NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Why the internet was captivated by a hideous fish
Kory Evans, assistant professor of natural sciences, is quoted.
Science Friday (This segment also aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-evans
'Planet parade' best this weekend until 2036, scientists say
Alumna Patricia Reiff, professor of physics and astronomy and associate director for outreach programs at the Rice Space Institute, is quoted.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-reiff
Boiling Point: Not a great year for climate change at the Oscars
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, associate professor of English, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-mayerson
'The Wild Robot' is 2024's only Oscar-nominated film to pass the 'climate change reality check' test
Variety (This article also appeared in MSN Movies Canada and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-mayerson
Saudi Arabia, the hub of Donald Trump's Middle East diplomacy
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Le Monde
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ulrichsen
'Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States' (S. 14, Ep. 7)
The Project on Middle East Political Science
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ulrichsen
Bypass TOEFL, GRE, GMAT to attend US graduate schools
Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business is mentioned.
U.S. News & World Report (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-us.news
HOUSTON/TEXAS
UH Law Center Black History Month speaker Dr. Ruth J. Simmons calls for courage in a divided time
An article features Ruth Simmons, the Rice President's Distinguished Fellow and trustee emerita, who recently delivered the University of Houston Law Center’s 2025 Black History Month Lecture "Race and Racism: Reconciling the Past with the Present."
University of Houston Law Center
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-simmons
Houston clean energy pioneer earns prestigious Welch Foundation award
An article features research co-authored by Haotian Wang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, recipient of the 2025 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research.
EnergyCapitalHTX
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-wang
Will Texas get casinos and sports betting? That fight is underway at the Legislature
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.
The Dallas Morning News
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
Texas rep on sports betting: 'Going to make sure it’s dead'
Legal Sports Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
¿Retroceso o una oportunidad?: qué opinan inversionistas y analistas en Washington y Wall Street sobre el cripto-escándalo
Clarín
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
La demanda judicial que espera a Milie en Esteado Unidos: Hablan de cientos de damnificados por el escándalo cripto
Clarín
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
$Milei entre las cuerdas por cripto escándalo de la $Libra
Expreso.com.mx
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
'Houston's Morning Show'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
In Houston's oldest community garden, I found hope for America's future | Opinion
An article pictures Brown College sophomore Olutobi Adeyeri, Duncan College sophomore Nolan Connolly, Hanszen College sophomore Ashley Suazo Reyes and Lovett College sophomore Amy Wang, who volunteered to prepare garden beds for spring planting at Alabama Gardens in Houston’s Third Ward.
Houston Chronicle (An excerpt of this article also appeared on the front of the Opinion section in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-hc
'The Monkey,' 'Cleaner,' Oscar-nominated shorts top list of new film releases
A roundup mentions that Rice Cinema will screen "Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat" Feb. 21-22.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-hc
Openings and Closings: Chardon Debuts, The Warwick rebrands
Lovett College freshman Ivan Diaz is featured.
Houston Press
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-diaz
Stibbs & Co., P.C. welcomes Holly A. Gruy as Director of Business Development
An article featuring Holly Gruy mentions that she has completed courses at Rice's Executive Education program.
Hello Woodlands
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-hw
Texas Southern University students join Black and Jewish Unity Dinner to foster cross-cultural dialogue
Rice is mentioned.
Texas Southern University News
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-tsu
BROADCAST
Deutschlandfunk
Luis Campos, the Baker College Chair for the History of Science, Technology and Innovation and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-campos
Longview Museum of Fine Arts curator previews new exhibit
An article mentions artists and former Rice professors Herbert Mears, Robert Camblin and Earl Staley.
KLTV Online (This segment also aired on KLTV-TV in Tyler, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-kltv
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Naomi Halas awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
An article features Naomi Halas, University Professor and the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who has been awarded the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry for her work in nanotechnology.
Women in Academia Report
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-halas
Trump is playing a dangerous game with Russian energy
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Semafor
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-krane
Smoke and mirrors
An article features collaborative Rice research that developed a novel method for detecting toxic chemicals from tobacco smoke in human placental tissues. Co-authors quoted include Ankit Patel, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Oara Neumann, the Carl and Lillian Illig Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
The Analytical Scientist
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-patel-neumann
How the brain economy can unlock new approaches to AI
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, co-authored an article.
