NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
How Trump and conservative media are cashing in on disinformation
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Mother Jones
https://bit.ly/3BubCCe
Texas Dem doubles down on statement that economy is ‘wide open’ as Biden extends border restrictions
Rice research on the economic impact of U.S.-Mexico COVID-19 border closings is cited. Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar for the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and author of the research mentioned, is mentioned in NSS Oaxaca, ANSA Latina and El Periódico de México.
Fox Business (This article also appeared in Wealth Creation Investing.)
https://fxn.ws/3eM8zM5
EE UU aplaza la reapertura de la frontera con México hasta el 21 de agosto
NSS Oaxaca (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3eJLhqd
Frontera México-EEUU seguirá cerrada
ANSA Latina (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/2UBhadH
Los comercios de la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos agonizan a la espera de la reapertura
El Periódico de México (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3eHCIwc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s — thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, authored an article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article originally appeared in The Conversation.)
https://bit.ly/3zpmyzs
Best Of: How do we find innovative solutions and tap into creativity in times of crisis?
The Apollo ABVM, an automated bag valve mask device designed by a team of Rice engineers and students for use on COVID-19 patients, is featured.
Houston Public Media
https://bit.ly/3BFeUD0
Government examining plastic containers' connection to 'forever chemicals'
Michael Wong, the William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
https://bit.ly/3hSww6l
Hazardous chemical leak in La Porte
Timothy Morton, the Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, is featured on "Houston Matters."
Houston Public Media
https://bit.ly/3iC9QXd
Democrats who stayed behind as colleagues fled to DC quietly try to take care of business in Texas
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.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required. This Dallas Morning News article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/3kIAm3I
New LGBTQIA+ exhibit unveiled at Texas A&M’s Cushing Memorial Library
Rice is mentioned as a partner on the featured exhibit.
KBTX
https://bit.ly/3iDXnCi
BROADCAST
'Newscenter 25 @ 6'
A broadcast features OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
KAVU-TV (Victoria, Texas)
https://bit.ly/3eJRWAJ (This segment also aired on five other KAVU newscasts.)
'Chasing the Moon: American Experiences'
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
KUHT-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/2V6pt17
'WCPO 9 News at 5:30 p.m.'
WCPO-TV (Cincinnati)
https://bit.ly/2UYqdoR
Great American Stories: Stellar endeavors
Fairfield Sun Times
https://bit.ly/2Wb5C1e
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Creating seeds to grow near-perfect perovskite crystals
An article features Rice research that created microscopic seeds to grow crystals that are highly efficient at converting sunlight into electricity. Amanda Marciel, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair and assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Aditya Mohite, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and graduate students Siraj Sidhik and Mohammad Samani are mentioned or quoted.
New Energy and Fuel (This article also appeared in Before It's News.)
https://bit.ly/3hWFu2r
How to support staff's creativity
Research by Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured. She is quoted.
Dayspa
https://bit.ly/3eK2XSK
You should take these free courses on personal finance
A Coursera offering by Rice, Finance for Non-Finance Professionals, is featured.
Lifehacker
https://bit.ly/3kOiQv0
Split expert steps up to Shoe Carnival
Rice research on stock splits is cited.
Moneyshow
https://bit.ly/36VkcMy
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
More on James Tour's abiogenesis YouTube series
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 featured.
Ricochet
https://bit.ly/3f3tLNZ
Legatus Christi Award
Rice students Zachary McCray and Robin Kim received Legatus Christi Awards.
Ratio Christi
https://bit.ly/3eLjkyi
Henkel North America continues commitment to educate the next generation
An article mentions that incoming Rice student Daniel Bacuyag received a Henkel Scholarship.
WRDE (This article appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/2Tvybpa
Rice University graduate supports community through her business skills
Alumna Merinda Watkins-Martin ’91 is featured.
NewsBreak
https://bit.ly/3BEkHJ5
Thursdays @ Three: Fifth Mirror
Alumna Lucia Atkinson, a member of the violin duo Fifth Mirror, is featured.
All Classical Portland
https://bit.ly/3zundQ9
Arianna Rosenbluth changed the world before leaving science behind
The late alumna Arianna Rosenbluth ’46 is featured.
Leisure Guy
https://bit.ly/3eKsrPK
Syntellis Performance Solutions appoints Flint Brenton as new chief executive officer
Alumnus Flint Brenton ’84 is featured.
Le Lézard
https://bit.ly/3zrqOyu
Microsoft: 5 ways to make open source a reality at your company
Alumna Stormy Peters authored an article.
The New Stack
https://bit.ly/3x0zeuV
SPORTS
Allstate: Community champions nominated for Allstate's 30th AFCA Good Works Team
Rice football player Ikenna Enechukwu is an Allstate/American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team nominee. The award honors players who demonstrate exceptional leadership on and off the field.
MarketScreener
https://bit.ly/3izcz3L
AFCA recognizes Empey as Good Works Team candidate
BYUCougars.com
https://bit.ly/3xXAyQp
Keating Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee
UConnHuskies.com
https://bit.ly/3iyIYYg
'Texas 2 Tokyo'
Former Rice track and field athlete Ariana Ince is featured.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/36RiYSi
CFISD alumni to participate in 2020 Summer Olympics
Former Rice women’s basketball player Erica Ogwumike is featured.
KPRC (This article originally appeared in VYPE.)
https://bit.ly/36TvwZs
In 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Texas athletes made their mark
Former Rice track and field athletes and Olympic medalists Fred Hansen and Dave Roberts are featured. Former assistant track and field coach Augue Erfurth is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
https://bit.ly/36QTIvl
Rockets name Julian Duncan chief marketing and strategy officer
Former Rice football player Julian Duncan is featured.
Forward Times
https://bit.ly/3ybIy0B
ALL ABOUT HER: Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo’s girlfriend Mariah Riddlesprigger?
Former Rice volleyball player Mariah Riddlesprigger, girlfriend of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, is featured.
The Sun (A similar article appeared in VidMid.)
https://bit.ly/3hX35jv
Η αφοπλιστική σύντροφος του Γιάννη Αντετοκούνμπο, Μαράια: «Δεν είμαι και δεν πρόκειται να γίνω ποτέ super model»
The Newspaper (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in The World News, LadyLike, TikiTakas and Iefimerida.)
https://bit.ly/2V63tn3
Suleiman Braimoh refuerzo interior para San Pablo Burgos
Former Rice basketball player Suleiman Braimoh, who has signed to play for Hereda San Pablo Burgos in Spain, is featured.
NoticiasDe (An English translation is not available. Similar articles appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/3wZ8lHR
NEWS RELEASES
US should fully reopen Mexican border, vaccinate people on both sides, says expert
The United States-Mexico border should be fully reopened — with people on both sides given easier and expanded access to vaccines in the U.S. — according to a new brief from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Banning Mexican citizens and residents from crossing the border while allowing U.S. citizens to pass back and forth freely has not stopped the virus from spreading, writes Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, but it has depressed economic activity on both sides.
https://bit.ly/3iFurd0
Pathogens get comfy in designer goo
Researchers who want bacteria to feel right at home in the laboratory have put out a new welcome mat. Rice bioengineers and Baylor College of Medicine scientists looking for a better way to mimic intestinal infections that cause diarrhea and other diseases have built and tested a set of hydrogel-based platforms to see if they could make both transplanted cells and bacteria comfy.
https://bit.ly/3iBtXEV