FEATURED ITEM
Founding director of Rice University's Doerr Institute for New Leaders to step down
An article features Tom Kolditz, director of Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders, who will step down from the position June 30. Rice community members quoted or mentioned include alumni John and Ann Doerr, a Rice trustee emerita; alumna Annise Parker, former Houston Mayor and former institute fellow; and alumnus Ed Emmett, senior fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kolditz
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
How online learning is reshaping higher education
Caroline Levander, vice president for strategic initiatives and digital education at Rice, is quoted. A video of the webinar on the future of online learning that Levander participated in is included.
U.S. News & World Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-levander
Biden vowed to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. It might be good politics.
Jaclyn Kaslovsky, assistant professor of political science, co-authored an op-ed.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kaslovsky
Weird bacteria metabolism could lead to tastier fermented foods
An article features collaborative Rice research into the hybrid metabolism of the lactic acid bacteria L. plantarum. Co-author Caroline Ajo-Franklin, professor of biosciences, is quoted.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ajofranklin
Watch how blood flows through the heart
An article features collaborative Rice research developing computational technology capable of capturing the spiraling motion of blood in the aorta. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Tayfun Tezduyar, the James F. Barbour Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Kenji Takizawa, former Rice research associate, and Takuya Terahara, former visiting graduate student.
Futurity (This article was also featured in the "Futurity Today" newsletter Feb. 15.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-tezduyar
Pascal DesRoches describes his path from Haitian immigrant to CFO at the world's biggest telecom company
An article mentions Provost Reginald DesRoches, who will begin his tenure as president of Rice in July.
Fortune (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-desroches
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.
AOL (This Yahoo! News article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
Louie Gohmert is pitching himself as Ken Paxton without the baggage. Will it work?
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
Ballot changes to prepare for in March primary elections
KRGV Online (This segment also aired on KRGV-TV in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
Beto O'Rourke seeks campaign redemption in Texas after 2 straight losses
XDigitalNews
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
'TWC News All Day'
Spectrum News Austin
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-jones
Statue of slaveholding founder of Rice University moved to new location
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.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in The Grio, and it appeared in The College Fix.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-leebron-ladd
Black Information Network
WWRL-AM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ladd (This segment aired 13 times.)
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Who speaks for the trees in downtown Fort Worth? A fight over foliage shows a deeper divide
Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Feb. 15 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-fulton
5 Houston researches named to prestigious engineering organization
A roundup features Richard Baraniuk, the C. Sidney Burrus Professor at Rice and a professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, who has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional accolades for an engineer. The article also mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-baraniuk
Biden looks to extract critical minerals from coal waste, to aid clean energy goals
An article features research by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, that uses flash Joule heating to extract rare earth elements from industrial waste. This research is also featured in Science X.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-tour
Best of Last Week — Turning CO2 into gasoline, COVID variants that escape immune response, reversing memory loss
Science X (This research was also featured in the "Leading Research University Report" newsletter by the Association of American Universities Feb. 11.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-sciencex
Whitestone REIT COO leaves company amid other leadership changes
Christine Mastandrea, adjunct professor in management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-mastandrea
College of Education recognizes Distinguished Educators of the Year
An article mentions the summer STEM experience offered by Rice's Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education.
Sam Houston State University's Today@Sam (This article also appeared in The Paper and Spring ISD News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-tapia-center
BROADCAST
Lessons from the freeze and power failure one year later (Feb. 15, 2022)
A broadcast about protecting the Houston ship channel from storm surges mentions research by 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.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-blackburn
Sure, 'Encanto' has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove
Alumna Germaine Franco is featured.
NPR (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-franco
A look back at the 2021 winter storm, and where Texas stands a year later
An article cites collaborative Rice research into last year's winter storm.
KENS Online (This segment also aired on KENS-TV in San Antonio.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kens
Texas Coastal Exchange launches 1,000 mile Living Shoreline Project
An article features BCarbon, a nature-based carbon credit certifier developed by a working group led by the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
KFDM Online
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kfdm
'Big 2 Good Morning Basin'
A broadcast mentions that the Clutch app, which aims to help college students turn their skills into businesses, is open to Rice students.
KMID-TV (Odessa, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-kmid
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
La. court rejects Biden carbon emissions cost measure in permits, regs
An article cites an op-ed co-authored by 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.
