FEATURED ITEM
Two college pals reunite after 50 years in race for COVID-19 vaccines
An article features former Rice roommates and alumni Barney Graham, deputy director of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health's Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Bill Gruber, senior vice president of vaccine clinical research and development for Pfizer Inc.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-graham-gruber
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is returning to space — this time, on a private ride
An article features alumna Peggy Whitson, who will serve as the mission commander for Axiom Space's second private flight to the International Space Station.
The Verge
http://dateline.rice/may-25-whitson
States can drive innovation and economic growth, but they can't do it alone
An article cites demographic research by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kinder-study
Canadian mezzo-soprano on finding her feet at the Metropolitan Opera, the anxiety to perform well, and why singing Carmen scares her
Alumna Carolyn Sproule is featured, and Stephen King, the Lynette S. Autrey Chair of Voice at the Shepherd School of Music, is mentioned.
South China Morning Post
http://dateline.rice/may-25-sproule-king
Sixty years ago, this JFK speech launched America's race to the moon
President John F. Kennedy’s "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
CNN (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kennedy
Let's do hard things again
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (This article appeared in the May 25 print editions of The Trentonion, the Pottstown Mercury, the Westchester Daily Local News, the Lansdale Reporter, the Norristown Times Herald and the Primos Daily Times. This article also appeared in yesterday's edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kennedy
Necessary but not sufficient: Presidents and space policy 60 years after Kennedy
The Space Review (A similar article also appeared in The Spokesman-Review.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kennedy
'Good Day Tulsa'
KTUL-TV (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kennedy (This segment aired twice.)
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Colorado offers to pay hospitals to close free-standing ERs
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This Kaiser Health News article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets, and it appeared on the front of the Front Range section in the May 23 print edition of the Longmont Times-Call.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-ho
As Texas power grid reforms take shape, natural gas suppliers evade scrutiny
BROADCAST
One year later: Reflecting on the legacy of George Floyd (May 25, 2021)
Adria Baker, associate vice provost for international education, is interviewed about the decline of international student enrollments due to the pandemic.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-baker
Rice University builds flood alert system that could help save lives
An article and broadcast mention that Rice has collaborated on the development of a radar-based flood assessment and early warning system in Houston. Phil Bedient, director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is interviewed.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired twice on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-bedient
Is it over yet?
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-flood-system
'Capital Tonight'
Lora Wildenthal, the John Anthony Weir Professor of History, is interviewed about Texas legislation aiming to ban public schools from teaching critical race theory.
Spectrum News Austin
http://dateline.rice/may-25-wildenthal (This segment aired 11 times.)
Ronnie Lillard on the musical legacy of George Floyd
Christian hip-hop artist and alumnus Ronnie Lillard is interviewed.
Q with Tom Power (This segment aired on more than 500 stations across Canada and the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-lillard
Tuesday, May 25, 2021: Sharon Stone, Ronnie Lillard and more
CBC Radio One
http://dateline.rice/may-25-lillard
'Fox 26 News'
A broadcast shows recent heavy rains on the Rice campus.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kriv
'Fox 26: The News Edge'
A broadcast features collaborative Rice research to develop a wireless, fully implantable device that can control the body's circadian clock.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kriv
A broadcast featuring Sophie Urban mentions that she plans to study at Rice's Shepherd School of Music next semester.
KRDO Online (This segment also aired on KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs, Colorado.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-krdo
KTRH-AM (Houston)
Rice is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/may-25-ktrh
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Experts discover semimetal with naturally occurring quantum criticality
An article features collaborative research by Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
Science Times
http://dateline.rice/may-25-si
Researchers find semimetal that clings to a quantum precipice
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/may-25-si
New quantum material discovered
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/may-25-si
RAMBO reveals magnetic phenomenon useful for quantum simulation and sensing
An article features collaborative Rice research into the tunable and ultrastrong spin-spin interactions in orthoferrites under a strong magnetic field. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Junichiro Kono, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Engineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering; alumni Takuma Makihara, Timothy Noe and Xinwei Li; and graduate student Nicolas Peraca.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/may-25-kono
America's Electric Cooperatives
http://dateline.rice/may-25-jones
7 change management tips: Houston CIO of the Year winners share
The Enterprisers Project
http://dateline.rice/may-25-jelinkova
Retiring Rice University GC on the evolution of higher ed
A Q&A features Richard Zansitis, vice president and general counsel at Rice, who will retire at the end of 2021. President David Leebron is mentioned.
Law360
http://dateline.rice/may-25-zansitis-leebron
How grief can affect the immune system
An article features research by Christopher Fagundes, associate professor of psychology, and graduate student Lydia Wu into the long-term health impacts of losing a spouse.
LabRoots
http://dateline.rice/may-25-fagundes
[OPINION] Discovering the Lubao Fault
An article features alumnus Ando Siringan.
Rappler.com
http://dateline.rice/may-25-siringan
Small businesses have grown in Black communities. Was it the incentive?
An article mentions that economists from Rice collaborated on an analysis of startup activity that examined more than two years' worth of business registration records from eight states.
Fior Reports (This New York Times article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets, and it appeared on the front page of the May 25 print edition of The Buffalo Times and in the print editions of The Globe and Mail's Ottawa/Quebec edition, Prairie edition and Alberta edition. This article also appeared on the front of the Business & Farm sections in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-fr
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Speak out on what Santa Fe's night skies need
An op-ed authored by June Ferrill mentions that she formerly taught at Rice.
Santa Fe New Mexican (This column also appeared on the front of the Opinion section in the May 25 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-sfnm
COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Senior centers offer to-go lunches | Area resident graduates from Rice | College honors White Hall student
A roundup features alumnus Axel Ntamatungiro.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article also appeared in the May 22 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-ntamatungiro
SPORTS
Rice fires baseball coach Matt Bragga
An article reports that Rice head baseball coach Matt Bragga has been released from his contract. Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard is quoted. Former head coach Wayne Graham and former Owl Lance Berkman are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the May 25 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-hc
NCAA baseball: Texas A&M does not renew Childress contract
Tyler Morning Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/may-25-tmt
Rice AD announces coaching change for baseball program: Matt Bragga let go after three seasons
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/may-25-karlgaard
'ABC 13 Eyewitness News'
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/may-25-karlgaard (This segment aired twice.)
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-25-karlgaard (This segment aired twice.)
The ultimate hill workout
Former Rice track and field athlete Becky Wade authored an article.
Outside
http://dateline.rice/may-25-wade
Professor, musician, athlete, county supervisor. John Donaldson touched many lives in Fresno
An article features late alumnus and former Rice track and field athlete John Donaldson, who died May 23 at 95. The article also mentions that Donaldson's mother earned her bachelor's degree at Rice in 1922.
GV Wire
http://dateline.rice/may-25-donaldson
Twins minor league week in review: Six-game series
An article mentions former Rice baseball player Matt Canterino.
Twins Daily
http://dateline.rice/may-25-canterino
Predicting every Big 12 football team's final 2021 record
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18.
USA Today's Longhorns Wire
http://dateline.rice/may-25-lw
NEWS RELEASE
Odd angles make for strong spin-spin coupling
Rice physicist Junichiro Kono, alumnus Takuma Makihara and their collaborators found an orthoferrite material, when placed in a high magnetic field, shows uniquely tunable, ultrastrong interactions between magnons.
http://dateline.rice/may-25-news-release-kono-makihara