FEATURED ITEM
Lars Eighner, who wrote eloquently of being homeless, dies at 73
An article features former Rice student Laurence Vail Eighner, who died Dec. 23 at 73.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 13 New York print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-eighner
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
On voting rights, Biden's power to act on his own is limited
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-brinkley
Inside Biden's cabinet: How he's reinventing the way the White House works
Insider (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-brinkley
Beto O'Rourke seeks campaign redemption in Texas after 2 straight losses
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 also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to visit Texas this weekend, support progressives for Congress
The Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared in the Feb. 11 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visita Texas para apoyar candidatos demócratas progresistas
The Dallas Morning News' Al Día Dallas (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
In Texas Republican primaries, it may come down to this: How conservative are you?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
Two Republican legislators face familiar foes in suburban Houston-area districts
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Feb. 13 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
Texas Standard for Feb. 11, 2022
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 25 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
Texas attorney general sues Biden administration over federal contractor minimum wage increase
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
The primary problem with Texas elections
Texas Public Radio (This segment also aired on seven affiliate stations, and this article also appeared in Houston Public Media.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
'Texas is turning our own citizens blue'
Texas Scorecard
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
Texas primaries test Green New Deal champions
E&E News
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
'TWC News All Day'
Spectrum News Austin
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones (This segment aired twice.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones (This segment aired three times.)
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones (This segment aired five times.)
Texas Public Radio (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones (This segment aired on seven affiliates stations.)
'3 p.m. newscast for Feb. 11, 2022'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-jones
What is the 'social cost of carbon'? 2 energy experts explain after court ruling blocks Biden's changes
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the institute, co-authored an op-ed.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-krane
One Good Thing: 'The Left Hand of Darkness' showed us that the greatest romances in life can be friendships
Elizabeth Brake, professor of philosophy and author of "Minimizing Marriage," is quoted.
Vox (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-brake
The art of sound
An article features "Soundwaves: Experimental Strategies in Art + Music," an exhibit on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is quoted.
The Wall Street Journal (This article also appeared in the Feb. 12 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-weaver
Art, sound and science collide in Moody Center’s 'Soundwaves'
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-moody-center
From campus to Congress, colleges urged to end legacy boost
An article about legacy admissions to universities across the country mentions Rice.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ap
Dubai, a cidade no deserto que luta para não ser engolida pela areia
An article cites the book "Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi" authored by Gökçe Günel, assistant professor of anthropology.
BBC Brasil (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-gunel
HOUSTON/TEXAS
How Texas is rescuing Europe from the Russians
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-cohan
Is Texas's power grid ready for the next great freeze? The answer is mixed
Fox Weather
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-cohan
Rice University will move founder's statue to account for racist history
The Rice Board of Trustees has announced that the university will relocate the Founder's Memorial and add to it more information about its subject, William Marsh Rice, including his ownership of enslaved people. A new monument will be erected in the Academic Quadrangle to commemorate Rice's integration. President David Leebron and Robert Ladd, chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, are quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Feb. 12 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the Feb. 12 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-leebron-ladd
Don Huffines won the war of ideas. Did it cost him a chance to unseat Greg Abbott?
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-tm
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-kriv (This segment aired six times.)
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ladd (This segment aired five times.)
Texas invests over $9 billion in China despite 'hostile nation' rhetoric from GOP leaders
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Finance, and Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Feb. 14 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-diamond
Simone Biles ignited a conversation about mental health. These Houston doctors want to keep it going.
Alumna Lennie Waite, adjunct professor of psychological sciences and former Rice track and field athlete, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle's "ReNew" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-waite
Editorial: We recommend Lesley Briones in Democratic primary for Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 4
Alumnus Ben Chou is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-chou
Texan singer Lauren Snouffer delivers a valentine — with a twist
An article features alumna Lauren Snouffer, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Feb. 12 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-snouffer
Thousands of Chevron employees to return to office in Houston next week after delay
An article mentions Rice's redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion tech hub.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the Feb. 14 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-hc
Real estate transactions: Pipeline company renews HQ lease at Greenway Plaza
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Feb. 14 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-hc
Texas General Land Office commissioner candidates in Democratic primary March 1
An article features alumnus Michael Lange.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-lange
Will the Bush dynasty die with George P. Bush?
An article features alumnus George P. Bush, the Texas land commissioner.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-bush
Texas attorney general candidates in Republican primary March 1
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-bush
2022 Texas attorney general election: Democratic, Republican candidate guide
Fox4News.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-bush
Rice University buzzes with discovery of new Houston-area insect
An article features the newly classified wasp species N. valhalla, which was discovered on the Rice campus. Study co-author and graduate student Pedro Brandão-Dias is quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-brandaodias
Sweet spots for Houston sweethearts: These romantic Inner Loop locales offer peace and serenity
James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion is featured.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-turrell
Lone Star College Honors College redefines the community college experience
Alumna Alex Nuyda is featured.
