FEATURED ITEMS
Chemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88
An article featuring alumnus and former Professor Emeritus Robert Curl mentions that he died recently at 88. Curl was part of the research team that shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes, or "buckyballs," a new form of carbon. President Reginal DesRoches is quoted.
Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World
http://dateline.rice/july-5-curl-desroches
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-curl
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
'So stressed out': Gas prices force many to rethink driving and spending
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 2 print edition of the Times, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared on the front of the Nation & World section in the July 4 print editions of the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Hamilton Journal-News. This story appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-finley
'Houston Newsmakers' EXTRA: Expert breaks down impact world politics have on US gas prices
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-5-finley
'Houston Newsmakers': Expert breaks down impact world politics have on US gas prices
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-finley
Les prix de l’essence forcent beaucoup à repenser la conduite et les dépenses
News-24.fr (An English translation is not available)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-finley
'Great Day Washington'
WUSA-TV (Washington, D.C.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-finley
Saudi Arabia bankrolls a challenge to the PGA Tour
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 1 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-ulrichsen
10 years after the Higgs Boson, what's the next big thing for physics?
Paul Padley, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Gizmodo (This article also appeared in Gizmodo Australia.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-padley
The many uses of CRISPR: Scientists tell all
A roundup features Gang Bao, chair of the Department of Bioengineering and a professor of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering, who is studying how to use CRISPR gene-editing techniques to treat sickle cell disease.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Health section in the July 3 print edition of the Houston Chronicle and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-bao
The people who teach us history aren't always historians
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, authored a book review, and he is quoted in National Parks Traveler.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 3 print edition of the Houston Chronicle and a previous edition of Dateline. )
http://dateline.rice/july-5-brinkley
Former NPS chief historian Robert Utley passes at 92
National Parks Traveler
http://dateline.rice/july-5-brinkley
Meet the candidates who want to be Maryland's next governor
Alumnus Jon Baron is featured.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-baron
Abu Dhabi University partners with University of Reading in teaching, research
An article mentions that Rice has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi University to foster collaborative research.
MSN UAE (This article originally appeared in the Emirates News Agency, and similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-msn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rice University launches international campus in Paris, the institution's European hub for research
An article features the announcement of the Rice University Paris Center, an international campus that will serve as a hub for European research. Community members quoted include President Reginald DesRoches, former president David Leebron and Caroline Levander, vice president for global and digital strategy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 2 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline. A similar article also appeared in SchengenVisaInfo.com.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-desroches-leebron-levander
Houston-trained rising star makes history in Broadway's longest-running show
An article featuring Kanisha Feliciano, student in the Artist Diploma for Opera Performance program at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, mentions that she is the first Latina to sing the role of Christine Daaé in "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. The article also mentions that Feliciano is studying under Nova Thomas, professor of voice at the Shepherd School.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-5-feliciano-thomas
'5:31 a.m. newscast for July 5, 2022'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston and appeared in 12 other media outlets. A similar newscast aired twice on KERA-FM in Dallas.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-feliciano
'6:31 a.m. newscast for July 5, 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/july-5-feliciano
'9:00 a.m. newscast for July 5, 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/july-5-feliciano
Why Roe v. Wade's demise — unlike gay rights or Ukraine — isn't getting corporate America to speak up
Alessandro Piazza, assistant professor of strategic management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
San Antonio Report (This article originally appeared in The Conversation and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-piazza
3 Houston innovators to know this week
A roundup features Sam Dike, manager of strategic initiatives at the Rice Management Co., which manages the Ion tech hub.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/july-5-dike
Rising rents, costs put strain on affordable housing in Houston
A pair of articles feature the collaborative State of Housing report by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, which found growing unaffordability in Harris County in 2021. Bill Fulton, former director of the Kinder Institute, is quoted in Community Impact Newspaper, and C-SPAN 3 mentions that Fulton co-authored "The Texas Triangle: An Emerging Power in the Global Economy."
