When will coronavirus end? What wartime and human kindness can tell us about what happens next
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
USA Today (This article also appeared in 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-brinkley
To save lives, let campus labs test for coronavirus now [Opinion]
An op-ed about allowing emergency testing for COVID-19 in academic laboratories like those at Rice was authored by Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of Rice 360º, and graduate students Kathryn Kundrod and Mary Natoli.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This op-ed also appeared in the March 18 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-kortum
Can the power of prayer alone stop a pandemic like the coronavirus? Even the Prophet Muhammad thought otherwise | Opinion
Craig Considine, lecturer in sociology at Rice, authored an op-ed. This op-ed is cited in Morocco World News.
Newsweek
http://dateline.rice/march-18-considine
COVID-19: American scholar shares Prophet Muhammad’s word on quarantine
Morocco World News (This article also appeared in News Africa Now, The World News and Headtopics.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-considine
MBA class of 2020 faces tough summer or worse as recession looms
Philip Heavilin, executive director of career development at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-heavilin
Is Mexico prepared to confront coronavirus?
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.
Americas Quarterly
http://dateline.rice/march-18-payan
Petrobras presses divestments forward after oil price plunge
An article quotes Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, Center for the United States and Mexico and Latin America Initiative and a lecturer in energy economics.
LatinFinance
http://dateline.rice/march-18-monaldi
Economic fallout from virus felt in gas lines in Venezuela
Devdiscourse
http://dateline.rice/march-18-monaldi
We are (still) connected: We are not as isolated as we think when we self-distance for coronavirus [Gray Matters]
Lovett College seniors Alessi Armengol and Julia Greenberg and Lovett College associate faculty fellow Katie Fagundes are pictured and quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-hc
COMMUNITY: Lake Houston region adjusts to virus threat
Articles mention that Rice will transition to online classes for the remainder of the spring semester.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 18 print editions of the Chronicle’s Lake Houston Observer, Kingwood Observer, Atascocita Observer and Humble Observer.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-hc
What’s the ‘coronavirus effect’ look like for real estate?
Houston Agent Magazine
http://dateline.rice/march-18-ham
First-gen college students face extra challenges amid outbreak’s disruption
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-hpm
How to #keepteaching and #keeplearning during a pandemic
An article mentions the “Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely” webpage posted by Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
UC Santa Cruz News
http://dateline.rice/march-18-ucsc
COLUMN: The pandemic of the sports world: We are all in this together
An article mentions that Conference USA has canceled all spring sports competitions. Rice’s women’s basketball team, which was the top-seeded team in the league tournament, was set to play Marshall University in the quarterfinals March 12.
The Parthenon
http://dateline.rice/march-18-wbb
6 services offering free online classes for kids during school shutdowns
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Simple Most (This article also appeared in ETC Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-openstax
Meeting students basic needs during COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. Pirg
http://dateline.rice/march-18-openstax
Test yourself on Houston history with this quiz
A slideshow caption mentions William Marsh Rice and pictures Fondren Library.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-hc
People are trying to make DIY ventilators to meet coronavirus demand
An article mentions that a do-it-yourself version of a device known by its brand name, Ambu bag, was based in part on Rice research.
Vice Canada (This article also appeared in Vice Australia and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/march-18-vice |
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