Dateline Rice for July 19, 2021 (Weekend Edition)

Matt Wilson
– July 19, 2021Posted in: Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
OPEC Plus agrees on oil production increase, easing pressure on supplies and prices
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in multiple articles.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 19 print edition, and it also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://nyti.ms/3hR0iZo
The Saudi-UAE bust-up is a return to the Persian Gulf status quo
Forbes (This article also appeared in Washington Latest.)
https://bit.ly/3ze3fsF
Profits or Palestine? UAE-Israel deals likely to continue quietly
FinTechZoom
https://bit.ly/2VSQB3T

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Texas Democrats hope walkout will help with party slump
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted in multiple stories about politics.
CBS DFW (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 250 media outlets.)
https://cbsloc.al/3exwzT7
Gasoline is up and GOP sees an easy target: Biden
Cupbord
https://bit.ly/3z4LVq2
KRIV-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/3eyX3U5 (This segment aired twice, and it also aired on KDFW-TV in Dallas)
‘Houston’s Morning Show 7 a.m.’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
https://bit.ly/3ij5R1q (This segment also aired four times on KDFW-TV in Dallas.)
KUT-FM (Austin)
https://bit.ly/3kx27w2
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
https://bit.ly/3kAwYbc
WBAP-AM (Dallas)
https://bit.ly/2UXdAKA

Patience of border residents is tested as coronavirus closure keeps getting extended
Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar for the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle.)
https://bit.ly/36LAJ5w
Legisladores de Estados Unidos demandan reabrir la frontera con México
El Siglo de Torreón (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in El Siglo de Durango.)
https://bit.ly/36O2pqi

Opinion: Should the Chinese consulate return to Houston?
Steven Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored a column.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This column also appeared in the July 18 print edition.)
https://bit.ly/36IUpqE

Drug doubles down on bone cancer, metastasis
Chemist Han Xiao at Rice and biologist Xiang Zhang at Baylor and their labs have developed an antibody conjugate called BonTarg that delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis.
Houston Medical Journal
https://bit.ly/3hPNeTX

Tomlinson: When it comes to value for money, Texas colleges don’t score well
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This column also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared in the July 19 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
https://bit.ly/2VXAsdD

Big honor for small town: Two Alice natives are Nobel laureates
An article features Professor Emeritus Robert Curl, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes, or “buckyballs,” a new form of carbon.
KZTV (This article also appeared in KRIS and NewsBreak.)
https://bit.ly/2UV69nt
KZTV-TV (Corpus Christi)
https://bit.ly/2URLgtc (This broadcast also aired on KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi.)

BROADCAST
#HTownRush Saturday
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
KHOU-TV (Houston; this broadcast aired twice, and it also aired on KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas.)
https://bit.ly/3itK33i

KDFW-TV (Dallas)
Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted on car prices.
https://bit.ly/36LLt3Q (This broadcast aired twice.)

‘The Wash Allen Show’
The 2011 Rice University HERE Legacy Award ceremony is featured.
https://bit.ly/3BmkYzV

WOKV-AM (Jacksonville, Florida)
Alumna Lissett Bickford ’10 is featured.
https://bit.ly/3BbRq86

KLIF-AM (Dallas)
A broadcast mentions that William Sidis taught at Rice when he was just 17 years old.
https://bit.ly/2UhZZhf

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
How artificial intelligence is transforming our world
Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science, is quoted.
Punch (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
https://bit.ly/3BinNlw

NETL partners with Rice University to develop flash graphene
Rice is featured.
India Education Diary (This article also appeared in India Republic News.)
https://bit.ly/3xQ92El

Experiences of an evangelical theologian
Rice is mentioned.
Patheos (This article also appeared in First Things.)
https://bit.ly/3zc8xVx

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
More Trump election distortions
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
FactCheck.org (This article also appeared in The Toys Matrix, MSN News and Samachar Central.)
https://bit.ly/3eBmEvJ

