NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Devoted nap-takers explain the benefits of sleeping on the job
Valentin Dragoi, professor of electrical and computer engineering and scientific director of the Center for Neural Systems Restoration, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in 200 other media outlets, and it appeared on the front of the Nation & World section in the Feb. 7 print edition of The Bakersfield Californian and in the print edition of The Boston Globe.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-dragoi
Sudan’s new model for aid distribution
Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women's Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Salah Ben Hammou, postdoctoral associate in the Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, co-authored an article.
Foreign Policy
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-norman-hammou
The hidden truth about migrant deaths at the Canada-US border
Dylan Simburger, research manager at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, co-authored an article.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-simburger
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texans strongly support legalized gambling, but prefer casinos over sports betting
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.
San Antonio Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Texans split on abortion issues but united in wanting stricter gun laws, UH poll finds
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Realtor.com moves HQ to Austin, more than 500K jobs added to region over past five years
MSN Money (This article originally appeared in KEYE Online, and this segment also aired twice on KEYE-TV in Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Abbott warms to online sports betting but Senate roadblocks persist
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in WFAA Online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Texas governor now supportive of online sports betting
Casino.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Mark Jones of Rice University joins Houston's Morning News
KTRH on Spreaker (This article also appeared in iHeart.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
School choice passes the Texas Senate, but how long will it linger in the House?
KTRH on Spreaker (This article also appeared in iHeart.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
POLL: Texans want legal sports betting, recreational marijuana use?
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Trump's comments about DC crash could put pressure on NTSB
Travel Weekly
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-jones
Houston clean hydrogen startup Syzygy announces sweeping layoffs
An article mentions that Syzygy Plasmonics' technology is based on research pioneered by Naomi Halas, University Professor and the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, chemistry, physics and astronomy and the director of Rice's Smalley-Curl Institute, and Peter Nordlander, the Wiess Chair in Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the Feb. 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-halas-nordlander
Syzygy Plasmonics lays off 68 Houston workers, citing company's 'financial condition'
HoustonInno
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-halas-nordlander
Stories, photos from synagogue’s history become ‘Voices of Beth Israel’ for Jewish archive at Rice University
Melissa Cohen-Nickels, curator of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives at Rice, co-authored an article.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-cohen.nickels
10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for February
A roundup mentions that experts from Rice will give keynote addresses at the TMC AI Summit Feb. 20-21.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-inno.map
Is Zoroastrianism dying? In Houston, Gen Z followers are fighting for its survival
An article quotes Duncan College sophomore Mahtab Dastur and mentions alumnus Bahrom Firozgary, a former Rice basketball player.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-dastur-firozgary
Meet ROCO, the orchestra that might be Houston's most risk-tasking arts group
An article mentions that the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra performs at the Brockman Hall for Opera at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-hc
BROADCAST
University of Oregon athletics expected to thrive with changes coming to NIL
Steven Rackley, professor in the practice of sport management, is quoted.
Oregon Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-rackley
Rice University scholar explains gravity behind potential exodus in Gaza
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, associate professor of history and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies, is quoted.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-takriti
'UFO: Investigating the Unkown'
A broadcast features Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, and mentions Rice's Archives of the Impossible.
Viceland (This segment aired three times.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-kripal
'Big 2 News'
A broadcast features Rice research into novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials.
KMID-TV (Odessa, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-kmid (This segment aired six times.)
Your guide to 30+ Black History Month events in Houston
A roundup mentions that Rice will host Black History Month events through March 8.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-c2h
Shrinking birth rate has UT, and others preparing for life with fewer college-age Texans
Rice is mentioned.
KEYE Online (This article also appeared in MSN Education.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-keye
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Halas receives prestigious 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. The article also mentions the late Richard Smalley, the former Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of "buckyballs," a new form of carbon.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-halas-smalley
UAE companies have mixed success in cutting emissions
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Arabian Gulf Business Insight
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-krane
An absolute good?
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,
Science History Institute
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-campos
How higher ed institutions are using built-in generative AI tools
Paul Padley, vice president for IT and chief information officer and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
EdTech
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-padley
What on earth is going on with research funding in the US?
Neal Lane, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus, professor emeritus of physics and astronomy and senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Chemistry World
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-lane
Could Trump’s comeback be the regulatory reset the EWA industry has been waiting for?
