COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Chip delivers COVID-19 test results on a phone
An article features Rice research that developed a microfluidic chip that measures the concentration of protein biomarkers for COVID-19 in blood serum from a standard finger prick and delivers results on a smartphone in less than an hour. Co-author Peter Lillehoj, associate professor and the Shankle Chair in Mechanical Engineering, is quoted.
National Science Foundation
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-lillehoj
The week in COVID and education policy: 17 key updates on schools, students and why one district is investing in cell towers
An article features collaborative Rice research that found a school's internet-access spending is associated with improved graduation rates and fewer disciplinary problems at schools.
The 74
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-74
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Biden's border strategies won't work
Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, authored an article.
Foreign Policy (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-norman
At a hotel in Caracas, oil executives weigh a return to Venezuela
Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Center for the United States and Mexico and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-monaldi
Tucker Carlson: Media ignoring facts about Atlanta shooter to boost their political agenda
President Leebron is quoted.
Fox News (This segment also aired twice on Fox News.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-leebron
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Alice recognizes native Nobel Prize winners with billboards
An article features Professor Emeritus Robert Curl, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes, or “buckyballs,” a new form of carbon.
Alice Echo-News Journal
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-curl
Houston expert: How to use the power of data and analytics to inform small businesses
An article features Rice's Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge (D2K), which provides a clinic for one-time sessions and a semesterlong D2K Capstone program that forms interdisciplinary teams of advanced undergraduate and graduate students to solve pressing real-world data science challenges. The article was authored by Shanna Jin, communications and marketing specialist at the D2K.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-jin
More time to make music: Lubbock Symphony Orchestra's David Cho signed on through 2023-24 season
Alumnus David Cho, graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music and former guest conductor for the Shepherd School Orchestras, is featured. Larry Rachleff, the Walter Kris Hubert Professor of Orchestral Conducting, is mentioned.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-cho-rachleff
Shaul Magid opens JCC series on Historical Jewish Response to Plagues
An article featuring Shaul Magid mentions that he formerly taught at Rice.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-jhv
March 19, 1967: The girl in the well, Coogs reach Final Four
Alumnus and former lecturer Larry McMurtry is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-mcmurtry
Astronomers say this planet lost its atmosphere, then regained it
Graduate student Asa Stahl authored an article.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-stahl
Today Port Arthur legend Bun B celebrates his 48th birthday
Rapper Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-bunB
WCBS-AM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-bunB
How Operation Connectivity is tackling broadband access for students in Texas
An article features Gabriella Rowe, former executive director of the Ion, Rice's redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the centerpiece of a local innovation district.
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-the-ion
BROADCAST
Experts agree Texas voting systems needs to be reformed but disagree how
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-stein
Bravery and imagination required to get Texas women back to work
A broadcast and article feature Julie Fette, associate professor of Classical and European Studies, and Quianta Moore, the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, who participated in a town hall discussion March 18 about how women in the workplace have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and provide strategies to help them return to their careers.
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-moore
'News Nation Prime'
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
WGN America (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-payan
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about Mexico's attempts to prevent migrants from entering the country along its southern border.
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-correacabrera
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Plasmonic gold nanogaps make light shine ever brighter
An article features Rice research detailing a phenomenon that boosts the light from a nanoscale device more than 1,000 times greater than anticipated. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Doug Natelson, professor of physics and astronomy, of electrical and computer engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, and the department chair of physics and astronomy, former postdoctoral fellow Longji Cui and graduate student Yunxuan Zhu.
Nanowerk
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-natelson
Want to win Latino voters? Drop the assumptions and organize
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.
National Catholic Reporter
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-jones
With $1 million grant, 25 Alliance of Baptists congregations are working to understand systemic racism and overcome it
An article mentions that Michael Emerson, fellow at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is collaborating on an online survey that will be administered to the larger Alliance of Baptists community.
Baptist News Global
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-emerson
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
MCS senior earns candidacy for national scholarships
An article featuring Victoria Santos mentions that she plans to attend Rice on the QuestBridge National Match scholarship.
Marianas Variety (This article also appeared in Saipan Tribune.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-mv
Assistant professor of psychology Richard Lopez named 'APS Rising Star' by the Association for Psychological Science
An article featuring Richard Lopez mentions that he is a former postdoctoral fellow at Rice's Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab.
Bard University News
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-bardu
UC Santa Cruz joins new consortium to ensure future of SlaveVoyages database
An article mentions that Rice is one of six partnering institutions in the SlaveVoyages consortium, which will continue to serve as a resource for new initiatives and broader public understanding of the history of slavery.
UC Santa Cruz
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-ucsc
GOPIO organizes 1st ever webinar session 'India’s Outreach to the Diaspora -- Youth Perspective'
Sid Richardson College sophomore Nithya Shenoy is quoted.
The Indian Panorama
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-shenoy
'Blood Relative' genetic mystery pilot is filmed at old Des Allemands bridge in St. Charles
Rice is mentioned.
Nola.com
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-nola
SPORTS
Rice women's basketball dominates fourth quarter for WNIT win over ASU
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated Arizona State University 48-36 March 19 in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.
AZ Central
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-wbb
Harter collects 10th consecutive South Central Region honor
An article features Rice runner Grace Forbes, who earned All-American honors by placing 19th in the 6,000-meter race at the NCAA Cross Country Championships March 15.
Razorbacks News
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-forbes
Diamond Dog non-conference opponents RPI and records
A roundup mentions that Rice's baseball team was defeated by University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-247
UTEP schedules Saturday showdown with No. 15 Oklahoma State
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play the University of Texas at El Paso April 8.
KTSM Online
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-ktsm
'Cats run-rule Rice, prepare for Sun Belt competition
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was defeated by Texas State University 16-5 March 17.
San Marcos Daily Record
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-smdr
College Football’s 20 best safeties of 2021
An article mentions the 2020 football game between Rice and Middle Tennessee State University.
Stay Alive In Power
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-saip
Women's basketball recovers from their rough start
An article mentions that Rice women's basketball team defeated the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 83-51 Dec. 16.
The Vermilion
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-wbb
Demons head to Sam Houston for first road SLC series since 2019
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was defeated by Sam Houston State University earlier this season.
NSU Demons Sports News (This article also appeared in KALB Online.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-nsu
Baylor wins in 5 at Houston, Kentucky vs. Florida tops busy NCAA volleyball Friday, UVA staff fired
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play Baylor University March 19.
Volleyball.com (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-volley
Tech softball team hosts McHaney Classic
An article mentions the 62nd Ralph O'Connor Rice Invitational tennis tournament slated for four match days between March 19-April 3. Assistant coach Bojan Szumanski is mentioned.
Lubbock Avalanche-Online (A similar article also appeared in TexasTech.com.)
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-szumanski
Just how good are the Twins at drafting?
Former Rice baseball player Matt Canterino is featured.
Prospects 1500
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-canterino
NEWS RELEASE
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator now accepting summer applications
Applications to join the first Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator cohort are open to early-stage clean energy startups. The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator — located in Houston, the energy capital of the world — will provide participants access to Rice Alliance’s network of energy corporations, investors and advisers.
http://dateline.rice/mar-19-news-release-rice-alliance