WINTER STORM
Texas’ big freeze may not bring the reforms it showed are needed
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.
The Economist
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-jones
Las Vegas Sands lobbyist spitting in wind when suggesting casino in Dallas, says Texas political analyst
Casino.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-jones
Column: The Texas crisis reminds us that ‘natural’ disasters are almost always manmade
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in the Los Angeles Times, and he authored an op-ed in the Boston Globe.
Los Angeles Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-krane
Can Saudi Arabia use 'clean oil' to buy time in the fight against climate change?
Boston Globe
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-krane
How Houston universities weathered the winter storm and its aftermath
An article details how Rice weathered the recent winter storm and administered 800 COVID-19 vaccines to on-campus students, faculty and staff when the Harris County Public Health Department building lost power. President David Leebron and Kevin Kirby, vice president for administration, are quoted. Texas Monthly also mentions Rice's vaccination efforts.
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-leebron-kirby
The winter storm set Texas far back in COVID-19 vaccinations
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-rice-vacc
Texans will pay for decades as crisis tacks billions onto bills
Julie Cohn, nonresident scholar in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohn
Analysis — Texas blackout: How can electricity grids weather climate shocks?
Reuters
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohn
Power and justice in the lone grid state: Graduate School of Design weighs in
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
The Harvard Gazette
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohan
Fact check: Posts falsely claim Biden gave China control of US power grid
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohan
ERCOT asked feds to pause federal environmental limits during winter storm
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohan
Texas' plight exposes vulnerability of power grids to climate change, experts say
KTVU Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cohan
Infrastructure isn’t an abstract concept. It’s very personal.
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an article.
Curious on Medium
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-fulton
Racial inequities emerge as Houston recovers from last week’s winter storm
Zeinab Bakhiet, research project manager for the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about how minority communities in Houston may be disproportionately affected by the recent winter storm.
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on Texas Public Radio's more than 20 affiliate stations.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-bakhiet
White House says Texas winter storm likely due to climate change
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
The Indian Express (This Reuters article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-blackburn
Mexico blames blackout on Texas natural gas supply as winter weather leads to power outages
Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies at the Baker Institute's Center for the United States and Mexico and Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
El Paso Times
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-duhalt
Sugar Land mom shares grief, memories after fire during freeze kills her 3 kids and mother
An article reports that the mother and three young children of Jackie Nguyen, a student at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, died in a house fire Feb. 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Feb. 23 print edition and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-22-nguyen
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How 5 universities tried to handle COVID-19 on campus
An article features Rice's plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which have required students to be tested every week and established a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. Yousif Shamoo, Rice’s vice provost for research and a professor of biochemistry and cell biology, and Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, are quoted.
Science News
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-shamoo-garza
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
As buildings' life spans shrink, developers try to adjust
Jefferson Duarte, the Gerald D. Hines Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance and director of real estate initiatives at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-duarte
Amid increasing secularization and waning influence, can the Black church evolve?
Anthony Pinn, founding director of Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies and the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, is quoted.
Deseret News
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-pinn
Daily on Energy, sponsored by EFP: Is Biden standing down on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline?
An energy roundup quotes Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-mikulska
Chinese, Indian students make up half of foreign students in US
Rice is mentioned in a caption.
VOA
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-voa
Montana's health policy MVP takes her playbook on the road
An article mentions that Rice is collaborating with the National Academy for State Health Policy to develop the Hospital Cost Tool.
USA Today (This Kaiser Health News article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-usatoday
Your data is a weapon that can help change corporate behavior
An article cites collaborative Rice research into how AI may identify misalignment in team members’ mental models during complex health care tasks.
Fortune
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-fortune
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice Management Co. wants local, popular restaurants for The Ion
An article features Rice's redevelopment of Houston's historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of this year. Sam Dike, the Rice Management Co.’s manager of strategic initiatives, is quoted.
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-the-ion-dike
Best Literacy Advocate: Andrea 'Vocab' Sanderson
An article featuring Andrea Sanderson, San Antonio’s poet laureate, mentions that she has performed at Rice.
San Antonio Magazine
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-sam
James Turrell’s 'Twilight Epiphany' Skyspace after the freeze
An article features James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Glasstire
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-skyspace
BROADCAST
Will lawsuits against ERCOT succeed? (Feb. 23, 2021)
A broadcast features a 2017 discussion about the original house of Arthur Cohn, Rice's first business manager.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-hpm
'Channel 2 Action News'
Rice is mentioned.
