NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Douglas Natelson, professor of physics and astronomy, materials science and nanoengineering and electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Scientific American
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-natelson
GOP senators worried about losing Republican seat in Texas: What polls show
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.
Newsweek
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
Texas Republicans pushing redistricting are gambling that Trump's gains will hold
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
New redistricting map sparks clash over Latino political representation in Texas
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
Hobby School survey finds Harris County voters worry about extreme weather
University of Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
Some House Dems dig in as others prepare to return for second special session
CBS Austin
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
Most Harris County voters skeptical of CenterPoint's storm preparedness, survey finds
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
The week in politics (Aug. 13, 2025)
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-jones
Common food bacteria 'could transform nutrition and medicine'
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; and graduate student Jiangguo Zhang.
Newsweek
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-ajo.franklin-igoshin-zhang
Combination therapy for weight loss, Alzheimer's could be next big thing
KFF Health News
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-kff
Entergy seeks approval for $68.7M nuclear plant upgrade
Daniel Cohan, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
AOL (This article originally appeared in The Center Square.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-cohan
An ethical guide to last-chance tourism
An article mentions that experts at Rice helped commemorate the death of Iceland's Okjokull glacier in 2019.
BBC
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-bbc
HOUSTON/TEXAS
A bustling RUSMP summer of math
Alumna Anne Papakonstantinou, clinical assistant professor and director of the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP), authored an article about RUSMP's summer programs. Papakonstantinou and Robin Ward, director of curriculum integration at RUSMP, provided lessons, and Betul Orcan-Ekmekci, associate teaching professor in mathematics, gave a colloquium talk.
Village News (This article also appeared in the Aug. 5 print edition, and it appeared in the print and digital editions of the Southwest News.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-papakonstantinou-ward-orcan.ekmekci
In deploying National Guard troops to D.C., Trump is following in Mexico’s footsteps | Opinion
Richard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-kilroy
The IRS says churches can now endorse candidates. That could give Texas pastors more power than ever.
David Brockman, nonresident scholar in the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
San Marcos Daily Record
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-brockman
Rice University's Turrell Skyspace closed until spring 2026
An article mentions that the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on Rice's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion will reopen spring 2026 with an update to its lighting system. The article also mentions the addition to Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business currently under construction. Erin Rolfs, director of marketing and communications at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, is quoted.
Glasstire
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-rolfs
San Antonio gets its first free Narcan dispenser thanks to group of moms who lost children to overdoses
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.
San Antonio Current
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-sac
El Paso events: UTEP opens soccer season, museum debuts military women exhibit
A roundup features the Balourdet Quartet, which formed at Rice in 2018.
El Paso Matters
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-epm
Dorothy Caram, pioneering Hispanic leader and Houston educator, dies at 92
An article features alumna Dorothy Caram, who died Aug. 8 at 92.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-carfam
BROADCAST
How Houston uses wastewater testing to prevent disease outbreaks
An article mentions that experts at Rice have partnered with the city of Houston to monitor wastewater for diseases.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-c2h
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice geoscientist receives prestigious Geological Society of America Woollard Award
An article mentions that Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor in Geophysics, has been honored with the Geological Society of America's 2025 George P. Woollard Award. Thomas Killian, dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and E. Dell Butcher Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is quoted.
Scienmag
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-gordon-killian
In the wake of the pandemic, flexible work arrangements made workers less likely to start their own businesses
An article mentions that Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O'Connor Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice' Jones Graduate School of Business and head of the Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative and Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, co-authored the featured research.
Yale University School of Management's Yale Insights
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-hochberg
Driving economic gains through brain capital
Harris Eyre, lead of the Neuro-Policy Program and the Harry Z. Yan and Weiman Gao Senior Fellow in Brain Health at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an article.
Think Global Health
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-eyre
Who wins and who loses when AI makes decisions
Alireza Fallah, assistant professor of computer science, is featured.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-fallah
Exclusive new survey reveals what's really going on with school enrollment
Sarah Ruth Morris, research project manager at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an article.
We Are Teachers
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-morris
Music in the vineyards brings diverse talent and creative programming to Napa Valley
An article mentions that the Pavone String Quartet is based out of Rice.
San Francisco Classical Voice
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-sfcv
Maximizing AI's potential requires employee training, says Tulane professor
An article mentions that experts at Rice co-authored the study "How and For Whom Using Generative AI Affects Creativity: A Field Experiment."
New Orleans City Business
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-nocb
Richard Garwin, designer of the first hydrogen bomb, dies at 97
A roundup features late alumnus Donald Twieg, who died April 28 at 80.
IEEE Spectrum
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-tweig
University of Innsbruck puts cancer under pressure
An article features Rice research using molecules that vibrate strongly when stimulated by light to destroy cancer cells.
Optics.org
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-optics
Rise of the robot barista?
An article mentions that Rice's business school has a Cerēs robot barista on campus.
Global Coffee Report
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-gcr
Colorado Symphony blog
Alumnus Jesse Fischer, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Colorado Symphony
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-fischer
Versant Power awards gift to the BSO for Music & Wellness Program
Alumna Lynn Brubaker is featured.
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-bso
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
MAW: Something to sing about
An article features Miguel Harth-Bedoya, distinguished resident director of orchestras and professor of conducting at Rice's Shepherd School of Music, and graduate student Jack Burrows.
The Montecito Journal
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-bedoya-burrows
SPORTS
Memphis named 2025 American Conference women's soccer favorite
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team was picked No. 3 in the American Conference's Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll. The article also mentions that Owl Leah Chancey, the conference's Offensive Player of the Year last year, and fellow Owls Eileen Albers and Lilly Reuscher were named to the American's watch list.
TheAmerican.org (This article also appeared in ECUPirates.com.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-the.american
WSOC: Huskies open 2025 campaign against Rice
An article mentions that Rice's soccer team is slated to play Houston Christian University in the season opener Aug. 14.
HCUHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-hcu
No. 3 Ohio State still doing some shuffling along the offensive line ahead of opener vs. No. 1 Texas
An article features former Rice football player Ethan Onianwa.
Yahoo! Sports (This article originally appeared in NBC Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-yahoo
NEWS RELEASES
Rice geoscientist honored with Geological Society of America's Woollard Award
Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice, has been named the 2025 recipient of the George P. Woollard Award from the Geological Society of America. The award recognizes a career of outstanding contributions to geology through the application of geophysical principles and techniques. Gordon's work has transformed our understanding of global plate motions and plate boundary deformation.
http://dateline.rice/aug-13-news-release-gordon