NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
US officials meet with regime in Venezuela to discuss oil exports to replace Russia's
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.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-monaldi
US officials travel to Venezuela, a Russia ally, as the West isolates Putin
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-monaldi
US officials make rare trip to Venezuela, discuss resuming oil imports to help replace Russian fuel
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-monaldi
REACTION: US delegation meets with Maduro's Venezuela
Americas Quarterly
http://dateline.rice/march-7-monaldi
Secret talks in Venezuela: US officials visit Maduro in effort to further isolate Putin
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-monaldi
White House says looking for ways to cut use of Russian oil
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Barron's (This Agence France-Presse article also appeared in 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
Will the Russian invasion accelerate peak oil?
Scientific American (This E&E News article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
War, climate change and spiking oil prices, just in time for CERAWeek
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
Estados Unidos busca formas de reducir la importación de petróleo ruso
El Economista (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
La Maison Blanche examine comment diminuer les importations de pétrole provenant de Russie
Connaissance des Energies (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
Casa Branca busca maneiras de reduzir importações de petróleo russo
SwissInfo.ch (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-krane
Are the GOP divided over the Russia/Ukraine war?
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.
MSN (This article originally appeared in DailyMotion.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jones
Brittney Griner arrest: Houston native, WNBA star in Russia could be 'bargaining chip' political analyst says
Fox 26 Online (The video segment aired twice on KRIV-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jones
Weekend brunch for March 6, 2022
Blog Houston
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jones
KOGO-AM (San Diego)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jones (This segment aired on 20 affiliate stations.)
How moms-to-be get to act more like dads
Eden King, associate professor of psychological sciences, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-king
Dealbook Newsletter: As oil goes up, stocks go down
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-king
Why the Neville family made historic donation to Auburn basketball — without ever attending school there
Alumnus Bill Neville is mentioned.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in The Montgomery Advertiser.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-neville
Auburn dedicates Neville Arena
AuburnTigers.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-neville
HOUSTON/TEXAS
WNBA star, Houston native Brittney Griner arrested in Russia on drug charge amid geopolitical tensions
Richard Stoll, the Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in two articles and interviewed by KRIV and KTRK. Joe Barnes, a foreign policy expert and the Bonner Means Baker Fellow at the Baker Institute, also is quoted in The Texas Tribune.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the March 6 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-stoll
Russia’s arrest of Brittney Griner, WNBA basketball star from Houston, adds to escalating global conflict
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-stoll-barnes
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-stoll
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-stoll (This segment aired nine times.)
'Drug factory' implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice
A roundup features collaborative Rice research that eradicated advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days with a treatment that could be ready for human clinical trials later this year. Co-authors Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and graduate student Amanda Nash are quoted in BioWorld.
Texas Medical Center's TMC Today newsletter
http://dateline.rice/march-7-tmc
Engineered retinal cells stare daggers at peritoneal tumors
BioWorld
http://dateline.rice/march-7-veiseh-nash
This week's awesome tech stories from around the web (through March 5)
SingularityHub
http://dateline.rice/march-7-sh
Why some voters faced challenges voting in the 2022 Texas primary
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-stein
Editorial: What would Abbott do with another term? We can only dream.
An article cites a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into Texas' physical and human infrastructure needs in the coming years.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Opinion page in the March 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-kinder-study
Building 'South Texas Triangle'? Geekdom looks south to recruit startups
An article cites a study by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research that found that the combined gross domestic product of San Antonio, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston was 6.3 percent of the U.S. economy in 2018.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the March 7 print edition, and it appeared on the front of the City/State section in the March 7 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-expnews
UT Austin launches $6 billion fundraising campaign, state's largest for higher education
An article mentions Rice's $2 billion "Be Bold: The Campaign for Rice" fundraising initiative.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the City/State section in the March 5 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front of the Metro section in the March 5 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-hc
US lawmakers say they're eager to support some of Zelensky's requests this week
A caption mentions Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-hc
Harris County Democrats blast GOP lawsuit over delayed Texas primary election results
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-hc
BROADCAST
'Conversations with American Historians'
A broadcast features Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities. In his conversation, Brinkley mentions James Baker III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state, and President David Leebron.
C-SPAN 2
http://dateline.rice/march-7-brinkley-baker-leebron (This segment aired four times.)
