COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Harris Health System canceling COVID vaccination appointments due to short supply
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 and interviewed.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-ho
5 things for Houstonians to know for Friday, Jan. 22
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-ho
Students sue Rice University claiming they didn’t get the experience they paid for
An article mentions that a lawsuit was filed against Rice Jan. 11 seeking prorated tuition refunds after the university moved to remote learning when the pandemic broke out last year.
Legal Insurrection
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-li
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-ktrh (This segment aired four times.)
Baylor students must test weekly for COVID-19. Those who keep missing tests could lose Wi-Fi access.
An article mentions that Rice requires students to be tested every week to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-tex-trib
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Ancient Mars was more like Iceland than Idaho
A pair of articles feature collaborative Rice research into comparing the data from an ancient Martian crater to places on Earth where similar geologic formations have experienced weathering in different climates. Co-authors quoted include Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and alumnus Michael Thorpe.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-hajimirza-gonnermann
Mars once had a climate similar to Iceland, Houston researchers find
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 22 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-siebach-thorpe
Biden seeks to 'refresh' America's grand science strategy
The Biden administration "needs to focus on growing federal funding for R&D," according to Neal Lane, senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Axios
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-lane
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Waking up sleeping beauty — persistent IFN-gamma awakens and activates stem cells via BST2
An article mentions that Marek Kimmel, professor of statistics and of bioengineering, contributed to the featured research.
Baylor College of Medicine
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-kimmel
Performance from Houston’s Kinetic to show that 'Quiet' is the new loud
An article features alumni Lin Douglas and Giancarlo Latta, graduates of Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-douglas-latta
Sewing: Mentoring is the light that guides me forward
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-hc
Arts guide: It’s full steam ahead for Houston museum exhibitions
An arts roundup mentions that the exhibit "Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration" will be on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through May 15.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-moody-center
Historic Moderne home in River Oaks gets a second restoration
An article mentions that the late alumnus Hermon Lloyd designed several buildings at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-lloyd
BROADCAST
LBC (U.K.)
Kelsey Norman, a fellow at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy's Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program and author of “Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa,” is interviewed about how climate change may affect the flow of human migration.
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-1
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-2
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-3
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-4
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-5
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-norman-part-6
Mayor Turner, Black Lives Matter Houston address the future of police oversight board
An article mentions research by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research on police oversight groups in Texas’ major cities.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-kinder-study
Blount Co. Commission pulls proposal to cut number of polling places in half, plans for public forum
An article cites the 2012 study "Effect of Election Day Vote Centers on Voter Participation" by political scientists at Rice and the University of Alabama.
WBIR Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-wbir
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Much of Earth's nitrogen was locally sourced
An article features collaborative Rice research that shows the isotopic signatures of nitrogen in iron meteorites reveal that Earth likely gathered its nitrogen not only from the region beyond Jupiter’s orbit but also from the dust in the inner protoplanetary disk. Co-authors Rajdeep Dasgupta, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and graduate student Damanveer Grewal are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-dasgupta-grewal
Get lectured: UCLA, winter/spring '21
Jesús Vassallo, the Gus Wortham Assistant Professor of Architecture, will present the virtual lecture "Epics of the Everyday" April 23.
Archinect
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-vassallo
Interior Department announces new leaders
Alumna Ruchi Jain, who has been named Deputy Solicitor for General Law in the Department of the Interior, is featured.
Coastal Review Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-jain
Experts weigh in on new course of US-Mexico relations
An article mentions that Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the United States, recently participated in the panel discussion “A New Chapter In the U.S.-Mexico Relationship: What To Expect In 2021-2025” hosted by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Courthouse News Service
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-baker-talk
Wild changes in The Economist’s new MBA ranking
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is mentioned.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-jones-school
EPC vet King hired to lead Black & Veatch’s conventional power services biz
Alumnus Garry King is featured.
Power Engineering
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-king
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
From infinity and beyond — story time from space next week
An article mentions that alumna Shannon Walker will read the story "Willow the Water Bear" from the International Space Station Jan. 26.
The Mirror
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-walker
Early decision process proves tedious, yet extremely rewarding
Rice is mentioned.
Berkeley High Jacket
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-bhj
SPORTS
North Texas' men's, women's basketball series against Old Dominion postponed
An article mentions that Rice's men's and women's basketball teams are slated to play the University of North Texas Jan. 28 and 30.
Denton Record-Chronicle (This article also appeared in North Texas Daily.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-mbb-wbb
Texas A&M baseball team skips Houston’s College Classic over scheduling concerns
An article mentions that the Rice baseball team is slated to compete in the 2021 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic March 5-7.
The Eagle
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-eagle
Virginia is in a familiar spot at the top of the ACC thanks to an uncommon scoring surge
Former Rice basketball player Trey Murphy III is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This Washington Post article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-hc
UVA's Trey Murphy III grew into an ACC player after starting his career at Rice
Richmond.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-richmond
Cowgirls visit SMU for DH on Friday
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team defeated McNeese State University last week.
KPLC Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-kplc
Vance McDonald decision to save Steelers millions in cap space
Former Rice football player Vance McDonald is featured.
Heavy
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-mcdonald
Razorbacks eye full capacity for 2021 football season
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Arkansas Sept. 24.
Whole Hog Sports
http://dateline.rice/jan-22-rice-uark