SOLAR ECLIPSE
Solar Eclipse 2024: What to know about the sun going dark in North America
Alumna Patricia Reiff, professor of physics and astronomy and associate director for outreach programs at the Rice Space Institute, is quoted. Reiff and President Reginald DesRoches are featured in the second KABB-TV segment, and DesRoches is interviewed by KYTX-TV.
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
What happens if it's cloudy during an eclipse?
Time (This article also appeared in MSN Weather.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
Solar eclipse 2024 live updates: What time to watch, weather forecasts and more
Yahoo! News
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
In Houston, low chances of solar eclipse visibility on Monday
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
You always wanted to be a scientist. The eclipse is your chance.
MSN (This article originally appeared in MSNBC.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
It's eclipse day, Texas! Here’s everything you need to know about the total solar eclipse
KERA Online (This article also appeared in Texas Standard and Texas Public Radio.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
Warum die Sonnenfinsternis am Montag spektakulär ausfallen könnte
Der Standard
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff
'Fox News First Early Edition'
KABB-TV (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff.1 (This segment aired three times.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff.2-desroches
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff.3
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff.4
'KHOU 11 Morning News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-reiff (This segment aired twice.)
'CBS 19 News'
KYTX-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-desroches (This segment aired three times.)
Keep an eye on Texas power grid during April 8 eclipse
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN Weather (This article originally appeared in KHOU Online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cohan
TxDOT advises extra caution for eclipse
Stephen Bradshaw, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Jacksonville Progress
http://dateline.rice/april-8-bradshaw
Eclipse fever hits Texas towns as residents and officials prepare for a crush of visitors
San Antonio Current (This Texas Tribune article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-bradshaw
Cloudy with a chance of obscured eclipse: What to expect if weather impacts eclipse viewing
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 6 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hartigan
Is that a comet in the sky? Astronomers say it's possible to glimpse one during total solar eclipse
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 6 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hartigan
Solar eclipse 2024: Religious beliefs behind the event
An article quotes David Cook, professor of religion.
AOL
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cook
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cook (This segment aired 20 times and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
15 events in Houston area to celebrate the solar eclipse
A roundup mentions that Melissa Mason, assistant director for secondary STEM education at Rice, will give a talk at Houston Public Library April 8.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-8-mason
Central Texas planetarium holds educational events ahead of total solar eclipse
An article mentions that Rice co-produced a planetarium show about solar eclipses.
KWTX (This article also appeared in MSN Money, and the segment also aired twice on KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kwtx.1
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kwtx.2
'Houston's Morning Show'
Rice is mentioned.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kriv
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Opinion: NASA was America's crown jewel. After the Columbia disaster it was never quite the same
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, authored an article.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in CNN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-brinkley
Trumpism is emptying churches
Michael Emerson, the Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg
http://dateline.rice/april-8-emerson
2024 elections: How Biden's pause on liquefied natural gas exports gives Texas GOP a cudgel
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.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Austin American-Statesman.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jones
Amarillo entertainment in brief for April 7, 2024
An article features Ken Cowan, professor of organ at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Amarillo Globe-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-cowan
It's gnat season in Houston. Here's how to get rid of the pests invading your home
Scott Egan, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-egan
Transitions: Connecticut College names new president
An article features Tanner Gardner, deputy athletic director for external affairs at Rice, who will step down from his role June 1.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://dateline.rice/april-8-gardner
Pepperdine appoints new athletic director
Pepperdine University's Graphic
http://dateline.rice/april-8-gardner
Understanding the rise in women voters
An article authored by Rithika Kumar mentions that she will join Rice's political science faculty this fall.
MSN India (This article originally appeared in the Hindustan Times.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-msn
Texas city loses $45 million after housing project fail
An article cites a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into Houston rent prices.
Newsweek (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-newsweek
How tech teams go analog to solve business problems
Rice is mentioned.
Forbes (This article also appeared in Ex Bulletin.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-forbes
What will students tell colleges on their applications this year?
VOA
http://dateline.rice/april-8-voa
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Legendary Rice professor Richard Tapia honored for 50 years of research and mentorship
An article features Richard Tapia, University Professor, the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematic, who is one of only six faculty members with more than 50 years of service to Rice. Community members quoted include President Reginald DesRoches; Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost, executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of economics; Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the Brown School of Engineering and professor of computer science and biosciences; and alumna Joanna Papakonstantinou.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 8 print edition, and it was in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tapia-et.al
Rice University celebrates 50 years of professor Richard Tapia's pioneering STEM mentorship and research
Hoodline
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tapia
John Whitmire is a 20th-century mayor in 21st-century Houston. You got a problem with that?