Engineering News-Record
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-krane-finley
Avocados will get more expensive, but the costs for growers in Mexico are much higher
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. Payan is interviewed by CGTN about trade between Mexico and China.
Eater
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-payan
'The World Today'
CGTN
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-payan (This segment aired twice.)
What the Russia and Ukraine faceoff means for global natural gas markets
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured in a podcast.
Natural Gas Intelligence's "Hub & Flow" podcast
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-mikulska
The top 25 biotech CEOs of 2022
Alumnus Bobak Azamian is featured.
The Healthcare Technology Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-azamian
Silicone face harnesses make standard masks more effective
Articles feature collaborative Rice research that found that adhesive silicone harnesses allow light surgical masks to match and sometimes exceed the federal safety standards for N95 and KN95 masks.
Healthcare Packaging
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hp
Morris Eminent Scholar in Art Anila Quayyum Agha opens exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art
An article mentions the recently released book "One Thing Well: 22 Years of Installation Art," published by Rice Gallery.
Augusta University's JagWire
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-aujw
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Der Matossian unveils new book on Adana massacres of 1909
Ussama Makdisi, the Arab American Education Foundation Professor in Arabic Studies at Rice and author of "Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World," is quoted.
Asbarez (This article also appeared in The Armenian Weekly and Horizon.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-makdisi
Best-selling American historian Douglas Brinkley to speak in Pasadena
An article mentions that Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, will speak Feb. 16 in Pasadena as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.
The Pasadena Now Weekender
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-brinkley
Brevia
A roundup mentions that Rice received a $100 million grant from the Moody Foundation to build the Moody Center for Student Life and Opportunity.
Harvard Magazine (This roundup also appeared in the January-February print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hm
Brevia
A roundup of financial aid mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families, and it mentions that a federal lawsuit names Rice among 16 universities and colleges accused of working together to reduce the financial aid they give to students.
Harvard Magazine
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hm
UA Global Campus brings more higher ed to Chandler, but there are plenty of questions
Alumnus Lee Shappell authored several columns.
Wrangler News
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-shappell
Union Pacific reimburses Tempe nearly $500k for expenses it incurred in 2020 train derailment
Wrangler News
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-shappell
Coyotes' deal to play at ASU solves part of the problem, but longer stay in Tempe may be tricky
Wrangler News
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-shappell
Kei Partners: Quiénes son los jefes del hijo de AMLO en Texas
Alumna Karla Wiedemann is featured.
Infobae (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-wiedemann
SPORTS
Men's golf leads after first day at Border Olympics
An article mentions that Rice's golf team was in fifth place after the first day of competing in the Border Olympics tournament Feb. 14-15.
UHCougars.com (This article also appeared in GoRedbirds.com and GoUTSA.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-uhc
March to Madness: 2022 NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch, Feb. 14
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of North Texas 67-44 Feb. 12.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-sbn
Brief breakdown: Exploring UNT's recent sports results
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-247
Dekaney High School senior is making the grade
An article featuring Enock Gota mentions that he has committed to Rice to play football.
Fox 26 Online (This segment also aired twice on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-fox26
Today in Houston history, Feb. 15, 1949: 65,000-seat stadium proposed
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-hc
Scholar athlete of the year: Katherine Sammy
An article featuring Katherine Sammy mentions that she has committed to join Rice's swim team.
MyCBS4.com (This segment also aired four times on WGFL-TV in Gainesville, Florida.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-mycbs4
Bubble Watch: Rutgers is the new Providence. Tell your friends
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated Old Dominion University 77-69 Jan. 20.
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-ta
Roadrunners venture to Hattiesburg to face Southern Miss
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated the University of Texas at San Antonio 91-78 Feb. 3.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-goutsa
Bracketology 2022: The bubble is not a place for the claustrophobic
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham Feb. 17.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-sbn
Renfro thrilled to join father in Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Rice is mentioned.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-wth
Marshall ligado ao Cinturão do Sol, Old Dominion e Southern Miss anunciam planos de deixar a Conferência dos EUA em junho
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
Asia First News (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-afn
NEWS RELEASE
February freeze analyzed one year later
Last February's severe winter storm caused sustained peaks in demand for electricity across Texas, triggering tremendous stress on the state's power grid and widespread outages lasting days. Now a new report from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy examines why the winter storm caused this deadly electricity supply crisis and how it could have been avoided.
http://dateline.rice/feb-15-news-release-hartley-hung-medlock