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HOUSTON/TEXAS

A tarnished star? Astros face a new perception amid investigations
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology at Rice who conducts the annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Nov. 24 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-klineberg

Reports of Pemex cyberattack has US companies taking precautions
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-payan
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-payan2

The historic West Mansion — a remnant of Houston’s cattle ranching, oil and space eras — is razed
An article about the West Mansion in Clear Lake mentions that Rice once owned the property.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, the Connecticut Post and the San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-west3
Historic 1929 Clear Lake mansion owned by Hakeem Olajuwon is being demolished. See it in its prime
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Nov. 23 print edition and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-west-mansion
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-west2

Producer Hill, Houston Chamber Choir make Grammy noise alongside Beyoncé, Lizzo
An article mentions that the Grammy-nominated album “Maurice Duruflé: Complete Choral Works,” which features Rice’s Shepherd School of Music faculty members Ken Cowan, professor of organ, and Norman Fischer, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Cello.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Nov. 24 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the Connecticut Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) 
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cowan
Houston Chamber Choir’s ‘Duruflé: Complete Choral Works’ receives Grammy nomination for ‘Best Choral Performance’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cowan2
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cowan3

Fun things to do in Houston for $5 or less
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 60 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-turrell
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-turrell2

Medical Center Biodesign gives startups financial breathing room
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Nov. 24 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-rbpc

BROADCAST

‘CNN Newsroom’
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is interviewed about the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump.
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-brinkley
‘New Day Weekend’
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-brinley2

Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
KTRH.iheart.com (This article also appeared in KPRC Online, and the radio segment also aired four times on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-stein

Meet Texas’ youngest attorney and African American Harvard law graduate, Cortlan Wickliff
Cortlan Wickliff, associate vice provost of academic affairs and strategic initiatives and author of “Young and Driven,” is featured.
CBS 19 Online (This article also appeared in KCEN Online and KBMT Online, and the television segment aired on KVUE-TV in Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-15-wickliff

WORD-FM (Pittsburgh)
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-tour (This segment aired twice.)

‘Meltdown’
Cymene Howe, associate professor of anthropology, is interviewed on a television broadcast about how climate change will affect sea-level rise.
The Weather Channel (This segment aired twice.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-howe

A racist music
A radio broadcast on the legacy of composer John Powell mentions that he gave a lecture at Rice in 1923.
BBC Sounds (This segment also aired on more than 1,200 affiliate stations around the world.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-bbc

Lost Templar treasure and miracles of carbon 60
Research by Professor Emeritus Robert Curl and the late Richard Smalley, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with British chemist Sir Harold Kroto for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes, or “buckyballs,” a new form of carbon, is mentioned.
Coast to Coast AM (This segment also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it first aired.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-coast

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

SPORTS

Adams scores 18 to lead Rice over Milwaukee 75-69
Several articles mention the Rice men’s basketball team’s performance at the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase. The first article, on Rice’s Nov. 22 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the quarterfinals, mentions Owls Ako Adams, Robert Martin and Josh Parrish. The second article, on Rice’s Nov. 23 loss to Liberty University in the semifinals, mentions Martin. The third article, on Rice’s Nov. 24 victory over East Carolina University in the third-place game, mentions, Adams, Martin, Drew Peterson and Chris Mullins. The fourth article, also on the game against East Carolina, mentions Martin and Payton Moore.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-mbb
Liberty beats Rice 71-59; best start in program history
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25
Peterson scores 16 to lead Rice over East Carolina 77-69
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-ap
ECU, Rice meet in Bahamas
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets, and a similar article appeared in the Nov. 25 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-mbb-ap

Rice volleyball falls to Western Kentucky in C-USA tourney
An article mentions that Rice’s volleyball team was defeated by Western Kentucky University in the Conference USA tournament’s championship match Nov. 24 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Head coach Genny Volpe is quoted and pictured in the Houston Chronicle, and Owls Ellie Bichelmeyer, Carly Graham, Nicole Lennon, Anota Adekunle and Grace Morgan are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Nov. 25 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and the San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-vb-finals
No. 21 Rice falls to No. 19 Western Kentucky in Conference USA championship
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-vb-hc
2019 volleyball championship
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cusa
VB: No. 19 WKU claims 5th C-USA championship
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cusa2
VB: Superlative awards announced
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-cusa3

VB: C-USA semifinal coverage
Rice’s volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at San Antonio 3-1 Nov. 23 in the Conference USA tournament semifinals. Owls Anota Adekunle, Nicole Lennon,  Lee Ann Cunningham and Tori Woogk are highlighted.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-vb-semis

VB: C-USA quarterfinal coverage
Rice’s volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at El Paso 3-1 Nov. 22 in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals. Owls Nicole Lennon, Anota Adekunle and Grace Morgan are highlighted.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-vb-quarters
‘KFOX News at 9’
KFOX-TV (El Paso, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-kfox

Texas State wins Sun Belt volleyball tournament

Houston claims third straight Phill Hansel Invitational title
An article mentions that Rice’s swimming and diving team earned second place in the Phil Hansel Invitational swim meet Nov. 23.
SwimSwam
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-swim
Smoke from Third Ward turkey joint has neighbors fuming
An article mentions that restaurant owner Lynn Price played baseball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Nov. 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-25-price

NEWS RELEASES

11 universities recognized for outstanding entrepreneurship programs by Rice-based consortium
Eleven universities with leading-edge entrepreneurship programs, along with 19 finalists, were recognized for their outstanding programs at the 2019 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers conference in Stockholm.
http://dateline.rice/nov-25/global-consortium