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/april-8-stein
With STAAR approaching, HISD Superintendent Miles directs teachers not to focus on test prep
Erin Baumgartner, director of the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared on the front page of the April 6 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-baumgartner
HISD discouraging STAAR test prep
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/april-8-baumgartner
Houston ranked second-worst in US for housing very low-income households
Steve Sherman, research scientist at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 6 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sherman
Has Houston ever experienced an earthquake?
Julia Morgan, professor and chair of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/april-8-morgan
Houston physicist scores $15.5M grant for high-energy nuclear physics research
An article mentions that a team from Rice received a five-year, $15.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics. The team includes Wei Li, professor of physics and astronomy and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Frank Geurts, professor of physics and astronomy; and graduate students Nicole Lewis and Mike Matveev. The article also mentions Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/april-8-inno.map
Houston organizations launch collaborative center to boost cancer outcomes
An article features the Synthesis X Center, which will be led by Han Xiao, the Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator and assistant professor of chemistry, biosciences and bioengineering. Thomas Killian, dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and E. Dell Butcher Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is quoted. The article also mentions that Rice is developing other centers including the Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience, the Center for Environmental Studies, the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies and the Rice Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences, and it mentions Rice's One Small Step Grant program.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/april-8-inno.map
Klezmer Conservatory Band musicians in concert at Brith Shalom
An article features alumna Eden MacAdam-Somer, who studied under the late Kenneth Goldsmith, former professor of violin at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-8-macadam.somer-goldsmith
Beyoncé is not the only Houston-born act with a new album you should hear
An article mentions the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on Rice's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Music.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hc
Climatetech incubator Greentown Labs announces layoffs
An article mentions the Ion District, a Houston-based tech hub owned by the Rice Management Co.
HoustonInno
http://dateline.rice/april-8-houston.inno
History essays sought for Bonnie Spencer Awards
Will Rice College senior Jordan Whelchel is mentioned.
The Gilmer Mirror
http://dateline.rice/april-8-whelchel
Run for the Rose set for 20th anniversary April 14
An article mention that Rice will host the Run for the Rose 5K April 14.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jhv
A tech company teamed with Goodwill Houston to benefit each, supply the area with eclipse glasses
Alumnus Zach Gramstad is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Food and Drink.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-gramstad
Why Houston metro's population spiked in recent years, outpacing trends in NYC, LA and Chicago
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hc
BROADCAST
'2024 Junior Achievement Young Entrepreneur Awards'
Hanszen College freshman Michael Mounajjed is featured.
WITI-TV (Milwaukee)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-mounajjed
'CW 39 Weather & Traffic'
A broadcast mentions that Rice's Marching Owl Band performed at the Hermann Park's Kite Festival April 7.
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-kiah (This segment aired four times.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Life, death and hip-hop | The Weekly Read
A book review features "Deathlife: Hip Hop and Thanatological Narrations of Blackness" authored by Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and founding director of Rice's Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning.
Duke University Press Blog
http://dateline.rice/april-8-pinn
Nonvolatile quantum memory: Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits
An article features Rice research into the methods for finding phase-changing quantum material. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Ming Yi, assistant professor of physics and astronomy; Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Junichiro Kono, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Engineering and co-director of the Rice Quantum Initiative; Pengcheng Dai, the Sam and Helen Worden Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Yimo Han, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering; graduate students Han Wu, Lei Chen, Xiaokun Teng, Yucheng Guo, Mason Klemm, Chuqiao Shi and Yaofeng Xie; postdoctoral research associate Jianwei Huang and Chandan Setty; and research scientist Bin Gao.
Phys.org (An excerpt also appeared in Real Clear Science.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-phys
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
An article features Rice research into the quantum information scrambling that takes place in chemical reactions. Co-author Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Chemistry, professor of biosciences, materials science and nanoengineering and physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/april-8-wolynes
Eight Black administrators take on new roles in higher education
A roundup features Ken Jett, vice president of facilities and capital construction, president of the Rice Real Estate Company and adjunct professor of real estate at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jett
4 ways to make our economy brain healthy
Harris Eyre, fellow in brain health in the Center for Health and Biosciences at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
Brookings
http://dateline.rice/april-8-eyre
Humanity in Deep Space episode No. 16: 'A City on Mars'
Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct assistant professor of biosciences and co-author of "A City on Mars," is featured.