As Ducey issued emergency declaration, flooding pushed Flagstaff to forefront of climate debate
Rice is mentioned.
Arizona Daily Sun
https://bit.ly/3hMFH8r

‘It is life’: Researchers discovered insulin 100 years ago this month, a miracle that has saved countless lives of those with diabetes
Graduate student Eric Wuesthoff is quoted.
The Sun Chronicle
https://bit.ly/3wTbskm

Andrew Clifton of Advise Insurance: ‘Building the right team is critical’
Alumnus Andrew Clifton is featured.
Thrive Global
https://bit.ly/3rhiU7S

Archbishop Stepinac High School to introduce classrooms of the future
Rice is mentioned.
WAG Magazine
https://bit.ly/3z8aGS6

Five strategies for LGBT dating in university
Rice is mentioned.
Kuryala Viagens
https://bit.ly/3xM5qDs

Vědci vynalezli revoluční technologii, kterou lze měnit různé druhy odpadu na velice odolný grafen
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Magazín Plus (An English translation is not available.)
https://bit.ly/36L7yzv

SPORTS
‘CBS 2 Sunday News at 10’
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger, who will participate in the upcoming Paralympics in Tokyo, is featured.
WBBM-TV (Chicago)
https://bit.ly/3wSMn9j

Ariana Ince: Wide receiver, cornerback, pole vaulter and now Olympic javelin star
Former Rice track and field athlete Ariana Ince is featured. Head coach Jim Bevan is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 17 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/july-16-ince

School nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year Award named
An article mentions that track and field athlete Michelle Fokam is Rice’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
NCAA.org
https://bit.ly/2UWKHye

Ranking all 130 FBS college football head coaches as players
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
ESPN (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Free News Today.)
https://bit.ly/3rhib6E

To become an Olympian, Nneka Ogwumike needs a win on paper
Former Rice basketball player Erica Ogwumike is mentioned.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the New York print edition July 17.)
https://nyti.ms/36PuFJj

ESPN Radio Los Angeles
A Major League Baseball broadcast mentions former Rice pitcher Lucas Luetge and current head coach José Cruz Jr.
https://bit.ly/3rmLPYk (This broadcast aired on more than 100 affiliate ESPN Radio stations.)

Charlottesville, Strasburg, Woodstock dominate Valley Baseball League
Rice baseball player Austin Bulman is mentioned.
Shepherdstown Chronicle
https://bit.ly/3ripvii

The Oaks plays tough for Texas State Open qualifier
Former Rice golfer Scott Wagoner is featured.
Greenville Herald-Banner
https://bit.ly/3hOQPBR

NEWS RELEASES
Scientists seek details of cancer’s evolutionary tree
Rice computer scientists will take full advantage of new technology to sequence the genome of a single cell to decode mysteries contained in tumors. Luay Nakhleh, recently named the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to analyze the genomes in colonies of single cancer cells to find not only the mutations at the root of the disease but also how they evolve from cell to cell as the tumor grows.
https://bit.ly/3ez9Ea9

Mission statements do nothing for corporate financial performance, research shows
New research shows that mission statements do not enhance financial performance, even though companies prominently feature them as an outcome of their strategy-planning process. A systematic review of research in peer-reviewed journals shows the correlation between having a mission statement and financial performance was statistically zero, according to a chapter of “Focus: How to Plan Strategy and Improve Execution to Achieve Growth,” a new book co-authored by Vikas Mittal, professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and Shrihari Sridhar, professor of marketing at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School.
https://bit.ly/3Bk4oRh

Citizenship and bank access for immigrants would add ‘enormous amount of money’ to US economy
The United States is losing an “enormous amount of money” by denying citizenship and use of banks to immigrants living in the country illegally, according to new research. These immigrants have been an “unrecognized driver of the economy for decades,” writes Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, research scholar in the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
https://bit.ly/3kAF2c6

About Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson is a senior editor in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.