European Policy Centre
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-eyre
Texas' Moores School of Music appoints affiliate artist in violin
An article features alumnus Boson Mo, who studied under Paul Kantor, the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Professor of Violin at the Shepherd School of Music.
The Violin Channel
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-mo-kantor
EMEA webinar 'Hope to Action: Designing and Catalyzing Brain Economy Living Labs'
An article mentions that the Neuro-Policy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy is co-hosting the "Hope to Action: Designing and Catalyzing Brain Economy Living Labs" webinar Feb. 24.
EuroMed-Economists.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-eme
Launching the Building Brains Coalition: Reimagining brain-healthy spaces
An article mentions the Neuro-Policy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Architect's Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-an
Protecting pipelines and platforms with underwater robots
Rice is mentioned.
Offshore Technology (This article also appeared in GlobalData and MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ot
Reducing racism in labor service ratings by changing from stars to thumbs
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-phys
Four more Biden officials covering economic policy join TCF: Lauren McFerran, Gayle Goldin, Rachel West, Ruth Friedman
A roundup features alumna Lauren McFerran.
The Century Foundation
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-mcferran
Second-in-command moving up to CEO at Transocean
An article features alumnus Jeremy Thigpen.
Offshore Energy
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-thigpen
Brooklyn artist Sumin Hwang pulls theory off the page and onto the body
Alumna Sumin Hwang is featured. Josh Bernstein, associate teaching professor of visual and dramatic arts, is quoted.
White Hot Magazine
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-hwang-bernstein
MSU Texas team chosen to compete in NASA challenge
An article mentions that Rice is competing in the NASA SUITS Challenge.
MSN Technology (This article originally appeared in the Times Record News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-msn.tech
Round Up: Which universities are requiring ACT/SAT scores?
Rice is mentioned.
Academic Approach
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-aa
Smart fluidic wearable devices with built-in failure control
An article features Rice research into the programmed failure in heat-sealable, sheet-based systems.
Electronics for You
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-efy
Aspen Music Festival and School announces 2025 season: Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Rice's Shepherd School of Music is mentioned.
BroadwayWorld
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-bw
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
How big med drives rising health care costs
An article features Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute's Center for Health Policy and professor of economics, who delivered Virginia Tech University's Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Feb. 20.
Virginia Tech University's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute on YouTube
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ho
Unravelling the Lake Chad Conundrum
Frederi Viens, professor of statistics, is quoted.
This Day (This article also appeared on the front of the Features page in the Feb. 19 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-viens
Javier Milei está apostando alto no boom do petróleo argentino
Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, fellow at the Center for the United States and Mexico, director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Folha de S. Paulo
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-monaldi
Female entrepreneurs face hidden barriers in mentorship networks
An article features research co-authored by Minjae Kim, assistant professor of management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow.
CU Boulder Today
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-kim
'Creating Pathways': Black mathematicians share their stories
An article mentions alumnus Raymond Johnson, adjunct professor of mathematics, who was one of Rice's first African American graduate students.
The Claremont Colleges' The Student Life
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-johnson
A simple thumbs up or down eliminates racial bias in online ratings
Sora Jun, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Yale Insights
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jun
'L'anniversario,' l'intenso romanzo di Andrea Bajani che esplora i legami familiari
Andrea Bajani, professor in the practice and international writer in residence, is featured.
LibreriAmo.it
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-bajani
Historic New Orleans collection 'A New Door for My People” illuminates Black life and progress in Reconstruction-era Louisiana
Alumnus William Jones is featured.
My New Orleans
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-jones
The Balourdet Quartet
An article features the Balourdet Quartet, which formed at Rice in 2018.
The Times-Standard
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-tts
On Main Hall Green with … Mike Gesinski: Research and mentorship in organic chemistry
Alumnus Mike Gesinski is featured.
Lawrence University News
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-Gesinski
Missouri hospital mergers come with one inevitable: Bigger executive paychecks
An article cites Rice research into the pay of hospital CEOs.
