NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
If Russia cuts off Europe's gas supply, the US and allies pledge they'll shore up supplies
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio (This segment aired multiple times on over 800 affiliate radio stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-medlock
Americans' trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows
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/jan-26-brinkley
Meet the Valhalla wasp! Tiny new species of insect discovered in Houston spends 11 months of the year locked in a crypt — and it is named after a pub
An article features the newly classified wasp species N. valhalla, which was discovered on the Rice campus. Graduate student Pedro Brandão-Dias and Scott Egan, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, are quoted. Brown College senior Camila Vinson is mentioned in Texas Monthly.
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-brandaodias-egan
Why scientists keep discovering strange new wasps on the Rice University campus
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-brandaodias-egan-vinson
Rice University buzzes with discovery of new Houston-area insect
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-brandaodias-egan
Neuroterus Valhalla: Biologists discover new insect species
Nature World News
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-brandaodias-egan
Can Ukraine wean itself off Russian gas transit fees?
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN International (This article originally appeared in Deutsche Welle, and it appeared in Techi AI and DigitPatrox.com.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-mikulska
Insurance and aid aren't covering the cost of disasters in America. Is it time to relocate?
James Elliott, professor and chair of sociology, is quoted.
USA Today (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Jan. 26 print editions of the International and U.S. issues, and it appeared online in the Palm Springs Desert Sun, Yahoo! News and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-elliott
How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts
An article cites the book "Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi" authored by Göckcę Günel, assistant professor of anthropology.
BBC
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-gunel
Picking the wrong date on your target-date fund could cost you a lot of money
Kunal Sachdeva, assistant professor of finance at the Jones Graduate School of Business, is cited.
MSN (This article originally appeared in MarketWatch.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-sachdeva
Report: NC hospitals billing people who qualify for charity care
An article mentions that experts at Rice co-authored the study "N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor."
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Charlotte Observer and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-wral
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Black, Latino residents suffered most from COVID deaths in Texas, new study shows
A broadcast features Rice research that found COVID-19 deaths in Texas during the early months of the pandemic were disproportionately concentrated in Black and Hispanic communities, and that those communities in Harris County bore more of an economic burden than others. Co-authors Sylvia Dee, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and Ted Loch-Temzelides, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development in the Department of Economics and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, are quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-dee-lochtemzelides
Who is suffering the most from COVID?
Houston Chronicle's "Morning Report"
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hc
Minority communities in Texas were hit hardest by early COVID deaths, a new study shows
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-dee
Mexico's Pemex takes ownership of Deer Park refinery
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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 26 print edition of the Chronicle's Pasadena Citizen and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-payan
Woman sues Rice, former piano instructor over alleged sexual assault when she was a child
An article reports that Rice's Shepherd School of Music is named in a civil lawsuit against former piano teacher Dariusz Pawlas.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Jan. 26 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hc
WeWork acquires Common Desk coworking
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 Business section in the Jan. 26 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-the-ion
Houston Baptist University appoints new leaders at Archie W. Dunham College of Business, McNair Center
An article mentions Rice's McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hb
Lake Houston fine arts students achieve All-State honors
Rice's Shepherd School of Music is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hc
You're living history. Preserve it: Here's a how-to on archiving your family history
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 26 print edition of the Chronicle's Pearland Journal and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hc
Horned Frogs in the News, Jan. 12-23
An article mentions that Rice is an institutional partner of the Texas Geothermal Institute.
TCU.edu
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-tcu
Art Valet: Konopka incorporates aviation into abstract artwork
A Q&A features alumna Eva Konopka, a graduate of the Jones Graduate School of Business.
The Leader
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-konopka
BROADCAST
Statue of Rice founder to be relocated after criticism of the university's racist past
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. Robert Ladd, chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, and Martel College senior Kendall Vining, president of the Rice Student Association, are quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-ladd-vining
'3 p.m. newscast for Jan. 25, 2022'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-hpm
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-kriv
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-ktrk (This segment aired twice.)
'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-kriv1
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-kriv2
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-kriv3
Four Harrison Central students accepted into prestigious universities
An article mentions that Tarik Price plans to attend Rice.
WXXV Online (This segment also aired 12 times on WXXV-TV in Gulfport, Mississippi.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-wxxv
Dominic Lee: China's Hong Kong takeover
Alumnus Dominic Lee Tsz-king, a Hong Kong politician, is interviewed about China's tightening of its control over Hong Kong.
BBC Sounds (This segment aired on more than 1,400 affiliate stations around the world.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-lee
No political arrests in HK — pro-Beijing politician
'HARDTalk' on BBC World News
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-lee
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
'Lefty' protein tightens control of embryonic development
An article features collaborative research by Rice bioscientists on a protein known as Lefty, an inhibitor protein during the early stages of life when the fates of embryonic stem cells are determined by the Nodal signaling pathway. Aryeh Warmflash, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering, and postdoctoral researcher Lizhong Liu are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-warmflash
Superconductivity dome rises from damped phonons
An article features collaborative research by postdoctoral research associate Chandan Setty.
APS Physics
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-setty
Biotech firm develops molecular sensors on a chip
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
EP&T
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-tour
Rostendes eisen kann sein eigener schlimmster Feind sein
An article features collaborative Rice research that could contribute to new strategies to protect iron from corroding in the environment. Co-authors quoted include Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, graduate student Qin-Kun Li and research scientist Alex Kutana.
