Dateline Rice for April 15, 2021

Stefan De La Garza
– April 16, 2021Posted in: Dateline Rice

FEATURED ITEMS
Houston-born astronaut to take command of International Space Station
Several articles and broadcasts feature astronaut and alumna Shannon Walker.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
Shannon Walker to become first native Houstonian to command International Space Station
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
‘KPRC Channel 2 News’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
Shannon Walker becomes first native Houstonian to command ISS
ABC 13 Online
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
’13 Eyewitness News’
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker (This segment aired four times.)
NASA astronaut Shannon Walker to become first native Houstonian to command ISS

KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker

‘KHOU 11 News This Morning’
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker
New NASA ISS commander is an HISD alumna from Westbury High School
CW39
http://dateline.rice/april-15-walker

COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Latest: Rice out of NCAA women’s volleyball tournament
Several articles and broadcasts mention that Rice volleyball’s match against North Carolina A&T State University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament was declared “no contest” due to COVID-19 protocols, bouncing the Owls from the tournament. Head coach Genny Volpe is quoted.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-volpe
Recapping all the action from the first round of the 2021 DI women’s volleyball tournament
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ncaa
‘KETV Newswatch 7 First News’
KETV-TV (Omaha, Nebraska)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ketv (This segment aired four times.)

How the pandemic impacted college admissions this year
A broadcast mentions that Rice plans to expand its student body by 20% by 2025.
CBS News (This segment also aired on more than 200 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cbs

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Scientists create early embryos that are part human, part monkey
Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
NPR
http://dateline.rice/april-15-matthews
For first time ever, scientists create part-human, part-monkey embryos
Futurism
http://dateline.rice/april-15-matthews

At US border, a surge in migrants young and old: Three questions.
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, and he is interviewed by WOAI about the influx of Romanian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Christian Science Monitor
http://dateline.rice/april-15-payan
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-payan (This segment aired four times.)

Death of shale ‘exaggerated’: US oil patch springs to life
Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Washington Examiner
http://dateline.rice/april-15-finley

Set up branches of elite colleges to expand access?
A letter to the editor mentions Rice.
The New York Times (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-nyt

Is the United States really prepared to fight China over Taiwan?
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
The National Interest
http://dateline.rice/april-15-kennedy

Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s CEO, is now one of the richest people on Earth
Alumnus Brian Armstrong is featured.
CNN
http://dateline.rice/april-15-armstrong
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s fortune explodes with stock listing
New York Post
http://dateline.rice/april-15-armstrong

HOUSTON/TEXAS
The Texas Senate has approved a new statewide appeals court. Critics contend it’s another attempt to limit Democrats’ power.

BROADCAST
While Texas lawmakers target renewables, the state’s ‘thermal fleet’ threatens grid stability yet again
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
KUT Online (This article also appeared in Texas Public Radio and Houston Public Media.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cohan
KUT-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cohan (This segment also aired on more than 20 Texas Public Radio-affiliated stations across Texas.)
Why are so many Texas power plants allowed to go offline?
KHOU Online (This segment also aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cohan
‘Fox 4 News’
KDFW-TV (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cohan (This segment aired twice.)
‘CBS Austin Morning News’
KEYE-TV (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-cohan

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
No one wants to pay $200 for a textbook

An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources. Daniel Williamson, managing director of OpenStax, is quoted.
EdScoop
http://dateline.rice/april-15-williamson

OPEC raises global oil demand forecast as Mexico’s Pemex set for modest production uptick
An article on Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex and its impact on the country’s economic recovery features a study by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Natural Gas Intelligence
http://dateline.rice/april-15-baker-study

Acceptance rates and yield at the top 50 US MBA programs

Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business is mentioned.
Poets & Quants (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-jones-school

SPORTS
Dallas Wings control WNBA draft with top two picks
Rice basketball player Nancy Mulkey is mentioned.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-mulkey

Ivy League-bound: Anna Moehn will swim at Penn
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-15-hc

Flyin’ Miners set to compete at Roadrunner Invitational
An article mentions that Rice’s track and field team is slated to complete in the Roadrunner Invitational April 15-17 in San Antonio.
El Paso Herald-Post
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ephp

No. 7 men’s tennis preview: No. 2 Baylor
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s tennis team played the University of Texas at Austin March 12.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-ts

IU adds Rosemond as third assistant; Roberts, Marshall retained
Former Rice men’s basketball assistant coach Mike Roberts is featured.
IndyStar.com
http://dateline.rice/april-15-is

NEWS RELEASE
More English learners at risk of future academic struggles in Texas public schools
Education researchers from Rice have documented a troubling trend in the system Texas public schools use to reclassify elementary school students learning English, evidence of a problem they say could have a serious impact on hundreds of thousands of the state’s schoolchildren.
http://dateline.rice/april-15-news-release-herc

About Stefan De La Garza

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