Dateline Rice for March 28, 2023

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Silence during Donald Trump's rally hints at huge DeSantis problem
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 in multiple articles. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted on the Houston mayor’s race by Texas Public Radio.
Newsweek (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-1
Political analyst weighs in on Houston mayoral race after congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announces candidacy
KRIV Online
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-2
‘Fox 26 The News Edge at 10 p.m.’
KRIV-TV (Houston; similar segments aired on “Fox 26 News at 9,” “Houston’s Morning Show” and “Wake Up! With SallyMac and Lina.”)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-3
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-4 (This segment aired three times.)
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice-march-28-stein (This broadcast also aired on KERA-FM in Dallas and KUT-FM in Austin, Texas.)
Spring Branch ISD votes in favor of speeding up book banning process
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-5
Spring Branch ISD school board passes new streamlined process to ban books submitted for review
KTRK Online (This article also appeared in Naija On Point.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-jones-6

As long-term partnership with US fades, Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its diplomacy — and recent deals with China, Iran and Russia fit this strategy
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-ulrichsen

Saudi Aramco strengthens China ties with two refinery deals
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Financial Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Best in Business and World News Era.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-krane

NASA to name Artemis 2 crew next week, the first moon astronauts in 50 years
President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Space.com (This article also appeared in Times of News, Inkl, Vietname Explorer and Geeky.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-kennedy-1
Gold Central Victoria (Australia)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-kennedy-2

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Americans on Medicaid will have to sign up to renew their coverage — do they know that?
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.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice-march-28-ho-1
Lawmakers question why hospital pricing isn’t living up to transparency goals
Money Training Club
http://dateline.rice-march-28-ho-2

Study: When it comes to immigration, the more things change, the more they stay the same
A broadcast highlights a Baker Institute for Public Policy report that found the U.S. immigration system is slow and stymied by politics, but the border crisis represents an opportunity to address gaps in the American labor market. Katia Adimora, former visiting scholar at the Baker Institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is interviewed. Mentioned are Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the center; Luz Garcini, assistant professor of psychological sciences and a Rice Faculty Scholar in the center; and Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar at the center.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice-march-28-immigration

Apollo 14 "Moon Trees" find a home outside Nassau Bay City Hall
An article mentions that Rice’s campus is the home to a moon tree.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice-march-28-moon-trees

Review: “The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana” at the Holocaust Museum Houston
An article mentions that artist Alice Cahana studied at Rice.
Glasstire
http://dateline.rice-march-28-cahana

Superb Woman: Joyce Gibson
Alumna Joyce Gibson is featured.
Texas Metro News (This article also appeared in the Garland Journal.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-gibson

BROADCAST

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, Missouri)
Kiese Laymon, the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English, is featured in an episode of “This American Life.”
http://dateline.rice-march-28-laymon

CBC Radio One (Canada)
Anastasiya Zavyalova, associate professor of strategic management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, is interviewed about front-and-center CEOs.
http://dateline.rice-march-28-zavyalova (This broadcast aired on more than 10 additional affiliate stations after previously being included in Dateline.)

‘WAVY News 10 Today at 6 a.m.’
A broadcast featuring Clara Sanchez-Lapitan mentions that she plans to attend Rice.
WAVY-TV (Norfolk, Virginia)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-sanchez-lapitan (This broadcast aired five times)

KRLD-AM (Dallas)
A broadcast features an upcoming American Lung Association event at Rice.
http://dateline.rice-march-28-lung

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Many colleges hiked tuition for low-income students. Why did wealthier peers get more aid?
Wiess College senior Chase Brown is featured. The Rice Investment is mentioned.
The Hechinger Report (This article also appeared in USA Today and was included in a previous edition of Dateline. It has since appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-brown-rice-investment

