NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Is Houston really an affordable place to live?
Houston is reputed to be an affordable city. But that reputation is overblown and based on some outdated assumptions, says Steve Sherman, an associate director at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Governing
http://dateline.rice/7-13/governing
PBS
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is featured.
http://dateline.rice/7-13/brinkley
Breaking down the SAVE America Act: Photo ID
Bill King, fellow in public finance at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Real Clear Politics
http://dateline.rice/7-13/king
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston is affordable. So why do Austinites have more buying power?
Joyce Beebe, a fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/7-13/Beebe
Fort Bend coal plant is the main cause of particulates linked to respiratory illness, study finds
Residents railed against the coal-powered plant’s effect on the local environment, citing a 2018 Rice study that reported the plant emitted polluting gasses that could cause 178 premature deaths each year.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/study
Austin radio
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies and professor of political science, is quoted.
KLBJ-AM
http://dateline.rice/7-13/jones
Eyewitness News at 10 p.m.
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
ABC-13
http://dateline.rice/7-13/harris
Xploration Nature Knows Best
Researchers at Rice are using squids to change the way we see the world.
http://dateline.rice/7-13/squid
Eyewitness News at 4 p.m.
A report from the Baker Institute for Public Policy is mentioned.
ABC-13
http://dateline.rice/7-13/policy
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Feds and deputized cops stockpiling war machines for deportation
Kenneth Lowande, associate professor of political science, is mentioned.
Prospect.org
http://dateline.rice/7-13/prospect
Google's Gemini AI can do a lot, but here are 15 features you'll actually use
OpenStax is mentioned.
PC Mag UK
http://dateline.rice/7-13/openstax
TMA awards outstanding Houston area, San Antonio science teachers
An Air Trajectory event at Rice is mentioned.
Stem News Today
http://dateline.rice/7-13/TMA
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
George Washington, slavery and America’s historical memory
Alum John Garrison Marks is mentioned.
Style
http://dateline.rice/7-13/Marks
NASA, Rice University launch world’s first open-source space robotics simulator
Doctoral student Nikki Hart and Lydia Kavraki, University Professor and the Ken and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, are mentioned.
Open Source for You
http://dateline.rice/7-13/robotics
How financial stress affects a dad’s health (and how to ease it)
A Rice study found that financial worry follows workers into bed, eroding sleep quality through the racing, problem-solving thoughts that refuse to switch off at night.
Mind Body Dad
http://dateline.rice/dad