Founder of Rice University’s famed Baker Institute to retire after 28 years of building the world’s No. 1 think tank
An article features Edward Djerejian, director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy, who will retire June 30, 2022. The article includes statements by James Baker III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute and former U.S. secretary of state, and President David Leebron.
PaperCity
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-djerejian-baker-leebron
Rice researchers hope to turn trash into earth elements — in less than a second
Researchers at Rice will develop more ways to extract rare earth elements like cobalt and lithium, which are used to produce key components of transmission lines and electric vehicle batteries, with a four-year, $5.2 million grant by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Oct. 4 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-tour
Moody Center’s immersive Kiwanga exhibition meditates on sand and time
An article features the exhibit “The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow,” which is on view at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts through Dec. 19. Ylinka Barotto, associate curator at the Moody Center, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 4 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-barotto
¡Extraordinarios! 10 Houston Latinos who are making a difference
Richard Tapia, University Professor and the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematics, and Ruth López Turley, director of Rice’s Houston Education Research Consortium, associate director of research at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, are profiled.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 4 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-tapia-turley
Wings Over Houston soars with living legends and high-flying acts
An article mentions that George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, will sign autographs at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Houston Airshow Oct. 9-10.
CultureMap Houston
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-abbey
COVID Help Desk: Can I mix shots to get a booster?
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Coronavirus section in the Oct. 4 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-ho
Historian Brinkley to visit SFA on Oct. 26
An article mentions that Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, will present “Discovering America from the Road” Oct. 26 at Stephen F. Austin State University.
The Daily Sentinel
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-brinkley
Prosecutions for marijuana possession have plummeted since hemp legalization
Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Reform Austin
http://dateline.rice/oct-4-harris
Bellaire City Council candidates look ahead to Nov. 2 election
A roundup features alumna Andréa Ehlers, who is running for Bellaire City Council Position 5.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
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