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Special Edition: Dr. Vivian Ho and Dr. Gabriela Bowden (April 13, 2020)
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ho
What if Houston floods during the pandemic?
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 Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-blackburn
The one Republican lawmaker in Texas who supports abortion rights
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, is quoted.
Politico (This article also appeared in The World News and Satoshi Nakamoto Blog.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-jones
Marie Kondo has advice for living and working at home in a pandemic
An article features a new book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, titled “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Sonenshein is interviewed on KTRH.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/april-14-sonenshein
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-sonenshein
Rice converts summer school to all-online delivery
An article reports that Rice has transitioned its summer class schedule to an online format to be completed remotely. Classes will be offered at reduced prices and be open to the general public, who will be admitted as visiting students. Caroline Levander, vice president for strategic initiatives and digital education, and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, are quoted.
Campus Technology
http://dateline.rice/april-14-levander-gorman
Online surveys hope to paint demographic profiles of COVID-19 pandemic
An article mentions Rice’s collaborative effort to establish the COVID-19 Registry, which aims to compile a demographic portrait of the pandemic’s impact on Houston. Another Rice effort, COVIDSense, takes a global approach to collecting data to provide information for decision-makers. Rice community members mentioned or quoted include Ashok Veeraraghavan, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science; Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics and director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Data Platform; Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering; and former Rice Provost Marie Lynn Miranda. Miranda is featured in a Q&A in Crux.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the April 14 print edition, and it appeared online in Government Technology. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-covid-registry
Coronavirus live updates: The city of Houston to offer coronavirus tests for anyone
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-covid-registry
Notre Dame’s new provost says university committed to financial aid during pandemic
Crux
http://dateline.rice/april-14-crux
3 takeaways from OPEC’s deal to slash oil production
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Law360
http://dateline.rice/april-14-krane
Seismologists search for new earthquake data in suddenly silent world
Alan Levander, the Carey Croneis Professor of Geology and Geophysics, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-levander
Loyalty programs boost businesses’ ability to keep customers
An article features a collaborative Rice study that suggests that businesses’ loyalty programs can strongly increase customer retention. Co-author Arun Gopalakrishnan, assistant professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is cited.
Washington University’s “The Source”
http://dateline.rice/april-14-gopalakrishnan
Feature: Latin America continues to adjust to coronavirus fallout
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.
Hellenic Shipping News
http://dateline.rice/april-14-payan
Single-use plastic is having a resurgence during the pandemic
Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and environment at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Mic
http://dateline.rice/april-14-meidl
‘American Moonshot’: Douglas Brinkley at Arts and Lectures
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” is featured
EdHat Santa Barbara
http://dateline.rice/april-14-brnkley
Bragga looking to get Rice back in the national baseball conversation
Rice head baseball coach Matt Bragga is featured in a video interview. Former head coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
VYPE Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-14-bragga
The next step: Former Cy Woods, Rice star Erica Ogwumike talks WNBA, medical school, family
Rice basketball player Erica Ogwumike is featured and pictured.
VYPE Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-14-ogwumike
Third TSU board member resigns
Alumnus Jay Zeidman is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-hc
Wall Street a AMLO: En Pemex, ‘se acabó el tiempo de perder el tiempo’
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.
El Heraldo de Saltillo (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in MX Politico and LJA.mx.)
http://dateline.rice/april-14-monaldi |
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