178,000 Cigna planholders to stay in-network at Memorial Hermann
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 quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 21 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in MSN, San Antonio Express-News and San Francisco Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-ho
Tomball’s BJ Services files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is cited.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 21 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-foss
Rice University students collaborate on COVID-19 solutions
An article features the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, which collaborated with institutes in Malawi on six projects to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Rice community members quoted or mentioned include Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of Rice 360º; Maria Oden, a full teaching professor in bioengineering, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of Rice 360°; Lovett College seniors Hannah Andersen and Nimisha Krishnaswamy; Lovett College junior Ben Zaltsman; and McMurtry College senior Alex Lammers.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/july-21-kortum-oden
How a record number of lawsuits are setting the course for America’s COVID-19 election
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.
The Columbus Dispatch (This USA Today article was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-jones
URTeC 2020: Opening-session speakers see industry recovering, but ESG issues loom large
An article mentions that Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, was a featured speaker at the virtual Unconventional Resources Technology Conference.
World Oil
http://dateline.rice/july-21-medlock
NY-27 race portends a presidential election night like no other
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
The Buffalo News (This article appeared in the July 21 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-stein
Opening campuses is risky. The alternative is worse.
Several articles mention Rice’s plan to hold some classes outdoors in tents to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Kevin Kirby, vice president for administration, is quoted in the Sonoma Index-Tribune.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in Bloomberg BNN, Bloomberg Quint, MSN Money, Yahoo! News and Yahoo! Finance.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-tents
Lorna Sheridan: Education roundup, July 22
The extraordinary expenses of campus reopenings
University Business
http://dateline.rice/july-21-tents
With college looming, experts answer 6 of parents’ most pressing questions
Omaha World-Herald (This Los Angeles Times article also appeared in the July 21 print editions of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and the Tacoma News Tribune.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-tents
3 challenges facing Harris County’s election office leading up to the November election
An article cites Rice research that surveyed poll workers and potential voters in Harris County to gauge their willingness to participate during a pandemic.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/july-21-rice-survey
Guest editorial: Pandemic adding more stress to housing crisis
An article cites 2019 research by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research into the nation’s housing markets.
The Lewiston Tribune (This article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-kinder-study
Austin Bost excels in taste of A&M baseball, ready for more action
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team was defeated by Texas A&M University March 10; it was the Owls’ last game of the shortened season.
The News
http://dateline.rice/july-21-rice-baseball
For the love of soccer: RRHS’s Shepard reminisces
Former Rice soccer player John Shepard is featured.
Albuquerque Journal (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 19 print edition of the Rio Rancho Observer.)
http://dateline.rice/july-21-shepard |