FEATURED ITEMS
Rice University takes bigger slice at the Ion with new 10,000-SF Nexus
An article features the Rice Nexus, an innovation hub aimed at transforming ideas from faculty and students into market-ready technology. The Nexus will be housed within the Ion, a Houston-based tech hub owned by the Rice Management Co. Community members' companies that will be part of the initial rollout include Solidec, founded by Haotian Wang, William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair and associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Coflux Purification, co-founded by Rafael Verduzco, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, professor of chemistry and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; and DirectH2, founded by Aditya Mohite, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Professor and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, electrical and computer engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering. Alumnus Paul Cherukuri, chief innovation officer and vice president for innovation, adjunct professor of management and entrepreneurship at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and associate research professor in electrical and computer engineering, is quoted in two articles.
HoustonInno
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-cherukuri-et.al
Here's a peek of what's next for Midtown's Ion District
Houston CityBook
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-cherukuri
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?
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 and professor of economics, is interviewed in a story about the rising wages of health care workers.
Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal (This segment aired on more than 600 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-ho
Kamala Harris is extremely liberal — and the numbers prove it
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, authored an op-ed in The Hill, and he is quoted in several other media outlets.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-jones
Nine out of 10 Texans say housing costs too much, poll finds
MSN (This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-jones
The week in politics (Aug. 7, 2024)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-jones
Political Roundup: Harris’s VP Pick and local endorsements
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-jones
The Latino swing voters who could decide the US election
The Irish Times
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-jones
Qatari mediation was already producing diminishing returns — assassination of Hamas negotiator further erodes Gulf state’s role
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in MSN and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-ulrichsen
Tim Walz is relatively unknown to most Americans. That's an opportunity for both Democrats and Republicans.
Paul Brace, the Emeritus Clarence Carter Chair in Legal Studies, is quoted.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Business Insider.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-brace
Impulsan un programa de prácticas profesionales internacionales
Rice is mentioned.
MSN (Argentina; this article originally appeared in El Cronista, and it appeared in Infobae.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-msn
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston semiconductor researchers join DARPA-funded Texas team
An article features the news that six Rice researchers with expertise in materials technology will collaborate with the Texas Institute for Electronics, which was awarded $840 million by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. The researchers include: Lane Martin, director of the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, the Welch Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of physics and astronomy; Ashok Veeraraghavan, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, professor of chemistry and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Kaiyuan Yang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Guha Balakrishnan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, executive vice president for research and professor of materials science, nanoengineering, physics and astronomy, is quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-ramesh-et.al
BROADCAST
Children at Risk: Latino children disproportionately affected by food insecurity, lack of mental health resources, childcare deserts
Chris Kulesza, scholar in child health policy for Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-kulesza
For some in Fort Bend, South Asian presidential candidates reflect growing local representation
Tanika Raychaudhuri, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-raychaudhuri
Full schedule, speakers announced ahead of Texas Tribune Festival
An article mentions that Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, will speak at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin Sept. 5-7.
KSAT Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-brinkley
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Del Valle ISD opens early college, career campus as students return
Gabriela Sánchez-Soto, research scientist at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in the Austin American-Statesman and was in its Aug. 8 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-sanchez.soto
Researchers pioneer noninvasive measurement of gene expression at target locations in the brain
An article features Rice research into brain-based gene therapy. Co-author Jerzy Szablowski, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
MSN Health (This article originally appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-szablowski
'Evolving Perspectives on DEI at Rice' feat. professor Alex Byrd and professor Connie Porter
An article features a conversation between Alexander Byrd, vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion, associate professor of history and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and Connie Porter, senior associate dean of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and associate clinical professor of marketing at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, on Owl Have You Know, a podcast by the Jones School.
MBATube
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-byrd-porter
Flash Graphene: Trash to treasure
An article features graphene research pioneered by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
Graphene Flagship
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-tour
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta announces 2024/25 season
A roundup featuring Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, mentions that he will perform and give a masterclass at Emory University May 3-4, 2025.
Ear Relevant
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-parker
Startups helping you start a family and have kids
Rice is mentioned.
TechRound.co.uk
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-tr
9 life sciences companies hiring in Texas
BioSpace
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-bs
Blue Skies Space sets launch date for its first science satellite, heralding a new era of space research
Satellite Evolution Group
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-seg
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Incoming voice student wins Schmidt Vocal Competition
An article mentions that Ana María Martínez, professor of voice at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, was a final round just of the Schmidt Vocal Competition for High School Students.
UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-martinez
Community celebrates Auburn in Birmingham and welcomes new dean
An article features alumna Dawn Finley, former professor of architecture and director of Graduate Studies at Rice.
Auburn University's College of Architecture, Design and Construction
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-finley
SPORTS
Rice Owls starting lineman announces he will not play in 2024, joining coaching staff
An article mentions that former Rice football player Lavel Dumont will join Rice's coaching staff. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated's G5 Football Daily
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-dumont-bloomgren
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice's track and field athlete Erna Gunnarsdottir is competing in shot put for Iceland at the Olympics in Paris.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-gunnarsdottir (This segment aired twice.)
Brandon Mack ready to carry a 'truck load' for UH defense
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Houston Sept. 14.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Aug. 8 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-hc
Rice Stadium artificial turf to be replaced after damage from Hurricane Beryl
An article mentions that the artificial turf at Rice Stadium will be replaced after it was deemed unsafe for play due to the effects of Hurricane Beryl.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-hc
NEWS RELEASES
Rice’s Baker Institute unveils Argentina Energy Sector Initiative
Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy announces a new initiative focused on the Argentine energy sector that will result in conferences, reports and workshops. Argentina possesses a wide range of energy resources, including the Vaca Muerta shale formation which contains the world’s second largest unconventional natural gas and fourth largest unconventional petroleum reserves.
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-news-release-baker-initiative
Rice lab pioneers noninvasive measurement of gene expression at target locations in the brain
The ability to alter or prevent the expression of faulty genes in the brain could be leveraged as a powerful therapeutic against neurodegenerative disease. However, the molecular underpinnings of the living brain are still largely inaccessible, hampering progress on such promising therapeutics. A study published today in Science Advances describes new technology developed by the Rice lab of bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski that could be a game changer for brain-based gene therapy.
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-news-release-szablowski
Doctors more likely to use negative language describing Black and Hispanic patients in electronic health records, study suggests
A new study of patients’ electronic health records found that doctors were more likely to use negative words in describing visits with Black and Hispanic patients than white patients, something that could result in bias toward and unequal treatment of patients, according to the researchers. “Previous studies have shown that care providers’ biases may be part of the reason for racial disparities in health,” said Eden King, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University and one of the study’s lead authors.
http://dateline.rice/aug-8-news-release-king