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Several Rice faculty members are quoted or interviewed ahead of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey making landfall.
How Harvey transformed resilient Meyerland, from modest 1950s homes to raised mini-mansions
Rachel Kimbro, the Herbert S. Autry Professor of Social Sciences and dean of the School of Social Sciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was also featured in the Chronicle's "Morning Report" newsletter.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kimbro
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
A broadcast features Phil Bedient, the Herman and George R. Brown Professor of Civil Engineering and director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-bedient
Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey
James Elliott, professor and chair of sociology, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-elliott
Checking in on Harvey recovery, five years later (Aug. 23, 2022)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-elliott
'12 p.m. newscast for Aug. 22, 2022'
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 about concerns over long-term flood mitigation projects underway in Houston.
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston and appeared in 12 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-blackburn-fall-start
'6 p.m. newscast for Aug. 22, 2022'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston and appeared in 12 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-blackburn
'5 a.m. newscast for Aug. 23, 2022'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston and appeared in 12 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-blackburn
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Longtime Texans team president Jamey Rootes dies at 56
An article featuring the late Jamey Rootes, lecturer in sport management, mentions that he died Aug. 21 at 56. The second Houston Business Journal article mentions that Rootes was recently tapped to lead Rice's Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics, named after lead donors and alumni Thomas and Carrie Hutchinson. Clark Haptonstall, professor in the practice of sport management and chair of the Department of Sport Management, is quoted in two articles.
Yahoo! News (Similar articles also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-rootes
Former Texans team president Jamey Rootes dies at 56
NBC Sports (This article also appeared in MSN Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-nbc
Longtime Texans team president Jamey Rootes dies at 56
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in Yahoo! Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-msn
Former Texans president Jamey Rootes dies after 'a battle with mental health issues,' wife says
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-msn
Former Texans president Jamey Rootes passes away at age 56
USA Today's Texans Wire
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-usatoday
Former Houston Texans president Jamey Rootes dies at 56
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports page in the Aug. 23 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hc
Former Texans president Jamey Rootes dies after 'a battle with mental health'
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-chron
Former Texans president Jamey Rootes dies after 'a battle with mental health issues,' wife says
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-abc13
'Dedicated Houstonian' | Former Houston Texans president Jamey Rootes dies, family says
KHOU Online (This article also appeared on MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-khou
'KHOU 11 Morning News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-khou (This segment aired twice.)
Former Houston Texans president Jamey Rootes dies
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hbj
Update: Former Houston Texans President Jamey Rootes dies
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hutchinson-haptonstall
Former Houston Texans president Jamey Rootes dies after battle with mental health issues, wife confirms
Click2Houston (This segment also aired four times on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-haptonstall
Former Houston Texans president Jamey Rootes passes away
Fox 26 Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-fox26
Texans' Cal McNair, Greg Grissom on the late Jamey Rootes: 'We're really heartbroken'
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-c2h
'Good Day Austin'
KTBC-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ktbc (This segment aired three times.)
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kriv (This segment aired nine times.)
'13 Eyewitness News at 6 a.m.'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ktrk
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-woai
Harvard's status as wealthiest school faces oil-rich contender in the University of Texas Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-medlock
China's growing water crisis
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts fellow in energy and environmental affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
Foreign Affairs
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-collins
In New York, uneven progress on increasing voter access
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
PolitiFact
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-stein
Billionaire Doerr regrets not backing 'slightly crazy' Elon Musk
An article features alumnus John Doerr.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-doerr
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Warren Buffett's company bets on Oxy's strategy to capitalize on high oil prices
Vikas Mittal, a professor of marketing at the Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business sections in the Aug. 23 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-mittal
A startup to help other startups: Meet Houston's newest accelerator
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-burke
Renaissance Man: Jim Cole's passing leaves legacy of written works
An article featuring the late writer Jim Cole mention that he first took creative writing classes at Rice's Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Victoria Advocate
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-va
BROADCAST
Latest poll shows Abbott up 7 points over O’Rourke in governor's race
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.
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 40 affiliate stations across Texas, and this article also appeared in KERA Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-jones
Border Patrol arrested 1.8 million crossing the border — Democrats don't see an issue (opinion)
NewsBreak
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-jones
Ciudad Juárez copes with new wave of violence
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.
Texas Standard (This article originally appeared in KTEP Online, and this segment also aired on more than 40 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-payan
'Squawk Box'
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about potential shortfalls in liquid natural gas supplies in Europe.
CNBC (This segment aired twice on CNBC and appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-mikulska
KCBS-FM (Santa Barbara, California)
A broadcast mentions that Robert Englebretson, associate professor of linguistics, collaborated on developing a Navajo Braille system.
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-englebretson
Texas Tech is downright affordable compared to other Texas schools
Rice is mentioned.