Texas Standard for March 7, 2022
Rachel Kimbro, dean of the School of Social Sciences, is interviewed about her book "In Too Deep," which explores the lives of a group of mothers in a small Houston neighborhood that has been repeatedly rocked by catastrophic flooding.
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 30 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-kimbro
‘In Too Deep’ explores a Houston neighborhood residents won't leave, despite frequent floods
Texas Standard (This article also appeared in KUT Online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-kimbro
'I was so, so happy' — Houston-area Ukraine student's family makes it to Poland; trying to come to Texas
Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy's Women's Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, is interviewed about the refugee crisis in Ukraine.
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-7-norman
Mar 5: Climate change and health, the biggest bacteria, rare earth metal recycling and more …
A roundup 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. Co-author and postdoctoral researcher Bing Deng is quoted in Big Think.
CBC Radio One's "Quirks & Quarks" (This segment aired on more than 500 stations across Canada and the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-tour
How can we produce electronics sustainably? Extract rare earth elements from waste
Big Think
http://dateline.rice/march-7-deng
WOKV-AM (Jacksonville, Florida)
A broadcast featuring Sarah Malone mentions that she formerly worked at Rice.
http://dateline.rice/march-7-wokv
'ABC 13 Eyewitness News on CW 39'
Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured.
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-bunb (This segment aired twice.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
These 17 college degrees have the highest starting salaries
A roundup highlights Rice's undergraduate architecture program.
The College Post
http://dateline.rice/march-7-cp
Speaker: For better outcomes, home dialysis is superior
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Healio.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-kennedy
Youngkin calls law students to public service at the state level
An article features alumnus Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia.
University of Virginia School of Law News
http://dateline.rice/march-7-youngkin
Contributed: Health systems will be challenged to compete in a commoditized telehealth market
Alumna Sanjula Jain authored a column.
MobiHealthNews.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jain
Coming soon: Tagore Grove Memorial in Houston
An article mentions that the late Rabindranath Tagore spoke at Rice in 1921. Tagore was a Bengali poet and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
Indo American News
http://dateline.rice/march-7-ian
Combining persistence and lightness: Barkow Leibinger architects
An article featuring architecture firm Barkow Leibinger mentions that it designed Rice's Sid Richardson residential college.
The Plan
http://dateline.rice/march-7-theplan
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Europe is sanctioning Russia, its top energy supplier. Even Wyoming will feel the effects.
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Affairs at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Casper Star-Tribune (This article also appeared in Pinedale Roundup and The Sheridan Press.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-collins
Out & About: Art exhibit shows mathematicians' difference part of the equation
Chelsea Walton, associate professor of mathematics, is featured.
Valley News
http://dateline.rice/march-7-walton
Is Big Oil leaving Russia?
Yan "Anthea" Zhang, the Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professor of Strategy at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed.
The Express (This Conversation op-ed appeared in a previous edition of Dateline, and it appeared in Kiowa County Press.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-zhang
Sean Burnett named senior vice president for integrated marketing communications and chief marketing officer at Pepperdine University
An article features alumnus Sean Burnett, a graduate of the Jones Graduate School of Business.
Pepperdine University
http://dateline.rice/march-7-burnett
Miller-Meeks: Honoring our trailblazers
A roundup features alumna Peggy Whitson.
The Iowa Torch
http://dateline.rice/march-7-whitson
Hopkins added to list of defendants in lawsuit over collusion to reduce financial aid
An article 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.
The John Hopkins News-Letter
http://dateline.rice/march-7-jhnl
SPORTS
Baseball falls to Rice in series finale, 9-6, still takes four-game set, 3-1
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team went 1-3 in its four-game series against Harvard University March 4-6.
GoCrimson.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-gc
Baseball sweeps doubleheader from Rice, 2-1, 6-3, takes first three games of series
GoCrimson.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-gc
Baseball's Stone, Smith, Driver combine for shutout of Rice, 3-0
GoCrimson.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-gc
Baseball travels to Rice for four-game series
GoCrimson.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-gc
Czumbel scores 22 to lift UTSA past Rice 82-71
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of Texas at San Antonio 82-71 March 5 in its final match of the regular season.
ABC News (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets, and an excerpt appeared in the March 6 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-abc
Erik Czumbel erupts for career-high 22 points as UTSA beats Rice
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 6 print edition of the Express-News, and it appeared online in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-expnews
Czumbel stars as UTSA claims regular-season finale over Rice
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-goutsa
Roadrunners wrap up regular season with Rice on Saturday
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-goutsa
Roadrunners fall to Owls in regular-season finale
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated the University of Texas at San Antonio 86-48 March 5 in its final game of the regular season.
