Dateline Rice for March 10, 2020

Stefan De La Garza
– March 10, 2020Posted in: Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Man back from California is 1st coronavirus case near Dallas
Numerous articles mention that Rice has canceled in-person classes this week and canceled gatherings of 100 or more people through the end of April, including the Rice Business Plan Competition. These measures are in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for higher education institutions to control the possible spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Associated Press (This and similar articles also appeared in more than 200 additional media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ap
More than 40 colleges cancel in-person classes in response to coronavirus
NPR (This article also appeared in 150 NPR-affiliated websites.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-npr

Fordham and Princeton cancel classes after spring break in an effort to keep coronavirus from invading their campuses 
Daily Mail
http://dateline.rice/march-10-dm
NACE International postpones Houston conference amid coronavirus scare while others watch and wait
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 10 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hc
How one Houston school is preparing to go virtual if coronavirus spreads
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.) 
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hc
HPM local newscast for 4 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hpm
Rice University cancels annual business plan competition amid coronavirus concerns
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hbj

Houston universities plan for coronavirus outbreak
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hbj

As colleges across country suspend classes, UT learning could go online after spring break

Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.) 
http://dateline.rice/march-10-statesman
SXSW reeling from cancellation as company assesses losses
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.) 
http://dateline.rice/march-10-statesman

State Senate hearings canceled amid coronavirus concerns

Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.) 

http://dateline.rice/march-10-statesman
Collin County man ‘presumptive positive’ for coronavirus, county health officials say
Dallas Observer
http://dateline.rice/march-10-dobv
Amid coronavirus fears, Texas Legislature delays its work
Dallas Morning News (This article also appeared in the March 10 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-morningnews
Rice University cancels in-person classes for a week after employee tests positive for new coronavirus
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 10 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-morningnews
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus in Houston
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/march-10-houstonia
What you should know about coronavirus in Texas
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/march-10-tm
Texas State University: 10 people self-quarantined due to possible exposure to virus while overseas
KSAT Online (This article also appeared in Click2Houston and Everything Lubbock.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ksat UT Austin prepares for online classes in case COVID-19 comes to campus
KUT
http://dateline.rice/march-10-kut
Columbia, Stanford, and other major US colleges and universities that have switched to remote classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

Business Insider

http://dateline.rice/march-10-bi
WATCH: Dr. Ed Dominguez talks flu vs. coronavirus, handwashing vs. sanitizer
KLTV Online (This article also appeared in KTRE Online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-kltv
Virus worries hit UA events
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article also appeared in two issues of the March 10 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-nwark
Latest coronavirus updates: Nationwide lockdown leads to panic-buying in Italy
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/march-10-khou
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/march-10-tpr (This segment aired twice on more than 20 stations across Texas.)
Texas Public Radio
http://dateline.rice/march-10-tpr (This segment aired twice on more than 20 stations across Texas.)
‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-nbc
’13 Eyewitness News at 3 p.m.’
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ktrk (This and similar segments also aired 10 times.)
Fox News Radio
WEAA-FM (Baltimore)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-fox (This segment aired on more than 500 stations across the U.S.)
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ktrh (This and similar segments aired 15 times.)

White House points fingers as it plots coronavirus stimulus
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Politico (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-brinkley
March 9, 2020: Dirty finger-pointing in the White House
The John Rothman Show on Omny.fm (This podcast also appeared on KGO Online and aired on KGO-AM in San Francisco.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-brinkley

Business as usual for Trump as coronavirus spreads
An article about crisis leadership quotes Tom Kolditz, director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.
The Hill
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hill

Deja vu from 2016: Dem establishment frightened by Sanders, mobilizes support behind Biden — prof
An article quotes two Rice experts: Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research; and Stephen Morris, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute. Jones also is quoted in the Houston Chronicle.
Sputnik News
http://dateline.rice/march-10-jones-morris
Royce West targets minority voters in US Senate runoff against MJ Hegar
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 10 print and online editions of the San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-jones
http://dateline.rice/march-10-jones