Prizes awarded at Missouri's Plowman Chamber Music Competition
An article features Trio Menil — comprised of Shepherd School of Music students Jonathan Mak, Jeongwon Claire and David Dietz — which won the $5,000 grand prize at the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition in Columbia, Missouri. Mentioned are James Dunham, professor of viola; Paul Kantor, the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Professor of Violin; Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano; Virginia Weckstrom, artist faculty member of chamber music and collaborative piano; and Kathleen Winkler, professor of violin.
The Violin Channel
http://dateline.rice-march-28-trio-menil

Protein coating could extend freshness of produce
Muhammad Rahman, assistant research professor in materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted, and 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, is mentioned.
Mirage
http://dateline.rice-march-28-rahman-ajayan

Eco-efficient cement could pave the way to a greener future
The Rice lab of James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, used flash Joule heating to remove toxic heavy metals from fly ash, a powdery byproduct of coal-based electric power plants that is used frequently in concrete mixtures. Using purified coal fly ash reduces the amount of cement needed and improves the concrete’s quality. Tour, postdoctoral research associates Bing Deng and Wei Meng, and Satish Nagarajaiah, professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering, are quoted. Rice alumnus Paul Advincula, Weiyin Chen, Robert Carter and Gang Li and graduate students Lucas Eddy, Kevin Wyss and Yi Cheng are mentioned as study co-authors.
Bioengineer (This article also appeared in Mirage News, News Azi and Scienmag.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-fly-ash

Jarvis Sam, CEO and founder, Rainbow Disruption
Alumnus Jarvis Sam is featured on a podcast.
MarketDial’s Remarkable Retail (This article also appeared in RetailWit.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-sam

The Southwest Florida Symphony presents ‘A Night at the Opera’
Alumna Sara LeMesh is featured.
Florida Business Daily
http://dateline.rice-march-28-lemesh

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

James Chappell wins NSF CAREER Award
James Chappell, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering, is featured.
Bioengineer (This article also appeared in Mirage and Scienmag.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-chappell

Turning asphaltene into graphene
A pair of Rice research stories are featured. Mentioned are Muhammad Rahman, assistant research professor in materials science and nanoengineering; James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of 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; graduate students M.A.S.R. Saadi, Md Shajedul Hoque Thakur, Ali Khater, Jacob Beckham and Minghe Lou; Jones College senior Aasha Zinke; research scientist Soumyabrata Roy; and alumnus Paul Advincula.
FrogHeart
http://dateline.rice-march-28-graphene

Delegazione Emilia-Romagna a Houston, Texas, cuore mondiale della space economy
The Rice Space Institute is mentioned.
Sestopotere (An English translation is not available. Similar articles appeared in Emilia-Romagna Notizie, Quotidiano del Nord and AISE.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-rice-space-institute

Herstory by Kate Emery General
Alumnus Harris Stephenson is mentioned.
The Cambridge Spy
http://dateline.rice-march-28-stephenson

Congratulations, Ericka and Jim!
Alumnus Jim Howe is featured.
KC Independent
http://dateline.rice-march-28-howe

SPORTS

Houston area baseball top performers: Grand Oaks' Larry Drake rakes in win over Willis
Rice baseball commits Jackson Blank and Nolan Roycroft are featured.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice-march-28-baseball

Kroeger: Chavez has a chance to go D1
An article mentions the Rice football team.
Houston Chronicle (This article originally appeared in the Laredo Morning Times.)
http://dateline.rice-march-28-football

2022 in review: Glenn Otto
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured.
Lone Star Ball
http://dateline.rice-march-28-otto

NEWS RELEASE

Eco-efficient cement could pave the way to a greener future
The production of cement, an ingredient in concrete, accounts for roughly 8% of the world’s annual carbon dioxide emissions, making it a significant target of greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Toward those efforts, the Rice lab of chemist James Tour used flash Joule heating to remove toxic heavy metals from fly ash, a powdery byproduct of coal-based electric power plants that is used frequently in concrete mixtures. Using purified coal fly ash reduces the amount of cement needed and improves the concrete’s quality.
http://dateline.rice-march-28-cement