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New biotech lab, accelerator emerges in Houston to speed up commercialization of life-saving cures
Numerous articles and broadcasts feature the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, which aims to take Rice health and medical technology innovations from concept to clinical trials in five years or less. President Reginald DesRoches is quoted in two articles, and he is featured in the first segment by KPRC. The article also mentions that Omid Veiseh, associate professor of bioengineering, will serve as faculty director; Paul Wotton will serve as the executive director; and the accelerator's founding advisory council members include Paul Cherukuri, vice president for innovation and associate research professor of electrical and computer engineering; Jacob Robinson, professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; and Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O'Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship-Finance at the Jones Graduate School of Business and head of the Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative. Veiseh and Cherukuri are quoted in Houston Public Media, and Veiseh is also featured in several additional television and radio segments.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-rice.biotech.launch.pad
Rice biotech accelerator targets swift health cures
Mirage
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-desroches-launch.pag
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-desroches
Newly introduced Houston-based accelerator will expedite medical discoveries into cures, experts say
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh-cherukuri
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
'CBS 19 News'
KYTX-TV (Tyler)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
'Morning Y'all'
KYTX-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/sept-veiseh (This segment aired twice.)
'6:31 a.m. newscast for Sept. 13, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
'10 a.m. newscast for Sept. 13, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-veiseh
'TMC in the News'
Texas Medical Center
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-tmc
'The Newsedge: Early Edition'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv
'5 a.m. newscast for Sept. 13, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hpm
Inside Rice University's new engineering science building, one of its largest projects in a decade
An article features Rice's O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science, named for the late Board of Trustees member Ralph O'Connor, which will house the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, the Brown School of Engineering and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences. Community members quoted include Thomas Killian, dean of the Wiess School and professor of physics and astronomy; James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering; Brad Thacker, O'Connor Building director of operations; Angie Chen, senior project manager at Rice's facilities, engineering and planning department; and graduate student Lucas Eddy. Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the Brown School of Engineering and professor of computer science and of biosciences, also is quoted in the Houston Business Journal.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 13 print edition and was in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-oconnor.building
Rice University puts research on display with new Ralph S. O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-oconnor.building.hbj
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Material kills viruses with heat but stay cool to the touch
An article features collaborative Rice research developing a composite textile with an electrically conductive layer on one side to decontaminate personal protective equipment. Co-authors quoted include Daniel Preston, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Yizhi Jane Tao, professor of biosciences; and graduate students Marquise Bell and Kai Ye.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-preston-tao-bell-ye
Better PPE
'Futurity Today' newsletter for Sept. 13
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-futurity.today
Antidepressants may reduce negative memories
An article features collaborative Rice research that found that antidepressants may reduce negative memories in individuals suffering from depression while improving overall memory function. Co-author Stephanie Leal, assistant professor of psychological sciences, is quoted. This research is also featured in segments by WMBD and KXLN.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-leal
'WMBD News'
WMBD-TV (Peoria, Illinois)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-wmbd
'Despierta America'
KXLN-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kxln
US sanctions on Venezuela: Tool for democracy or siege tactic?
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.
Le Monde Diplomatique
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-monaldi
Crime, infrastructure among top priorities for voters ahead of Houston mayoral race, study finds
An article cites a survey by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into the top priorities of Houston residents ahead of the city's next mayoral election.
MSN (This article originally appeared in ABC 13 Online, and the video segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Texas is not responsible for the migrant crisis, which is now across the US
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ktrh
JFK moonshot speech: Space Center Houston confirms lectern on display is real
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
MSN (This article originally appeared in KHOU Online, and the video segment also aired twice on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Not a fake, JFK 'choose the moon' lectern restored to public display
MSN (This article originally appeared in Space.com.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Space Center Houston investigates authenticity of alleged JFK lectern
MSN (This article originally appeared in WFAA Online, and the video segment aired twice on WFAA-TV in Dallas.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn
Space Center Houston authenticates, displays moon speech lectern
Community Impact
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-ci
Why we love fall — a season of new beginnings
The Daily Courier (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-dc
Space race; cosmic dash to the dark side of the moon
English.Almayadeen.net
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-almayadeen
'Your Evening on Spectrum 1'
Spectrum News 1 (San Fernando Valley, California)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-sn (This segment aired four times.)