Green glow shows changes in gene expression
An article features Rice research into amplifying gene expression signals to better detect the expression of target genes, which may help with the diagnosis of diseases like Alzheimer’s or diabetes. Co-authors Laura Segatori, associate professor of bioengineering, and graduate student Carlos Origel Marmolejo are quoted.
Futurity (This article also appeared in Technology Networks and Phys.org.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-segatori

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Census 2020 participation is vital to public health
An article about census data cites two Rice experts: Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; and Stephen Klineberg, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology. Ho also participates in a roundtable discussion on Houston Public Media.
TMC News (This article was featured in the March 9 edition of the TMC Today newsletter, and it appeared in the March 2020 print and digital editions of TMC Pulse.) 
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ho-klineberg
COVID-19 arrives and Urban Cowboy condo goes on sale: ‘The Good, Bad and Ugly’ of the week’s news 
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hpm

Field notes: March 2020
A slideshow features Melodie French, assistant professor of Earth, environment and planetary sciences, who earned a $600,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The slideshow also mentions that Rice’s campus can be seen from the Westin Houston Medical Center.
TMC News (This item also appeared in the March 2020 print and digital editions of TMC Pulse.) 
http://dateline.rice/march-10-french

Democratic male judges may be headed for extinction in Texas. The cause? Voters
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
KBTX Online (This Texas Tribune article also appeared in the Longview News-Journal and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-stein

San Antonio contestant to appear on debut season of ‘The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart’
Former Rice football player Gabe Baker is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hc

While Houston homelessness is in decline, experts worry about at-risk population
An article cites a 2019 study of Harris County residents by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Community Impact Newspaper (This article also appeared on the front page of the March 4-April 7 digital and print editions of the Heights/River Oaks/Montrose issue.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-cin

Member of the month: Arindam Sarkar, MD
Alumnus Arindam Sarkar is featured.
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
http://dateline.rice/march-10-tafp

The legacy of a too-often-forgotten Houston designer lives on in this stunning private home
An article mentions Rice’s Susan and Raymond Brochstein Pavilion.
PaperCity
http://dateline.rice/march-10-pc

BROADCAST
‘Morning Dose’
A broadcast about sEATz, a stadium concessions food-running business, mentions that the service is offered at Rice Stadium. Tanner Gardner, chief operating officer for athletics at Rice, is mentioned.
CW 39
http://dateline.rice/march-10-gardner

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Groovy key to nanotubes in 2D
An article features Rice research into a method for making carbon nanotubes line up in thin films on a filter membrane. Co-authors Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Natsumi Komatsu are quoted. Postdoctoral researcher Saunab Ghosh and Gururaj Naik, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, are mentioned.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in 7th Space Interactive, Big Technology Trends, Nanowerk and Technology Times.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-kono

Researchers create alternative to GPU
An article features Rice research that developed an algorithm that can speed up deep learning technology without the use of specialized acceleration hardware. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, is quoted. Graduate students Beidi Chen and Tharun Medini are mentioned.
Unite.AI
http://dateline.rice/march-10-shrivastava

TSMC collaboration offers a new path for ICs with two-dimensional transistors
An article features collaborative Rice research into growing atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride as two-inch-diameter crystals across a wafer. Co-author Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and a professor of chemistry, is cited.
All About Circuits
http://dateline.rice/march-10-yakobson

New World Symphony pulled conductor Măcelaru due to coronavirus fears
An article mentions alumnus Cristian Măcelaru, a graduate of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
South Florida Classical Review
http://dateline.rice/march-10-macelaru

How water can maximize crude oil reservoir production
An article features Rice research that determined high-salinity brine inhibits water droplets from emulsifying in crude oil, unlike low-salinity samples. Co-authors Sibani Lisa Biswal, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, alumnus Jin Song and research scientist Wenhua Guo are cited.
Control
http://dateline.rice/march-10-biswal

Inside the Washington Campus, a politics boot camp for B-schoolers
An article mentions that Rice is a member of the Washington Campus consortium.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/march-10-p&q

Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech: Dr. Rebecca Parsons of ThoughtWorks
Alumna Rebecca Parsons is featured.
Medium
http://dateline.rice/march-10-med

Discovery Weekend: Gathered and called to go
Martel College sophomore Rebecca Egan authored an article.
Baptist Standard
http://dateline.rice/march-10-bs

