Dateline Rice for April 20, 2020 (Weekend Edition)

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Will COVID-19 bankrupt the health care system?
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is interviewed.
Radio Health Journal (This podcast also appeared in 10 other media outlets, and this segment aired on 550 stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ho

America has suffered great loss before. Here’s how we may learn to cope with coronavirus death toll.
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted and interviewed.
USA Today (This article appeared on the front page of the April 17 print edition, and it appeared online in more than 30 other media outlets. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-brinkley
‘Inside Politics’
CNN International
http://dateline.rice/april-20-brinkley (This segment aired twice.)

Law puts expansive emergency power in Abbott’s hands

Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted and interviewed.

MSN (This Austin American-Statesman article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-jones
‘KPRC Channel 2 News’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-jones
Trump kampanjar mitt under coronakrisen
Etc (Subscription is required. An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-jones

The pandemic pivot: How coronavirus might shape our city
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
KPBS Online (This segment also aired on KPBS-FM in San Diego.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-fulton
Balconies, bicycles and belonging: The future of communities after COVID-19
The National
http://dateline.rice/april-20-fulton

What’s the difference between self-isolation and quarantine?
Kirsten Ostherr, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and director of Rice’s Medical Futures Lab, is quoted.
MSN Lifestyle (This article originally appeared in The Healthy.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ostherr

Monday’s show: Plans for restarting the Texas economy (April 20, 2020)
Quianta Moore, fellow in child health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-moore

Coronavirus ‘turbocharges’ poverty, hunger in Houston
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Chronicle’s “Coronavirus” section in the April 18 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-payan

Preservation activist Virginia Savage McAlester made history and architecture more accessible
Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the April 19 print edition of the Chronicle’s “Zest” section, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-fox

Interview: US psychologist gives advice for keeping mentally healthy when stay at home
Stress, loneliness and lack of sleep can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Christopher Fagundes, associate professor in psychological sciences.
Xinhua.net (This article also appeared online in China.org.cn, and a similar version appeared in the April 18 print edition of the Hartford Courant.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-fagundes

Marie Kondo is stuck at home, too — here’s how she is sparking joy
An article features a new book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, titled “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.”
The Spokesman-Review (This article also appeared in the April 19 print editions of the Philadelphia Enquirer and its South Jersey issue, and The Irish Mail, The Times and The Call.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-sonenshein

10 books to grow your manufacturing and engineering skill sets

Thomas
http://dateline.rice/april-20-sonenshein
This week’s bestsellers: April 20, 2020
Publishers Weekly
http://dateline.rice/april-20-sonenshein

While Dallas-Fort Worth residents hunker at home, is air quality improving?
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
The Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 20 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-cohan

COVID-19 challenges deaf, hard of hearing college students
An article about Rice’s efforts to provide accessibility to its students quotes Adam Herman, the executive director of the student program office at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and graduate student William Jon Weintraub.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-herman

Online surveys hope to paint demographic profiles of COVID-19 pandemic
An article mentions Rice’s collaborative effort to establish the COVID-19 Registry, which aims to compile a demographic portrait of the pandemic’s impact on Houston. Another Rice effort, COVIDSense, takes a global approach to collecting data to provide information for decision-makers. Rice community members mentioned or quoted include Ashok Veeraraghavan, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science; Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics and director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Data Platform; Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering; and former Rice Provost Marie Lynn Miranda. Miranda is interviewed by KTBC.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Connecticut Post and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-covid-registry
‘Good Day Austin’
KTBC-TV (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-miranda

Seismologists search for new earthquake data in suddenly silent world
Alan Levander, the Carey Croneis Professor of Geology and Geophysics, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Connecticut Post and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-levander