Community Impact Newspaper (This article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-fulton
The Texas economy is still growing, but optimism is waning
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 5 print edition, and it appeared in MSN Money, San Antonio Express-News and The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-hc
'Henry Cisneros: The Texas Triangle: An Emerging Power in the Global Economy'
C-SPAN 3 (This segment aired twice appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-fulton
Supreme Court limits EPA authority to reduce greenhouse pollution in major ruling
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Texas Climate News
http://dateline.rice/july-5-cohan
The great carbon-capture debate
Food & Environment Reporting Network
http://dateline.rice/july-5-cohan
Essay: Refugee settlements are hotbeds of innovation, and we can help
Alumnus Scott Austin Key authored an essay.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Outlook section in the July 3 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-key
As electricity prices soar, Houstonians are turning to solar power
An article cites research by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into the number of solar power permits issued in Houston between 2019 and 2021.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/july-5-cin
This Houston bank is led by women and is the first of its kind
Alumna Lauren Sparks is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 3 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-sparks
Houston accounting firm unveils new headquarters in Uptown
An article mentions Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 1 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-hc
Top 15 festivals, events and things to do this week in Houston: July 4-10, 2022
A roundup mentions that Rice's Moody Center for the Arts will host Summer Jam July 9.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-5-365
Top 10 things to do for kids in Houston this week: July 4-10, 2022
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-5-365
Meet Forest Hills neighbor Christa Sanford, Junior League of Dallas' Centennial president
Alumna Christa Sanford is featured.
Advocate (Lakewood/East Dallas; this article also appeared in the Preston Hollow issue.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-sanford
Early influencer: Annette Strauss, Dallas' mayoral pioneer
An article featuring the late Annette Strauss mentions that she formerly attended Rice.
D Magazine
http://dateline.rice/july-5-dmag
BROADCAST
Texas Standard for July 5, 2022: Prairie dogs could be good for cattle, actually
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 interviewed about Texas politics.
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 40 affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-jones
Inflation: How bad is it and how long will it last?
Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-rodriguez
'Second Opinion with Joan Lunden'
Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences, is interviewed about organizational stressors.
KCWC-TV (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-king
'Destination Texas'
A broadcast features James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center for the Arts, is interviewed.
KAMR-TV (Amarillo, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-weaver
New drugs effective at killing leukemia cells, early study finds
An article features collaborative Rice research that discovered potential new drugs that work in concert with established drugs to treat leukemia. Co-author Natasha Kirienko, assistant professor of biosciences, is quoted. Kirienko and former Rice postdoctoral fellow Svetlana Panina are quoted in Medical Daily and Infosalus.
CTV Online (This article also appeared in 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kirienko
New leukemia treatment drug could make cancer cells more susceptible to chemo
Medical Daily
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kirienko-panina
Investigadores descubren nuevos compuestos que eliminan varias formas de leucemia en ratones
Infosalus (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kirienko-panina
Leucemia: I ricercatori scoprono nuovi farmaci in grado di uccidere il tumore del sangue
GreenMe.it (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-greenme
Classical 89.5 (Salisbury, Maryland)
A broadcast features a recording using the Fisk-Rosales organ at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
http://dateline.rice/july-5-classical
'WRDE Coast TV News'
An article features collaborative Rice research on 3D-printing an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics. Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, is interviewed.
WRDE-TV (Salisbury, Maryland)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-veiseh
'Heartland News Now'
A broadcast features Rice research into decellularized skeletal muscle.
KFVS-TV (Paducah, Kentucky)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kfvs
5 weird things we learned about Austin during a Duck Adventures tour
Rice is mentioned.
KXAN Online
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kxan
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Despite recession fears and hiring freezes, job opportunities remain hot for recent grads — especially those with ideas for innovating out of the labor shortage and supply-chain crisis
Ivette Mekdessi, assistant director of career development at Rice, is quoted.
Insider (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-mekdessi
In the lab: Researchers work on what's next in tech
A pair of articles feature the research of James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering, into upcycling the plastic waste from scrapped cars.
Government Technology
http://dateline.rice/july-5-tour
Riciclo della plastica: Arriva una nuova tecnica che trasforma gli scarti in grafene
TecnoAndroid.it (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-tour
Scientists create technique to enable people to assist robots in seeing their surroundings and performing jobs
An article features collaborative Rice research that developed a method for humans to help robots "see" their environments and carry out tasks. Co-authors cited include Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and director of Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute, and graduate students Carlos Quintero-Peña and Constantinos Chamzas. Robohub mentions that Kavraki participated in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's Women in Engineering virtual event on career paths.
Latestly (This article also appeared in En.ProthoMalo.com.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kavraki-et-al
Scientists find humans in loop guide robots find their way
The Print
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kavraki-et-al
2022 Conference on Robotics and Automation networking events
Robohub
http://dateline.rice/july-5-kavraki
Where is Attila the Hun's tomb?
Michael Maas, the William Gaines Twyman Professor of History, is quoted.
LiveScience (This article also appeared in MSN Entertainment.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-maas
Dover Quartet to say goodbye to its violist
A pair of articles feature alumna Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt. The Strad mentions that Pajaro-van de Stadt studied under James Dunham, professor of viola at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
BBC Music Magazine's Classical Music
http://dateline.rice/july-5-stadt
Dover Quartet bids farewell to violist
The Strad
http://dateline.rice/july-5-stadt-dunham
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry for thin film analysis
An article cites collaborative research by Pavan Raja, lecturer in the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and research scientist in the Department of Chemistry, and Andrew Barron, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry.
