NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
US removes missile defenses from Saudi Arabia
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Axios.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
From pariah to partner: How Qatar's role in Afghanistan helped to restore US relations
NBC News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
How Qatar became the US-Taliban mediator — and what happens next
Middle East Eye (A similar article also appeared in Blitz.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
AP News in Brief
The Charlotte Observer (Similar AP news briefs appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
EEUU retiró misiles de base en Arabia Saudí, revelan fotos
The Associated Press (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ulrichsen
Analysis: Proposed Texas-Mexico border wall draped in legal, ethical concerns and politics
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.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in USA Today, and it appeared in MSN and Texas News Today.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-jones
Marc Stanley nominated as ambassador to Argentina
Texas Jewish Post
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-jones
En Washington y Wall Street advierten sobre una radicalización del Gobierno
OPI Santa Cruz (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Clarín.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-jones
President Biden announced a new vaccine mandate — but what is a mandate, and what happens if you don't comply?
Larry Stuart, lecturer of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Health.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-stuart
China busca lucrar com o colapso da indústria petrolífera da Venezuela
Francisco 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.
Hoje em Israel (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-monaldi
Sertifikat vaksin ditanam di kulit, hoaks atau fakta?
Kevin McHugh, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
Sinar Harapan (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mchugh
Rice University named one of the greatest schools in US in prestigious new report
Articles mention that Rice is one of just four universities named to 11 of The Princeton Review's "Great Lists," a report that analyzed 30 years of reviews.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13, and it also appeared in CultureMap.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
30 CA colleges make Princeton Review's 2022 'best' list
MSN (This article originally appeared in Patch, and it appeared in News Chant.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
3 colleges in RI make Princeton Review's 2022 'best' list
MSN (This article originally appeared in Patch.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Houston influencer's big smash burger pop-up leads week's top stories
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-cmh
Today in History for Sept. 12, 2021
An article mentions that President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech" was delivered at Rice on Sept. 12, 1962.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy
Get the lead out: Kenosha Landlord Association to hold lead-free homes presentation on Wednesday
Kenosha News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy
6-year-old in critical but stable condition after undergoing brain surgery for projectile injury
Kenosha News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy
WTAQ-AM (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy (This segment aired nine times.)
WBEN-AM (Buffalo, New York)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy (This segment aired five times.)
FIVEaa (South Australia Metro)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kennedy
Across the city's neighborhoods, Chicago Architecture Biennial settles in for a few months
An article featuring David Brown mentions that he formerly taught at Rice.
Chicago Tribune (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News and MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-chi-trib
TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE: James Allred took on the Great Depression, prohibition
A profile on former Texas Gov. Jimmy Allred mentions that he had to withdraw from Rice in 1918 due to financial challenges.
MSN (This Herald Democrat article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline, and it appeared in the Weatherford Democrat.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Bridges: Persistence helped carry Allred through career adversity
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Amarillo Globe-News, and it appeared in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and the Waxahachie Daily Light.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Rice University announces student body expansion
An article mentions Rice's plans to expand its student body by 20% by 2025, which will also include a 12th residential college, a new engineering building, a building for the visual and dramatic arts and a new student center.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in ABC 13, and this segment aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-yn
What to do if your student loan debt is keeping you from funding your child's education
Rice is mentioned.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Real Simple.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-yn
What's happened to ACU?
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Abilene Reporter-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Biden's new COVID orders clear way for Houston public hospital systems to mandate vaccines
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 (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Business section in Sept. 11 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ho
A Houston day care convinced all its workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Now it requires a shot.
Houston Chronicle (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ho
¡Extraordinarios! 10 Houston Latinos who are making a difference
Richard Tapia, University Professor and the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematics, is profiled as one of 10 extraordinary Houston Latinos for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Zest section in the Sept. 12 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-tapia
'A war zone': Houston native shares story of being inside World Trade Center on 9/11
Alumnus Billy Forney recounts his harrowing experience on the 85th floor of 1 World Trade Center the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 11 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-forney
Lone Star Flight Museum honors 9/11 victims and a Houston survivor
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired four times on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-forney
Multimedia 'Living Coast' performance celebrates the Texas shore
An article mentions that Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, contributed a poem to "The Living Coast," a multimedia performance premiering Sept. 18 at Houston MATCH.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn
Statesman Exclusive: Texans pay millions for units that can restart power grid, but some went out during freeze
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-cohan
Reflecting on 20 years of war on 9/11's 20th anniversary
Richard Stoll, the Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
Texas Signal
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-stoll
Several Texas colleges make 2022 ranking of best universities in the nation
Several articles mentions that Rice's is ranked No. 17 in the nation overall and No. 5 for best value according to the 2022 Best Colleges rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Best colleges in big cities
Houston Chronicle (This Stacker article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Best colleges in big cities [slideshow]
Houston Chronicle (This Stacker article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
UT ranked as No. 10 public school in the nation by US News & World Report
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-statesman
Explore the 2022 best national universities
WTOP News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-wtop
'Fox 29 News First'
KABB-TV (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kabb (This segment aired twice.)
