NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Plunging global oil supplies threaten to push fuel prices even higher
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/june-5-wp
Historically low US oil inventories could mean more pain at the pump
Abhi Rajendran, nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the Iran War's impact on energy prices.
Marketplace
http://dateline.rice/june-5-m
When did getting prescriptions start feeling like online shopping?
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute's Center for Health and Biosciences and professor of economics, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in Vox.)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-yn
Inner solar system likely provided keys to life on Earth | New study
An article features collaborative Rice research that reconstructs the distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen across the solar system. Co-authors include Rajdeep Dasgupta, the Maurice Ewing Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, and graduate student Debjeet Pathak.
Florida Today
http://dateline.rice/june-5-ft
NASA finds new way Earth may have received elements needed for life
NASA
http://dateline.rice/june-5-nasa
Jupiter's gravity may have directed ingredients needed for life toward Earth
Starlust.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-s
Life on Earth came from inside the solar system, new NASA study proposes
India Today
http://dateline.rice/june-5-it
Iron meteorite studies reveal new insights into early solar system and Earth's formation
Scienmag
http://dateline.rice/june-5-s
Family sues to block hospital brain death ruling for girl, 2
Heidi Russell, the L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy, the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy and director of the Center for Health Policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/june-5-dm
HOUSTON/TEXAS
New study shows marks parents give for public schools versus private schools
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 about a study he co-authored in collaboration with Texas Southern University. Jones is also quoted on other topics in three other media outlets.
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/june-5-abc13
Alvin, Brazoria County leaders propose resolutions to oppose data centers
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/june-5-abc13
The week in politics (June 3, 2026)
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/june-5-hpm
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-krld
'Great Day Houston'
Brian Riedel, associate director of Rice's Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, is interviewed about Houston's Montrose neighborhood.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-khou
'Hello Houston' (June 4, 2026)
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 interviewed about the economic impacts of the Iran War.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/june-5-hpm
What hotter overnight lows could mean for our energy grid
Daniel Cohan, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/june-5-abc13
ABC 13 Eyewitness News
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-ktrk
Flood sirens go up in Kerr County
An article mentions that Rice is collaborating on a Texas-focused real-time flood warning system. Phil Bedient, the Herman and George R. Brown Professor of Civil Engineering and co-director of Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters, is quoted.
Austin American-Statesman
http://dateline.rice/june-5-aas
Citizen of the Year 2026
Alumnus Nathan Tat is featured.
The Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/june-5-gcdn
'Hello Houston' (June 3, 2026)
Katharine Shilcutt, director of communications for the Office of Research, served as a co-host for "Hello Houston."
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/june-5-hpm
Believe Trump. He doesn't think about Americans' financial pain
An article cites the Kinder Houston Area Survey from Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/june-5-hc
This is your 2026 hurricane and flood survival guide
An article cites a study by Rice's Kinder Institute for Urban Research into Houston-area residents' preparedness for a hurricane or major storm.
Click2Houston.com
http://dateline.rice/june-5-c2h
Famous Orange Bus will be in Fulshear ahead of Houston World Cup match. What to know
An article mentions that Rice is helping organize the Netherlands' Orange Fanwalk for its World Cup match against Sweden June 20, which will start at Rice Stadium.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/june-5-hc
Houston Arboretum expands visitor role in scientific research
An article mentions Rice's partnership with the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center.
CW 39 Online
http://dateline.rice/june-5-cw39
Texas paid schools to use these lessons. More San Antonio districts are signing on
Rice is mentioned.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-yn
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Clinical trial seeks to advance intuitive assistive robotics for people with paralysis
An article mentions that is Rice is joining BrainGate, a consortium of universities and academic medical centers working on creating brain-computer interface technologies.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-t
Curving wireless beams could let cyberattackers hide the source of jamming attacks
An article features Rice research into showing how a wireless jamming attack using curved radio beams can disguise its location. Co-authors include Edward Knightly, the Sheafor-Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of computer science, and graduate student Caroline Spindel.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-t
Physicists advance ways to retrieve matter's quantum entanglement
An article features Rice research into coupling quantum materials to quantum light. Co-authors include Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate student Yiming Wang.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-t
Bacteria produce controlled 'bio-plastic' as strong as metals
An article mentions Rice research developing a new type of plastic from bacterial cellulose. Co-authors include Muhammad Maksud Rahman, adjunct assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and alumnus M.A.S.R. Saadi.
MSN (This article originally appeared in Techno-Science.)
http://dateline.rice/june-5-msn
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
An article features Rice research into fabricating large-scale, highly ordered films composed of chiral carbon nanotubes. Co-authors include Junichiro Kono, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Engineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering, physics and astronomy and materials science and nanoengineering and director of Rice's Smalley-Curl Institute; and Hanyu Zhu, associate professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-t
Stressed crystal creates nanoscale patterns on chip materials at room temperature
An article features Rice research that developed a new chip-making technique that exploits a material's crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature directly onto hard materials used in devices. Co-authors include Hae Yeon Lee, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering.
Technology.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-t
New presidents: Emory, Northwestern, Alaska, Wake Forest, River Valley and more
An article mentions that Peter Rodriguez, the Houston Endowment Dean of Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business and Virani Undergraduate School of Business and professor of strategic management, has been named the next president of Wake Forest University. He will begin July 1.
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/june-5-ihe
Lost glaciers and geothermal energy in the land of contrasts
An article mentions that Cymene Howe, professor of anthropology, and Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology and co-director of Rice's Center for Coastal Futures and Adaptive Resilience, organized the monument to commemorate Okjökull, Iceland's first glacier lost to climate change in 2019.
Clean Technica
http://dateline.rice/june-5-ct
A tongue-eating louse called Cymothoa exigua swims into a fish's gills, latches onto its tongue, drinks the blood until the tongue withers and falls off and then spends the rest of its life acting as a functional replacement tongue the fish uses normally to eat
An article cites research by Kory Evans, assistant professor of biosciences, into parasitized wrasse.
Space Daily
http://dateline.rice/june-5-sd
Boron equivalent of buckminsterfullerene finally observed after decades of research
An article cites research by Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Engineering and professor of materials science, nanoengineering and chemistry, into the potential for an 80-atom boron analogue of buckminsterfullerene.
Chemistry World
http://dateline.rice/june-5-cw
Introducing boron buckyballs
Chemical & Engineering News
http://dateline.rice/june-5-cen
Case Farms awards J. Leroy Cook Memorial Scholarships
Hanszen College sophomore Maritza Cisneros Estrada is mentioned.
The National Provisioner
http://dateline.rice/june-5-np
Our solar system may have looked very different had it not been for a third ice giant, study finds
An article mentions that Rice contributed to the featured research.
Starlust.org
http://dateline.rice/june-5-s
40 US colleges where some students can get free tuition
An article mentions The Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
Business Insider
http://dateline.rice/june-5-bi
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Manchester Music Festival announces 2026 Young Artists cohort
An article features graduate student Ho Fei Ng and mentions Ivo-Jan van der Werff, professor of viola.
Bennington Banner
http://dateline.rice/june-5-bb
SPORTS
Edmonds agrees to contract extension
Lindsay Edmonds, the Shelley Pennington and Friends Head Coach, is featured.
BVM Sports
http://dateline.rice/june-5-bvm