HOUSTON/TEXAS
10 vivid and eye-catching September exhibitions no Houston art fan should miss
A roundup mentions that a mudhif, a large structure made of reeds that serves as a community center in the Iraqi marshes, has been built on Rice's campus, and it mentions "Laure Prouvost: Above Front Tears Nest in South," the fall exhibit at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts on view from Sept. 15-Dec. 14. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is quoted.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-weaver
As federal money flows to carbon capture and storage, Texas bets on an undersea bonanza
An article cites Rice research into the carbon and sulfur dioxide emissions of the W.A. Parish coal-fired power plant southwest of Houston.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-exp.news
Texas A&M ranked No. 1 university in the state by The Wall Street Journal
An article mentions that Rice is second in the state and No. 64 in the U.S. according to The Wall Street Journal.
Texas A&M Today
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-tam.today
Texas A&M ranked sixth in the US among public universities, The Wall Street Journal says
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in KEYE Online.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-msn.money
'25 News Brazos Valley'
KRHD-TV (Waco, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-krhd (This segment aired four times.)
Chevron buys 77 acres in Cypress for possible research and development campus
An article mentions the Ion, a Houston-based tech hub owned by the Rice Management Co.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Sept. 13 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Faculty-in-residence, resident chaplains 'co-labor' to cultivate student spirituality
Alumnus Brent Phillips is quoted.
Baylor Lariat
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-phillips
Chi Alpha comes under fire for sexual assault allegations
An article mentions that Rice has a chapter of Chi Alpha student ministry.
The Paisano
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-the.paisano
BROADCAST
Early funding cut for Ike Dike project causes a ‘major setback’, expert says
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law, co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn
'Texas Public Radio'
KSTX-FM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn (This segment aired on seven affiliate stations across Texas.)
'12 p.m. newscast for Sept. 12, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn
'5:31 a.m. newscast for Sept. 13, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn
'8 a.m. newscast for Sept. 13, 2023'
Houston Public Media on Google Podcasts (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-blackburn
'Houston's Morning Show'
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 interviewed about the impeachment inquiry opened against President Joe Biden.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-jones
'KHOU 11 News'
A broadcast features a "moment of Zen" from the Rice campus.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-khou (This segment aired twice.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Come again? Political scientist sees shutdown as 'likely' — and feds need to get ready
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Government Executive
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-stein
Seven ways to feel hopeful about climate change
Tomás Morín, assistant professor of creative writing, is mentioned.
University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Magazine
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-morin
Immigrant amnesty could increase their wages and boost US economy: Report
An article features a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy that found that granting undocumented immigrants amnesty and legal status could improve the U.S. labor market.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-phys
La Opinión Hoy: Los grandes beneficios de otorgar ciudadanía a indocumentados
La Opinión
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-lo
The most popular traditions at top business schools
An article mentions Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-p&q
How some insects turn plants into pollution detectors
An article features research by former Rice postdoctoral fellow Glen Ray Hood.
Entomology Today
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hood
Ray Isle explains how Taco Bell can teach you about wine
A roundup features late alumnus Larry McMurtry, a former Rice lecturer.
Food & Wine
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mcmurtry
UT mourns pioneer of computational mechanics and founder of Oden Institute
An article about the late J. Tinsley Oden mentions that he and alumnus Clint Dawson are both former Rice professors.
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-oden-dawson
Here's the climate dissent you're not hearing about because it's muffled by society's top institutions
An article cites a 2022 study by experts at Rice into energy transition.
Real Clear Investigations
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-rci
DHR Health Orthopedic Institute welcomes Dr. Eric B. Wilkinson, orthopedic surgeon
Rice is mentioned.
Mega Doctor News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mdn
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Come again? Political scientist sees shutdown as 'likely' — and feds need to get ready
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Government Executive
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-stein
Seven ways to feel hopeful about climate change
Tomás Morín, assistant professor of creative writing, is mentioned.
University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Magazine
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-morin
Immigrant amnesty could increase their wages and boost US economy: Report
An article features a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy that found that granting undocumented immigrants amnesty and legal status could improve the U.S. labor market.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-phys
La Opinión Hoy: Los grandes beneficios de otorgar ciudadanía a indocumentados
La Opinión
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-lo
The most popular traditions at top business schools
An article mentions Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-p&q
How some insects turn plants into pollution detectors
An article features research by former Rice postdoctoral fellow Glen Ray Hood.
