FEATURED ITEMS
Rice hires former Texas baseball coach David Pierce to lead program
An article features David Pierce, who will be the next head baseball coach at Rice. Pierce is a former Rice assistant coach who served under late head coach Wayne Graham and guided the Owls to a College World Series win in 2003.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the March 18 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Rice hires former Texas manager as new baseball coach
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in five other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Rice hires former Texas baseball coach David Pierce to lead Owls
Sports Illustrated (This article also appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
David Pierce returns to Rice University as head baseball coach
KHOU 11 News
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Former Sam Houston, Texas baseball coach David Pierce takes over at Rice
KBTX Online (This segment also aired on KBTX-TV in Bryan, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Former Texas Longhorns baseball coach lands new job
Sports Illustrated's Texas Longhorns
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Former Tulane baseball coach David Pierce takes over program at Rice
Crescent City Sports
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
Ex-Texas HC David Pierce hired by Rice
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
'KHOU 11 News'
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce (This segment aired twice.)
'Fox 26 News'
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce (This segment aired twice.)
'13 Eyewitness News'
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce (This segment aired twice.)
'KVUE News'
KVUE-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
'KXAN News Today'
KXAN-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce (This segment aired twice.)
'SportsTalk 790'
ATTSW-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pierce
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
How Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum is riding high on Trump's trade war
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.
Financial Times (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-payan
Sunita Williams return live updates: Sunita Williams' ancestral village plans fireworks, procession to welcome her return to Earth
John DeWitt, director of applied sports science and adjunct assistant research professor of kinesiology, is quoted in four articles. DeWitt and David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute, professor of physics and astronomy and Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, are quoted in ABC 13 Online.
The Times of India
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dewitt
Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore will be carried on stretchers after reaching Earth!
MSN Health (India; this article originally appeared in The Times of India.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dewitt
'Stranded' NASA astronauts will be carried away on stretchers after return from space. Here's why.
Live Science
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dewitt
Starliner astronauts prepare to return to Houston to enjoy family and walking along the beach
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired five times on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dewitt-alexander
The UAE courts the media to build its tech brand
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Politico
http://dateline.rice/march-18-krane
Republicans to target 2 Texas Congressional seats in 2026
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.
MSN (This article originally appeared in KRLD Online, and it appeared in KRLD on Audacy.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-jones
'KPRC Channel 2 News'
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-jones (This segment aired twice.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-jones
Newfound exoplanets around Barnard's Star resolve long-standing astronomical quest
An article features Rice research that developed a new model for the formation of planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth. Co-authors quoted include André Izidoro, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and postdoctoral fellow Sho Shibata.
Scientific American
http://dateline.rice/march-18-izidoro-shibata
In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive
David Brockman, nonresident scholar in the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Associated Press (This Texas Tribune article appeared in more than 50 other media outlets, and it appeared in yesterday's Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-brockman
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Partnership members making news — March
An article features the news that Rice will break ground on the new Moody Center Complex for Student Life May 8.
Greater Houston Partnership
http://dateline.rice/march-18-ghp
2 pioneering Houston startups win big at SXSW 2025 pitch competition
An article featuring Helix Earth Technologies mentions that it was spun out of Rice.
CultureMap Houston (This article also appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-cmh
PVAMU senior Nia McNeal: A rising star in tech and academia
An article mentions that students from Rice competed in the NBA Foundation Tech Challenge.
Prairie View A&M University News
http://dateline.rice/march-18-pvamu
BROADCAST
'Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer'
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, is interviewed about the possibility of President Donald Trump releasing thousands of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
CNN
http://dateline.rice/march-18-brinkley
Most Houston ISD campuses are operating under capacity, study finds
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about research he co-authored into the capacity rates of Houston Independent School District campuses.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/march-18-king
Is worldwide sharing of electricity possible? Yes, it's even likely
Aditya Mohite, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Associate Professor, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, electrical and computer engineering and materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
KTRH Online (This article also appeared in WOAI Online and Talk Radio 1190.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-mohite
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-mohite
Raising a cold one? Tariffs are raising the price of beer, impacting Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Alumnus Brock Wagner, who co-founded Saint Arnold Brewing Company, is quoted.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired four times on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-wagner
'ABC 13 Eyewitness News'
A broadcast mentions that Rice offers full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-ktrk (This segment aired four times.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Rice University and UH researchers innovate chemical manufacturing process to address carbon capture challenges
An article features collaborative Rice research into the salt accumulation in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction systems. Co-author Haotian Wang, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a Rice Academy Senior Fellow, is quoted.