Woodlands Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-nyuda
BROADCAST
Solar power and grid resilience, and 'MacGyver the Musical' (Feb. 11, 2022)
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, participates in a roundtable discussion of "The Good, Bad and Ugly" of the week's news.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ho
Throwing eggs at Jeff Bezos' yacht: 'The Good, Bad and Ugly' of the week
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ho
Mail-in ballots being rejected, and your favorite love songs (Feb. 14, 2022)
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-stein
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Is Venezuela lying about its oil output?
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.
Yahoo! Finance (This article originally appeared in OilPrice.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-monaldi
Diversity on the rise among college presidents
An article mentions Provost Reginald DesRoches, who will begin his tenure as president of Rice in July.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-desroches
Spotlight Award 2022 recipient: Tropical Space
Vietnamese firm Tropical Space is the Rice Design Alliance's 2022 Spotlight Award recipient. Maria Nicanor, executive director of the alliance, is quoted. A roundup by the Chronicle of Philanthropy features Nicanor, who will be the next director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York beginning March 21.
e-Flux
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-nicanor
Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation promotes next president from within; new CEO joins Texas Women's Foundation
The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-nicanor
Houston aims to form 2026 FIFA World Cup 'cluster' with Mexican cities
Rice is mentioned.
Inside the Games
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-itg
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
The girl next door
Alumnus Johnny Frolichstein is featured.
Webster-Kirkwood Times
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-frolichstein
Worcester native Niel Prunier helped design canopy at SoFi Stadium
An article features alumnus Niel Prunier, who helped design the free-standing canopy of SoFi Stadium.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-prunier
SPORTS
Bell scores 21 to lead North Texas over Rice 67-44
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of North Texas 67-44 Feb. 12.
ABC News (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-abc
Rice falls behind early in loss to North Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-hc
UNT runs away with 10th straight win
MeanGreenSports.com (A similar article also appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-mgs
North Texas basketball teams aiming to extend winning streaks at Rice
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-drc
North Texas sweeps Rice
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team was defeated by the University of North Texas 55-42 Feb. 13.
MeanGreenSports.com (A similar article also appeared in the Feb. 14 print edition of the Houston Chronicle, and a similar article also appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-mgs
North Texas WBB: Highlights vs. Rice (Feb. 10, 2022)
MeanGreenSports.com on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-mgs
New Sixers star James Harden 'locked in on a mission,' his high school, college coach says
Rice head basketball coach Scott Pera is quoted.
KYW on Audacy
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-pera
Wildcat men's tennis tripped up at Rice
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team defeated Abilene Christian University 6-1 Feb. 13.
ACUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-acu
Kmet clinches final point as ACU downs UTA 4-3
ACUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-acu
Gallery: Men's tennis wins match against UTA
Abilene Christian University's The Optimist
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-optimist
MGOLF: Huskies to play Border Olympics
An article mentions that Rice's golf team will be competing in the Border Olympics Feb. 14-15.
HBUHuskies.com (This article also appeared in NMStateSports.com, UHCougars.com, BaylorBears.com and GoUTSA.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-hbu
SUPER BOWL: Former Bristol White Sox pitcher James Casey now coaching for the Cincinnati Bengals
Former Rice football player James Casey is featured.
Bristol Herald Courier
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-casey
Why do so many former NBA players struggle as college coaches?
An article quotes Damon Stoudamire, former director of player development at Rice.
Watch Stadium
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ws
Report: Tottenham is 'exploring' a bid to host Super Bowl LX
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was held at Rice Stadium.
NBC Sports
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-nbc
Rams vs. Bengals: Live scores and updates from Super Bowl LVI
Albany Democrat-Herald
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-ahd
Southern Miss, Marshall, Old Dominion announce intentions to leave Conference USA early ahead of Sun Belt move
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-cbs
Five storylines for UTEP basketball ahead of Marshall home game
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of Texas at El Paso 72-70 Feb. 5.
KROD Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-krod
'KHOU 11 Sports Extra'
The late Bill Peterson, a former Rice head football coach, is featured.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-peterson
ABC Brisbane (Queensland Metro, Australia)
Rice is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-abc
NEWS RELEASE
Kolditz, director of Rice's Doerr Institute, announces departure
Tom Kolditz, director of Rice's Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders, has announced his departure from Rice effective June 30, 2022. He will remain with the institute as a member of its external advisory board.
http://dateline.rice/feb-14-news-release-kolditz