NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago
As people gathered across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to his presidential center. Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is quoted.
Associated Press (This article appeared on PBS.org, the Huffington Post and numerous other publications.)
http://dateline.rice/AP
With Juneteenth, Cornyn earned a place in the history books | Editorial
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/Chron-Cornyn
Houston museum's new project preserves historic Freedmen's Town bricks
CultureMap
http:dateline.rice/CM-bricks

Netherlands World Cup fans invade Houston with famous 'Oranje Walk'
Hours before the Netherlands and Sweden kicked off their World Cup match at Houston’s Reliant Stadium, Rice’s campus had already transformed into a sea of orange as thousands of Dutch fans packed Greenbriar Drive, gathering around two team buses before flooding the streets in a festive march to the game.
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/USAToday
Around 20,000 fans march to Houston's NRG Stadium for Netherlands vs. Sweden World Cup match
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/HC-fan
Swedish cowboys and TSA ranch kits: World Cup tourists keep falling in love with US
The Washington Times
http://dateline.rice/cup
Thousands of Dutch and Swedish fans march to Houston Stadium ahead of World Cup match
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/HPM-Dutch
Inside the Oranje Fanwalk in Houston: Song, dance and a Netherlands win in World Cup
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/HC-Oranje
Netherlands, led by Brobbey and Gakpo, wins 5-1 vs. Sweden in World Cup match in Houston
Houston Chronicle (Similar articles were featured on ABC-13.)
http://dateline.rice.edu/HC-win
Netherlands soccer fans brave heat for glimpse of iconic Dutch Orange Bus ahead of World Cup match in Houston
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/HPM-bus
Dutch orange bus breaks down in Houston
KDFW-TV
http://dateline.rice/bus
Eye Witness News
ABC-13
http://dateline.rice/ABC
Portugal and Uzbekistan will hold fanwalks ahead of the World Cup match in Houston. What to know.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/worldcup

Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30% even though its overall budget is down just 3%. Doug Natelson, professor of physics and astronomy and associate dean for research, is quoted.
Science
http://dateline.rice/science

Executives across four industries converge: People fail before numbers do
Jesús Gustavo Garza-García, a nonresident scholar with the Baker Institute for Public Policy, shares his experience in financial services.
USA Today
http:dateline.rice/USAToday-2

Seasoned leadership could help Quantum Space’s IPO take off
Quantum Space will initiate an IPO by merging with the special purpose acquisition company, Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI. Quantum Space CEO and Rice Alumnus Jim Bridenstine is mentioned.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice.edu/thehill

Revealing the truth: Ethical misconduct in South African psychology
An article on fraudulent billing practices in South Africa mentions international research, including findings from Rice.
Cape Times
http://dateline.rice/cape

HOUSTON/TEXAS

The scariest storms in Houston aren't tropical storms or hurricanes, they're the ones you don’t see coming | Opinion
Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology and Rice’s Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience, noted that the FEMA maps don’t properly account for extreme rainfall events in calculating flood risk.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/storms

Houston scientist wins prestigious Pew Scholar award for brain cancer research
Christina Tringides, an assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is one of 21 scientists to win a prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholar award.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/Pew

News at 9
The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science, and Bill King, fellow in public finance, are featured.
Fox-26
http://dateline.rice/9

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

I'm 29 and make $250,000 as an analytics engineer in NYC. Here are the hacks I use to make living here more affordable.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with alumna Renee Li, a 29-year-old analytics engineer in New York.
Business Insider (It was also included in the Washington City Paper.)
http://dateline.rice/BI

Trump finding things far easier said than done
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an opinion piece.
Gulf Times
http://dateline.rice.edu/oped

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

NASA study challenges theories on where the ingredients for life came from
Research from Rice’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is cited.
Medium
http://dateline.rice/life

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