Dateline Rice for July 28, 2021

FEATURED ITEM

Opinion: Time to reopen US-Mexico border to legal travel and vaccinate on both sides

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Trump’s Texas endorsement boosts a scandal-plagued incumbent while imperiling a political dynasty
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, authored an op-ed.
The Hill (This column also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-jones
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-jones (This segment aired five times.)

Baltic Pipe delay to push Poland back into Russia’s arms
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Deutsche Welle (This article appeared in the July 28 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-mikulska

BPUB awards scholarships to local high school seniors
An article mentions that Mathew De Lucio plans to attend Rice next semester.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in the Brownsville Herald.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-yn

Michael Hardy, greening advocate and West Philly community activist, dies at 84
An article features the late alumnus Michael Hardy, who died July 19 at 84.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://dateline.rice/july-28-hardy

HOUSTON/TEXAS

BROADCAST

Recent federal decisions are paving the way for more workplace vaccine mandates
Rekha Lakshmanan, a contributing expert for the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Texas Standard
http://dateline.rice/july-28-lakshmanan

‘KHOU 11 News’
A broadcast mentions that Ariah Richards plans to attend Rice next semester.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-khou

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice team building insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes
An article features Rice research on 3D printing an insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetics. Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and Jordan Miller, assistant professor of bioengineering, are quoted. Graduate student Madison Royse is mentioned and pictured.
Medical Product Outsourcing
http://dateline.rice/july-28-veiseh-miller

From wastewater to fertilizer
An article features collaborative research by Haotian Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair.
Manure Manager (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-wang
USask helps research efforts to develop green method of producing fertilizer
620CKRM.com
http://dateline.rice/july-28-wang
CKRM-AM (Regina, Saskatchewan)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-wang

Branson and Bezos rides in space: A new era of innovation? Scientists differ
An article quotes David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, and graduate student Alison Farrish.
Connecticut Health I-Team
http://dateline.rice/july-28-alexander

Waste car tires could make concrete stronger, say Rice University researchers
An article mentions that Rice scientists have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. 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.
Archinect
http://dateline.rice/july-28-tour

Career moves: Ways to bridge the gender gap in medical science
An article mentions that experts at Rice conduct annual leadership training sessions for female faculty members at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Association of American Medical Colleges (This article also appeared in Business Fast.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-pn

Top 10 US engineering colleges
A roundup features Rice.
Gineers Now
http://dateline.rice/july-28-gn

How Brie Ruais uses her own body to shape her clay sculptures, and the desert sounds that keep her motivated
An article features artist Brie Ruais, whose exhibit “Movement at the Edge of the Land” is on display at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts June 5-Aug. 28.
Artnet News
http://dateline.rice/july-28-moody-center

Tree love: Street trees and stewardship in New York City
Alumnus Matthew López-Jensen authored an article.
Terrain.org
http://dateline.rice/july-28-lopezjensen

Cheapest countries to study abroad for Nigerian students

An article cites Rice research into the education levels attained by Nigerian Americans.
BizWatch Nigeria
http://dateline.rice/july-28-bwn

Taking chemistry in the United States
Rice is mentioned.
SuperProf.com
http://dateline.rice/july-28-sp

Exploring the often fraught relationship between public spaces and social divides
An article cites Rice research into how race and income levels were interested in different types of public space improvements.
Brookings
http://dateline.rice/july-28-brookings

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

East Coweta grad chosen as Bank of America ‘Student Leader’
An article mentions that Jamal Sayid plans to attend Rice next semester.
The Newnan Times-Herald (This article also appeared in Fintech Zoom.)
http://dateline.rice/july-28-nth

UCF researchers develop new nanomaterial to derive clean fuel from the sea
An article features the research of Guanzhi Wang, former Rice postdoctoral fellow.
University of Central Florida News
http://dateline.rice/july-28-wang

New Kravis programming director sees big potential for growing audience
Alumna Georgiana Young is featured.
Palm Beach Arts Paper
http://dateline.rice/july-28-young

To a bright future
A roundup featuring Holland Hall mentions that she plans to attend Rice next semester.
Oklahoma Magazine
http://dateline.rice/july-28-om

SPORTS

Throwing for gold
Former Rice track and field athlete Ariana Ince, who is competing in javelin at the Olympics, is featured.
Texas A&M Today
http://dateline.rice/july-28-ince

New Market’s Mascolo named VBL Pitcher of the Year
Rice baseball player Austin Bulman is featured.
The Northern Virginia Daily
http://dateline.rice/july-28-bulman

Florida, Texas golfers on top in Texas State Open
Former Rice golfer Mitchell Meissner is mentioned.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/july-28-meissner

Baseball: North alum Westbrooks eager for fresh start at Samford

Rice is mentioned.
Forsyth County News
http://dateline.rice/july-28-fcn
Why the Big Ten isn’t as realistic for WVU as the ACC
Sports Illustrated’s Mountaineer Maven
http://dateline.rice/july-28-simm
Conference expansion is inevitable, but the SEC should be mindful of possible pitfalls
Sports Grind Entertainment
http://dateline.rice/july-28-sge
It isn’t the responsibility of Texas and OU to carry the entire Big 12 Conference
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/july-28-sbn
UT and OU make their official move to exit the Big XII
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/july-28-ok
FrontBurner poll: Should SMU join the Big 12?
D Magazine
http://dateline.rice/july-28-dmag

Scouting report and film review: Trey Murphy III
Former Rice basketball player Trey Murphy III is featured.
Hashtag Basketball
http://dateline.rice/july-28-hb

Bujcevski, Dicker named to Ray Guy, Lou Groza awards watch lists
An article mentions the 2019 football game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Sports
http://dateline.rice/july-28-ts

Realignment update: This sucks
An article mentions that Rice was formerly a member of the Southwest Conference.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/july-28-sbn

Coach: 19 returning starters a bonus for Razorbacks

An article mentions that Rice’s football team will play an away game against the University of Arkansas Sept. 4.

Sequoyah County Times
http://dateline.rice/july-28-sct
HawgBeat’s 2021 sneak peek: Texas (Sept. 11)
Rivals
http://dateline.rice/july-28-rivals
Arkansas football: 3 teams the Razorbacks will blow out in 2021
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/july-28-fs

Texas A&M 2021 opponent preview: Missouri Tigers
Former Rice football player Blaze Alldredge is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated’s All Aggies
http://dateline.rice/july-28-siaa

About Stefan De La Garza

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