MyOzarksOnline.com (This article also appeared in News from the States and KMOX on Audacy.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-moo
'The beauty of clinical education is the knowledge that you are perfectly equipped to do this'
Alumna Maddy Scannell is featured.
Harvard University Law School News
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-scannell
Alumni Council nominates Deanna Perez '22 to join Colby's board of trustees
Deanna Perez, assistant director of alumni engagement, is featured.
Colby College News
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-perez
Junior heading to elite summer aerospace programs
An article mentions Rice's Aerospace Academy.
De La Salle Collegiate
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-dlsc
Oconee Performing Arts Society presents 'Rhapsody in Blue'
Alumnus Zev Malina, a graduate of Rice's Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Lake Oconee Breeze
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-malina
SPORTS
Rice takes lead after second day of 2025 American Women's Swimming and Diving Championship
An article mentions that Rice's women's swimming and diving team was leading the American Athletic Conference Championship Feb. 19-22. Owls Ava Portello, Amelia Kane, Mimi Filkin and Reese Cole are highlighted.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-the.american
Tulane leads after Day 1 of 2025 American Women's Swimming and Diving Championship
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-the.american
Johnson, Lendeborg and UAB defeat Rice 90-89
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team lost to the University of Alabama at Birmingham 90-89 Feb. 19. Head coach Rob Lanier is featured in a segment by KPRC.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ap
UAB Blazers squeak out 90-89 road victory at Rice
AL.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-al
Late free throws the difference as UAB edges Rice men
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Feb. 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-hc
Johnson helps Blazers escape at Rice
UABSports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-uab
UAB, North Texas win to stay in tie for second place
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-the.american
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-kprc
'CBS 42 News'
WIAT-TV (Birmingham, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-wiat
'Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-kriv (This segment aired twice.)
USC baseball hits the road against Rice, Cal State Fullerton
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play the University of Southern California Feb. 21-23.
USCTrojans.com (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-usc
Houston has a problem: Baseball is scorching hot
Daily Trojan
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-dt
Jenkins and the UTSA Roadrunners visit conference foe Rice
An article mentions that Rice's women's basketball team is slated to play the University of Texas at San Antonio Feb. 22.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ap
The Last Lap: UTSA women's basketball fine-tuning as it enters stretch run
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-utsa
Dar leads Rice against Tulsa after 24-point game
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team is slated to play the University of Tulsa Feb. 22.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-ap
Tulsa drops Wednesday night contest at North Texas
TulsaHurricane.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-tulsa
Tulsa women's tennis hosts No. 48 Rice on Friday, No. 62 Arkansas on Monday
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team is slated to play the University of Tulsa Feb. 21.
TulsaHurricane.com (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-tulsa
Owls fall at Rice
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team defeated Florida Atlantic University 4-0 Feb. 20.
FAUSports.com (This article also appeared in Spot on Florida.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-fau
Forest Hills sisters show drive for golf
An article featuring Amelie Phung mentions that she has signed to join Rice's women's golf team.
Queens Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-qc
NEWS RELEASES
Rice appoints Susan Christian to lead new campus events unit, establish conference services division
Rice has named seasoned special events executive Susan Christian as the first senior director of campus and community engagement and conference services. This is a key and centralized leadership role in the university’s ongoing efforts to enhance its connections and convening opportunities for the campus community and the broader Houston area as well as global audiences. Christian, who brings a wealth of experience in event management, public service and community relations, will begin her role March 1 in the university's Office of Public Affairs.
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-news-release-christian
Rice-led study finds focused ultrasound therapy improves cancer treatment
Combining an existing small-molecule protein therapy called tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand with focused ultrasound can significantly reduce tumor size and burden in prostate cancer models, according to a new study published in Advanced Science by researchers at Rice and Vanderbilt University.
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-news-release-king
Rice Business Plan Competition, world's largest and richest intercollegiate student startup competition, selects 2025 ventures
The 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) announced today the 42 startups invited to compete for more than $1 million in prizes April 10-12 at Rice and the Ion in Houston. The RBPC, presented by Rice Business and hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, brings together the best student ventures from top universities across the world to compete for prizes in front of more than 300 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community.
http://dateline.rice/feb-21-news-release-rbpc