Dateline Rice for July 2, 2024

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Biden administration to announce first national heat protections for workers
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is quoted.
The New York Times
http://dateline.rice/july-2-brinkley

China's plastics glut risks souring trade ties
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg
http://dateline.rice/july-2-finley

New Carnegie Classification focuses on leadership
Bernard Banks, director of Rice's Doerr Institute for New Leaders, is quoted.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/july-2-banks

Smithsonian magazine takes in-depth look at in-progress Ike Dike in Texas
Jim Blackburn, 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.
MSN (This Houston Chronicle article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-blackburn

HOUSTON/TEXAS

UH to explore repurposing offshore tech for clean energy with new partnership
An article mentions that Rice and the University of Paris Sciences & Lettres signed a strategic partnership for research and innovation on major global challenges and opportunities.
EnergyCapitalHTX
http://dateline.rice/july-2-echtx

Top 20 festivals and events in Houston this month: July 2024
A roundup mentions that Rice Stadium will host Bastille Day July 14 and Rice's Moody Center for the Arts will host Summer Jam 2024 July 20.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-2-365

Piano bar strikes a chord in this week's 5 most-read Houston stories
A roundup mentions that Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy will establish a new Neuro-Policy Program to advance interdisciplinary approaches to brain health challenges and spur economic opportunity.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/july-2-cmh

New Territory: Ars Lyrica looks to Handel, a commission and women of Mozart's Vienna 
An article features alumna Emma Kent Wine, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Arts and Culture Texas
http://dateline.rice/july-2-wine

BROADCAST

Study ranks UT Austin one of Texas' 'best value' colleges
An article mentions that Rice is ranked No. 1 in Texas on SmartAsset's "best value" list.
KXAN Online (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News and KXAN's YouTube page.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-kxan

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Hospital prices, not insurance rates, may be cause of increased cost strain on consumers
An article features collaborative Rice research into the gap between health insurance costs and workers' wages. Co-authors 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, and graduate student Salpy Kanimian are quoted.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-ho-kanimian

Electronics that defy Venus' heat: How gallium nitride could revolutionize space exploration
An article features collaborative Rice research into the impact of extremely hot temperatures on materials used in electronics. Co-author Yuji Zhao, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
SciTechDaily
http://dateline.rice/july-2-zhao

Más de 200 profesionistas asisten a la Conferencia Internacional Inflexiones 2024
Tania Tovar, the Wortham Fellow at the Rice School of Architecture, is featured.
Codice Informativo
http://dateline.rice/july-2-tovar

New research | Socio-emotional wealth considerations drive strategic decisions in family businesses
An article features research co-authored by Richard Swartz, senior statistician and lecturer in management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business. 
Stockholm School of Economics
http://dateline.rice/july-2-swartz

ASA elects forward-thinking leaders to board of directors
Julia Schedler, research scientist in statistics, is mentioned.
American Statistical Association News
http://dateline.rice/july-2-schedler

Reflections on CSP 2024 in New Orleans
Alumna Emma Zohner, adjunct professor at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is mentioned.
American Statistical Association News
http://dateline.rice/july-2-zohner

For these students, new technologies unlock ageless construction materials
Alumna Andrea Rubero is featured. Alumni Lauren Ma and Preston Branton are mentioned.
Metropolis
http://dateline.rice/july-2-rubero-ma-branton

How did students pitch themselves to colleges after last year's affirmative action ruling?
An article features incoming freshman Kendall Martin.
Youth Today
http://dateline.rice/july-2-yt
 
The GSD announces 2024–2025 faculty promotions
An article featuring Michelle Chang mentions that she is a former Rice architecture professor.
Harvard Graduate School of Design
http://dateline.rice/july-2-hgsd

CPAs and advisors partnering to make your financial life more efficient
Alumnus Daniel Rogowski is featured.
Living Magazine
http://dateline.rice/july-2-rogowski

'Contemporary Extensions of Du Bois (Part 2)' | Plenary session
Graduate student Quintin Gorman Jr. is featured.
Brown University on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/july-2-gorman

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

13th edition of Bengaluru INDIA NANO event: All you need to know
An article features 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.
The Week
http://dateline.rice/july-2-ajayan

Hand count ballots if you don't mind mistakes, wasting time and money
An article cites Rice research into hand-counting election ballots.
WyoFile
http://dateline.rice/july-2-wf
 
Kentucky Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher brings 'all-in' attitude to new roll with KDE
Rice is mentioned.
Northern Kentucky Tribune
http://dateline.rice/july-2-nkt
College list for Rye High School Class of 2024
MyRye.com
http://dateline.rice/july-2-mr

SPORTS

Rice University looks ahead to future in American Athletic Conference after first year
Rice's Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland is quoted. The article also mentions that Rice will add a women's golf team to its athletics programs in 2026, which is made possible by former Rice basketball player Lynn Elsenhans.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/july-2-mcclelland-elsenhans

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-2-lettenberger

QMB is UP's final piece for UAAP Season 87 puzzle
An article features former Rice basketball player Quentin Millora-Brown.
Tiebreaker Times (This article also appeared in Tempo and the Manila Standard.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-tt

National champion Tennessee, runner-up Texas A&M lead field for Astros Foundation College Classic
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.
Houston Chronicle (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-hc
CWS finalists to headline 2025 Astros Foundation College Classic
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Sports and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-hc
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-2-kriv

With SMU officially out of the AAC, these are the teams that could take over as UNT's top rival
A roundup features Rice football.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/july-2-drc

New-look league: Which teams are in the AAC in 2024?
An article mentions that Rice competes in the American Athletic Conference.
HERO Sports
http://dateline.rice/july-2-aac

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