NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Six apps to help small-business owners build their brands online
An article quotes Brooklyn Holt, digital communications and marketing specialist at Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.
Bloomberg (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-holt

Harvard Business School suspends most in-person MBA classes, networking after COVID-19 outbreak
An article mentions that Rice’s fall semester started remotely due to anomalous COVID-19 test results.
The Wall Street Journal
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-wsj

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice Cinema reopens with a taste of Danish
An article featuring Rice Cinema’s new season quotes Charles Dove, professor in the practice of visual arts and film and director of Rice Cinema.

BROADCAST

Houston woman still seeks DACA approval: ‘This is the only country I know of’
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
ABC 13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston, and this article also appeared in MSN and Texas Breaking News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-payan

Solar energy experts have these tips on installing panels at home
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
KHOU Online (This segment also aired on KHOU-TV in Houston, and this article also appeared in News Chant.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-cohan

‘Bloomberg Markets’
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about rising oil prices.
Bloomberg TV (This segment aired seven times.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-mikulska

Battle over how states redraw their districts begins
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
WSGW Online (This CBS News article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-stein
Texas Public Radio
KSTX-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-stein

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Pemex, Braskem Idesa end ethane supply spat, to partner on import terminal
Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for the United States and Mexico and Center for Energy Studies, is quoted.
Natural Gas Intelligence
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-duhalt

Gates Foundation commits $922 million to fight hunger; BlackRock gives $100 million to advance clean energy
A roundup mentions that Rice has received a $100 million grant from the Moody Foundation to build the Moody Center for Student Life and Opportunity, which will replace the existing Rice Memorial Center, and create a new endowment for student opportunity programs.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-moody-grant

Regional experts: Training, flexibility key to recovery
An article mentions Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion tech hub.
SME.org
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-the-ion

People in composites: September 2021
An article features alumnus Clinton Metcalf, graduate of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Composites World
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-metcalf

Sewable carbon nanotube thread could spin a lot of awesome
An article features Rice research into sewing nanotube fibers into athletic wear to monitor the heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram of the wearer.
Hackaday
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-hackaday

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

New faces of education: Meet the incoming teachers of Venice High
Alumna Sophie Lafferty is featured.
Venice High School’s The Oarsman
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-lafferty

SPORTS

XC: Sept. 28 Athletes of the Week
An article features Rice runner Grace Forbes, who has been named as Conference USA’s Cross-Country Female Athlete of the Week.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-forbes

UT notebook: Backups don’t get much better than RB Roschon Johnson
An article mentions that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin 58-0 Sept. 18.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Sept. 29 print edition of the Chronicle and the print and online editions of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-hc

An article mentions that Rice’s soccer team received votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
SoccerWire.com
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-sw

Rice is mentioned.
ESPN
http://dateline.rice/sept-29-espn