Dateline Rice for July 11, 2024

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

A lethal combo: Power outages, extreme heat devastate Texas
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Politico's E&E News
http://dateline.rice/july-11-cohan

Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin
An article features a study co-authored by Olga Dudchenko, research scientist at Rice's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics. Dudchenko and co-author Erez Lieberman Aiden, adjunct assistant professor of computer science, are quoted in Gizmodo.
CNN 
http://dateline.rice/july-11-dudchenko
52,000-year-old mammoth 'beef jerky' reveals exquisitely preserved chromosomes
Gizmodo
http://dateline.rice/july-11-dudchenko-aiden

Kurdish oil smuggling to Iran flourishes
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Reuters (This article also appeared in MSN Singapore and 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-krane

The quick, quiet death of Biden's natural gas export pause
Steven Miles, fellow in global natural gas at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Salon (This Grist article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-miles

Jack Schlossberg is just being himself
President John F. Kennedy's "moon speech," which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Vogue
http://dateline.rice/july-11-vogue

Houston has a flooding problem. Beryl was more proof it's hard to fix.
An article cites a a 2020 study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research that found that the Houston metropolitan area's footprint increased by 63% from 1997 to 2017.
The Washington Post (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-wash.po

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Houston-area K-12 schools, colleges begin to resume operations. Here's what's open, closed.
An article mentions that Rice resumed normal operations July 10.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/july-11-hc
Live updates: With 1.2M customers in the dark, CenterPoint aims to restore power to 750K by Sunday
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-hc

Best Bets: Bastille Day, Shōgun and The Wizard of Oz
A roundup mentions that Rice Stadium will host Bastille Day July 14.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/july-11-hp

Moishe House Houston welcomes new residents
Graduate student Miriam Silberman is featured.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/july-11-silberman

BROADCAST

'KPRC Channel 2 News'
Deborah Byers, nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the difficulty of burying power lines.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-byers

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice's Omid Veiseh elected to the Controlled Release Society College of Fellows
An article features Omid Veiseh, professor of bioengineering and faculty director of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad accelerator.
Scienmag 
http://dateline.rice/july-11-veiseh

Tractor Supply may have thought it solved a big problem. Now it has a few more.
Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
RetailDive
http://dateline.rice/july-11-mittal

Carbon capture in plastics manufacturing
An article features Rice research that developed a low-emissions method of harvesting hydrogen from plastic waste.
Plastics Engineering
http://dateline.rice/july-11-pe

The most beautiful college campuses in all 50 states
Rice is featured.
MSN Travel (This article originally appeared in Espresso.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-msn.travel

Connecting the Dots: Collaborative forensic advancements to solve India’s toughest crime investigations
Alumnus Shashi Angadi, a graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
Officer.com
http://dateline.rice/july-11-angadi

Flash Joule heating shows potential to revolutionize lithium extraction from ore
An article mentions Rice research into the flash Joule heating method.
Skillings Mining Review
http://dateline.rice/july-11-smr

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Estela Zarate, Ph.D., is poised to lead LMU School of Education into new era of growth and impact
Alumna Estela Zarate is featured.
Loyola Marymount University News
http://dateline.rice/july-11-zarate

SPORTS

Rice's Kerry named to Academic All-America second team
An article features Rice track and field athlete Shaun Kerry, who has been named to the Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Second Team by the College Sports Communicators.
TheAmerican.org (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-kerry

Wichita State's Jackson Caldwell, Charlotte's Riley Felts highlight American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year
An article mentions that Rice basketball player Max Fiedler and Rice swimmer Imogen Meers were nominated for the 2024 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes of the Year award.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/july-11-fiedler-meers

The Lone Star 50: QBs beware of future WWE star Josh Pearcy
An article features Rice football player Josh Pearcy.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/july-11-pearcy

Every Houstonian competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics
An article features former Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger, who has qualified to compete in the Paralympics in Paris.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/july-11-lettenberger

Santa Barbara Foresters to host Vin Scully Day book event ahead of Saturday's game
Rice is mentioned.
Noozhawk
http://dateline.rice/july-11-nh

How the Titans franchise once hired a coach worse than Urban Meyer
An article features former Rice head football coach Bill Peterson.
Titan Sized
http://dateline.rice/july-11-ts

Commanders Larry Izzo wants guys who run and hit
An article mentions former Rice football players Luke McCaffrey and Larry Izzo.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in Commanders Wire, and it appeared in MSN Ireland and MSN Philippines.)
http://dateline.rice/july-11-mccaffrey-izzo

Matthew Dallas announces transfer destination
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team will compete in the 2025 Astros Foundation College Classic Feb. 28-March 2 at Minute Maid Park.
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/july-11-usa.today

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