Bioengineer.org (This article also appeared in Carbon Capture Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-wang
RNA-editing protein insights could lead to improved treatment for cancer and autoimmune diseases
An article features Rice research into the molecular mechanisms of ADAR1, a protein that regulates ribonucleic acid induced immune responses. Co-authors quoted include Yang Gao, assistant professor of biosciences, and postdoctoral fellow Xiangyu Deng.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in MSN Science, Interesting Engineering, MSN Health, Technology Networks, News-Medical.net and Scienmag.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-gao-deng
Art in Context: Art, Architecture and the Middle Landscape
An article mentions that the Rice School of Architecture's (RSA) Troy Schaum, associate professor of architecture, co-organized part 1 of the Art in Context: Art, Architecture and the Middle Landscape symposium, which will be held in Marfa, Texas, April 4-6.
e-Flux
http://dateline.rice/march-18-schaum
A Houston throuple's Polaroids of queer life
Late alumnus Jay Hollenburger is featured.
Hyperallergic
http://dateline.rice/march-18-hollenburger
Top Tier 1 universities in USA: Admissions, courses, rankings, acceptance rates and more
Rice is featured.
University Living
http://dateline.rice/march-18-ul
Heat stabilizes polymer for bioelectronics
An article mentions that experts at Rice collaborated on the featured research.
Electronics For You
http://dateline.rice/march-18-efy
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CNN presidential historian, Perrysburg native Douglas Brinkley speaks at garden club's lecture series
An article featuring Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and professor of history, mentions that he will speak at the Country Garden Club of Perrysburg April 24.
Sentinel-Tribune
http://dateline.rice/march-18-brinkley
'Cinderella' opera makes way to Grand Theatre
Alumnus Adam Partridge is featured.
Daily Gate City
http://dateline.rice/march-18-partridge
Art smart: Westwood Elementary students have work displayed at Statehouse
An article cites a study into the effects of arts education by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Daily Journal
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dj
Over 1,500 to start new course on workplace halacha
Rabbi Shmuli Slonim, co-director of Chabad at Rice, is mentioned.
ColLive.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-slonim
SPORTS
Men's golf opens play at All-American
An article mentions that Rice's men's golf team was in seventh place after the first day of competition in the All-American Intercollegiate March 17-18.
MeanGreenSports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-mgs
Men's golf second at All-American Intercollegiate
TroyTrojans.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-troy
Kruaprayong tied for fourth to lead men's golf on first day of All-American
GoUTRGV.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-utrgv
Men's golf in fifth through 2 rounds at All-American Intercollegiate
UNLVRebels.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-unlv
Owls continue homestand Tuesday versus Miami
An article mentions that Rice's baseball team is slated to play Florida Atlantic University March 21.
FAUSports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-fau
This Week in Athletics — March 17, 2025
A roundup mentions that Rice's women's tennis team is slated to play the University of Texas at Arlington March 27.
UTAMavs.com
http://dateline.rice/march-18-uta
TEXAS 10: Ranking the state's best linebackers in 2025
Rice football is mentioned.
Dave Campbell's Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/march-18-dctf
NEWS RELEASES
Rice sport management faculty break down brackets, business and 'Big Dance' strategy
As March Madness returns this month to captivate the sports world, faculty experts from Rice's Department of Sport Management are available to provide insights on the NCAA Tournament's financial impact, marketing strategies, fan engagement and the all-important selection of teams for bracket pools. These leaders in their fields can break down key trends shaping college basketball's biggest event.
http://dateline.rice/march-18-news-release-rice.experts
Rice research team creates universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria
In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary group of researchers at Rice has developed an innovative RNA "barcoding" method to track these genetic exchanges in microbial communities, providing new insights into how genes move across species. The findings were recently published in Nature Biotechnology.
http://dateline.rice/march-18-news-release-chappell-et.al
Rice and UH scientists redefine chemical manufacturing method to solve carbon capture problem
Each year billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, construction and other human activities, creating an urgent need to find better solutions to reduce the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
http://dateline.rice/march-18-news-release-wang
Building a safer future: Rice researcher works to strengthen Haiti's earthquake resilience
Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes — first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities displaced and an overwhelming loss of life. A major factor in the severity of these tragedies was the widespread structural failure of poorly designed buildings, many of which were not constructed to withstand the powerful tremors. Marc-Ansy Laguerre, a postdoctoral associate in civil and environmental engineering at Rice, is determined to change that.
http://dateline.rice/march-18-news-release-laguerre