NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Trump's chief science adviser faces a storm of criticism: What's next?
Kenneth Evans, scholar in science and technology policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and assistant director for innovation policy, is quoted.
Nature
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-evans
Israel-Qatar tensions escalate after Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The New York Times
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ulrichsen
Powerful form of quantum interference paves the way for phonon-based technologies
An article features collaborative Rice research harnessing the interference of phonons and its impact on quantum computing. Co-authors include Shengxi Huang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials science and nanoengineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, and former postdoctoral researcher Kunyan Zhang.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-huang-zhang
Bacteria could make vitamins cheaper and greener
An article features Rice research into understanding how food bacterium manages its internal chemistry. Co-authors include Caroline Ajo-Franklin, the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of BioSciences, professor of bioengineering, director of the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow; Oleg Igoshin, professor and associate chair of bioengineering and professor of chemistry; postdoctoral associate Siliang Li; and graduate student Jiangguo Zhang.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ajo.franklin-igoshin-li-zhang
Engineered microbes boost vitamin K2 production for stronger bones and hearts
Interesting Engineering
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ie
Common food bacterium offers blueprint for safer and higher vitamin production
MSN Health (Great Britain; this article originally appeared in News-Medical.net.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-msn
This year's top 10 colleges for financial aid, according to The Princeton Review
An article features Rice and mentions that it is No. 9 on the The Princeton Review's list of top colleges for financial aid.
CNBC
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-cnbc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Baylor, Rice win $500,000 to launch humanities-driven health AI center
An article features the news that Rice will share an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities with Baylor College of Medicine to co-establish the Center for Humanities-based Health AI Innovation, which aims to embed humanities research into the development of trustworthy health AI technologies. Kirsten Ostherr, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and director of Rice's Medical Humanities Program, will co-direct the new center. Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer of biosciences, will be a strategic collaborator.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ostherr-matthews
The unexpected ways in which Houstonians have helped shape Wikipedia
Diana Strassmann, the Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice Emerita, is featured.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-strassmann
What to know about HISD's school safety updates ahead of the 2025-26 school year
An article cites a study by Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy into the availability of naloxone on the Houston Independent School District campuses.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in MSN Public Safety and Emergencies.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-hc
How a Dallas investor's East Texas water grab triggered a statewide battle
An article cites a 2021 collaborative Rice report into groundwater use among Western states.
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-statesman
Hardin-Simmons University announces 2025-26 Board of Young Associates
An article mentions Kay Leigh Shannon, training and communications lead in Rice's Controller's Office.
Hardin-Simmons University News
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-shannon
Define Body & Mind founder to build wellness-focused apartment community in Energy Corridor
An article features alumnus Henry Richardson, a graduate of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-richardson
Wellner appointed associate dean for faculty affairs
Alumna Julia Wellner is featured.
University of Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-wellner
Pearland, Friendswood, Alvin ISD education foundations help close gap for school funding
An article mentions a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Public Research that found that over 73% of Texas schools are underfunded.
Community Impact
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-ci
BROADCAST
How much do Texas special sessions cost per day?
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.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-jones
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-jones
Access to mental health services, prenatal care among top barriers in Fort Bend County, survey finds
An article cites a collaborative study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into the health of Fort Bend County residents.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-hpm
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice University's engineering dean pioneers innovative software infrastructure for evolutionary biology
An article features Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the Brown School of Engineering and Computing and professor of computer science and biosciences, who secured a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance the ability of scientists worldwide to study evolution.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-nakhleh
Jefferson Parish schools return with lowest teacher vacancy in recent years
An article mentions that Rice offers a teacher apprenticeship program.
MSN Education and Learning (This article originally appeared in WDSU Online.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-msn
How Trump's 2025 deportation agenda is harming US economic growth
An article mentions that experts at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy modeled the possible effects of a mass deportation scenario with broad sector effects and large price increases.
Visa Verge
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-vv
LI astronaut's job is out-of-this-world
An article featuring Mike Massimino mentions that he formerly held an appointment at Rice.
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in the Long Island Press.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-msn
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Hua Wang unveils promising targeting technology for cancer immunotherapy
An article cites research by Rice postdoctoral fellow Hamid Teimouri.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-teimouri
SPORTS
Around Aggieland (Aug. 11)
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team lost to Texas A&M University 4-0 in an exhibition game Aug. 5.
TexAgs
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-texags
EJ Warner named Fresno State starting quarterback
An article features former Rice football player E.J. Warner.
Fresno State University's The Collegian
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-fsu
NEWS RELEASES
Rice's dean of engineering and computing building new software infrastructure for evolutionary biology
Rice computer scientist Luay Nakhleh, who also serves as the dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a powerful new software infrastructure that could significantly expand how scientists study evolution. The project, titled PhyNetPy, aims to bring the next generation of evolutionary modeling tools into the hands of researchers around the world by enabling the widespread use of phylogenetic networks — complex, nontreelike models of evolutionary history.
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-news-release-nakhleh
Ripples of the future: Rice researchers unlock powerful form of quantum interference
Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds — including light, sound and atomic vibrations — can interfere with one another. At the quantum level, this kind of interference powers high-precision sensors and could be harnessed for quantum computing. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at Rice University and collaborators have demonstrated a strong form of interference between phonons — the vibrations in a material's structure that constitute the tiniest units, or quanta, of heat or sound in that system.
http://dateline.rice/aug-12-news-release-huang-zhang