KFYO Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kfyo
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Haitian American engineer makes history as first Black president of Rice University
President Reginald DesRoches is featured. Former president David Leebron is mentioned.
U.S. Black Engineer
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-desroches-leebron
'Drug factory' implants plus immunotherapy eliminates mesothelioma in mice
An article features a collaborative study using Rice's cytokine "drug factory" technology that found it can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and graduate students Amanda Nash and Samira Aghlara-Fotovat.
Technology Networks
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-veiseh-et-al
NLM awards Rice $4.16M grant for training in biomedical informatics, data science
An article mentions that the National Library of Medicine has awarded a $4.16 million grant to Rice's NLM Training Program in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science. Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and director of Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute, is quoted.
The Science Advisory Board
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-kavraki
Bestselling chemistry textbook is now free
An article features OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources. Richard Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor at Rice and a professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, is quoted.
Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-baraniuk
Miriam E. John awarded Livermore's 2022 John S. Foster Medal
Alumna Miriam John is featured.
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-john
Meet the MBA Class of 2024: Wale Lawal, Harvard Business School
Alumnus Wale Lawal is featured.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-lawal
Regional premiere of 'Trouble in Mind' is coming to Main Street Theater in September
An article mentions that alumna Tamara Siler, deputy director of Admission, Access and Inclusion, will moderate a discussion on diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion at Houston's Main Street Theater Sept. 27.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-siler
ABS appoints Miguel Hernandez to lead global offshore
Alumnus Miguel Hernandez is featured.
Marine Log
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hernandez
What was the event that took place 450 years ago
Former Rice professor Clyde Manschreck is quoted.
Play Crazy Game
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-pcg
Best areas of Houston, Texas, to buy a house
Rice is mentioned.
House Digest
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-hd
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Introducing McCourt's new full-time faculty members
Former Rice professor Paul Treacy is featured.
Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-gu
SPORTS
Rice names Wiley Green starting quarterback for season opener against USC
An article features Rice football player Wiley Green, and the second article features the Owls ahead of the start of their season. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned in two articles.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-green-bloomgren
2022 Rice Owls football season preview: Defense and special teams
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-sbn
The Texas 47: Ranking all Texas programs by tiers entering 2022
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-bloomgren
Monday Morning Lights: Serra-Folsom matchup is the first of several that will carve NorCal's path to the Open state title game
An article mentions Rice running backs coach C.J. Anderson.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in the Mercury News, and it appeared in the Aug. 23 print editions of The Mercury News and East Bay Times.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-msn
Aldrich announces additions to men's basketball staff
An article features Graham Bousley, former Rice director of basketball operations.
LongwoodLancers.com (This article also appeared in The Farmville Herald.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-bousley
The race between Luke Goedeke and Nick Leverett
Former Rice football player Nick Leverett is featured.
JoeBucsFan.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-leverett
Marcus Sasser named to preseason All-America first team
An article mentions last season's men's basketball game between Rice and the University of Houston.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-uhc
Big Ten clash as college football resumes international play
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by Stanford in 2017 in Australia.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ap
Second thoughts: Josh Dobbs as the next Frank Ryan? Don't laugh, eerie similarities exist
An article features former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Owl Frank Ryan, who completed his doctorate in mathematics at Rice during offseasons and led the Browns to an NFL championship in 1964.
The Land on Demand
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-ryan
The complete guide to college football, preseason edition
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
QB List
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-aac
2022 ultimate UTSA Roadrunners preview: The ceiling, the floor, position grades, MVPs and more!
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio Nov. 19. The second article mentions that the Owls are slated to play the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 3.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-utsa
2022 ultimate UTEP Miners preview: The ceiling, the floor, position grades, MVPs and more!
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-utep
Minor league transactions: July 22-Aug. 12, 2022
Former Rice baseball player Cooper Chandler is mentioned.
Baseball America
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-chandler
Aggies open 2022 season at home against Connecticut
A roundup highlights the diversity of Rice's football coaching staff.
UtahStateAggies.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-us
Razorback report: More preseason recognition
A caption mentions last season's football game between Rice and the University of Arkansas.
Whole Hog Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-whs
The Black coaches who should be on decision-makers' radars this college football season
Rice is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated's CFB
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-si
Here's when elite basketball prospect Keanu Dawes will reportedly visit BYU, Utah
Deseret News
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-dn
Rating the recruits: The top 23 Austin-area football players from the 2023 class
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-statesman
Texas Tech's 2023 hoops recruiting class ranks 17th after 247Sports update
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-247
NEWS RELEASE
Brushing thin films onto electrodes preserves batteries
The Rice lab of chemist James Tour introduced a technique to tune the surface of anodes for batteries by simply brushing powders into them. The powder adheres to the anode and becomes a thin, lithiated coating that effectively prevents the formation of damaging dendrites.
http://dateline.rice/aug-23-news-release-tour-et-al