FEATURED ITEM
Behind the hedges
The architecture on Rice's campus is featured. Community members mentioned are President David Leebron; Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture; George Ristow, university architect; and alumni Rob Rogers '81 and Tyler Swenson '04.
Texas Architect
https://bit.ly/2VpFdfM
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Gas sellers reaped $11 billion windfall during Texas freeze
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in multiple media outlets.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
https://bloom.bg/3e1IQ1K
ERCOT report confirms gas- and coal-fired plant outages played big role in June grid woes
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Killeen Daily Herald, Marietta Daily Journal and Bakersfield Californian.)
https://bit.ly/3e1NFIu
The Texas grid is not on the special session's agenda. Here are some ideas lawmakers could have discussed.
KUT
https://bit.ly/3hrCafp
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
https://bit.ly/3e4yOwT
Abbott tells the PUC to, like, 'do something' about electricity and stuff
Off the Kuff
https://bit.ly/3xvmCwW
Biden's White House is pushing to undo the crack cocaine sentencing disparity. But will Republicans support it?
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in USA Today.)
https://yhoo.it/3yACpdO
Americans brace for higher gas prices this summer amid surging demand
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.
WEAR (This Sinclair Broadcast Group article appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/2SZmfM1
South Dakota guardsmen are 'currently' coming to Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
https://bit.ly/3hsDFdq
Heat waves and other extremes could force the lights off
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Washington Examiner
https://washex.am/2VfqzYf
You could inhale new COVID-19 vaccine
Scientists at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics are part of a study to develop an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine that can be transported and stored at room temperature. Study co-authors quoted or mentioned in Futurity are José Onuchic, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy, graduate student Esteban Dodero-Rojas and former postdoctoral researcher Vinicius Contessoto. The research is featured in a broadcast by KVCT.
Futurity
https://bit.ly/3AVFhEr
'Fox News @ 9'
KVCT-TV (Victoria, Texas)
https://bit.ly/3hSfiVF
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Street facing
The Kinder Institute for Urban Research report "Re-Taking Stock: Understanding How Trends in the Housing Stock and Gentrification are connected in Houston and Harris County" is cited, and the Rice Media Center is mentioned.
Texas Architect
https://bit.ly/2VhwQCM
These 10 Houston startups closed funding rounds in Q2
An article mentions Syzygy Plasmonics, a startup founded based on Rice research, and its CEO and co-founder, alumnus Trevor Best. The 2020 Texas Life Science Forum, co-hosted by the Rice Alliance, is also mentioned.
InnovationMap Houston
https://bit.ly/3hVYMUm
Houston environmental news update July 7, 2021
An article mentions a June 8 meeting hosted by the Texas Health and Environmental Alliance and Rice Architecture to discuss the Uneven RunOff Mapping Project, which highlights spatial inequalities of local industrial pollution and flooding in Harris County.
Citizens' Environmental Coalition Houston
https://bit.ly/3dXKJMY
San Marcos company NatuWrap increases shelf life of produce
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
Corridor News
https://bit.ly/36q15tE
Redundant — again
Rice and its founder, William Marsh Rice, are mentioned.
The Leader
https://bit.ly/3yFhFSf
BROADCAST
'On Your Side Tonight with Jamie Boll'
Collaborative Rice research on how rewards for employees can boost creativity is featured.
WBTV-TV (Charlotte, North Carolina)
https://bit.ly/3AJJgnb
‘Xploration Nature Knows Best’
Rice research on squids and lensless cameras is featured. Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, and Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are quoted.
WZDX-TV (Huntsville, Alabama)
https://bit.ly/2TMCeh6
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Soft shell keeps schwarzites from shattering
An article features collaborative Rice research into ceramics made with 3D printers and covered in a soft polymer, which keeps the ceramic from shattering. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry, research scientist Muhammad Rahman and graduate student Seyed Mohammad Sajadi.
World Industrial Reporter (Similar articles appeared in SlashGear, AzO Materials, Tech Investor News and 15MinuteNews.com.)
https://bit.ly/3hYvqVI
The pressure is off and high temperature superconductivity remains
The lab of Pengcheng Dai, professor of physics and astronomy, collaborated on the featured research.
Science Daily (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/2Uz9w3g
NOMA's Foundation Fellowship nurtures the next generation of architects and designers through mentorship and professional development at 19 architecture firms
An article mentions that McMurtry College senior Andrea Gomez received a National Organization of Minority Architects Foundation Fellowship.
Archinect
https://bit.ly/3xqIWaW
2014 Top Ten Textile Innovations of the Year
Collaborative Rice research that developed "wet spun" carbon nanotube fibers with performance properties far exceeding those of the competition is featured.
Fabric Link
https://bit.ly/3AFE3Nn
Kornbluh assumes role as Wayne State University provost
An article mentions that Mark Kornbluh formerly held an administrative position at Rice.
MITechNews.com
https://bit.ly/2SXKMRA
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
New technique turns carbon into diamond or graphene in a flash
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Weiyin Chen are mentioned in an article on their research.
Intelligent Living
https://bit.ly/3yFAfcX
Fluorocarbons market size 2021 global leading players, industry updates, future growth, business prospects, forthcoming developments and future investments by forecast to 2026
Rice research that developed a light-powered catalyst capable of breaking the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons is mentioned.
News Channel Nebraska
https://bit.ly/3ANUibe
Opinions of residents sought on public art project
Paul Hester, former lecturer of visual and dramatic arts at Rice, is featured.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article originally appeared in the Texarkana Gazette.)
https://bit.ly/3k00oPG
The future IBM we will probably never see
Alumnus Jim Whitehurst is mentioned.
The Next Platform
https://bit.ly/3eknwF9
Mashpee Senior Center — July 9, 2021
A Rice research study is mentioned.
The Mashpee Enterprise
https://bit.ly/2UznAK7
Candilejas y aplausos | A Humberto Márquez le pasa lo mismo que a usted
A Latin jazz project by Humberto Márquez and Luis Duno-Gottberg, department chair and associate professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, is mentioned. The article mentions it will air on KTRU.
Ciudad CCS (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/3AL0uR3
SPORTS
Rice University extends contract for men’s basketball head coach Scott Pera
Rice's head men's basketball coach Scott Pera has agreed to a contract extension through 2024. Athletics director Joe Karlgaard is quoted.
KPRC
https://bit.ly/3e0ueQr
Rice basketball coach Scott Pera agrees to extension through 2024
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 9 print edition and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-pera-karlgaard
'Fox 43 News at 10'
WPMT-TV (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; this segment aired five times.)
https://bit.ly/3e4qEVs
Dicky Maegle, former Steelers defensive back involved in one of college football's most legendary plays, dies at 86
An article features the late Rice football player Dicky Maegle, who died July 4 at 86. Maegle was well known for being awarded a touchdown in the 1954 Cotton Bowl after he was tackled by an Alabama player who was not in the game.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
https://bit.ly/3jXC0yd
The 3 Ogwumike sisters who could represent Nigeria at basketball in Tokyo
Former Rice basketball player Erica Ogwumike is mentioned.
The Will
https://bit.ly/3AEAfMa
Last week around the leagues
Former Rice baseball player Tony Cingrani is featured.
Our Sports Central
https://bit.ly/3xuzzHr
St. Pius X hosting middle school baseball showcase
The Rice baseball team is mentioned.
The Leader
https://bit.ly/3hVaoqD