AZo Materials
http://dateline.rice/july-5-raja-barron
Scientists use common gene to profile microbial communities
An article features Rice research toward developing software that effectively identifies bacterial species. Co-authors Todd Treangen, an assistant professor of computer science, and graduate student Kristen Curry are quoted.
The Print
http://dateline.rice/july-5-treangen-curry
Estados Unidos se hace 'fuerte' en Almagro
An article mentions that Esther Fernández, associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, will speak at the Festival Iberoamericano del Siglo de Oro de la Comunidad de Madrid 2022.
LanzaDigital.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-fernandez
Chris Cander talks neighborhood insularity and suburban cruelty
Rice is mentioned.
CrimeReads.com
http://dateline.rice/july-5-cr
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Barkhamsted student accepted to US Naval Academy: 'I've always wanted to be a Marine'
Rice is mentioned.
The Register Citizen (This article also appeared on the front page of the July 3 print edition and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-rc
After the loss of Roe, students need support, not neutrality
Washington University in St. Louis' Student Life
http://dateline.rice/july-5-washu
Travails of CPA studies and licensures
Manila Bulletin
http://dateline.rice/july-5-mb
The sky is not the limit: Cruising altitude
An article featuring Sara Ellis mentions that she will attend the Aerospace and Aviation Academy at Rice this summer.
The Ardmoreite
http://dateline.rice/july-5-theard
SPORTS
MLB Network
A broadcast features former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman. Former head coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/july-5-berkman
Conference USA preseason position previews: Running back
A roundup featuring Rice's football program mentions head coach Mike Bloomgren.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/july-5-bloomgren
Rockets' first-round picks highlight Summer League roster
An article mentions that former Rice basketball player Carl Pierre is part of the Houston Rockets' G League affiliate Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 2 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-hc
UMaine adds 2 assistants to football coaching staff
An article features former Rice assistant football coach Jimmy Walsh.
Bangor Daily News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-bdn
Scalise resigns from Alvin Baseball post
An article mentions that Anthony Scalise is a former volunteer baseball coach at Rice.
The Alvin Sun
http://dateline.rice/july-5-tas
Prep Sports Notebook: Volleyball team places second in gold medal bracket at junior national tournament
A roundup features former Rice basketball player Lauren Schwartz.
Northern Kentucky Tribune
http://dateline.rice/july-5-nkt
College football is at a crossroads, who ends up where?
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in Mountain West Wire, and similar articles also appeared in Yahoo! Autos, KTSM Online, The Berkshire Eagle and WRUF Online.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-ys
How Texas football can use Roschon Johnson like Bishop Sankey
An article mentions the 2021 football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/july-5-fs
Change shakes college football, and more is to come
An article mentions that Rice was part of the Southwest Conference.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/july-5-247
Texas hiring Woody Williams as new pitching coach
An article mentions former Rice head baseball coach Wayne Graham and former assistant coach David Pierce. The article also mentions that the Owls won the College World Series in 2003.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/july-5-247
Lady Techsters release 2022 volleyball slate
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play Louisiana Tech University Sept. 25.
Minden Press-Herald
http://dateline.rice/july-5-mph
LSU announces non-conference game to future schedule
An article mentions the 2021 football game between Rice and Louisiana Tech University.
Saturday Down South
http://dateline.rice/july-5-sds
Cougars face five tourney teams in 2022
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play the University of Houston in the upcoming season.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/july-5-uhc
Happy birthday, America's sports: 246 reasons to love Houston's games and those who play them
A roundup highlights Rice's baseball program and Reckling Park.
Sports Illustrated's Texans Daily
http://dateline.rice/july-5-si
Stanford Alexander — pioneer in shopping center REITs — passes
Rice football is mentioned.
Realty News Report
http://dateline.rice/july-5-rnr
Soccer announces 2022 schedule
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio Sept. 14.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/july-5-goutsa
State Liners edge Ridge Runners, 3-2
An article mentions Rice baseball player Manny Garza.
Bristol Herald-Courier
http://dateline.rice/july-5-garza
Marshall roundup: MU announces first-ever fan committee
An article mentions that Rice's swim team had an average GPA of 3.68.
The Herald-Dispatch
http://dateline.rice/july-5-hd
Top Memphis area high school football defensive backs
Rice is mentioned.
The Commercial Appeal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/july-5-tca