Choirs combine for 9/11 vocal tribute
An article mentions that the Rice Chorale, led by Tom Jaber, professor of music, commemorated 9/11 with a performance.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 10 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Fracking has a bad rep, but its tech is powering a clean energy shift
Alumnus Howard Schmidt is mentioned.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-schmidt
'Signed and done': University of Houston to join the Big 12
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hbj
A Fort Worthian's weekend guide to Houston
FWTX.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-fwtx
BROADCAST
Corporations stay silent on abortion
Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is interviewed.
WNYC Online (This "The Takeaway" segment also aired on more than 280 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-sonenshein
CNN Newsroom
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is interviewed on the anniversary of 9/11.
CNN
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-brinkley (This segment aired three times.)
Where will Afghanistan's refugees go?
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, is interviewed.
World Affairs Podcast (This segment aired on KQED-FM in San Francisco and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-norman
WBFO-FM (Buffalo, New York)
Linda McNeil, professor and co-director of Rice's Center for Education, is cited.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mcneil
'Fox 26 News'
A broadcast interviews Rice humanities computing researcher John Mulligan about his research into "excess mortality" data during the pandemic.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mulligan (This segment aired twice.)
Fleeing and flying
A broadcast features Travis Alexander, Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Medical Humanities Program, discussing his writing in Aeon about how some people may be anxious about returning to a society without quarantines and lockdowns.
ABC Radio (Australia)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-alexander (This segment aired on more than 60 stations across Australia.)
Apocalypse, please
Aeon
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-alexander
'ABC News Radio'
A broadcast and article mention that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
KGO-AM (San Francisco)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kgo (This segment aired on 1,000 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
Wastewater shows severity of COVID by ZIP code in the Houston area
MSN (This ABC 13 article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
These particular AI models can write their own codes
An article features the Rice-developed BAYOU, a deep-learning, software-coding application.
Analytics Insight
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ai
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Preaching 'true Islam,' Ahmadiyya Muslims promote peace on 9/11
Craig Considine, lecturer in sociology, is quoted.
The Muslim Times
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-considine
LYONS: Texas ain’t what it used to be
Rice is mentioned.
Oneida Daily Dispatch (This article also appeared in the Daily Journal and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-odd
Supervisors to review county living wage ordinance
Collaborative research by Rice and the University of Pittsburgh that determined natural disasters widen racial wealth gaps is cited.
Sonoma County Gazette
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-scg
SPORTS
Houston tops Rice for sixth straight Bayou Bucket win
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Houston 44-7 Sept. 11. Tanner Gardner, senior associate athletics director, is interviewed by KPRC.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
Cougars Extra Points: UH 44, Rice 7
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Alton McCaskill scores 3 TDs as UH tops Rice for 6th straight Bayou Bucket win
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 12 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Future star Alton McCaskill shows why Dana Holgorsen's plan just may work after all — turning the doubts and noise into a backyard party
PaperCity
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-pc
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-gardner
Texas makes change at QB with Casey Thompson to start vs. Rice after Hudson Card struggles in loss to Arkansas
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-cbs
Texas QB Casey Thompson to replace Hudson Card as starter vs. Rice
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-tdmn
Texas walloped by future SEC foe Arkansas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Texas college football rankings: UH certainly had the best week. Cougars are No. 1
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Smith, Ebner carry Baylor in 66-7 rout of Texas Southern
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play Texas Southern University Sept. 25.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
Arkansas manhandles No. 15 Texas, 40-21, crowd rushes field
Articles mention that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Arkansas 38-17 in the season-opening game Sept. 4.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
No. 15 Texas, Arkansas to meet in throwback matchup
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
Texas and Arkansas renew legacy rivalry
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
A roundup mentions the 1988 football game between Rice and the University of Notre Dame.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ap
No.17 Baylor volleyball gets back to .500 with two wins over No. 7 Florida
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball is slated to play Baylor University Sept. 16.
Baylor Lariat
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-bl
KRYK: 25 Canadians to start NFL season — five on the Chargers
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
Calgary Sun
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-covington
UH cross-country shines at Rice Invitational
An article mentions the Sept. 10 Rice Invitational cross-country meet.
The Daily Cougar
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-dc
NEWS RELEASES
Rice U. expert available to discuss cryptocurrency taxes
Cryptocurrency — an estimated $2 trillion market — has created an estimated $1 trillion tax gap and become too big to avoid regulatory oversight, according to a new blog post from Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-beebe
Clean Energy Accelerator startups to pitch investors and community on Demo Day
A dozen startups will pitch their clean energy technologies to investors and industry leaders this week as a virtual Demo Day concludes the inaugural class of the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator. The fast-paced event gives the startups a real-time opportunity to showcase their technology, pitch their value propositions and answer questions from the energy and startup community Sept. 16.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-rice-alliance
Crop-eating moths will flourish as climate warms
Climate change in this century will allow one of the world’s costliest agricultural pests, the diamondback moth, to both thrive year-round and rapidly evolve resistance to pesticides in large parts of the United States, Europe and China where it previously died each winter, according to a study by U.S. and Chinese researchers.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-rudolf
Rice among nation's top 20 universities in US News rankings
Rice is named one of the nation's top 20 universities in the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Colleges" guidebook. Rice ranks No. 17 in the magazine's annual survey of more than 300 colleges and universities, tying with Cornell University and marking yet another year in which Rice has rated in the top 20 since first appearing on the list in 1988.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-us-news