Charleston native Jade Simmons returns home to confirm astonishing 2020 presidential bid
Alumna Jade Simmons is featured.
The Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/march-10-chronicle

A road less traveled — commanders take unorthodox paths to leadership
Alumnus Judson Dressler is featured.
Sixteen Air Force
http://dateline.rice/march-10-16af

Homeland Security grades UM’s cybersecurity in confidential assessment
Rice is mentioned.
Montana Kaimin
http://dateline.rice/march-10-mk

Southwest Airlines SVP Linda Rutherford
Brown College senior Matthew Rutherford is mentioned.
Thrive Global
http://dateline.rice/march-10-tg

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
UCLA-led research team produces most accurate 3D images of ‘2D materials’
An article features collaborative Rice research into producing detailed three-dimensional maps of the atoms in a single layer of molybdenum disulfide. Co-author Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry, is mentioned.
UCLA News
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ucla

SPORTS
FIU faces Rice in C-USA tourney
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team will play Florida International University March 11 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament in Frisco, Texas. Owls Drew Peterson, Robert Martin, Ako Adams and Josh Parrish are highlighted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 70 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-mbb
Pro leagues close locker rooms to media amid virus fears
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 10 print edition of the Chronicle and it appeared online in the San Francisco Chronicle. Similar articles also appeared in the Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News, News Star and the Shreveport Times.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-hc
Let the madness of March begin: It’s conference tournament time
SportsMap
http://dateline.rice/march-10-sm

WBB: All-conference teams announced
An article mentions that Rice women’s basketball players Erica Ogwumike and Nancy Mulkey were named to the All-Conference USA first team and All-Defensive team, and Lauren Schwartz was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team.
Conference USA (This article also appeared in Daily Press and the Virginian-Pilot.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-wbb

UTEP’s Bryson Williams earns 2020 All-Conference USA first team honor
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team was defeated by the University of Texas at El Paso 77-72 March 7.
KTSM Online (A similar article also appeared in the El Paso Herald-Post.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ktsm

Angels’ Anthony Rendon is a complete talent, wrapped in humility 
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is featured.
Orange County Register
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ocr

Conference USA top 3-pointers of the week
The Rice’s men’s basketball team’s March 4 victory over the University of Southern Mississippi 72-57 is featured. A three-pointer by Owl Quincy Olivari is highlighted.
WatchStadium.com
http://dateline.rice/march-10-olivari
Conference USA top dunks of the week
WatchStadium.com
http://dateline.rice/march-10-ws

Red Raiders pull off impressive back-to-back comebacks to sweep Owls
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team was swept in a three-game series against Texas Tech University March 6-8.
SB Nation (This article also appeared in Daily Toreador, Daily Journal, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Everything Lubbock.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-sbn

D1Baseball’s Weekly Chat: March 9
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team played the University of Texas at Austin Feb. 15.
D1Baseball.com
http://dateline.rice/march-10-d1b

After undefeated week, Aggie baseball moves up in coaches’ poll
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team will play Texas A&M University March 10 at Reckling Park.
247Sports.com (Similar articles also appeared in KBTX Online, SB Nation and 247Sports.com.)
http://dateline.rice/march-10-247

Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas softball pitcher Miranda Elish makes Longhorns history
A pair of articles mention that Rice’s men’s and women’s tennis teams were defeated by the University of Texas at Austin March 8.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/march-10-sbn
Weekend rewind: Texas news coming out of the sports weekend
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/march-10-247

NEWS RELEASES
The oil price war is on, says Baker Institute expert
This week, global crude oil prices are seeing the biggest price decline since 1991 after Saudi Arabia announced its largest price discount in 30 years, according to Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies.
http://dateline.rice/march-10-news-release-finley

Forced purchasing won’t promote textbook affordability, says OpenStax expert
Higher education faculty are increasingly accepting and even preferring digital learning materials, especially as concerns grow about the cost of traditional textbooks, according to a new study by Daniel Williamson, managing director of Rice-based nonprofit OpenStax.
http://dateline.rice/march-10-news-release-williamson

About Stefan De La Garza

Stefan De La Garza is a news analyst in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.