NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Saving lives in sky: Texas college students raise $1.85 million for medical cargo drone startup that can deliver life-saving supplies in minutes
Seven Rice students have turned a classroom project into a startup with ambitions to transform healthcare logistics.
Times of India
http://dateline.rice/drone

Money's Best Colleges: These 42 schools offer the biggest bang for your buck
Rice has been named to Money’s annual Best Colleges list, which recognizes institutions where students are likely to graduate, manage debt successfully and earn strong salaries after college.
Money
http://dateline.rice/money-rankings

New Orleans hospital destroyed by Katrina to be reborn as a science hub
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor of Humanities, was quoted in a story examining the redevelopment of New Orleans’ former Charity Hospital, a landmark facility that closed following Hurricane Katrina.
Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/brinkley

Here are the 10 wealthiest suburbs in America
West University Place, named for its proximity to Rice University, was ranked the second-wealthiest suburb in America.
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/suburb

Texas property owners should prep for single-year tax increase
A recent study by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy discovered that Texas’ 20% non-homestead appraisal cap unintentionally led to higher tax rates and an overall property tax increase in every county they studied.
Bloomberg Law
http://dateline.rice/tax

FIS partners with Rice University to preserve Houston’s Indian-American history
New partnership with Rice’s Woodson Research Center aims to preserve the history, achievements, and experiences of Houston’s Indian American community for future generations.
Indo American News (This also appeared in Europe Says.)
http://dateline.rice/woodson

Strait of Hormuz traffic is up. But for gas prices, uncharted waters remain
Skip York, nonresident fellow in energy and global oil in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Straight Arrow News (A similar article appeared on marketplace.org and KQWD-FM.)
http://dateline.rice/strait

HOUSTON/TEXAS

5 Houston universities named best in the world on new U.S. News list
Rice is among five Houston-area institutions recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s newly released 2026-27 Best Global Universities rankings, which evaluate schools based on research performance and international reputation.
Innovation Map
http://dateline.rice/best

Eyewitness News at 9 p.m. and 4 p.m.
The 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is cited.
ABC13
http://dateline.rice/housing

‘Houston Matters’
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 interviewed.
KHUF
http://dateline.rice/jones

‘Houston Matters’
Laura Schaefer, the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Chair of Mechanical Engineering, was interviewed.
KHUF
http://dateline.rice/matters

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

World of data labelling workers powering AI World Cup
Scott Powers, assistant professor in sports analytics and statistics, and director of the new Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics, is quoted.
Digital Today (A similar article appeared in restofworld.org.)
http://dateline.rice/powers

World of data labelling workers powering AI World Cup
Scott Powers, assistant professor in sports analytics and statistics, and director of the new Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics, is quoted.
Digital Today (A similar article appeared in restofworld.org.)
http://dateline.rice/powers

Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music reveals 2026–27 season
The Shepherd School has announced orchestral, chamber, opera, and faculty recital programming for its 2026-27 season. e University’s Shepherd School of Music Reveals 2026–27 Season.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/music

In June 2025, a 65-year-old former NASA astronaut named Peggy Whitson became the oldest woman ever to orbit Earth
Alumna Peggy Whitson, the most experienced American astronaut alive, is featured.
Space Daily
http://dateline.rice/space

Are asteroid-mass black holes hiding in the cosmic gamma-ray glow?
An article on the creation of black holes, cites research conducted at Rice.
Phys.org (This also appeared in Universe Space Tech.)
http://dateline.rice.edu/cosmic

Physicists measure quantum entanglement of quantum critical metal
In a study published in Nature Physics, Rice’s Qimiao Si collaborated with researchers from TU Wien in an experiment that showed quantum entanglement of a quantum critical metal.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/tech

Rice engineer receives federal award for advancements in Ewing sarcoma research
Bioengineer Julea Vlassakis has recently secured a federal grant totaling $1.1 million to advance research on Ewing sarcoma.
Bioengineer.org
http://dateline.rice/bioengineer

Michigan State University startup wins grand prize at Rice University competition
BRCĒ, a material-tech startup from Michigan State University in East Lansing, won 11 prizes including the $200,000 grand prize at the recent Rice Business Plan Competition.
DBusiness
http://dateline.rice/dbusiness

Quantum Mechanics Weekly Digest
A collaboration between Rice’s Qimiao Si and researchers at TU Wien reported in Nature Physics that they directly measured quantum entanglement in a centimeter-sized crystal of a “strange metal” — a quantum critical material that defies conventional Fermi-liquid theory.
Medium
http://dateline.rice/spooky