’13 Eyewitness News’
President David Leebron is interviewed about the challenges facing higher education. Leebron is quoted in a BizEd roundup that mentions that Rice’s summer courses, which will be taught remotely, will be open to the general public at reduced prices.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-leebron (This segment aired five times.)
Come Together: Building community during the coronavirus crisis
BizEd
http://dateline.rice/may-12-leebron
Special edition: Dr. Vivian Ho and Dr. Jill Weatherhead (May 11, 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 segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-ho
Still waiting for stimulus money? Thousands sign petition demanding answers from IRS
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 and interviewed.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/may-12-jones
Congresistas demócratas de Texas apoyan ayuda económica por coronavirus sin importar estatus migratorio
Univision (An English translation is not available. This segment also aired on KAKW-TV in Austin.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-jones
Most Americans were staying home before government mandates: Study
Tom Kolditz, director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders, is quoted.
U.S. News & World Report (This article originally appeared in HealthDay, and it appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-kolditz
Rush to mail-in voting set to create bureaucratic nightmare
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted in the Washington Examiner about mail-in voting, and his research, which surveyed poll workers and potential voters in Harris County to gauge their willingness to work polls and vote during a pandemic, is featured in Off the Kuff and MSN.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/may-12-stein
A poll of poll workers
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/may-12-stein
Houston coronavirus updates: May 9, 2020
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-msn
Oil price boom expected following pandemic crash
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition (This Washington Examiner article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-krane
Ex-presidents have much to offer — but Trump isn’t ‘inclined’ to ask
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Daily Journal Online
http://dateline.rice/may-12-brinkley
Trump admin sprints to weaken environmental protections during pandemic
High Country News (This article also appeared in Enjeux Energies.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-brinkley
Trump sta sfruttando il coronavirus per disfarsi delle leggi a tutela dell’ambiente
Wired Italia (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in OmniaGate and Zazoom.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-brinkley
KTRH-AM (Houston)
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about a possible increase in drug abuse during the pandemic.
http://dateline.rice/may-12-harris
COVID-19 registry uses Harvey model to survey locals
Just 1 in 10 Houstonians displaying symptoms associated with COVID-19 have been tested for the virus, according to the early results of Rice’s collaborative COVID-19 Registry. Marie Lynn Miranda, director of the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative and professor of statistics at Rice, is quoted
Galveston County Daily News (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-miranda
Tesla moving to Texas? Leaders voice their support for headquarters to come to Houston area
Fred Higgs, vice provost for academic affairs, is quoted.
KCEN Online (This KHOU Online article also appeared in KIII Online, and a similar article appeared in Seeking Alpha.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-higgs
Despite growth push, tech still barely makes a dent in Houston’s economy
An article mentions the Ion, Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the centerpiece of a local innovation district.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the May 12 print edition, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-the-ion
‘KXAN News at 6’
An article mentions that experts from Rice have partnered with officials from Houston to test wastewater to track the spread of the coronavirus.
KXAN-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-poop
Lady Falcons dominated shortened golf season
Rice is mentioned.
Brownsville Herald
http://dateline.rice/may-12-bh
At high-flying Texas Tech, ‘boring’ would be beautiful for Matt Wells in Year 2
Former Rice football player Jackson Tyner is mentioned.
The Athletic (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-12-tyner |
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