COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Pandemic could force drastic public transit cuts across US, officials warn
An article quotes Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
WHAM Online 
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-fulton

Music and aerosols: What the research reveals about the performing arts during a pandemic
An article mentions collaborative research between Rice and the Houston Symphony to determine how far a musician or vocalist’s droplets are pushed into the atmosphere when they perform.
World Socialist Website
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-wsw

Inequality is about to get much worse, as McConnell and GOP continue to block COVID relief for average Americans
An article cites a 2015 study by experts at Rice into how eviction may generate negative impacts like depression and other health problems.
Red, Green and Blue
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-rgb

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Future innovation hub the Ion’s programming takes shape ahead of 2021 opening
An article mentions Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open in the first quarter of 2021. Jan Odegard, interim executive director of the Ion, and Ryan LeVasseur, Rice Management Co.’s managing director of direct real estate, are quoted.
Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-odegard-levasseur

Texas sees increase in number of residents picking Affordable Care Act plans
Ken Janda, adjunct professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 2 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-janda

Crystal Mason, jailed for illegal voting conviction after casting provisional ballot, seeks to have conviction overturned
An article cites a 2019 study on the voting rights of convicted felons in Texas by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
The Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in the Dec. 2 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared online in The Eagle, Click2Houston and KSAT Online.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-kinder-study

International student enrollment declines at Texas colleges

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

SPORTS

An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team is slated to play LeTourneau University Dec. 3. Owls Max Fiedler and Travis Evee are mentioned.
The Toronto Star (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-mbb

An article mentions that Rice’s football team competed in the final game of the Southwest Conference Dec. 2, 1995. Former player N.D. Kalu, former athletics marketing director Mike Pede and former assistant coach Tom Rossley are quoted.
ESPN
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-espn

No. 15 Herd to face Rice Owls on Senior Day
An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play Marshall University Dec. 5.
The Parthenon
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-rice-marshall

What the president, the nation’s sorest loser, could learn from sports
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team defeated the University of California, Santa Barbara in the first round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament.
Santa Barbara Independent
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-wbb

Up next for UTSA: Waiting on its bowl and possible C-USA title game
An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play the University of Alabama at Birmingham Dec. 12.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front of the Sports section in the Dec. 2 print.) 
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-rice-uab

Razorbacks, Mavericks set to collide
An article mentions that Rice’s basketball team was defeated by the University of Arkansas in 2019.
El Dorado News-Times
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-mbb

North Texas press conference takeaways: UNT’s game against Louisiana Tech on course to be played
An article mentions that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of North Texas 27-17 Nov. 21.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-rice-unt

Offensive tackle De’Kedrick Sterns decommits from Kansas
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-247

Timeline of the UTEP-Rice cancellation, explained by UTEP
An article mentions that Rice’s football game against the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 28 was postponed.
KROD Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-rice-utep

Mills named to Wooden Award Preseason Watch List
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team is slated to play the University of Houston Dec. 12.
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-mbb

Mobley brothers secure double-doubles, USC tops BYU 79-53
Former Rice basketball player Drew Peterson is mentioned.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-ap

What will Fuller, Bradley Roby suspensions mean for Texans
Former Rice football player Phillip Gaines is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Connecticut Post and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-gaines

NEWS RELEASES

US economy can handle high government debt, says Baker Institute expert
U.S. debt is projected to soon eclipse World War II-era levels, and while that sounds problematic, that much growth in government debt won’t weaken the private sector like it did in the 1940s, according to new research by Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://dateline.rice/dec-2-news-release-barro