Dateline Rice for Nov. 17, 2020

Stefan De La Garza
– November 17, 2020Posted in: Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC
How Rice University is fighting COVID-19 spread
Several articles and broadcasts mention Rice’s plans to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which have included conducting over 60,000 tests since August, requiring face masks, altering Thanksgiving and spring break schedules and establishing a student-run COVID Community Court to adjudicate public health violations on campus. President David Leebron and Martel College senior and Student Association President Anna Margaret Clyburn are interviewed by KHOU; McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao and Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, are interviewed by ABC 13; and Bridget Gorman, dean of undergraduates, is quoted in MSN.
KHOU Online (This segment also aired twice on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-leebron-clyburn
COVID-19 Community Court: Rice University’s way of keeping virus from spreading on campus
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston, and it appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-xiao-garza

As Texas universities prepare to send students home for the holidays, few are requiring COVID-19 precautions
MSN (This Texas Tribune article appeared in 10 other media outlets and yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-gorman
Rural counties in Texas struggle to contain COVID-19 cases, a telescope is set for launch and Rice University has kept coronavirus cases down and drawn concerns.

Texas Standard (This segment aired on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-ts
Live updates: Latest news on coronavirus and higher education
Inside Higher Ed
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-ihe
’13 Eyewitness News’
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-ktrk
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-ktrk2
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-ktrk3
‘News 9 First’
KWTV-TV (Oklahoma City)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-kwtv
‘Central Texas News Now’
KXXV-TV (Waco, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-kxxv (This segment aired twice.)
‘Newscenter 25’
KAVU-TV (Victoria, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-kavu (This segment aired twice.)

Vaccine studied at Baylor, Galveston’s UTMB highly effective in preventing COVID-19
Christene Kimmel, director of development at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the Nov. 17 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-kimmel

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
US election 2020: Is Trump right about Dominion machines?
Dan Wallach, a Rice professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
BBC News
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-wallach

Hunk of Earth’s surface lies 400 miles under China
An article features collaborative Rice research into tectonic subduction 400 miles beneath northeastern China, which may help answer fundamental questions about the processes that shaped Earth’s surface over billions of years. Co-author Fenglin Niu, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary science, is quoted.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-niu

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Rep. Dade Phelan’s road to the Texas House speakership

BROADCAST
‘KHOU 11 News’
A broadcast features a “moment of Zen” from the Rice campus.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-zen (This segment aired twice.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Americans’ attitudes about guns influenced by owners’ race and gender
An article features collaborative Rice research that found Americans’ attitudes about gun ownership are impacted by the gender and race of firearms’ potential owners. Matthew Hayes, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-hayes

Pandemic pressures Texas governments as property assessments rise
An article cites February testimony given to the Texas Senate Committee on Property Tax by Jennifer Rabb, director and fellow of the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Bond Buyer
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-rabb

Female combat deaths don’t erode war support, study finds
An article features collaborative Rice research that found that the thought of female soldiers dying in combat does not diminish public support for war.
Stars and Stripes (This article also appeared in Military.com.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-sas

Meet the Unshackled Fellows
A roundup featuring Brown College senior Luis Clague mentions that he has been named an Unshackled Fellow.
Unshackled Ventures on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-clague

Rev. Dr. Lena Crouso of Southern Nazarene University: 5 steps we must take to truly create an inclusive, representative and equitable society
Rice is mentioned.
Authority Magazine on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-am

Social impact heroes: Why and how Kelli Mason of Ripple Reads is helping to change our world
Alumna Kelli Mason is featured.
Authority Magazine on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-mason

The future is now: William Bain of ‘ScaleOut Software’ on how their technological innovation will shake up how we analyze data streams
Alumnus William Bain is featured.
Authority Magazine on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-bain

Cornell and Facebook AI simplified graph learning approach outperforms SOTA GNNs
Rice is mentioned.
Synced on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-synced

The new age of food waste
An article cites collaborative Rice research into wastewater and organic waste management.
The Ends of Globalization on Medium
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-eg

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Guiyou Huang named 12th president of WIU

