NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for research into quantum dots in TVs
An article features alumnus Louis Brus, who is one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their fundamental discoveries in nanotechnology.
The Spokesman-Review (This Washington Post article appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brus
Rice University alum Louis Brus awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brus
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brus
Professor Emeritus Louis Brus wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Columbia News
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brus
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov win Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2023
Firstpost
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brus
Black women leading ivory towers
An article mentions that President Reginald DesRoches recently announced the creation of a $1 million scholarship named after Ruth Simmons, the Rice President's Distinguished Fellow and trustee emerita.
Forbes (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-desroches-simmons
Blinken travels to Mexico amid rising tension over border, drug trafficking
An article mentions that Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a talk on campus at an event hosted by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy Oct. 3.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 4 print edition of the Times and the Oct. 5 print edition of the Santa Fe New Mexican, and it was in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-nyt
Blinken visita México en un momento de tensiones por la frontera y el narcotráfico
The New York Times (Subscription is required. An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-nyt
'2 p.m. newscast for Oct. 4, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-hpm
'Texas Public Radio'
KSTX-FM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-kstx (This segment also aired twice on seven affiliate stations across Texas.)
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-woai (This segment aired twice.)
WABC-AM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-wabc
WGCH-AM (Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-wgch
Quantum dots are part of a revolution in engineering atoms in useful ways — Nobel Prize for Chemistry recognizes the power of nanotechnology
An image is attributed to Rice.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-convo
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texas' unemployment rate is among the nation's worst — but experts say it signals a growing economy
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and professor of strategic management, is quoted.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 5 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-rodriguez
What to know about October's rare solar eclipse: Cities in its path, live broadcasts and more
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in MSN Weather.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-hartigan
'People have the power': Dolores Huerta discusses lifelong fight for democracy, feminism at the Texas Tribune Festival
An article mentions that Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, moderated a panel discussion at the Texas Tribune Festival last month.
Austin Vida
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-brinkley
Local students, teacher attend Tapia Camps at Rice University
An article features Rice's Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education, which provides summer STEM camps for both students and educators. Paul Hand, director of STEM curriculum at the Tapia Center and adjunct assistant professor of computational applied mathematics, is quoted. The center is named for Richard Tapia, University Professor and the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering, professor of computational applied mathematics and operations research and director of the center.
The Baytown Sun (This article also appeared in the Katy Times.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-hand-tapia
The lonesome writing guru
An article features late alumnus Larry McMurtry, a former Rice lecturer.
Texas Observer
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-mcmurtry
Eye for design
An article featuring Israel Cruz mentions that he attended Rice's Digital Marketing Bootcamp.
OutSmart
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-os
Houston spends less on parks per resident than other major Texas cities, at $32 per resident
An article features a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research that found that Houston's parks department receives the least public funding on a per-resident basis among the nation's 13 most populous cities.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 5 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-hc
Houston Chamber Choir christens 29th season with 'Joyful Mysteries'
An article features alumnus Daniel Knaggs.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-knaggs
PVAMU ranks fifth among best value universities in Texas, No. 1 HBCU
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 1 in Texas according to SmartAsset.
Prairie View A&M University
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-pvamu
Expert: Houston's at a critical inflection point amid energy transition
Rice is mentioned.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-innomap
BROADCAST
Mental health leave, lawsuits weigh down Judge Hidalgo's political future
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
KTRH Online (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-jones
'Capital Tonight'
Spectrum News Austin
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-jones (This segment aired five times.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-jones (This segment aired four times.)
ERCOT looks to increase operating reserves to ensure there's enough power for winter
Peter Hartley, the George A. Peterkin Professor of Economics and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston, and this article also appeared in MSN Weather.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-hartley
Business leaders tackle labor shortage during UT Tyler's Hibbs Institute panel discussion
An article quotes Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar for the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
KLTV Online (This article also appeared in MSN Money, and this segment also aired 10 times on KETK-TV in Tyler, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-rod.san
Panel focuses on impact of labor shortages in East Texas
Denton Record-Chronicle (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-rod.san
ERCOT's call for reserves ahead of winter brings back memories of 2021 meltdown
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
NBC DFW (This segment aired six times on KXAS-TV in Dallas, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-cohan
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Why write philosophy?
George Sher, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Humanities and professor of philosophy, authored an article.
Philosophy Now (This article also appeared in Daily Nous.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-sher
Tribute to my father
David Medina, director of multicultural community relations at Rice, authored an article.
Humans of the World
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-medina
Scientists convert waste plastic into hydrogen and graphene
An article features Rice research that developed a low-emissions method of harvesting hydrogen from plastic waste. Co-author and alumnus Kevin Wyss is quoted.
Sustainable Plastics
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-wyss
San Francisco Opera Center announces the 2024 Adler Fellows
An article features alumnus James McCarthy and mentions that he studied under Robin Rice, professor of voice at the Shepherd School of Music.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-mccarthy-rice
Meet Iris Acquarone, 2023 Fund for Latino Scholarship recipient
Graduate student Iris Acquarone is featured.
Political Science Now
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-acquarone
How Dallas licked partisan politics and regional rivalries to land a coveted biotech hub
An article mentions that a Rice-led team of researchers has been awarded $45 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop an implantable cancer treatment technology.