GoUTSA.com (An excerpt also appeared in the March 6 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-wbb
March Madness: College basketball conference tournament schedules, scores
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of North Carolina at Charlotte March 9 in the Conference USA Tournament.
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/march-7-usatoday
Marshall women to face red-hot Rice in C-USA tourney
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play Marshall University March 9 in the Conference USA Tournament.
HerdZone.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-hz
UTSA set to face UTEP in conference championship
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-goutsa
WBB: March 7 Players of the Week
An article features Rice basketball player Maya Bokunewicz, who has been named Conference USA's Freshman of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/march-7-bokunewicz
Kane wins 500 free at C-USA meet
A roundup features Owl Amelia Kane, who won gold in the 500-yard freestyle at last week's Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championships. Head coach Seth Huston is quoted.
Irish Echo
http://dateline.rice/march-7-kane-huston
Cal football: Ex-Bears' back C.J. Anderson lands coaching assignment at Rice
An article featuring C.J. Anderson mentions that he has joined Rice as an assistant football coach. Assistant coach Marques Tuiasosopo is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated's Cal Sports Report (This article also appeared in YardBarker and MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-anderson-tuiasosopo
Bethel High grad C.J. Anderson joins coaching staff at Rice University
Times-Herald
http://dateline.rice/march-7-anderson
Cougars take series
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Houston March 8.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-uhc
Six-game win streak halted
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-uhc
Cougars cage Cardinals, secure opener
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-uhc
Top 5 games and sports events in Houston this week: March 7-13, 2022
365 Things to Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/march-7-365
Report: Detroit Lions hire Cameron Davis as assistant defensive line coach
Former Rice assistant football coach Cameron Davis is featured.
MSN (This article originally appeared in SB Nation, and it appeared in Detroit Sports and Pro Football Network.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-msn
Tales from the hardwood: What it was like to play SEC, Southwest hoops in the '60s
Former Rice basketball player Bob Hill authored a column.
Yahoo! Sports (This column originally appeared in The Courier Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/march-7-hill
Cougars make staff additions
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Houston Sept. 24.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-uhc
Rice, UConn schedule home-and-home football series for 2023, 2028
An article mentions that Rice's football team will play a home game against the University of Connecticut on Oct. 7, 2023. The Owls will travel to face the Huskies on Oct. 7, 2028.
FBSchedules
http://dateline.rice/march-7-fbs
Senior Day against UTEP on Saturday
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team defeated the University of Texas at El Paso 82-62 March 3.
MeanGreenSports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-mgs
Kennedy's late-game free throws secure sweep against Owls
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team was defeated by the University of Texas at El Paso 70-67 March 3.
The Prospector
http://dateline.rice/march-7-tp
Sports briefs
An article mentions Rice baseball player Drew Woodcox.
Rome News-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/march-7-woodcox
From Max Scherzer to Gerritt Cole — highest-paid MLB stars in 2022
A slideshow features former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon.
EssentiallySports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-rendon
Cal Junior Day: 20 top-ranked recruits on campus
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-7-247
NEWS RELEASES
High-skilled' Mexican immigrants in US can help both countries
"High-skilled" immigrants from Mexico are major contributors to the United States' so-called "knowledge economy," and fostering that relationship will benefit both countries, according to a new report from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/march-7-news-release-salamanca
Bio-FlatScope dives deep for useful data
A new device developed at Rice, the Bio-FlatScope, can image micron-scale targets like cells and blood vessels inside the body, even through the skin. One advantage over other microscopes is that light captured by Bio-FlatScope can be refocused after the fact to reveal 3D details.
http://dateline.rice/march-7-news-release-robinson
French ambassador to address energy challenges at Baker Institute event
Philippe Etienne, the ambassador of France to the United States, will discuss energy security, energy transitions and international relations at a March 10 event hosted by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/march-7-news-release-baker-talk
Closer look helps Rice lab ponder when a protein’s prone to wander
A surface that feels smooth to human touch could be pretty rough to a protein. Researchers at Rice are using a microscopy technique to assess the effects of surface roughness as well as water-repelling properties and electrostatic charge to understand the how the combination of these properties influences protein dynamics.
http://dateline.rice/march-7-news-release-landes