‘MacGyvering’: A modern ‘can-do’ approach to bad situations
An article references the Wall Street Journal headline “Rice University engineers ‘MacGyver’ an inexpensive ventilator for coronavirus patients.” The design plans for that ventilator developed by a team of Rice engineering experts and students are now online and freely available to anyone in the world. Amy Kavalewitz, executive director of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, is interviewed by the Texas Standard.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ventilator
Texas engineers work in labs, living rooms to invent ventilator shortage solutions
Texas Standard (This segment also aired on more than 30 stations across Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-kavalewitz
Woodlands Christian students redesign ventilators in response to COVID-19
Woodlands Online
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ventilator
‘Saturday Daybreak’
KATV-TV (Little Rock, Arkansas)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ventilator
The race to produce more ventilators spurs innovation — 5 designs to see
Element 14
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ventilator

In Houston’s new normal, a different curve emerges: Outward racism toward Asian Americans
An article features graduate students Coco Ma and Kathleen Harcourt, co-founders of nonprofit #SnacksForMedStaff.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the April 19 print edition of the Chronicle’s “Extra: Week in Review,” and it appeared on the front of the Chronicle’s “Coronavirus” section in the April 20 print edition. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ma-harcourt
‘Houston’s Morning Show’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-ma-harcourt
http://dateline.rice/april-20-na-harcourt

As hate crimes against Asian Americans spike, coronavirus anything but an equalizer [Opinion]
McMurtry College senior Amy Mu authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 20 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-mu

Business leaders will advise Gov. Abbott on when and how to ‘open up’ Texas
An article mentions Nancy Kinder, president of the advisory board of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rio Grande Guardian
http://dateline.rice/april-20-kinder

The grading system upended, college students are pushing grad schools, employers to be flexible
An article mentions that Rice has given students the option to choose “pass or fail” as a grading option. Martel College senior Anna Margaret Clyburn, the incoming student body president at Rice, is quoted in the Washington Post.
Houston Chronicle (This Washington Post article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-pass-fail

Rice Village in Houston launches ‘Fare For Care’
An article features Rice Village’s “Fare for Care” program, a meal donation campaign to feed workers at three Texas Medical Center hospitals. Cecilia Arreola, investment manager for Rice Management Co., is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the April 20 print edition, and it appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-arreola
‘It takes a village’: Rice Village launches campaign to deliver thousands of meals to health care workers at Texas Medical Center
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-20-arreola

After coronavirus, colleges worry: Will students come back?
An article includes an image of Rice’s Sallyport with a caption that mentions the university transitioned to online courses a month ago.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 16 print and digital editions of the Times, and it appeared in the April 19 print editions of the Charlotte Observer, Bradenton Herald, The Sun, Chicago Tribune, Santa Fe New Mexican, The Morning Call and Orlando Sentinel.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-nyt

Coronavirus and coping with death
Postdoctoral fellow in anthropology Laura Heath-Stout is mentioned.
Sapiens
http://dateline.rice/april-20-heath-stout

Houston has experienced a series of unfortunate events. Our children are likely suffering for it.
An article cites a study co-authored by a Rice postdoctoral researcher and presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in 2017 that suggests extreme rain events will continue to occur in Houston with unchecked climate change.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 19 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Francisco Chronicle.) 
http://dateline.rice/april-20-rice-study

Social distancing 40% less prevalent in Trump country, Rice University study shows
An article cites a Rice study that analyzed social distancing views based on political affiliation.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the April 18 print edition of the Chronicle and the front of the “Coronavirus” section in the April 20 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared online in the Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-rice-study
Houston coronavirus updates: What you need to know about April 18
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-rice-study
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-rice-study (This segment aired twice.)

