Dateline Rice for Dec. 1, 2020

Stefan De La Garza
– December 1, 2020Posted in: Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC
UTEP AD: Rapid testing in Houston led to 10 false positives on football team
An article mentions that Rice’s football game against the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 28 was postponed.
KTSM Online (This segment also aired on KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-utep
UTEP says COVID-19 tests that led to cancellation of Rice football game actually were false positives
KVIA Online (This segment also aired on KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-kvia
UTEP claims false positives led to cancellation
El Paso Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-ept
North Texas’ game against Texas A&M-Commerce canceled
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-drc
Xfinity Sports Desk: Here’s what’s happening this week on sports scene for our teams and programs
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-c2h

UTA women’s basketball suspends activities following positive COVID-19 test
An article mentions that the Dec. 3 women’s basketball game between Rice and the University of Texas at Arlington has been canceled.
The Shorthorn
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-wbb

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Marijuana legalization could bring in over $1 billion to Texas. Could it happen?
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.
MSN (This Fort Worth Star-Telegram article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-jones

Dezembro terá fenômeno astronômico que não ocorre desde a Idade Média
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
MSN Noticias Brasil (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-hartigan

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: Why I regret not having kids
An article mentions that the late Bill Mackey taught accounting at Rice.
MSN (This CNBC article also appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-msn

Caption your next moon photo with one of these quotes
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
MSN Lifestyle (This article originally appeared in Cosmopolitan.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-kennedy

  

With Republican senators still blocking ameliorative action, millions face eviction after Dec. 31
An article cites a 2015 study by experts at Rice into how eviction may generate negative impacts like depression and other health problems.
Daily Kos (This article also appeared in The World News.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-dk

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texas sees increase in number of residents picking Affordable Care Act plans

BROADCAST
Tarrant County DA focuses drug policies on rehabilitation
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
KERA Online (This segment also aired on KERA-FM in Dallas and Texas affiliate stations in Wichita Falls, Tyler and Sherman.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-harris

In Georgia, 16 superfund sites are threatened by extreme weather linked to climate change
An article quotes Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center.
GPB Online (This Inside Climate News article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-bedient

Local faculty and students find new, long-term methods amid mostly virtual semester
Hanszen College junior Keshav Wagle is quoted.
KWQC Online (This segment also aired four times on KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, and it appeared in MSN Money.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-wagle

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Computing empowers immune cells to kill cancer
An article features collaborative research from Rice data scientist Ruth Dannenfelser, which was undertaken while completing her doctorate at Princeton University.
Medical Xpress
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-dannenfelser

The Boring Co. skeptics are making the same mistakes as Tesla and SpaceX critics
Christof Spieler, senior lecturer of architecture, is quoted.
Zephyrnet
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-spieler

Book Review: ‘Archiving Eden’ by Dornith Doherty
Alumna Dornith Doherty is featured.
F-Stop Magazine on Medium
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-doherty

10 best multithreading and concurrency online courses for Java programmers
Rice is mentioned.
Java Revisited on Medium
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-java

Longtime vice provost for research at Duke University James Siedow has died
An article featuring the late James Siedow, who died Nov. 15 at 73, mentions he had a postdoctoral fellowship at Rice.
WRAL TechWire
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-wral

Violinist and teacher Camilla Wicks has died, aged 92
An article featuring Camilla Wicks, who died recently at 92, mentions she formerly taught at Rice.
The Violin Channel
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-wicks

2020 best undergraduate professors: Karen Nelson, Texas Christian University Neeley School of Business

An article featuring Karen Nelson mentions that she is the former chair of accounting at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Poets & Quants
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-pq

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Princeton Review ranks WSU as one of the top US schools for entrepreneurs
An article mentions that Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business is No. 1 in the nation for its entrepreneurship program according to the 2021 rankings by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Fairborn Daily Herald (This article also appeared in Xenia Daily Gazette.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-jones-school

Closing the opportunity gap in STEM education
An article features alumna Gilda Barabino.
Tufts Now
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-barabino

SPORTS
Sean Taylor gave his brother the football from his playoff TD
Rice football player Gabe Taylor is mentioned.
NBC Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-taylor

Ka’Darian Smith biography: 13 things about University of Houston football player
An article mentions the 2017 football game between Rice and the University of Houston.
Conan Daily
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-uh

OLLU men’s basketball falls to Incarnate Word in first regular season matchup
Articles mention that Rice’s men’s basketball team defeated the University of the Incarnate Word 68-53 Nov. 27 and Our Lady of the Lake University 103-64 Nov. 28.
Victory Sports Network
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-mbb

Kylen Granson accepts invite to 2021 Senior Bowl
Former Rice football player Kylen Granson is featured.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-247

What we learned: A look back at the weekend for UNT, Conference USA
An article mentions that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of North Texas 27-17 Nov. 21.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-unt

Bohls: Texas’ Chris Del Conte is facing the biggest challenge of his career
Former Rice athletics director Chris Del Conte is mentioned.
Austin American-Statesman (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-aas

College football Week 14 2020 schedule

An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play Marshall University Dec. 5.

Athlon Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-marshall
AP top 25 reality check: Elite 8 gridlock for another week
KFGO Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-marshall

Football preview: At Kansas State (Dec. 5, 2020)
An article mentions that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin in 2019.
Texas Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-ts

Houston moves into top 10 in national poll
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team is slated to play the University of Houston Dec. 12.
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-mbb
Sasser, Mark sweep the American weekly awards
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rice-uh

AAC college basketball preview: Will the Cincinnati Bearcats win another conference title?
Rice is mentioned.
Cincinnati.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-cinci

Washington Nationals’ draft misses …
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is mentioned.
MSN (This SB Nation article also appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-rendon

Symposium for high school athletes to focus on leadership roles
Former Rice basketball player Dajuan Eubanks spoke at a webinar on social justice in sports as part of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Dec. 2.
Press Herald
http://dateline.rice/dec-1-eubanks

About Stefan De La Garza

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