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance and director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Tearsheet
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-diamond
Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Earth.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-earth
How artists are reframing climate doom
An article features the exhibit "Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice," which is on view at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts through May 10.
Art in America (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-aia
Energy HPC: VDura showcasing next-gen data platform
An article mentions that Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute will host the Energy High Performance Computing Conference Feb. 25-27.
StorageNewsletter.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-sn
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
COMMENTARY: Mexico worries about Trump deportation plans
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Prince Edward Island Guardian
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-payan
Fentanyl in America: Geography of a crisis
Quillette
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-payan
Droits de douane de Donald Trump: Au Mexique, la diplomatie sur un fil de Claudia Sheinbaum
LeExpress.fr
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-payan
Big techs dos EUA entram na mira de China e Europa após Trump impor ‘tarifaço’
Simon Lester, nonresident fellow in the International Economics Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Estadao.com.br (This article also appeared in MSN Noticias Brasil.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-lester
NGUYEN: Explore your many dimensions
An article mentions the pre-college program at Rice's Shepherd School of Music.
The Hoya
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-hoya
Sustainability’s place in higher education
An article mentions Rice's sustainability initiatives.
Auburn University's Office of Sustainability
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-au
Everyday sounds, extraordinary compositions: The 33rd annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music
An article mentions the James Turrell "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace on Rice's Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
The Claremont Colleges' The Student Life
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-tsl
Meteorite discovery challenges long-held theories on Earth’s missing elements
An article mentions that Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Arizona State University (This article also appeared in La Brújula Verde and Science News Today.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-asu
SPORTS
Men's tennis set to face Rice in Houston
An article mentions that Rice's men's tennis team is slated to play Louisiana State University Feb. 7.
LSUSports.net
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-lsu
Track and field prepped for big weekend at the Charlie Thomas Invitational
An article mentions that Rice's track and field teams will compete in the Charlie Thomas Invitational Feb. 7-8.
UTAMavs.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-uta
Mustangs compete at Charlie Thomas Invitational this weekend
SMUMustangs.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-smu
Roadrunners return to College Station for Charlie Thomas Invite
GoUTSA.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-utsa
T&F return to College Station for Charlie Thomas Invite
BaylorBears.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-bears
Rice, Memphis, Tulane earn Wednesday wins
An article mentions that Rice's men's basketball team defeated East Carolina University 73-60 Feb. 5.
TheAmerican.org
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-the.american
Here's who the bowl-winning Huskies will play in the 2025 college football season
An article mentions that Rice's football team is slated to play the University of Connecticut Oct. 25.
NBC Connecticut
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-nbc
Women's tennis set to battle Houston Friday
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team defeated the University of Houston 4-0 Feb. 5.
SMUMustangs.com (This article also appeared in BVM Sports.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-smu
Waves and Tar Heels to meet at ITA National Indoor Championships again
An article mentions that Rice's women's tennis team is slated to play Pepperdine University Feb. 15.
PepperdineWaves.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-pepp
After UH's offseason overhaul, Willie Fritz looks for improved offense after dismal 2024
An article mentions former Rice football player Dean Connors.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Feb. 7 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-hc
Hoyeau named WAC Golfer of the Week following Vaqueros Intercollegiate
An article mentions that Rice will host the Bentwater Intercollegiate men's golf tournament Feb. 10-11.
ACUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-acu
Sources: Ottawa Redblacks agree to terms with former Riders OL Peter Godber
A roundup features former Rice football player Peter Godber.
3 Down Nation
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-godber
C.J. Anderson named new head football coach at Benicia High
An article featuring C.J. Anderson mentions that he is a former Rice assistant football coach.
The Reporter
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-reporter
NEWS RELEASES
Discovery of unexpected collagen structure could ‘reshape biomedical research’
Collagen, the body’s most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a new study led by Rice's Jeffrey Hartgerink and Tracy Yu, in collaboration with Mark Kreutzberger and Edward Egelman at the University of Virginia, challenges that notion, revealing an unexpected confirmation in collagen structure that could reshape biomedical research.
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-news-release-hartgerink-yu
Halas awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Rice's Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light energy — for use in many biomedical and chemical applications.”
http://dateline.rice/feb-7-news-release-halas