Entomology Today
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hood
Ray Isle explains how Taco Bell can teach you about wine
A roundup features late alumnus Larry McMurtry, a former Rice lecturer.
Food & Wine
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mcmurtry
UT mourns pioneer of computational mechanics and founder of Oden Institute
An article about the late J. Tinsley Oden mentions that he and alumnus Clint Dawson are both former Rice professors.
Newswise
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-oden-dawson
Here's the climate dissent you're not hearing about because it's muffled by society's top institutions
An article cites a 2022 study by experts at Rice into energy transition.
Real Clear Investigations
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-rci
DHR Health Orthopedic Institute welcomes Dr. Eric B. Wilkinson, orthopedic surgeon
Rice is mentioned.
Mega Doctor News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-mdn
SPORTS
Rice football: Owls look to build off momentous Bayou Bucket win over UH
Several articles and broadcasts mention that Rice's football team defeated the University of Houston 43-41 Sept. 9. The Owls next play Texas Southern University Sept. 16. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is quoted in the Houston Chronicle, and he is interviewed by KRIV.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-bloomgren
'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-bloomgren
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-bloomgren
UH mailbag: Is a winning season possible after debacle vs. Rice?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
When it comes to overreacting in college football, here's what to know on UT, Alabama, A&M and UH
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Sept. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
UH players give Dana Holgorsen a show of support
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
Best in Texas poll (Sept. 12): Longhorns back on top; TCU, Texas Tech, Rice on the rise
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-morning.news
UH can't afford another slow start in Big 12 opener against TCU
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 13 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-hc
In the web: What 'they' are saying about Baylor in Week 3
SicEm365.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-sicem
Random thoughts: Power shift in college football
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-sbn
'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv2
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv2
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-kriv3
UNC's Omarion Hampton named the Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week
A roundup features Rice football player Daelen Alexander.
BCSNN
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-alexander
Tulsa sweeps volleyball weekly honors
An article mentions that Rice volleyball players Kaitlyn Knobbe and Satasha Kostelecky have been named to the the American Athletic Conference's Weekly Honor Roll list.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-knobbe-kostelecky
De La Fuente finishes second at Argent Financial Classic
An article mentions that Rice's golf team finished 10th in the Argent Financial Classic tournament Sept. 10-12.
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-uh
Men's golf finishes Argent Financial Classic
UCASports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-uca
Holliday: NC State lets big opportunity slip away
An article mentions former Rice football player Bradley Rozner.
WRAL Online
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-wral
Baquero C-USA Offensive Player of the Week
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team drew their match with Sam Houston State University 2-2 Sept. 7.
GoBearKats.com (This article also appeared in The Huntsville Item.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-bk
Women's hoops releases schedule
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play Abilene Christian University Nov. 9.
ACUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-acu
David Pollacks names his dudes of college football Week 2
An article mentions that Rice's football team lost to the University of Texas at Austin 37-10 Sept. 2.
USA Today's UGA Wire
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-uga
Texas player steals Nick Saban's famous phrase after upset win
The Spun
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-the.spun
Price receives posthumous SWC Hall of Fame Honor
An article mentions that former Rice track and field athlete Ken Stadel will be inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame next month.
12thMan.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-stadel
'KHOU 11 News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice's Reckling Park hosted a charity baseball game between Houston fire and police departments hosted Sept. 11.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-khou
NEWS RELEASES
New Rice memory research examines how we remember faces
The common struggle of remembering a face or a name gets more difficult as we age, and new research from Rice aims to figure out why. "A big barrier in the study of memory is creating research measures that accurately reflect the brain's experience," said Stephanie Leal, assistant professor of psychological sciences and lead author. "We developed this memory task to potentially be able to help identify memory problems earlier."
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-leal
Rice Business rises in MBA rankings
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business jumped ten spots to No. 19 on Bloomberg Businessweek's full-time MBA ranking for 2023-24. The ranking places the Rice Business program as the top in Texas and among the nation's most distinguished, including those at universities such as Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://dateline.rice/sept-13-news-release-rice.mba