FEATURED ITEM
'I SEE U,' Episode 92: Here I am with Rice University President Reginald DesRoches
A conversation with President Reginald DesRoches is featured in an episode of Houston Public Media's "I SEE U."
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-desroches
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
The extreme heat takes a physical toll — and an economic one
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, is quoted.
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal (This segment aired on more than 600 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ho
Would a Texas law take away workers' water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones
Dan Patrick: The border, property taxes, more
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in KTBC Online and 10 other media outlets, and the segment aired on KTBC-TV in Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones
Who picks the mayor? In Houston, the average voter is over 60 years old
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Aug. 20 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones
¿Podría un proyecto de ley en Texas eliminar los descansos para beber agua? La realidad es complicada
Noticias Telemundo (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones
Hopes rise for India to become first to land on moon's south pole
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 19 print edition, and it appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-alexander
Biosensor bacteria would glow to flag bowel inflammation
An article features collaborative Rice research developing probiotics engineered to sense and report signs of bowel inflammation. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Jeffrey Tabor, professor of bioengineering and biosciences, Omid Veiseh, associate professor of bioengineering, and graduate students Elena Musteata and Samira Aghlara-Fotovat.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-tabor-veiseh-musteata-fotovat
Pushed by election skeptics, Georgia county approves hand counts
An article cites Rice research into hand-counting ballots.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (This article appeared on the front page of the Aug. 19 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ajc
Rupert Murdoch encouraged Virginia's Glenn Youngkin to seek presidency
An article features alumnus Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-youngkin
A lawsuit alleges Brown is in a price-fixing scheme. Will it settle?
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.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in the Providence Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-yn
University of Chicago settles for millions in price-fixing lawsuit that includes Yale
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston college students move in for fall semester as campus housing shortages abound
Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates and professor of sociology, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Aug. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-gorman
A Texas dairy ranks among the state's biggest methane emitters. But don't ask the EPA or the state about It
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
San Antonio Current
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-stein
Texas drivers vexed by toll road payment problems got little relief from state lawmakers
High Plains Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-stein
Find literary treasures at these fantastic independent Houston bookstores
An article mentions Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
UH leading multi-institutional program to provide research opportunities to postbaccalaureates
An article mentions that Rice is part of the Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics network.
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-uh
Last chance: 10 closing museum exhibitions in Houston
A roundup features the exhibit "Love and Wondervision," on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through Aug. 26.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-365
Affirmative Action comes to an end in universities across Texas
Rice is mentioned.
University of Houston-Clear Lakes's The Signal
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-uhcl
Texas-Squared Startup newsletter No. 413
A roundup features Rice news stories from the past week.
Texas-Squared Startup on Medium
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-tss
In conservative Texas, UTSA's stem cell research is cutting edge — and largely out of the spotlight
An article cites a 2022 Rice study into stem cell misinformation.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-exp.news
BROADCAST
Texas Public Radio
A broadcast cites the testimony of John Alford, professor of political science, who was a witness in the federal trial challenging Galveston County's 2021 redistricting plan.
KSTX-FM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-alford (This segment also aired on seven affiliate stations across Texas.)
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice will commemorate Cannady Hall, which has completed its structural phase, Aug. 21. The building is named after William Cannady, professor emeritus of architecture, and expected to be completed in early 2024.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-cannady
News 12 surprises scholar athletes with Bob Wolff scholarships
Lovett College sophomore Jordan Altman is featured.
News 12 Online (This segment also aired 12 times on News 12 in Long Island, New York.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-altman
'Best of Houston Happens'
A broadcast featuring high school student Javier Cruz mentions that he spent a week at a Rice summer camp.
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-cw39
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Gold buckyballs, oft-used nanoparticle ‘seeds’ are one and the same
An article features Rice research by Matthew Jones, the Gene and Norman Hackerman Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and former postdoctoral researcher Liang Qiao that found that tiny gold "seed" particles are one and the same as gold buckyballs, 32-atom spherical molecules that are cousins of the carbon buckyballs discovered at Rice in 1985. The article also mentions that late alumnus and former Professor Emeritus Robert Curl, the late Richard Smalley, the former Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, and the late Sir Harold Kroto, the former Hackerman chair in chemistry at Rice, shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckyballs. Curl is featured in the Observer Voice.
ChemEurope.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones-qiao-et-al
Goldbuckyballs und häufig verwendete Nanopartikel-'Samen' sind ein und dasselbe
Chemie.de (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-jones-qiao-et-al
August 23: Remembering Robert Curl on birthday
Observer Voice
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-curl
Discovery unlocks terahertz technology for quantum sensing
An article features collaborative Rice research into the terahertz portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Hanyu Zhu, William Marsh Rice Chair, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and graduate student Rui Xu.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-zhu-xu
Identifican a nuevos actores petroleros en Latinoamérica
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.
Prensa Latina (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-monaldi
2023 MBA to watch: Mónica Hicks, Rice University (Jones)
An article features Mónica Hicks, a student at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hicks
2023 MBA to watch: Siddhant Pawar, Rice University (Jones)
An article features Siddhant Pawar, a student at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-pawar
DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen
A roundup mentions that experts at Rice, Stanford University and Susteon Inc. are collaborating to develop and demonstrate a novel thermocatalytic methane pyrolysis process to produce high-value carbon and hydrogen.
