Dateline Rice for March 24, 2023

HOUSTON/TEXAS

The new streets of Laredo
Research by the Baker Institute for Public Policy is cited.
Texas Monthly (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-baker
 
Clean energy manufacturing gains ground in Texas, US
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-medlock
 
The Menil's founding director forever changed Houston's art scene. His gift of 600 works shows how
An article mentions that the late Walter Hopps directed the Rice Museum.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-hopps
 
Annual student startup competition in Houston names teams for 2023
An article features the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business, which will be held May 11-13. 
InnovationMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/march-24-rbpc
 
Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
San Antonio Report (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets, and it was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-harris
 
‘John Wick,’ ‘The Lost King’ top the list of new films this week
An article mentions that “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” screens March 24 and “2001: A Space Odyssey” screens March 25 at Rice Cinema.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Preview section of the March 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-rice-cinema
 
This Weekend: Ars Lyrica presents gender-bent production of Handel’s comedic cantata
An article features alumna Cecelia McKinley ’22.
Houston CityBook
http://dateline.rice/march-24-mckinley
 
Discover Texas Wines — Sommly
An article mentions that Sara Wagner earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Rice.
Texas Wine Lover
http://dateline.rice/march-24-wagner

BROADCAST

C-SPAN3
U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher mentions that the Screwpull corkscrew was invented by a Rice alumnus.
http://dateline.rice/march-24-screwpull
 
‘TWC News All Morning’
Rice research that found Texas has received more refugees from Afghanistan than any other state is featured.
Spectrum News Austin
http://dateline.rice/march-24-twc
 
KXNT-AM (Las Vegas)
A broadcast mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
http://dateline.rice/march-24-kennedy

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Bacterial biosensors eavesdrop on the gut
Jeffrey Tabor, professor of bioengineering and biosciences, is quoted. 
Drug Discovery News
http://dateline.rice/march-24-tabor
 
Current challenges in catalysis
Collaborative Rice research on photocatalysis is mentioned.
AZo Nano
http://dateline.rice/march-24-azonano
 
East River adding art to the mix
An article mentions Rice and its founder, William Marsh Rice.
Realty News Report
http://dateline.rice/march-24-william-marsh-rice
 
Stickier than we thought: Exciting discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s therapies
Scientists from Rice are using fluorescence lifetime to shed new light on a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Angel Martí, professor of chemistry, bioengineering and materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
SciTechDaily (This article also appeared in FocusTechnica.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-marti

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Breakthrough treatment destroys advanced-stage cancers in less than 1 week
An article features a collaborative study using cytokine "drug factory" technology that found it can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days. Co-authors Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and graduate student Amanda Nash are quoted.
The Brighter Side of News (This article also appeared in Flipboard.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-veiseh-nash
 
Edra Soto’s ‘Graft’ project comes to the Hyde Park Art Center
An article mentions that Edra Soto’s “Graft” was a temporary installation at the Rice School of Architecture’s Anderson Hall in 2022.
Chicago Reader
http://dateline.rice/march-24-architecture
 
Youngkin to speak at George Mason’s spring commencement
Alumnus and former Rice basketball player Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia, is featured.
WSVA Online (A similar article appeared in Patch.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-youngkin
 
Southwest Florida Symphony brings “A Night at the Opera” to Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Alumna Sara LeMesh is featured.
Fort Myers Beach Talk
http://dateline.rice/march-24-lemesh
 
Former US attorney general to speak at Law Day Celebration
Alumnus Alberto Gonzales ’79 is featured.
Hamilton County Herald
http://dateline.rice/march-24-gonzales
 
Carlton Fields adds litigator Blair Hedges in Orlando
Alumnus Blair Hedges is featured.
Citybiz
http://dateline.rice/march-24-hedges
 
Regents Roundup — March 2023
Alumnus Jonathan Smith is featured.
The University Record (University of Michigan)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-smith

SPORTS

Prices going up for premium seating at UNT football and basketball
Rice Athletics is mentioned.
Denton Record-Chronicle (This article appeared on the front page of the March 24 print edition, and it also appeared in the Tyler Morning Telegraph, KPVI Online and inForney.)
http://dateline.rice/march-24-athletics

NEWS RELEASE

Moving American business operations from China to Mexico strengthens all of North America, says report
American businesses moving operations out of China and into Mexico would be economically beneficial for all of North America, according to a new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/march-24-baker