NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Border Report: 'Threat of death is present' on migrant journey to the United States
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Deming Headlight (This article originally appeared in the Las Cruces Sun-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-payan
Equilibrium/Sustainability — presented by the American Petroleum Institute — future Martian colonies could be built from astronaut blood
A roundup features collaborative Rice research that found climate change may allow the diamondback moth, one of the world's costliest agricultural pests, to thrive year-round. Volker Rudolf, professor of biosciences, is quoted.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-rudolf
JFK's daughter talks about Prince William's 'great tribute' to her father
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Hola!)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-kennedy
COVID-19 virus evolving to get better at becoming airborne, new study warns
An article mentions that experts from Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Express
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-express
Here’s how much the Virginia governor GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin made at The Carlyle Group
Alumnus Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor of Virginia, is featured.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-youngkin
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Evolving Houston: These Houston neighborhoods are changing through gentrification. Here's a look at their past and present.
Quianta Moore, the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-moore
Global Leaders of Influence to be recognized by World Affairs Council
An article mentions that Rice University Representative Y. Ping Sun will be honored with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston's Global Leaders of Influence award at a luncheon Oct. 14.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-sun
Local university best in the western region, according to US News & World Report
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 17 in the nation according to the 2022 Best Colleges rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
San Antonio Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-sabj
Business calendar: Upcoming events in the Houston area
An article mentions that Rice will host the French Tech Houston-Austin Business Excellence Awards Ceremony Sept. 23.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
UT Dallas appoints new vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion
An article features Yvette Pearson, former associate dean for accreditation, assessment and strategic initiatives at Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering.
Dallas Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-dbj
The Idle American: They let us eat cake ...
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This column also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
Retired Deer Park coach staying involved as volunteer
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
Texan battles Ted Williams for batting crown
An article featuring former major league baseball player Pete Runnels mentions that he briefly attended Rice before turning pro.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
BROADCAST
Rice University sociologist explains why Houston is at 'the cusp of a changing America'
A broadcast features Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, discussing how Houston's demographics have changed over the decades.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-klineberg
Louisiana Considered: Trash collection yet to resume in New Orleans, how infrastructure changes after a major storm, NWS satellite moving closer to Baton Rouge, late city
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, is interviewed by WWNO, and the Houston Chronicle mentions that Blackburn contributed a poem to "The Living Coast," a multimedia performance premiering Sept. 18 at Houston MATCH.
WWNO Online (This segment also aired twice on WWNO-FM in New Orleans.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-blackburn
Multimedia 'Living Coast' performance celebrates the Texas shore
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Sept. 17 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-blackburn
KTRH-AM (Houston)
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 interviewed about the influx of Haitian migrants at the Texas-Mexico border.
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-jones
'5 a.m. newscast for Sept. 17, 2021'
A broadcast mentions that Rice will resume in-person instruction Sept. 20, with vaccination, mask and testing policies remaining in place.
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hpm
'7 a.m. newscast for Sept. 17, 2021'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hpm
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, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Explainer: How wetlands can help buffer Louisiana storms
Phil Bedient, director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
Farm Forum (This Associated Press article was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-bedient
For some peptides, killing bacteria is an inside job
An article features collaborative Rice research into how antimicrobial peptides could be designed to halt bacteria that have developed resistance to standard antibiotics. Co-authors Anatoly Kolomeisky, professor of chemistry and of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the department chair of chemistry, postdoctoral associate Hamid Teimouri and graduate student Thao Nguyen are cited.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-kolomeisky
Docking peptides, slow to lock, open possible path to treat Alzheimer’s
An article features collaborative Rice research into the peptides responsible for Alzheimer's, which may be a target for drug development. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science, professor of chemistry, of biochemistry and cell biology, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering; graduate student Kaitlin Knapp; former Rice research intern Kyle Le; postdoctoral researcher Nicholas Schafer; and visiting faculty member Aram Davtyan.
Science Daily
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-wolynes
Your T-shirt could soon tell you if your heart is OK
Articles feature Rice research into sewing nanotube fibers into athletic wear to monitor the heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram of the wearer. Co-authors cited include Matteo Pasquali, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry, and director of the Carbon Hub, and graduate student Lauren Taylor.
Labroots
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-pasquali-taylor
Smart clothing incoming, as wearables are not going anywhere
Tech HQ
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-thq
Meet the 2021 Power Leaders in Education
Alumnus Scott Jones is featured.
South Florida Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-sjones
Five under 25
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
CincyInno
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-cinno
Researchers to watch: Meet the top innovators inside North Texas' university halls
NTXInno
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ninno
CDI Energy Products names Clinton Metcalf president
An article features alumnus Clinton Metcalf, graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Compressor Tech2
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-metcalf
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Archival documents bring light to historical African American legal triumphs
An article quotes Caleb McDaniel, associate professor of history, who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book "Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution." McDaniel's book and the history and politics of the reparations movement will be discussed during a virtual event hosted by Columbia University's Lehman Center for American History Sept. 23.