Green Car Congress
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-gcc
Every state's hardest college to get into
A roundup features Rice.
24/7 Wall St.
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-247
Best colleges in Texas
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in KIAH Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-msn
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
This Barodian's device produces green hydrogen at very low cost
An article features collaborative Rice research into next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors. Co-author Aditya Mohite, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, is featured in The Times of India, and co-author and graduate student Austin Fehr is quoted in EFahrer.com.
The Times of India
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-mohite
Grüner Wasserstoff aus Sonnenenergie: Der Wirkungsgrad ist rekordverdächtig
EFahrer.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-fehr
SPORTS
No. 15 soccer's Byars sparks home-opening win with first-half hat trick
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team lost to the University of Texas at Austin 6-0 Aug. 20.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ts
No. 15 soccer preview: Rice
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ts
Women's soccer — opening day recap (Aug. 17)
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-the.american
TV and streaming viewing picks for Aug. 20, 2023: How to watch World Athletics Championships
Awful Announcing
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-aa
Women's soccer hits the ground running with two big wins
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team lost to the University of the Incarnate Word 2-0 Aug. 17.
UIWCardinals.com (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-uiw
Soccer drops 3-0 decision on Sunday
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play Texas State University Aug. 25.
TSUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-tsu
College football realignment means one last great season before end of an era: College Football Insider
A roundup features Rice football player Luke McCaffrey.
The Denver Gazette
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-mccaffrey
Texas 50: New Rice QB J.T. Daniels is the 13th-most important player in Texas for 2023
Rice football player J.T. Daniels is featured in Dave Campbell's Texas Football, and he is mentions in several other media outlets.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-daniels
Is Deion Sanders' shocking approach at Colorado more than a show?
San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-daniels
Coach Neal Brown gets another chance to show improvement at West Virginia. It could be his last
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-daniels
West Virginia's Brown looking to improve on disappointing 2022
The Score
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-daniels
Crucial season for Brown as WVU coach
The Inter-Mountain
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-daniels
AAC expert picks 2023: Projected order of finish, bold predictions, championship favorites
An article mentions that Rice is part of the American Athletic Conference.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-cbs
Checking the temperature of college football's preseason coaching hot seats
A roundup mentions Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren.
Sports Illustrated (This article also appeared in the Clayton News-Daily.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-bloomgren
Steve Sarkisian, Texas to 'embrace the hate' in last season in Big 12 before joining SEC
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 2.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-morning.news
Texas recommends approval of 7-year contract extension for athletic director Chris Del Conte
An article features former Rice Athletics Director Chris Del Conte.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 20 print edition, and an excerpt appeared in the Aug. 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
Houston high school quarterbacks to watch this season
An article mentions that Owen Carter has committed to play football at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Aug. 19 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
Postscripts: Texas football's playoff skepticism, Apple TV's Pac-12 future and Big 12 chaos
An article mentions that Rice was a co-champion of the Southwest Conference in 1994.
Heartland College Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hcs
Several players return home as NSU begins Ian Brophy era at North Texas
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play Northwestern State University Aug. 27.
NSUDemons.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-nsu
NSU can't dig itself out of early hole in season-opening loss at North Texas
NSUDemons.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-nsu
Xavier basketball preview 2023-2024
An article mentions former Rice basketball player Quincy Olivari.
Last Word on Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-lwos
Stock rising big man Trent Burns sets six fall visits
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-247
Tulsa football preview: Odds, schedule and prediction
An article mentions that Rice is slated to play the University of Tulsa Oct. 19.
HERO Sports
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hero
VanderBlog: Texans and Dolphins meet again
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was held at Rice Stadium.
HoustonTexans.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ht
USC women's volleyball picked fourth in Pac-12 preseason coaches poll
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball is slated to play the University of Southern California Aug. 26.
USC Trojans News
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-usc
NBA probes James Harden's outburst amid public feud with Sixers GM Daryl Morey
An article about James Harden's JH-Town charity weekend mentions that Rice's Reckling Park hosted a celebrity softball game Aug. 19.
Sportskeeda
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-sk
'Fox 26: The News Edge'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-kriv (This segment aired three times.)
Westfield looks to continue long run of success this football season
An article featuring Taji Atkins mentions that he committed to Rice to play football.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
Quarterback Trey Owens has unfinished business with Cy-Fair
An article mentions that Owen Carter has committed to play football at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-hc
From being in the stands to playing, Peter Godber has always been a CFL fan
An article features former Rice football player Peter Godber.
CJME.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-godber
CKRM-AM (Saskatchewan, Canada)
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-godber
Study of football recruiting for 35 years shows Woodland Hills to be king of major-college player production
An article mention former Rice football player H.B. Brown.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-ppg
Crimson Tide roll call: Monday, Aug. 21, 2023
An article features former Rice football player Jack Hurlbut.
Sports Illustrated's Bama Central
http://dateline.rice/aug-21-sibc