COVID-19 PANDEMIC
'Game-changer': Health experts optimistic about vaccines, equity after week of good news
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Feb. 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ho
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
'It just symbolizes everything': Bidens bring presidential PDA back to the White House
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Politico
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-brinkley
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project may 'wither on the vine' following sexual harassment scandal, prof says
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, is quoted.
Sputnik
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Opinion: Single on Valentine's Day and happily so
Elizabeth Brake, professor of philosophy, authored an article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Outlook section in the Feb. 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-brake
Moody Center art exhibition shows a half-century of Rothko’s influence
An article features the upcoming exhibit "Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration," which will be on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts Feb. 16 through May 15. The Houston Chronicle quotes Byron Kim, virtual artist-in-residence at Rice, and Frauke Josenhans, associate curator at the Moody Center.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Zest section in the Feb. 14 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kim-josenhans-moody-center
Top 11 things to do this week in Houston: Feb. 15-21, 2021
365 Things to Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-moody-center
Pct. 4 Commissioner Cagle takes the lead in Cypress Creek flood mitigation relief
An article mentions that experts from Rice completed a flood mitigation study on the Cypress Creek Watershed.
Houston Chronicle's (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hc
Over 90% of Hispanics and Latinos don’t like to be called Latinx
An article quotes Luis Duno-Gottberg, department chair and associate professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Metro section in the Feb. 14 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-duno-gottberg
Moonshot Compost moves to new, larger location
Rice is mentioned.
The Katy News
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kt
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Will all American cities soon look like Houston?
A book review features "Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America," authored by Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology.
The Christian Century
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-klineberg
Plasma gun sprays out high-quality graphene
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 quoted.
C&EN
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-tour
3 reasons why people have a BTC obsession
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Kryptomoney
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-dholakia
Ask the experts: Learning from the best
Jill Foote, senior lecturer in finance at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Wallethub
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-foote
New CRISPR tech targets human genome's complex code
An article features Rice research into a programmable gene editing tool called dCas9-dMSK1 that may lead to new therapies for cancer and other diseases. Co-authors Isaac Hilton, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering, and postdoctoral researcher Jing Li are quoted.
Global BioTech Insights
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hilton-li
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society's Clarke Award
An article features Mark Torres, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, who won the F.W. Clarke Award, the Geochemical Society’s top honor for early-career scientists.
7th Space
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-torres
Four Houston-area universities form a Black studies consortium
An article mentions that the Southeastern Texas African and African American Studies Consortium is a collaboration between Rice's Center for African and African American Studies and programs at other local universities.
The Journal of Black in Higher Education
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jbhe
Gordon Tullock: A birthday appreciation
Rice is mentioned.
American Institute for Economic Research
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-aier
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Michael Simpson: An opportunity for bipartisanship in public works
An op-ed mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
New Hampshire Union Leader
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kennedy
Nathan Allen: Find your thing at the intersection of skills, passion, and unmet need
Alumnus Nathan Allen is featured.
Billings Gazette
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-allen
SPORTS
Bassey leads Western Kentucky over Rice 77-71
Several articles mention that Rice's basketball team was defeated by Western Kentucky University 77-71. Feb. 12 and 89-66 Feb. 13.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets. This article also appeared in a roundup in the Feb. 14 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-rice-wku-mbb
Bassey scores 21 to carry Western Kentucky past Rice 89-66
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets. This article also appeared in a roundup in the Feb. 13 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-rice-wku-ap
WKU looks to extend streak vs Rice
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ap
Rice holds off Western Kentucky in return to court
Several articles mention that Rice's women's basketball team was defeated by Western Kentucky University 64-55 Feb. 12 and 77-74 Feb. 13.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-rice-wku-wbb
Rice sweeps Western Kentucky in return, looks to get back to conference dominance
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hc
Feb. 12: Rice vs. Western Kentucky
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-chron
UTSA athletic trainers look back on hurdles of playing football through COVID-19 pandemic
An article mentions that Rice's Nov. 7 game against the University of Texas at San Antonio was postponed.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Feb. 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-saexp
Introducing the Bless You Boys 2021 top 30 Tigers prospect rankings
Former Rice baseball player Trei Cruz Jr. is featured.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-cruz
USM baseball tabbed C-USA frontrunner in coaches’ preseason vote
Rice baseball is mentioned.
WDAM Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-wdam
Rays announce additional invites to Spring Training
Former Rice baseball player Tristan Gray is featured.
MLB
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-gray
Brock Holt among Rangers three new signings and six total invitations to Major League Spring Training camp
Former Rice baseball player Brock Holt is featured.
Fox Sports (This article also appeared in FanSided.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-holt
Fixing the Texans: Cornerback
Former Rice football player Phillip Gaines is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-gaines
Sunday notes: Jonathan Schoop needs a better two-strike approach (maybe)
Former Rice baseball player Ford Proctor is featured.
FanGraphs
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-proctor
UTSA soccer suffers first loss of season
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated the University of Texas at San Antonio 1-0 Feb. 11.
The Paisano
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-tp
Bengals finalize 2021 coaching staff with flurry of moves
Former Rice football player Justin Hill is featured.
Sports Illustrated's All Bengals (This article also appeared in SB Nation.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hill
Bengals hire Justin Hill as running backs coach, announce other changes to 2021 staff
Bengals.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hill
Twins Daily 2021 top prospects: No. 9 RHP Matt Canterino
Former Rice baseball player Matt Canterino is featured.
Twins Daily
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-canterino
All-Area High School Football (Offense) Team for Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties
An article mentions that Shawqi Itraish has committed to play football at Rice.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ht
NEWS RELEASES
Luminescent windows generate energy from inside and out
Rice engineers have suggested a colorful solution to next-generation energy collection: Luminescent solar concentrators in your windows. Led by Rafael Verduzco and postdoctoral researcher and lead author Yilin Li of Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, the team designed and built foot-square “windows” that sandwich a conjugated polymer between two clear acrylic panels.
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-news-release-verduzco-li
Collagen structures get the royal reveal
Collagen is the king of biological proteins, and now it has a SCEPTTr. That’s the handle of an algorithm developed by Rice scientists who study natural and synthetic versions of collagen, which accounts for about a third of the body’s proteins and forms the fibrous glue in skin, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments.
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-news-release-hartgerink