NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Rubio attempts to clarify Trump claim that US will 'run' Venezuela: What to know
Francisco Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, fellow at the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico and director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Time
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-time
Venezuela oil industry too shaky for US companies to rush to re-enter, experts say
CBS Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-cbs
Big Oil doesn't share Trump's dream of making Venezuelan oil great again
CNN Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-cnn
Trump's idea to seize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles
PBS Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-pbs
Trump's push to access Venezuela's oil reserves faces major barriers
PBS Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-pbs
Can Venezuela's new leader keep the US happy and her elites in line?
The New York Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-nyt
'BBC World News America'
BBC
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-bbc
US action in Venezuela fails to budge oil markets
The Observer
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-to
Trump to help oil companies 'take back' some of the billions Venezuela owes them
Forbes Middle East
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-fme
Why Trump's Venezuela oil gamble could mean cheaper gas ... and more money in YOUR pocket
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-dm
Venezuelan oil brought to the US would be refined in Black Gulf communities
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Capital B.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-yn
Venezuela says it has the world's largest reserves of crude oil. Making it viable is a whole other problem
Yahoo! Finance
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-yf
The challenges of rebuilding Venezuela's oil industry and questions about who will do it
WBUR Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-wbur
Top oil traders eye swift return to Venezuela
OilPrice.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-op
Pulling back the curtain on Nicolás Maduro's 'Latin Lady Macbeth' wife, Cilia Flores — a 'fundamental figure in corruption'
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.
New York Post
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-nyp
Trump's plan to 'run' Venezuela is to go with similar cast, plus threats
New Straits Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-nst
Fact-checking Trump on promised US oil company investment in Venezuela
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.
Al Jazeera
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-aj
What impact could Venezuelan oil have on Houston and its economy?
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-abc
Purdue becomes the first U.S. university to impose AI graduation requirements
Caroline Levander, vice president for global strategy and the Carlson Professor in the Humanities, is quoted.
The Washington Times
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-twt
SC scholars weigh in on US actions in Venezuela, potential local impacts
Richard Kilroy, nonresident scholar in the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
WPDE Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-wpde
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston expert explains what the Venezuela takeover really means
Luis Duno-Gottberg, the Lee Hage Jamail Professor in Latin American Studies, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-hc
Houston Venezuelans celebrate change in Venezuela as experts warn of global risks
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-c2h
Understanding criminal prosecution of Nicolás Maduro
KTVU Online
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-ktvu
Texas borrowers face wage garnishment as student loan crackdown begins
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.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-hc
Houston leaders at odds over proposal to divert $25M in stormwater funding
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Fox 26 Online.)
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-yn
Houston Treasures honored at Montrose's hot new jazz club — 22 Bayou City difference makers take a bow
Susan Christian, senior director of campus and community engagement and conference services, is mentioned.
Paper City
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-pc
Why do you pass that bright blue Victorian house every time you go to the Astros game?
University founder William Marsh Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-hc
Blockbuster exhibits star in Houston's top 10 arts stories of 2025
An article mentions Rice's Moody Center for the Arts.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-cmh
Broadway blockbusters and sublime operas take Houston stages in January
A roundup mentions alumna Sasha Cooke.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-cmh
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Catalyst behavior that could cut emissions and stabilize supply of everyday materials revealed
An article features Rice-led research that unveiled how tiny molecular structures on industrial catalysts behave during the manufacture of vinyl acetate monomer. Co-authors include Michael Wong, the Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology and professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Welman Curi-Elias, research scientist in chemical and biomolecular engineering; and alumnus Hunter Jacobs.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-phys
Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars
An article mentions Rice research into the possibility that lakes once existed on Mars. Co-authors include Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences; Sylvia Dee, associate professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences and civil and environmental engineering; and graduate student Eleanor Moreland.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-phys
How dangerous are crosswalks for people with vision loss?
An article features collaborative Rice research into collision judgments made by people with visual impairment, specifically age-related macular degeneration. Co-author Patricia DeLucia, professor of psychological sciences and associate dean for research at Rice’s School of Social Sciences, is quoted.
Drugs.com
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-dc
Why AI boosts creativity for some employees but not others
Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business, co-authored an article.
Harvard Business Review
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-hbr
Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, professor of anthropology, is quoted.
New Scientist
http://dateline.rice/jan-7-ns