Humanity in Deep Space on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/april-8-weinersmith
Dr. Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice University, 'Next-generation Wireless Networks will be 'Multi-function''
Ashutosh Sabharwal, the Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering and chair of electrical and computer engineering, is featured.
LinkedIn
http://dateline.rice/april-8-sabharwal
Advancements in silicone elastomers enhance soft robotics manufacturing
An article features Rice research developing an analytical model that can predict the curing time of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers as a function of temperature. Co-authors Daniel Preston, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a Rice Senior Fellow, and graduate student Te Faye Yap are quoted.
Electronic Specifier
http://dateline.rice/april-8-preston-yap
ARTICLE: The threat of weapons in space
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Homeland Security Today
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hst
Contemporary classical music goes Filipino in unique Portland concert
An article features alumnus David Jones.
MSN Music (This article originally appeared in Oregon Live.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-jones
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Researchers ID protein responsible for gas vesicle clustering in bacteria
An article features research exploring the protein nanostructures of gas vesicles. Co-author quoted includes George Lu, assistant professor of bioengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow.
Washington University in St. Louis' The Source
http://dateline.rice/april-8-lu
Tiny border crossing is 'last chance' for Ukrainians fleeing Russian-occupied territory
An article mentions the late Richard Smalley, the former Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of "buckyballs," a new form of carbon.
The Irish Times
http://dateline.rice/april-8-smalley
AIMRC Seminar: 'Endoscopic Imaging and Spectroscopy Systems in Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapy'
An article features alumnus Tim Muldoon.
University of Arkansas News
http://dateline.rice/april-8-muldoon
Owning Your Home: How much of the American dream is the Nigerian dream?
An article cites Rice research into the education levels attained by Nigerian Americans.
The News Digest
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tnd
Cancer researcher Yong Zhu, Ph.D., joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Leadership
Alumnus Yong Zhu is featured.
Magnolia Reporter
http://dateline.rice/april-8-zhu
SPORTS
'Sports Sunday'
An article features Rice's new men's head basketball coach Rob Lanier. Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland is mentioned.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-lanier-mcclelland
Tigers earn AAC road sweep of Owls in Houston
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team was swept by the University of Memphis April 5-7.
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tigers
Tigers clinch series at Rice with 5-4 win
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tigers
Tigers win marathon over Rice in 15 innings
GoTigersGo.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-tigers
Memphis, South Florida and Tulane earn series wins Saturday
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/april-8-the.american
Memphis baseball earns first conference road sweep since 2012
Daily Memphian
http://dateline.rice/april-8-dm
Niamh Collins shatters mother's track records at Stratford
An article featuring Niamh Collins, who will join Rice's cross country team in the fall, mentions that she is the daughter of former Rice athletes Robert and Alexis Collins.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Lifestyle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-collins
Men's tennis vs. Rice postponed
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team will play the University of Texas at San Antonio April 14.
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/april-8-utsa
Cypress Lakes' Aniah Alexis is All-Greater Houston Girls Basketball Player of the Year
An article mentions that Aniah Alexis has signed to play basketball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 7 print edition and was in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-8-hc
Utah basketball adds transfer forward from Rice
An article features former Rice basketball player Keanu Dawes.
KSL Sports
http://dateline.rice/april-8-ksl
Kettle Moraine KOs Blue Knights
An article mentions that Claire Tracy has committed to play soccer at Rice.
The Waukesha County Freeman
http://dateline.rice/april-8-wcf
Texans hosting uniform release party this month, but you'll need to do this before you can get in
An article mentions that Rice's football team wore special blue jerseys last season.
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/april-8-abc13
NEWS RELEASES
Rice to host international conference exploring Michel Foucault's legacy
Rice will convene a group of international scholars as part Foucault: 40 Years After, a world congress commemorating the enduring legacy of Michel Foucault. With more than 70 events worldwide, this congress underscores Foucault’s global impact on ethics, biopolitics, poverty, racism and sexual exclusion. The April 18-19 Rice event, Foucault: Genealogies for the Future, is being spearheaded by Niki Kasumi Clements, Watt & Lilly Jackson Associate Professor of Religion and a prominent figure in Foucault scholarship.
http://dateline.rice/april-8-news-release-foucault-conference
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits
Rice physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material — and a method for finding more like it — that could potentially be used to create flash like memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down.
http://dateline.rice/apr-8-news-release-quantum