Dateline Rice for Dec. 10, 2020

Stefan De La Garza
– December 10, 2020Posted in: Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Will Americans take the COVID-19 vaccine?
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored three articles in Psychology Today.
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-dholakia
3 ways shopping behavior has changed during the pandemic
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-dholakia
Why are American shoppers panic-buying again?
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-dholakia

‘TWC News All Morning’
Two broadcasts feature new Rice research into the possibility of the coronavirus vaccine becoming a partisan issue. Co-authors Rekha Lakshmanan, a contributing expert for Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is interviewed by Spectrum News. Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, is interviewed by KRLD.
Spectrum News (Austin, Texas)    
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-lakshmanan (This segment aired six times.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-matthews (This segment aired twice.)

Despite COVID surge, Houston companies won’t issue strict travel guidelines for the holidays

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
‘Is Exxon a survivor?’ The oil giant is at a crossroads.
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-medlock

Saudi pushes to end Gulf feud, but full resolution elusive
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
MSN Canada (This Agence France-Presse article also appeared in 100 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ulrichsen

Would family ‘bargaining’ save older Indian women?
An article features the research of Rossella Calvi, assistant professor of economics at Rice, who examined the impact of India’s gender inequality on the health, poverty and mortality of women 45 and older.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-calvi

Jupiter and Saturn will be together again for the holidays
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted in an article and radio broadcast about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn will appear so close to each other in the sky they will look like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages.
NPR (This article also appeared in more than 150 affiliate webpages, and it appeared in more than 50 other media outlets around the world.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-hartigan
1287-AM (New South Wales, Australia)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-hartigan

Race in America: Criminal justice reform with Alberto Gonzales and Loretta E. Lynch

Alumnus Alberto Gonzales ’79, former U.S. attorney general, is featured.
The Washington Post
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-gonzales

HOUSTON/TEXAS

BROADCAST
Paxton’s election fraud lawsuit is a non-starter but smart politics, legal experts say
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 (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-jones
Austin’s top news — Dec. 10, 2020
KLBJ Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-jones (This segment also aired 10 times.)
Why the Texas Supreme Court lawsuit against four battleground states may become an all-end case
Sputnik
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-jones

San Antonio is home to significant space research, development and now shortlisted for US Space Command headquarters
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” (This segment also aired twice on more than 20 affiliate stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-abbey

In depth: How a bill that helped hospitals merge could cost patients
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 and interviewed.
KUT Online (This Texas Standard article also appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.) 
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ho

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Chemists use B12 to enhance essential synthetic chemistry
Inspired by light-sensing bacteria that thrive near hot oceanic vents, synthetic chemists at Rice have found a mild method to make valuable hydrocarbons known as olefins, or alkenes. Julian West, assistant professor of chemistry, is quoted. Postdoctoral researcher Radha Bam, senior Alexandros Pollatos and graduate student Austin Moser are mentioned.
The Science Times
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-west

High hopes for 2021 as strange year comes to a close
An article mentions that Sergio Kapusta, lecturer in management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and executive director of Rice’s Energy and Natural Resources Initiative, participated in a panel discussion on “The Role of Pipelines to Achieve a Low-Carbon Future.”
North American Oil & Gas Pipelines
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-kapusta

HP is moving to Houston — will other tech companies follow?
Rice is mentioned.
Motley Fool
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-fool

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Religious discrimination particularly high for Jews and Muslims

An article features a new study into growing religious discrimination by Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice. Ecklund’s research into the religious belief of scientists is cited in the New Statesman.
Eurasia Review
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ecklund
What science can learn from religion
New Statesman
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ecklund

SPORTS
College football picks: Conference title game spots on line
An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham Dec. 12. Head coach Mike Bloomgren is featured in a podcast from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-owls
Republic of football: Rice coach Mike Bloomgren joins the show!
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-bloomgren
2020 Week 15 preview: UAB Blazers at Rice Owls
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-rice-uab
UAB determined to play Rice despite positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing
AL.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-al
Craven’s Corner: Picking through a lackluster college football weekend; three NFL bets
HookEm.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-he
‘KSAT 12 News Nightbeat’
KSAT-TV (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-ksat
‘WVTM 13 News at 6 p.m.’
WVTM-TV (Birmingham, Alabama)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-wvtm

College football’s resourceful rehuddle
An article mentions the Rice football team’s 20-0 victory over then-No. 15 Marshall University Dec. 5.
The Christian Science Monitor
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-owls

Charlotte 49ers football season is over. Final game vs. Marshall canceled due to COVID
Rice is mentioned.
The Charlotte Observer
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-owls

Lady Raiders just miss record, dominant Rambelles
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team defeated Texas Tech University 81-62 Dec. 5.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-wbb
Lady Raiders closer to full strength, beat Rambelles
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-wbb
Angelo State women open season with exhibition loss at Texas Tech
GoSanAngelo.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-wbb

VYPE preseason boy’s basketball No. 4: Bellaire
An article mentions that Elijah Lawrence has committed to play basketball at Rice.
VYPE 
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-vype

Without a team or chance: How SMU TE Kylen Granson went from community college student to NFL prospect in just over 2 years
Former Rice football player Kylen Granson is featured, and former Rice head football coach David Bailiff is quoted and pictured.
The Dallas Morning News 
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-tdmn

10 Dallas-area players to watch in the 6A and 5A Texas high school football postseason
An article mentions that Aidan Siano has committed to play football at Rice.
The Dallas Morning News 
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-tdmn

TCU, Louisiana Tech look to add one more win to resumes
An article mentions that Rice’s Nov. 14 football game against Louisiana Tech University was postponed.
Lindy’s Sports
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-rice-ltu

Texas A&M women’s basketball team set for tussle at Arkansas-Little Rock
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team defeated the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 66-54 Nov. 28.
The Eagle
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-wbb

NEWS RELEASE
Bad news for fake news: Rice research helps combat social media misinformation
Rice computer scientist Anshumali Shrivastava and statistics graduate student Zhenwei Dai apply machine learning to improve the performance of Bloom filters, a widely used technique devised a half-century ago, as a way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online.
http://dateline.rice/dec-10-news-release-shrivastava

About Stefan De La Garza

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