Dateline Rice for June 12, 2024

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Insight: Business boom builds Qatar-Saudi entente as Gulf rift fades
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Reuters (This article also appeared in MSN Money and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-ulrichsen

Oil prospect found by tiny firm spurs hope, doubt in Korea
An article features alumnus Vitor Abreu.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in Business Mirror and Yahoo! Finance.)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-abreu

Around the globe
An article mentions comments made by the deputy assistant director of counter-intelligence at the FBI at a conference Rice co-hosted last week.
The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Latitudes" newsletter
http://dateline.rice/june-12-che

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice expert: Why tech companies should sponsor hackathons
Tommy Pan Fang, assistant professor of strategic management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
InnovationMap (This article originally appeared in Rice Business Wisdom.)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-fang

Texas organization grants over $40M to cancer-fighting research in Houston and beyond
An article mention that James Shee, assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a grant by the Welch Foundation to advance theoretical chemistry.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/june-12-shee

Rice accelerator names innovative second summer cohort
An article features the eight teams named to the Lilie Summer Venture Studio at Rice's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie). Kyle Judah, executive director of Lilie, and Taylor Anne Adams, head of venture acceleration programs at Lilie and lecturer in entrepreneurship at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, are quoted.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/june-12-judah-adams

New book presents 'Undertold Texas' history
An article featuring Mike Vance mentions that he has taught classes at Rice's Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/june-12-tmt

Looking for Arlington's catchall department? Call Strategic Initiatives' Lyndsay Mitchell
Alumna Lyndsay Mitchell is featured.
Fort Worth Report
http://dateline.rice/june-12-mitchell

This late-night 'Grown-Folks' soul music broadcast serves as a lifeline for inmates at a Fort Stockton Prison
An article mentions Rice's student-run radio station KTRU.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/june-12-tm

BROADCAST

'On Your Side Tonight with Jamie Boll'
A broadcast mentions that Rice collaborated on a study of drug prices in North Carolina.
WBTV-TV (Charlotte, North Carolina)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-wbtv

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Expert opinions
Heber Farnsworth, assistant clinical professor of finance at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
WalletHub
http://dateline.rice/june-12-farnsworth

Ask the experts
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Public Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
WalletHub
http://dateline.rice/june-12-diamond

Racism and religion in America
Michael Emerson, the Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
The Revealer
http://dateline.rice/june-12-emerson

Interview: Jennifer Torres, author of 'Vega's Piece of the Sky'
An article mentions Mark Torres, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and Linda Welzenbach Fries, science writer in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.
Pop! Goes the Reader
http://dateline.rice/june-12-torres-fries

Rapid translation of therapeutic discoveries into the clinic through purposeful collaboration
Paul Wotton, executive director of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad and adjunct professor in the practice of bioengineering, co-authored an article.
Health-Reporter.news
http://dateline.rice/june-12-wotton

Critical minerals in a flash
An article features Rice research into the rapid flash Joule heating method.
Mining Magazine
http://dateline.rice/june-12-mining

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Over a year in making, Aramco stake sale brings rare foreign investment to Saudi
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Cyprus Mail
http://dateline.rice/june-12-krane

Aniello Murano insignito dell'EurAI Fellow
An article featuring Aniello Murano mentions that he is a former visiting professor at Rice.
UniNa.it
http://dateline.rice/june-12-uni.na

They're off to great places ... off and away!
Rice is mentioned.
City School District of Albany
http://dateline.rice/june-12-csda

SPORTS

'13 Eyewitness News'
A broadcast features the late Homer Rice, former Rice head football coach, who died June 10 at 97. Former Owl Tommy Kramer is mentioned.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-ktrk (This segment aired six times.)
'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-kriv

NightOwls take advantage of HarbourCats errors, win 7-4
Rice baseball player Aric Anderson is featured.
HarbourCats.com
http://dateline.rice/june-12-anderson

Preseason predictions: How the experts see the American in 2024
Rice football is mentioned.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/june-12-the.american

Arsalan Kazemi: The unorthodox ways of a fearless warrior
An article features former Rice basketball player Arsalan Kazemi.
FIBA.basketball
http://dateline.rice/june-12-fiba

EaDo selected as site for 2026 FIFA World Cup Fan Festival; officials lay out preparation plan for games
An article mentions that visiting international soccer teams may hold training sessions at Rice.
Community Impact
http://dateline.rice/june-12-ci
'Noticiero Telemundo Houston'
KTMD-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-12-ktmd

UteNation countdown to kickoff: No. 80 Brant Kuithe
Rice is mentioned.
Utah.Rivals.com
http://dateline.rice/june-12-ur

NEWS RELEASE

Rice's Baker Institute unveils Neuro-Policy Program, $1M gift to advance Texas 'brain capital'
A $1 million gift to Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy from Harry Yan and Weiman Gao will establish a new Neuro-Policy Program to advance interdisciplinary approaches to addressing brain health challenges as well as spurring economic opportunity. Neuro-policy is a rapidly evolving field that uses medicine, neuroscience, public health, economics, architecture and social determinants of health disciplines to measure brain function and health to evaluate economic outcomes.
http://dateline.rice/june-12-news-release-baker-neuro

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