Bayou City Initiative demands improved planning from TxDOT to avoid freeway flooding
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Oct. 24 print edition.)
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With Proposition 8, Texas would set money aside for future flooding
Defender Network (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
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Hidden in Ft. Bend’s upscale Sienna: A rare plantation building where slaves made sugar
James Sidbury, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
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CBD market flourishes in Cy-Fair as legislators loosen regulations
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper (This article also appeared in the Oct. 23-Nov. 19 digital and print editions of Community Impact Newspaper Cy-Fair issue.)
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Seven candidates compete in Fort Bend special election for House District 28
A Q&A features Gary Hale, nonresident fellow in drug policy and Mexico studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition.)
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Rice University tops best schools in Texas list
An article mentions that Rice is No. 1 in Texas and No. 13 in the nation according to WalletHub. UT News mentions that Rice is No. 108 in the world according to U.S. News & World Report.
InnovationMap
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UT ranks No. 34 in US News & World Report’s Best Global Universities
UT News
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UT Austin ranked No. 34 best university in the world
KVUE Online
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UT Austin named the No. 2 school in Texas as college ranking saga rolls on
CultureMap Austin
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Best bets this weekend in Houston: All Hallows Eve, Fringe Fest, Jazz on the Hill
An events roundup mentions that “Solos and Encounters” will be performed by Shih-Hui Chen and Kurt Stallmann Oct. 25 at James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion.
Houston Press
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What’s showing in Houston galleries this week
An arts roundup mentions that Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will exhibit “Moon Shot” through Dec. 21.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
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Outside the Megaplex: Here are the Houston art house movies showing Oct. 25-31
A roundup of alternative Houston-area movie theaters mentions that Rice Cinema will present “Low-Fi,” a collection of unusual films from the Rice Cinema archive, on Oct. 24, and will screen “Olivia” Oct. 25-26 and “Bully” Oct. 26.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
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