NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Why the Texas floods were so deadly
Avantika Gori, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, is interviewed.
NPR (This "Here & Now" segment aired on more than 950 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
Questions raised about preparedness before tragic Texas floods
WBUR Online
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
'The Source with Kaitlin Collins'
CNN (This segment aired twice, and it aired twice on CNN International.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?
BBC (This article also appeared in MSN Politics.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
Hills, rivers and rocky terrain: Why the Hill Country keeps flooding
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in MSN Weather and 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
Texas, la tragedia non è colpa dei tagli di Trump: Ecco perché
TGCom24.mediaset.it
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gori
Local officials facing questions over their actions in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods
Phil Bedient, the Herman and George R. Brown Professor of Civil Engineering and co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted in several media outlets, and he authored an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle.
CNN
http://dateline.rice/july-8-bedient
Flash-flooding deaths can be prevented, says storm expert. Here's what Texas needs to do. | Opinion
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/july-8-bedient
Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 years. Can it happen now?
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Austin American-Statesman and the International Business Times.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-bedient
Rice University professor reflects on past floods, examines what can be done for the future
Click2Houston (This segment also aired twice on KPRC-TV in Houston, and it appeared in Click2Houston on YouTube.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-bedient
Years of inaction, minutes of terror: Over 100 dead in Texas flood. Was this preventable?
MSN Public Safety and Emergencies (India; this article originally appeared in The Times of India.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-bedient
No significant refill yet for Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but new law set to advance Trump's pledge
Skip York, nonresident fellow in energy and global oil in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
PolitiFact
http://dateline.rice/july-8-york
The Islamic Republic's new lease on life
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article.
Foreign Affairs (This article also appeared in Asociatión Almendrón.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-tabaar
HOUSTON/TEXAS
University of Houston engineer creates a possible replacement for plastic
An article features research co-authored by Muhammad Maksud Rahman, adjunct assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering, postdoctoral fellow Shyam Bhakta and alumnus M.A.S.R. Saadi.
University of Houston (This article also appeared in Mirage.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-rahman-bhakta-saadi
Immigration policy puts the squeeze on local labor
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.
Spectrum News (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-payan
German Goethe-Institut returns to Houston after 25 years with Post Houston lease
An article cites a 2000 news release by Rice about the closing of the Goethe-Institut Houston.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/july-8-hbj
BROADCAST
Houston marks 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl as state reels over deadly flooding in Central Texas
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law, co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, and Dan Potter, director of the Houston Population Research Center at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, are quoted. The article also cites a study by the Kinder Institute that found 6 in 10 Houston-area residents believed officials were not adequately prepared for last year's Hurricane Beryl. A broadcast by KIAH cites the Kinder Institute's study.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/july-8-blackburn-potter
Camp Mystic and others hit by deadly floods were built partly in ‘extremely hazardous’ flood zones
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/july-8-blackburn
'CW 39 Weather & Traffic'
KIAH-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-kiah (This segment aired twice.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice engineering student advances surgical tool design to reduce postoperative complications
An article features alumna Chihtong "Lily" Lee, who earned second place in the undergraduate category at the ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference for her research exploring how small design changes in surgical hardware could make a big difference in patient recovery.
News-Medical.net (This article also appeared in MSN Health Great Britain.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-lee
How close did Iran come to shutting Strait of Hormuz?
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Rigzone
http://dateline.rice/july-8-ulrichsen
When diverse knowledge backgrounds are not enough for team innovation: The hidden cost of status inequality
Daan van Knippenberg, the Houston Endowed Professor of Management at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, co-authored an article.
Journal of Management Studies
http://dateline.rice/july-8-knippenberg
How to help the Texas Hill Country right now
Sarah Morris, research project manager at Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an article.
We Are Teachers
http://dateline.rice/july-8-morris
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Once-in-a-century breakthrough powers rise of Chinese math star
Nets Katz, the W.L. Moody Professor of Mathematics, is quoted.
The Standard
http://dateline.rice/july-8-katz
STEM education is the key to a stronger Mississippi
An article mentions that Rice's Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education co-hosted a STEM summer camp at Jackson State University June 2-6.
Clarion Ledger
http://dateline.rice/july-8-cl
SPORTS
5 best Rice Owls football players, ranked
A roundup features five former Rice football players.
Bet MGM
http://dateline.rice/july-8-betmgm
7 best teams to rebuild in College Football 26 dynasty mode
A roundup features Rice football.
Insider Gaming
http://dateline.rice/july-8-ig
Injury leads to Chicago White Sox roster move before Toronto Blue Jays series
An article mentions former Rice baseball player Tristan Gray.
MSN Sports (This article originally appeared in Sports Illustrated's Chicago White Sox.)
http://dateline.rice/july-8-gray
Ole Miss to lose key assistant to NFL role, per report
An article mentions that Alex Brown is a former Rice recruiter.
Saturday Down South
http://dateline.rice/july-8-sds
NEWS RELEASES
Rice researchers develop superstrong, eco-friendly materials from bacteria
Scientists at Rice and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multifunctional materials. The study, published in Nature Communications, introduces a dynamic biosynthesis technique that aligns bacterial cellulose fibers in real-time, resulting in robust biopolymer sheets with exceptional mechanical properties.
http://dateline.rice/july-8-news-release-rahman-bhakta-saadi