Tech Xplore (This Dallas Morning News article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-te
ARPA-H announces funding for programs to support Cancer Moonshot objectives
American College of Radiology
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-acr
How Biogen, Syzygy and Tesla unleash automation
An article about Syzygy Plasmonics mentions that its technology is based on Rice research.
Control
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-control
SBF trial: Meet the 12 jurors deciding the FTX verdict
Rice is mentioned.
TechCrunch (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Finance Canada, Cryptopolitan and MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-tc
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Dragon gas field not a game changer for Venezuela
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.
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-monaldi
'A deadly societal force': A Q&A with author Dr. Peter Hotez on the anti-science movement
A caption mentions that Dr. Peter Hotez spoke at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
University of Montana
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-um
Keshav Pingali receives Ken Kennedy Award for High Performance and Parallel Computing
An article about the 2023 Association for Computing Machinery-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award mentions it is named for the late Ken Kennedy, founder of Rice's computer science program.
Oden Institute News (This article also appeared in InsideHPC.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-ken.kennedy
SPORTS
Never-before-played college football games in Week 6
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Connecticut Oct. 7.
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Messenger, and it appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-msn
College football schedule, predictions, game previews, scoreboard, lines: Week 6
MSN (This article originally appeared in College Football News.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-msn
College football Week 6 best bets from the T Shoe Index
VSiN
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-vsin
College football TV schedule 2023: Dates, kickoff times, networks and streaming
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-the.athletic
College football 2023: Week 6 predictions for every game
Bleacher Report
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-br
Your 2023 college football Week 6 announcing schedule
Awful Announcing
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-aa
WGCH-AM (Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-wgch
AAC football scoop: USF takes early conference lead
NGSC Sports
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-ngsc
No. 10 Tigers take on Rice in Thursday evening matchup
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play the University of Memphis Oct. 5.
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-tigers
Memphis falls in series finale to Charlotte 3-1
An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team is slated to play the University of Memphis Oct. 6.
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-tigers
Golfers finish second in own Mark Simpson-CU Invitational
An article mention that Rice's golf team finished 15th in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational Oct. 2-3.
CUBuffs.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-cu
Golfers in fifth in own Mark Simpson-CU Invitational
CUBuffs.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-cu
Men's golf preview: Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational
UNCBears.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-unc
American Athletic Conference announces 2023-24 women's basketball tip times and television assignments
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play the University of South Florida Jan. 14.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-the.american
College football: Why Oklahoma may have an early advantage on Texas
Rice football is mentioned.
Yahoo! Sports
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-ys
Why Oklahoma is 'excited' for the 'great challenge' Texas QB Quinn Ewers presents
An article mentions that Rice's football team played the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 2.
Sports Illustrated's All Sooners
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-si
The highest rated Texas Longhorns according to Pro Football Focus
USA Today's Longhorns Wire
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-ut
From Brahma to Longhorn: Jonathon Brooks remains a bell cow
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-dctf
UTSA travels north to face SMU in AAC action
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team lost to Southern Methodist University 6-3 Sept. 14.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-utsa
USF takes to the road for AAC matchup with UAB
Rice soccer is mentioned.
GoUSFBulls.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-usf
No. 6 Buffs, No. 12 Lady Buffs break into the top 15 in the nation
An article mentions that Rice's cross country team competed in the Lou Classic meet.
GoBuffsGo.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-buffs
Lance Berkman's awards and honors: All you need to know
An article features former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman.
GHGossip.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-berkman
Big 12 power rankings after Week 5
An article mentions that Rice's football team defeated the University of Houston Sept. 9.
Sports Illustrated's Cougs Daily
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-si
United Bank playbook — idle week plans
WVUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-wvu
Owls announce tip-off times and TV coverage for men's hoops
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play Temple University Jan. 20.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-247
Georgia football: How UGA transfers performed in Week 5 of the 2023 season
An article mentions that Rice's football team defeated East Carolina University Sept. 30.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-247
ECU entertains AAC West Division foes Tulane and North Texas
Rice volleyball is mentioned.
ECUPirates.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-ecu
Week 6 picks are in for Joe vs. the Pro and the Hero
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to the University of South Florida Sept. 23.
AL.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-al
Game time set for USF Bulls vs. Florida Atlantic
MSN (This article originally appeared in WFLA Online.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-msn
How Wichita State basketball stacks up to rest of AAC with televised games on schedule
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play Wichita State University March 2.
Kansas.com
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-kansas
NEWS RELEASES
Rice alum Louis Brus awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Rice alumnus Louis Brus ('65) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the "discovery and development of quantum dots," nanosized particles with unique properties "that now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps," according to a Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announcement.
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-news-release-brus
Interdisciplinary Rice team tackles the future of semiconductors
An interdisciplinary team of Rice scientists has won a $1.9 million National Science Foundation grant for research on materials that could serve as the basis for next-generation energy-efficient computing devices. The team — led by Kaiyuan Yang and including co-investigators Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Yimo Han, Douglas Natelson, Shengxi Huang and Lane Martin — will focus on multiferroics, materials with distinctive electric and magnetic properties that carry "transformative technological potential."
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-news-release-yang-et.al
Consequences of 1973 oil embargo on current energy climate to be examined at Rice's Baker Institute Oct. 17
Energy and foreign policy experts will examine the lessons learned from the 1973 oil embargo and their renewed relevance for today’s energy crises — triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the risks presented by climate change — for countries, policymakers, companies and the public on Oct. 17 at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/oct-5-news-release-baker-talk