Dateline Rice for April 15, 2022

Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Rice University professor waits on FDA to approve what she hopes will be a cure for prostate cancer
An article features Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering and the director of Rice's Smalley-Curl Institute. The article mentions that Halas is the only Rice faculty member to be elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online, and the video segment aired four times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-halas

'You have never seen a dance from these angles.' Karole Armitage adds movement to Turrell's Skyspace on Rice campus
An article features James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion, which will host the "Skyspace Performance: Karole Armitage" dance April 22-23 as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. Alison Weaver, executive director of Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, and Kurt Stallmann, professor of composition and theory and director of Rice Electroacoustic Music Labs at the Shepherd School of Music, are quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-skyspace-performance

Texas governor's border slowdown risks backlash before election
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.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-jones (This segment aired eight times.)

Latin America's post-pandemic recovery looks browner than expected
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.
Financial Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-monaldi

Posts mislead on differences in international gasoline prices
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Agence France-Press
http://dateline.rice/april-15-finley
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-finley

La política urbana: Lo que dicen los candidatos
Alumnus Mario Noriega authored an article.
MSN Noticias (This article originally appeared in El Espectador.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-noriega

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Gov. Abbott touts another agreement with Mexican officials in border trucking crackdown
David Gantz, the Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 15 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-gantz

America faces a serious shortage of home health care workers. A new Houston co-op says they have a fix.

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 of the Business section in the April 15 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ho

As fuel prices skyrocket, Houston businesses and workers 'can't keep up'
Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-rodriguez

Houston Hillel hosts 'Pride in Faith' at Rice University
An article mentions that Houston Hillel held a panel discussion about the intersection of faith and queerness, "Pride in Faith," at Rice. It was moderated by Martel College senior Moses Glickman.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-15-glickman

'Top Chef' gives us more reasons to brag on Houston with Nigerian food and dinosaur exhibit
Alumnus Ope Amosu is featured.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-amosu

6 tycoons join prestigious Texas Business Hall of Fame
Jeffery Hildebrand, a member of the board of advisors at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured.
CultureMap San Antonio
http://dateline.rice/april-15-hildebrand

Lone Star College Foundation StarGala raises funds for scholarships
Alumnus Anthony D’Souza is featured.
African American News & Issues (This article also appeared in Hello Woodlands and yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-dsouza

Hopkins County valedictorians 2022
Rice is mentioned.
Front Porch News
http://dateline.rice/april-15-fpn

Global green energy startups select Houston as centralized hub
An article mentions the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator.
Greater Houston Partnership
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ghp

BROADCAST

'RNN Local News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice has reinstated mask requirements for classrooms amid rising COVID-19 cases on campus. 
KFWD-TV (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-kfwd

Indiana High School scores 1st place at Shell Eco-Marathon with 1,142-mile-per-gallon vehicle
An article mentions that a team from Rice competed in the Shell Eco-Marathon, a design challenge for fuel-efficient concept vehicles.
WKDQ Online
http://dateline.rice/april-15-wkdq

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

In Houston, one neighborhood’s trial — and retrial — by water
A book review features "In Too Deep," authored by Rachel Kimbro, dean of the School of Social Sciences.
Yale University's Climate Connections
http://dateline.rice/april-15-kimbro

A wireless video laryngoscope looks into the airways
An article features research from an undergraduate bioengineering team that developed a video-enabled laryngoscope that meets custom specifications provided by a clinician. Quoted or mentioned include Baker College seniors Reed Corum and Victoria Kong, Brown College senior Rebecca Franklin and Duncan College senior David Ikejiani. The team will present the device at the George R. Brown School of Engineering's annual Engineering Design Showcase April 21. A Rice video is included.
MachineDesign
http://dateline.rice/april-15-md

China's energy infrastructure mapped for 2022
An article features the China Energy Map, an open-source, interactive chart of the country's energy infrastructure by the Baker Institute for Public Policy. Co-authors include Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Affairs, Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies (CES), and Shih Yu (Elsie) Hung, research manager at CES.
Tech Xplore
http://dateline.rice/april-15-collins-foss-hung

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

2021-22 Long Island scholar artists

A roundup featuring Riley Wendt mentions that he plans to study at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Newsday
http://dateline.rice/april-15-nd

Ucross announces spring fellows
An article mentions that Rice has partnered with the Ucross Foundation, which awards two-week fellowship residencies at the foundation's 20,000-acre Wyoming ranch. 
The Sheridan Press
http://dateline.rice/april-15-tsp

SPORTS

'Houston's Morning Show'
A broadcast mentions that Rice football's annual Blue-Gray game is slated for April 16. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is interviewed.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-bloomgren

Roadrunners travel to Houston for Easter weekend series with Rice
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio April 15-17.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-goutsa

Houston has a USFL team but it won't play here
An article mentions former Rice assistant football coach David Beaty.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-beaty

Celebrate Houston hosting the NCAA Men's Final Four at this jammin' hoops party
An article mentions that Rice will co-host the NCAA Division I Final Four men's basketball tournament April 1-3, 2023.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cmh

Wiley track teams competing at SFA
An article mentions that Rice's women's track and field team is slated to compete in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Earl Milner Invitational April 15.
Marshall News-Messenger (A similar article also appeared in TarletonSports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-mnm
Women's track and field off to SFA Earl Miler Invitational
WileyAthletics.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-wa

Previewing Eagles' draft: Running backs
Rice is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated's Eagles Today
http://dateline.rice/april-15-si
JUCO catcher talks Nebraska baseball commitment
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-247
Baker Mayfield recalls his five college football offers out of high school
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-247

UTSA Football Fiesta Spring Game ends in 7-7 deadlock
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio Nov. 19.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-goutsa

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