Is COVID-19 the ‘singularity’?
An article cites a Rice professor’s research into artificial intelligence.
Medium
http://dateline.rice/april-20-medium

Recapping Idaho’s 2020 legislative session with the City Club of Boise
Alumna Jaclyn Kettler participated in a panel discussion.
Boise State Public Radio (This segment also aired on 18 stations across Idaho.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-bspr

Chuck Landon: What if Marshall dropped a sport?
Rice is mentioned.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
http://dateline.rice/april-20-cgm

A driving and walking tour of Houston’s sculptures for our social-distancing age
An article mentions that artwork by James Surls is located near McNair Hall, the home of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and the Susan and Raymond Brochstein Pavilion.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 19 print edition of the Chronicle’s “Extra: Week in Review,” and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-hc

How a transformation mindset positions companies to succeed after the crisis
Alumnus Edwin Bosso authored a column.
The Good Men Project
http://dateline.rice/april-20-bosso

Undaunted by COVID-19, Barnes talks GC football renewal
Alumnus Brent Barnes is featured and pictured.
The Scarlet & Black
http://dateline.rice/april-20-sb

Texas colleges staying flexible on fall admissions
Rice is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 20 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-exp-news

Baylor puts new basketball arena on hold
An article mentions that Rice is a member of Conference USA.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Connecticut Post and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-hc

HOUSTON/TEXAS

NASA, SpaceX announce date for launching astronauts
An article quotes David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the April 18 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the April 18 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared online in the Express-News)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-alexander

NASA’s Stansbery to give UCD keynote
Alumna Eileen Stansbery, chief scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, will give the virtual keynote speech at Texas Wesleyan University’s “University College Day” April 22.
The Rambler
http://dateline.rice/april-20-stansbery

Historical journal is learning experience
An article cites a 1928 column authored by former Rice professor Jon Lelton Gillum.
The Baytown Sun
http://dateline.rice/april-20-bsun

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Today marks 10th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon
Walter Chapman, the William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, are quoted.
Kallanish Energy
http://dateline.rice/april-20-chapman-medlock

Spacecraft is designed to survive fire, surfs its own wave
An article mentions that Patrick Rodi, professor in the practice in mechanical engineering, designed a spacecraft that could withstand a fiery return from space and float on its shock wave.
Revolution-Green
http://dateline.rice/april-20-rodi

Arch11’s Kenneth Andrews honored by the AIA
Alumnus Kenneth Andrews is featured and pictured.
Archinect
http://dateline.rice/april-20-arch

AICPA recognizes top 2019 CPA exam performers with Elijah Watt Sells award
Alumna Molly Garrison is featured.
CPA Practice Advisor
http://dateline.rice/april-20-garrison

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Six La Plata Electric Association candidates vie for three seats
An article features alumnus Guinn Unger.
The Durango Herald (This article also appeared in the Pine River Times.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-dh

SPORTS

Get to know Erica Ogwumike
Former Rice basketball player Erica Ogwumike, who was the No. 26 pick in the WNBA draft held April 17, is featured and pictured.
Minnesota Lynx News
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
Minnesota Lynx wrap 2020 WNBA draft
Minnesota Lynx News
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
Rice’s Erica Ogwumike lands with Lynx
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
WNBA draft: Sabrina Ionescu goes No. 1 to New York Liberty
San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
Cox, Carter taken in top 5
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the April 18 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
Minnesota Lynx take South Carolina forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan with No. 6 pick in WNBA Draft
Fox 9 Online
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
BREAKING: Cy Woods, Rice star Erica Ogwumike drafted by New York Liberty, traded to Minnesota Lynx
VYPE Houston
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
Lynx draft night 2020
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb
‘KPRC Channel 2 News Weekend’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-wbb

Hugs and Shrugs
An article mentions that D.J. Arkansas has committed to play football at Rice.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-drc

UPSTATE N.Y. SPORTS LORE: Randy Marshall … from Moose, to Pudge, to Nolan, to Bo

The Leader-Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-20-lh

2020 Texas football status report: Wide receivers
Rice is mentioned in a caption.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-hc

2020 Texas football status report: Offensive line
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-hc

Pima men’s basketball NJCAA All-American Lieppert signs to play at Rice University
An article featuring Jake Lieppert mentions that he has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Rice.
Tucson Sentinel (This article also appeared on Tucson.com.)
http://dateline.rice/april-20-mbb

About Stefan De La Garza

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