Chemie.de (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-yakobson
La scomparsa di uccelli e mammiferi dispersori di semi può segnare il destino di diverse specie di piante
An article features collaborative Rice research that suggests climate change may accelerate a decrease of ecosystem biodiversity due to the loss of seed-hauling animals that help move plants over time. Rice ecologist Evan Fricke is quoted.
GreenReport.it (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-fricke
Datos emblemáticos de la hoy Mexicana refinería Deer Park en Texas
Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for the United States and Mexico and Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Regeneracion.mx (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-duhalt
Industry people on the move, Jan. 2022
Alumnus Harrison Brann is featured.
The Waterways Journal
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-brann
Untold facts about Nigeria's image abroad
An article cites Rice research into the education levels attained by Nigerian Americans.
Economic Confidential
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-ec
Roundup: CPEX solar ordinance / DiGiulio Brothers founder / NFIB tax guide
A roundup features late alumnus Richard Malcolm Cole, who died Jan. 24 at 74.
Business Report
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-cole
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
ASU's online MBA celebrates 10 years in US News' top 10 rankings
Rice is mentioned.
Arizona State University News
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-asu
Hall's STAR student finds engineering, dancing electric
An article featuring Leonardo Nunez mentions that he hopes to study electrical engineering at Rice.
The Gainesville Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-tgt
Alt: Glenn Youngkin's victory and the Democratic strategy playbook
An article features alumnus Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia.
The Daily Northwestern
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-youngkin
SPORTS
From humble beginnings as A&M grad assistant, Bengals coach Zac Taylor reaches AFC title game
An article mentions that former Rice football players James Casey and Justin Hill are assistant coaches with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Jan. 26 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-casey-hill
WBB: Jan. 24 players of the week
An article mentions that former Rice basketball player Jessica Kuster was named Conference USA Freshman of the Week for four straight weeks during the 2010-11 season.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-kuster
Jan. 27-Feb. 6: Performances, luncheons coming up in northwest Houston
A roundup mentions the Jan. 30 fundraiser for Baseball for Babies, which was formed by the sister of former Rice baseball player Vincent Sinisi and aims to provide financial aid to medical providers and families of premature babies. The article mentions that Sinisi was part of the Owls team that won the 2003 College World Series.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Jan. 26 print edition of the Chronicle's Cypress Creek Mirror-Cy-Fair, Champions/Klein and Tomball Potpourri issues.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-sinisi
2022 NCAA college baseball bracket: Printable College World Series bracket
An article mentions that former head coach Wayne Graham led Rice's baseball team to win the 2003 College World Series.
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-graham
Rice swim coach on transgender debate: 'Compete as what you were biologically born'
An article quotes Rice head swimming coach Seth Huston.
National Review (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-huston
Rice University coach criticizes NCAA on transgender situation
The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-huston (This segment aired on 400 iHeartRadio-affiliated stations across the U.S.)
Urbanzcyk signs with Rice University
An article mentions that Ryland Urbanczyk has committed to play baseball at Rice.
Wilson County News
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-wcn
Camarillo DE Marcos Jaquez out to build own name on gridiron
An article mentions Rice football player Jake Constantine.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-constantine
C-USA announces men's and women's basketball schedule updates
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play the University of North Texas Feb. 10 and 13 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Feb. 21.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-cusa
Texas kicker Cameron Dicker to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl
An article mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Texas at Austin last season.
USA Today's Longhorns Wire
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-lw
North Texas 2021 season in review: Five-game winning streak saves season for Mean Green
An article mentions that Rice's football team was defeated by the University of North Texas 30-24 Oct. 30.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-dctf
Men's basketball faces Charlotte to close road swing Wednesday
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated Old Dominion University 77-69 Jan. 20.
ODUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-odu
Bracketology 2022: Traditional powers start to revolt
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play Louisiana Tech University Jan. 27.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-sbn
Which games should BYU keep on its 2023 schedule ahead of Big 12 play?
Rice football is mentioned.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-sbn
Around the NCAAW Weekly: Yoki fever and Caitlin Clark's name alongside NBA greats!
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team was defeated by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 88-83 Jan. 22.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-sbn
Ranking men's CBB best potential 2022 March Madness Cinderella teams
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham 85-80 Jan. 8.
Bleacher Report
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-br
College football teams who could flash during 2022 season
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Houston next season.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-247
NEWS RELEASES
Rice Founder's Memorial statue to be relocated in Academic Quad
Rice University's Academic Quadrangle will undergo a major redesign that will include moving the Founder's Memorial statue of William Marsh Rice to a new location within the quadrangle.
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-news-release-ladd-leebron
Acting like an expert even without experience can help secure venture capital funding, study finds
Collaborative Rice research analyzing the data of new ventures and their founders report that "expertise signaling" by founders — self-presentation that might not align with reality when it comes to their experience, skills or background — played a significant role in their companies' success in securing funding.
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-news-release-piazza
Now you don't see it … and now you do
Collaborative Rice research discovered by chance that common Portland cement contains microscopic crystals of silicon that emit near-infrared fluorescence when illuminated with visible light. That led to two realizations. The first was that the exact wavelength of the emission can be used to identify the particular type of cement in a structure. The second and perhaps more important is that the near-infrared emission can reveal even very small cracks in cement or concrete.
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-news-release-weisman-nagarajaiah
Deep dive into juvenile justice data shows opportunity for targeted, early intervention
A Rice University Texas Policy Lab analysis of juvenile justice data reveals most youths in the Harris County juvenile justice system are "one and done" — that is, they only have one interaction with it. The findings support efforts to identify youths at risk of entering this cycle early and provide targeted interventions.
http://dateline.rice/jan-26-news-release-amador