NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Fact check: Trump boasts about a massive oil purchase that never happened
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-krane
Ancient viruses left bits of RNA in coral symbiont DNA
An article features collaborative Rice research that discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses embedded in the DNA of symbiotic organisms living inside reef-building corals. Co-authors Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, and graduate student Alex Veglia are quoted. Veglia is mentioned in the Del Norte Triplicate.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/june-6-correa-veglia
Reef survival: New OSU report defines threat
Del Norte Triplicate (This article also appeared in the Curry Coastal Pilot, North Coast Citizen, The World Newspaper, Cannon Beach Gazette and Tillamook Headlight Herald.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-veglia
Glenbrook North, South seniors graduate: 'The magnitude of COVID-19 shocked us all'
An article mentions that Michael Bilous plans to attend Rice in the fall.
Chicago Tribune (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-ct
HOUSTON/TEXAS
What Rice University’s move to the American Athletic Conference means for the school
An article features the news that Rice will join the American Athletic Conference July 1. Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard is quoted. The article also mentions that Rice is ranked No. 15 in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report and No. 6 in the nation according to Niche.
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-karlgaard
'Internal rot': Infighting among leadership exposes rifts in Texas GOP
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 Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared on the front page of the June 6 print edition, and it appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-jones
'TWC All Day'
Spectrum News Austin (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-jones
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-jones (This segment nine times.)
Harris County may launch guaranteed income program providing low-income families with $500 per month
An article cites the Houston Area Survey by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the June 6 print edition, and it appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-hc
Some low-income families in Houston area would get $500 a month under proposed program
KHOU Online (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-khou
Texas-Squared Startup newsletter No. 403
A roundup features Rice news stories from the past week.
Texas-Squared Startup on Medium
http://dateline.rice/june-6-tss
16 Houstonians are among the '50 most influential Texans' in Texas Monthly's new book
A roundup features alumnus William Hobby.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-hobby
Pride all month long
A roundup mentions that Houston's Pride Chorus will perform at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts June 8.
OutSmart (This article also appeared in the June print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-os
Le Mistral alums will soon debut a new restaurant in River Oaks
An article mentions alumnus Edwin Bosso.
Houston Food Finder
http://dateline.rice/june-6-bosso
BROADCAST
'The Archive Project — Storytelling for Change': Kiese Laymon and Imbolo Mbue
Kiese Laymon, the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English, is featured.
Oregon Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/june-6-laymon
'Houston Life'
Hanszen College senior Lily Primus is featured.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-primus
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
The rocky road to bus electrification
Alumnus Christof Spieler, senior lecturer of architecture, is quoted.
Governing
http://dateline.rice/june-6-spieler
Minister with outsized influence in Assemblies of God's Chi Alpha ministry arrested for abusing boys
An article mentions that Rice has a chapter of Chi Alpha student ministry.
Christian Post
http://dateline.rice/june-6-cp
The case for non-US allocations
Alumnus Rick Pitcairn is featured.
Advisor Perspectives
http://dateline.rice/june-6-pitcairn
Researchers tackle problems with silicon-anode batteries
An article features collaborative Rice research on reducing lithium loss and lengthening the life cycles in lithium-ion batteries.
EEPower.com
http://dateline.rice/june-6-eep
SPORTS
Levesque, Slinkman to compete at NCAA Championships
An article mentions that Rice track and field athletes Grant Levesque and Alexander Slinkman will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which begin June 7 in Austin.
BVM Sports
http://dateline.rice/june-6-levesque-slinkman
2024 College Football Hall of Fame nominees revealed
A roundup features former Rice football player Jarrett Dillard.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/june-6-dillard
DeSoto coach Claude Mathis named to 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/june-6-dillard
Michael Huff placed on 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot
On 3
http://dateline.rice/june-6-dillard
Texas Longhorns 2023 Week 1 opponent preview: Rice Owls
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 2.
Sports Illustrated's Longhorns Country (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-silc
Texas football win total odds: Can Quinn Ewers lead the Longhorns to 10 wins? Will Arch Manning replace him?
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-ta
Texas A&M football recruiting rewind: Johnny Football, the Eric Dickerson what-if and more
Rice is mentioned.
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-6-ta
NEWS RELEASES
Nonprofit hospitals use proceeds to boost cash reserves rather than provide more charity care, new report shows
A recent survey found that 41% of adults in the U.S. have debt caused by medical or dental bills. Dedicating more of nonprofit hospitals' proceeds to charity care would ease the financial stress, but that has not happened — even as such hospitals' cash reserves have grown — according to a new report out today in Health Affairs.
http://dateline.rice/june-6-ho-jenkins
Order in chaos: Atmosphere's Antarctic oscillation has natural cycle
Climate scientists at Rice have discovered an "internally generated periodicity" — a natural cycle that repeats every 150 days — in the north-south oscillation of atmospheric pressure patterns that drive the movement of the Southern Hemisphere’s prevailing westerly winds and the Antarctic jet stream. "This is something that arises from the internal dynamics of the atmosphere," said Pedram Hassanzadeh, co-author of a study about the discovery.
http://dateline.rice/june-6-hassanzadeh