big 12 non-conference football games
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-hc
Big 12 football: Predicting every team's 2021 record at end of September
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-247
Five reasons Texas will have a successful 2021 season
Longhorns Wire
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-lw
Jeff Banks breaks down the status of Texas special teams
An article mentions the 2019 football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-sbn
2021 UTEP-UAB football game moved to Friday
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 20.
FBSchedules
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-fbs
East County football preview: Braden River High
An article mentions that Shawqi Itraish has signed to play football at Rice.
YourObserver.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-yo
NEWS RELEASES
Physicists find room-temperature, 2D-to-1D topological transition
Rice physicists Ming Yi, Jianwei Huang and their collaborators have discovered a room-temperature transition between 1D and 2D electrical conduction states in topological crystals of bismuth and iodine.
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-news-release-yi-huang
Drive-through voting is a hit with Harris County voters, according to newly released Rice U. survey
As Texas legislators continue fighting over election reform, drive-through voting is a big hit with Harris County voters who chose to cast their 2020 general election ballots in their cars – even among Republicans, according to a new survey by Rice political scientist Robert Stein and students Mason Reece, Chidimma Alilonu and Debi Saha.
http://dateline.rice/aug-24-news-release-stein