McMurtry College junior George Huang is mentioned.
WGEM
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-huang

Victor Glover makes history as first Black astronaut to be in extended-stay mission at ISS
An article features astronaut and alumna Shannon Walker ’87, who is a member of the first crew rotation flight to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Nov. 15.
CW 34 Online 
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-walker

SPORTS
Mulkey selected to Lisa Leslie Award Watch List
An article features Rice basketball player Nancy Mulkey, who has been named to the watch list for the Lisa Leslie Award, which honors the top center in NCAA Division I women’s college basketball.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-mulkey

Charlotte, Middle Tennessee claim XC championships
An article on the Oct. 31 Conference USA Cross-Country Championships mentions that Rice’s men placed third and the women finished fourth. The following Owls were mentioned for their individual performances: Grace Forbes was the women’s individual champion and was named to the all-conference first team; Taigen Hunter-Galvan finished 21st among the women and was named to the all-conference third team; Hociel Landa placed fourth in the men’s competition and was named to the all-conference first team; and Matthew Murray (17th), Ace Castillo (18th) and Andrew Abikhaled (19th) were named to the men’s all-conference third team.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-rice-xc

Texas High School Football: Andrew Body leaving legacy that extends beyond Miller
The late former Rice football player Larry Dueitt is featured.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-dueitt

What we learned: A look back at the weekend for North Texas, Conference USA
Several articles mention that Rice’s football team is slated to play the University of North Texas Nov. 21.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-rice-unt
3 things to watch in Houston sports this week
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-c2h
How North Texas commits played last week (Nov. 12-14)
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-247

Louisiana Tech, ULM game a no-go; Warhawks cite ongoing COVID-19 issues within program
An article mentions that Rice’s Nov. 14 football game against Louisiana Tech University was postponed.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the News-Star.)

http://dateline.rice/nov-17-msn
Louisiana Tech vs. ULM canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-247

Southern Miss fails to come back against Western Kentucky
Rice football is mentioned.
Student Printz
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-sp

10 dates for SHSU basketball fans to watch this season
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team is slated to play Sam Houston State University Dec. 19.
The Huntsville Item
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-mbb

Senior Night replaces traditional SJS Homecoming Dance
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
The Buzz Magazines
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-buzz

‘CBS 4’
A broadcast mentions that Rice’s Nov. 7 football game against the University of Texas at San Antonio was postponed.
KDBC-TV (El Paso, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-kdbc

NEWS RELEASES
Rice U. courses ask the ‘Big Questions’ about death, hate and Disney
The spring 2021 lineup of Big Questions courses from Rice’s School of Humanities will include What Is the Meaning of Death?, What Is Hate? and Who, What, Why Is Disney?
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-news-release-big-qs

Rice’s Moody Center celebrates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary with recreation of historic exhibition
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will celebrate the golden anniversary of Houston’s Rothko Chapel with its spring exhibition, “Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration,” opening Jan. 22, 2021.
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-news-release-moody-center

Rice U. grad student debuts interactive ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ concert
Designed to be performed via Zoom by six woodwind players, “Let Your Voice Be Heard” allows audience members to “vote” on its progression; it’s not unlike a classic “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, but with nine sections or scenes instead of chapters. The players will react in real time to the viewers’ online votes, meaning no two performances will be quite alike.
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-news-release-shepherd-school

What comes next? Rice experts to discuss 2020 election’s impact in Nov. 18 webinar
The 2020 election is now one for the history books, and Rice political scientists will discuss the results, President Donald Trump’s reaction and the incoming Joe Biden administration’s likely domestic and foreign policy in a Nov. 18 webinar.
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-news-release-poli-sci-webinar

Rice’s graduate entrepreneurship program again ranked No. 1 in US
Rice and its Jones Graduate School of Business have the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program in the U.S., according to the 2021 rankings announced by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This marks the second consecutive year the Rice program has topped this category, its fifth time in a top 3 position nationally and the 12th year in a row ranked in the top 10.
http://dateline.rice/nov-17-news-release-jones-school

About Stefan De La Garza

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