WSB-TV (Atlanta)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-wsb
Metro Atlanta teen 1 of 7 Georgia finalists for prestigious Coke Scholarship
WSB TV Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-wsb
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Why the pursuit of unanimous beliefs can harm us all
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-dholakia
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a collaborative Rice study. Co-authors Oleg Igoshin, professor of bioengineering and of biosciences and chemistry, and alumnus Satyajit Rao are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-igoshin-rao
Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows
An article features Rice research that found governments with strong female representation are more likely to deliver on campaign promises. Jonathan Homola, assistant professor of political science, is cited.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-homola
To counter extremism, focus on causes, not merely symptoms
Tom Kolditz, director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders, authored an op-ed.
Air Force Times
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-kolditz
Cannabis companies raised $1.4 billion in January
A roundup features a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy that found marijuana policy will continue to be inequitable without federal intervention.
Insider
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-bipp
Conflict or consensus? What the research really reveals about the relationship between science and religion
An article cites research into the religious beliefs of scientists by Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice.
The Informant
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ecklund
Amatonormativity
Elizabeth Brake, professor of philosophy, is quoted.
Cosmopolitan (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Lifestyle.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-brake
How organic farmer Nazeer Sonday became an accidental warrior for land reform and ecological justice
An article cites an essay about Costa Rica water rights authored by Andrea Ballestero, associate professor of anthropology.
Our Burning Planet
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ballestero
Magnetic effect without a magnet
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
ChemEurope.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ce
In new step towards autonomous materials, researchers design patterns in self-propelling liquid crystals
An image is credited to Rafael Verduzco, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
Nanowerk
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-verduzco
Rice’s Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
An article features Yingyan Lin, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to make deep learning hardware accelerators more efficient and their development faster.
Bioengineer
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-lin
Egis promotes Alaa Abu Siam to executive director for the Middle East
An article mentions that Alaa Abu Siam has an executive accelerated development qualification from Rice.
Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Middle East
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-siam
2U, Guild tap deeper into adult education market
Rice is mentioned.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ihe
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
The government 'definitely wanted' Newcastle takeover to go through — and its collapse was 'embarrassing'
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Chronicle Live
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ulrichsen
Despite security concerns, online voting advances
Dan Wallach, a Rice professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Norwalk Reflector
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-wallach
Seven hundred leagues beneath Titan's methane seas
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Up News Info
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-kennedy
SPORTS
Rice wins series with HBU with 1-0 walk-off victory
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team defeated Houston Baptist University 1-0 Feb. 22.
Houston Chronicle (This roundup appeared in the Feb. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-hc
Arella Guirantes named a finalist for Senior CLASS Award
An article mentions that Rice basketball player Nancy Mulkey is a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award, which honors excellence in the community, classroom and competition.
Rutgers Athletics News
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-mulkey
No. 13 Baylor men's golf returns to action at Border Olympics
An article mentions that Rice's golf team is competing in the Border Olympics golf tournament Feb. 21-23 in Laredo, Texas.
SicEm365.com (Similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-sicem
Roundup: Shepherd women fall to Division I Liberty
A roundup features Rice baseball player Austin Bulman.
The Journal
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-bulman
Bernardo Paez remembers his days as Jefferson’s star QB
An article featuring former Rice football player Bernardo Paez quotes or mentions former Owls Eddie Lofton, Tommy Kramer and Chase Clement and former head coach Al Conover.
Brooklyn Eagle
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-paez
Sarah Thomas: Kicked out of the men's basketball league, she set her sights on the Super Bowl
An article mentions the 2011 football game between Rice and Northwestern University, which saw Sarah Thomas become the first woman to officiate a football game at a Big Ten stadium.
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-cnn
10 players to watch in Twins spring training
An article features former Rice baseball player Matt Canterino.
Twins Daily
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-canterino
Chuck Landon: MU, WVU have North Texas in common
Rice is mentioned.
The Herald-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-hd
Ole Miss 8, Texas 1: After 2021's first impression, Horns won't 'feel sorry for ourselves'
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team defeated the University of Texas at Austin in 2001.
HookEm.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-he
Oregon State to hire A.J. Steward as RB coach
Former Rice assistant football coach A.J. Steward is featured.
Oregon State Rivals
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-ors
AJ Steward tabbed as Oregon State's running backs coach
OSUBeavers.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-osu
OFFICIAL: Panthers announce new coaching staff hires
Former Rice assistant football coach Frank Okam is featured.
Sports Illustrated's All Panthers
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-siap
NEWS RELEASE
Farmers in developing countries can protect both profits and endangered species
Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood. A new paper by Rice economist Ted Loch-Temzelides examines such circumstances faced by farmers in Pakistan.
http://dateline.rice/feb-23-news-release-temzelides