NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Dust off your suitcases and get ready: 10 destinations to visit with the kids in 2023
A roundup features James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
USA Today (This article originally appeared in FamilyVactionist.com, and it appeared in Delicious Food.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-usatoday
Create strategic luck in 2023
Rice is mentioned.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-forbes
Why it's time to reinvent selective colleges — and how to do it
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Washington Post.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-msn
Elevation Scholars helps top students from low-income families realize elite college dreams
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, and it appeared in Yahoo! News.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-msn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Opinion: Why the House speaker chaos over Kevin McCarthy won't happen in the Texas Legislature
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, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This op-ed also appeared in the Jan. 5 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-jones
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-jones
'Fox 26: The News Edge'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-jones
Opinion: Americans are taking more control over their work lives — because they have to
Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-sonenshein
Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
San Antonio Current
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-harris
How Hines transformed Houston's skyline over 65 years
A roundup features the Ion, a Houston-based tech accelerator owned by the Rice Management Co.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-hc
Massive John F. Kennedy sculpture, labyrinth coming to Aldine near entrance to Bush Airport
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-hc
Cagle welcomes new family member as he departs Harris County Commissioners Court
Alumnus Jack Cagle is featured.
Katy Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-cagle
Houston orchestra ROCO starts 2023 with Saint Arnold's beer, Maya Angelou, Sandra Cisneros
An article mentions that ROCO's Albert and Margaret Alkek in Concert Series will feature a performance of "Friends" at Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera Feb. 18.
Houston Chronicle's "Preview" (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-hc
This month's must-see exhibits in Houston: January 2023
A roundup features the exhibit "Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today" at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, which will be on view Jan. 13-May 13.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-365
Meet the star students
A roundup featuring Vania Gonzalez and Sophia Serr mentions they hope to attend Rice.
Wacoan
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-wacoan
BROADCAST
'Good Morning Acadiana'
An article cites Rice research into the the impact of the arts on elementary school children.
KATC-TV (Lafayette, Louisiana)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-katc
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
What's in store for Latin America natural gas in 2023? — Listen now to NGI's 'Hub & Flow'
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.
Natural Gas Intelligence
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-monaldi
Top trends in Latin America energy in 2023
Natural Gas Intelligence's "Hub & Flow" podcast
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-monaldi
Climate warming reduces organic carbon burial beneath oceans
An article features collaborative Rice research analyzing more than 50 years of seagoing scientific drilling missions, a first-of-its-kind study of organic carbon that falls to the bottom of the ocean and gets drawn deep inside the planet. Co-author Mark Torres, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-torres
More links aren't necessarily better for hybrid nanomaterials
An article features collaborative Rice research into hybrid nanomaterials. Co-author Peter Rossky, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair in Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry and of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is quoted.
Nanowerk
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-rossky
Crude oil waste converted into graphene
An article features collaborative Rice research turning asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, into graphene. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering; Muhammad Rahman, assistant research professor and adjunct lecturer in materials science and nanoengineering; Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry; and graduate student M.A.S.R. Saadi. A second article mentions that Ajayan will give the talk "Materials Design through NanoEngineering" at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Jan. 12.
Paint Square
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-tour-ajayan-rahman
Institute lecture on 'Materials Design through NanoEngineering'
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-ajayan
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Many in their 60s still got it
An article cites research on the working memory of aging individuals by Margaret Beier, professor of psychological sciences, and graduate student Meghan Davenport.
The Advertiser-Tribune (This article also appeared on the front page of the Jan. 5 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-beier-davenport
Penn State leads semiconductor packaging, heterogeneous integration center
An article mentions that Rice is one of 14 universities partnering with Penn State University's Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems, which aims to advance semiconductor devices, chips and other components.
Penn State News
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-penn
How can US media expect Chinese tourists when its gov't sends a hostile signal?
An article features collaborative Rice research into the public perception of the United States among Chinese citizens during the Trump administration.
Global Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-gt
Eleven Day Pitney attorneys elevated to firm partnership for 2023
Alumna Elizabeth Retersdorf is featured.
The Boca Raton Tribune
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-retersdorf
SPORTS
Rice vs. Louisiana Tech: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel
Several articles mention that Rice's men's and women's basketball teams are slated to play Louisiana Tech University Jan. 5.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-cbs
Preview: La Tech vs. Rice
LaTechSports.com (A similar article also appeared in the Lincoln Parish Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-latech
Preview: La Tech vs. Rice
LaTechSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-latech
Thursday night hoops preview for Lady Techsters and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs versus the Rice Owls
MyArkLaMiss.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-malm
Men's basketball central: Charlotte at FIU
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jan. 26.
Charlotte49ers.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-49ers
Lady Toppers tip off 2023 at North Texas
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team was defeated by Western Kentucky University Dec. 29.
WKUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-wku
Women's basketball returns home to play WKU
MeanGreenSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-mgs
UAB WBB returns home to face Florida Atlantic
An article mentions that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference.
UABSports.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-uab
Tops aiming to halt skid at home against Mean Green
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated Western Kentucky University Dec. 29.
Bowling Green Daily News (This article also appeared in the Messenger-Inquirer.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-bgdn
'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's love of football and his college career in the sport, explained
An article featuring professional wrestler Steve Austin mentions that his father, Ken Williams, is a former Rice football player.
The Sportster (This article also appeared in MSN Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-sportster
NEWS RELEASES
More links aren't necessarily better for hybrid nanomaterials
Chemists from Rice and the University of Texas at Austin discovered more isn't always better when it comes to packing charge-acceptor molecules on the surface of semiconducting nanocrystals.
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-news-release-rossky
Climate warming reduces organic carbon burial beneath oceans
An international team of scientists painstakingly gathered data from more than 50 years of seagoing scientific drilling missions to conduct a first-of-its-kind study of organic carbon that falls to the bottom of the ocean and gets drawn deep inside the planet.
http://dateline.rice/jan-5-news-release-torres