Columbia University News
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-mcdaniel
Making the case for artificial intelligence
An article mentions that Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science, will deliver the keynote talk "Ethics Washing in AI" at the virtual AI & Society symposium Sept. 21.
The University of Utah News
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-vardi
Opinion | Rufus Woods: Wenatchee Symphony ready to make more magic this season
An article features alumna Jenaesha Browder.
The Wenatchee World
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-browder
Chesterton Institute Online Conference: 'Chesterton Goes To The Movies'
An article featuring Jorge Iglesias mentions that he formerly taught at Rice.
Seton Hall University News
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-setonhall
COMMENTARY: Texas ain't what it used to be
Rice is mentioned.
The Times and Democrat (This article also appeared in the Post Register and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-td
SPORTS
Texas vs. Rice: Who the experts are picking to win
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in Longhorns Wire.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ys
Throwback Thursday: The last 10 Texas-Rice matchups
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in Longhorns Wire.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ys
Solomon: It's time for Rice to start playing before a season is lost
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Sept. 17 print edition, and it appeared in the print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
Anti-Trump Lincoln Project tackles Texas Gov. Greg Abbott with college football ad buy
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Dallas Morning News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-msn
Anti-Trump Republicans attack Gov. Greg Abbott over COVID death toll
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-hc
The Lincoln Project buys TV ad during UT-Rice game to blast Gov. Greg Abbott's COVID-19 record
San Antonio Current
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-sac
Longhorn Confidential: Taking a look at Texas' matchup against Rice
Hook 'Em
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-he
Looming start to Big 12 play means Longhorns have little time to fix everything that’s gone wrong
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-tdmn
Working for the Weekend: Texas Longhorns football, Austin FC, Austin Museum Day and more!
KVUE Online (This segment also aired on KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-kvue
Everything Steve Sarkisian said ahead of Rice
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-247
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-cw
B&E — A full week of the Blitz
The Horn (This segment also aired three times on KTXX-AM, KOKE-FM and KTAE-AM in Austin, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-horn
'KVUE Midday News'
KVUE-TV (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-kvue
'KSAT 12 News at Noon'
KSAT-TV (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ksat
UTEP hangs tough in 2-1 loss to No. 20 Rice
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team defeated the University of Texas at El Paso 2-1 Sept. 16.
El Paso Herald-Post
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ephp
Correa HR triggers 7-run 4th, Astros roll past Rangers 12-1
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is mentioned.
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-otto
No. 12 VB blanks Rice, 3-0
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team was defeated by Baylor University 3-0 Sept. 16.
BaylorBears.com (A similar article also appeared in the Baylor Lariat.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-bb
Matter: Pump the brakes on Bazelak passing Daniel as MU's best modern QB
Former Rice football player Blaze Alldredge is mentioned.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-slpd
No. 20 Arkansas looks to build on Texas win vs. Ga. Southern
An article mentions 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-17-ap
Astros return to Minute Maid Park for three against Arizona, Sept. 17-19
A roundup mentions that Rice's Mariachi Luna Llena will perform the national anthem Sept. 18 as part of Hispanic Heritage Weekend at Houston's Minute Maid Park.
MLB
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-mlb
Gator club sports update: Soccer clubs win on and off the field
An article mentions that Rice's men's club soccer team is slated to play the University of Houston-Downtown Sept. 18.
UHD News
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-uhd
MT's Muza to play in Lakes Collegiate Invite
An article mentions that Rice tennis players are competing in the Lakes Collegiate Invitational Sept. 17-19 in Frisco, Texas.
BaylorBears.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-bb
Tech's Skogen takes second at Maridoe Invitational
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-laj
Grambling State football vs. Houston: Scouting report, prediction
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of Houston 44-7 Sept. 11.
Monroe News-Star
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-mns
Gameday Primer: Grambling
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-uhc
Soccer's Byars scores 'golden goal' to knock off Samford, 2-1 (2OT)
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team drew with the University of Texas at Austin 1-1 Sept. 5.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-ts
LSU volleyball concludes nonconference play at Samford Invitational
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team defeated Louisiana State University 3-0 Sept. 10.
LSUSports.net
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-lsu
VB: Cowgirls travel to Waco for Baylor Classic
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play McNeese State University Sept. 17 as part of the Baylor Classic.
McNeeseSports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-mcneese
Texas high school guard Chancellor White commits to Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns basketball
Rice is mentioned.
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-lda
NEWS RELEASES
NIH funds effort to customize treatment of movement impairments
B.J. Fregly, a Rice professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, has received a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant to develop open-source software for designing individualized treatments for movement impairments using computational modeling and simulation.
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-news-release-fregly
HISD students struggle to manage stress, new research shows
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, students in the Houston Independent School District struggled to manage stress, reporting low levels of stress resistance that could have a lasting impact on their academic achievement, employment, health and overall well-being, according to a study by Rice's Houston Education Research Consortium.
http://dateline.rice/sept-17-news-release-herc