Dateline Rice for April 26, 2021 (Weekend Edition)

Stefan De La Garza
– April 26, 2021Posted in: Dateline Rice

COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Rice partially lifts mask mandate, changes testing requirements
An article reports that Rice will no longer require those on campus to wear masks in outdoor spaces, as long as people socially distance at least 3 feet. The article quotes Kevin Kirby, Rice’s vice president for administration and chair of the Crisis Management Advisory Committee, Provost Reginald DesRoches and Christopher Johns-Krull, professor of physics and astronomy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-kirby-desroches-johnskrull

Latest COVID-19 vaccine developments, plus the pandemic’s impact on 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 quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://dateline.rice/april-26-ho

‘They’re giving up’: How COVID red tape is decimating international education in Texas
An article about the impact of the pandemic on international student populations quotes and pictures graduate student Luisa Rezende. Adria Baker, associate vice provost for international education at Rice, also is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 26 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-baker-rezende

RICE UNIVERSITY: Survey of Houston families reveals pandemic’s unequal impact on wages and employment
An article features Rice research by the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) that found that Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to experience lost wages or unemployment than whites during the pandemic. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include HERC associate director of regional research Daniel Potter, research scientist Gabriela Sánchez-Soto and junior research scientist Kenneth Stice.
India Education Diary
http://dateline.rice/april-26-herc

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Editorial board: Biden plan to double capital-gains taxes will hurt economy to fuel giveaways to Dem special interests
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of its Center for Public Finance, is quoted.
New York Post (This article also appeared in the April 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-diamond

What six Asian Americans are doing to fight hate in their communities
Doctoral student Bianca Mabute-Louie is featured.
CNN (This article appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-mabutelouie

How infrastructure has historically promoted inequality
Collaborative research by Rice and the University of Pittsburgh that determined natural disasters widen racial wealth gaps is cited.
PBS NewsHour
http://dateline.rice/april-26-pbs

So you’re bummed because your favorite college said no. Read this.
Rice is mentioned.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-wapo

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Opinion: Black community, the moment to value ourselves is now
Tony Brown, professor of sociology, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the Opinion page in the April 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-brown

Constitutional carry still alive in the Senate
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 in KTBB, and he is interviewed by KRLD.
KTBB.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-jones
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-jones (This segment aired six times.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-jones2 (This segment aired 14 times.)

Rice’s Moody Center commemorates Rothko Chapel’s 50th anniversary
An article features Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts’ spring exhibition, “Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration,” which runs through May 15. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, and Frauke Josenhans, associate curator of the center, are quoted
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-weaver-josenhans

‘This is the time’: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher pushes for Ike Dike in Biden infrastructure bill
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-fulton

http://dateline.rice/april-26-cohan
The Watchdog: Does power grid operator ERCOT purposely communicate in gibberish so we don’t understand?
Denton Record-Chronicle (This article originally appeared in the Dallas Morning News and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-cohan

‘A Celebration of Reading’ highlights James Baker, the Houstonian who ran Washington
An article features James Baker III, honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state.
Houston Chronicles “Preview” (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Preview section of the April 25 print edition and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.) 
http://dateline.rice/april-26-baker

Houston Symphony raises $553,000 at wine dinner, announces musician fellowship with Rice University
The Houston Symphony and Rice’s Shepherd School of Music have announced the launch of the Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellowship, which will be awarded to a student from the Shepherd School’s graduate program annually for an apprenticeship to learn how to best work with children and residents from underserved communities. An article in Broadway World mentions Inaugural recipient Joseph Nuñez, a double bassist, and quotes Shepherd School dean Robert Yekovich.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-hc
Houston Symphony and Rice University partner to establish new Brown Foundation Community-Embedded Musician Fellowship
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/april-26-nunez-yekovich

Heritage Society takes 100 years of women’s suffrage online
An article mentions that a Heritage Society Women’s Suffrage Lecture Series event was co-presented by Rice.
Houstonia
http://dateline.rice/april-26-houstonia

Name That Tune: Douglas DeVries
A Q&A with Douglas DeVries, a Rice alumnus and member of the Monarch Chamber Players, mentions fellow members and Rice alumni Russell Rybicki, Rebecca Tobin, Jordan Brokken and Katie Hart
The Buzz Magazines
http://dateline.rice/april-26-bzzz

Texas City native named president, COO of Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
Alumnus Thomas Benford is featured.
Galveston County Daily News
http://dateline.rice/april-26-benford

Crema of the crop
An article mentions that Houston Oilers games and college football’s now-defunct Bluebonnet Bowl were held at Rice Stadium.
Coast Monthly (A portion of this article appeared in News Break.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-cm

Hispano de 17 años es aceptado en 19 de las universidades más prestigiosas de Estados Unidos
Rice is mentioned.
Univision Dallas (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-uni

BROADCAST
Making solar panel installation easier and more affordable (April 26, 2021)
Norie Guthrie, archivist and special collections librarian at the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library, is interviewed about “The Red Book of Houston,” which depicted what life was like for African Americans in Houston 50 years after emancipation.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-guthrie

‘CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Scuitto’
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is interviewed about the accomplishments of the Biden Administration’s first 100 days in office.
CNN
http://dateline.rice/april-26-brinkley

‘KPRC Local 2 News Houston Newsmakers’
A broadcast mentions that Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, will be featured in the May 2 broadcast of “Houston Newsmakers.”
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-djerejian

Coast to Coast AM
A broadcast mentions Rice.
KOGO-AM (San Diego)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-kogo (This segment also aired on more than 500 affiliate stations across the U.S. and Canada.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Silver ions hurry up, then wait as they disperse: Rice chemists show ions’ staged release from gold-silver nanoparticles could be useful property
An article features collaborative Rice research that could help industry fine-tune nanoparticle alloys for specific uses. Co-authors Christy Landes, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry and electrical and computer engineering; Stephan Link, professor of chemistry and computer and electrical engineering and associate chair for graduate studies; and graduate student Alexander Al-Zubeidi are quoted or mentioned.
Nanotechnology Now (Similar articles appeared in India Education Diary and NewsCaf.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-landes-link

Rice Univ. researchers claim 15x AI model training speed-up using CPUs
Rice computer scientists have demonstrated artificial intelligence software that runs on commodity processors and trains deep neural networks 15 times faster than platforms based on graphics processors. Quoted are Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, graduate student Shabnam Daghaghi and undergraduate Nicholas Meisburger.
Inside HPC
http://dateline.rice/april-26-shrivastava

What it really costs to attend America’s top 50 colleges
Rice is mentioned.
Yahoo! Finance
http://dateline.rice/april-26-yf

Oracle (ORCL) unveils cloud lift services: Major takeaways
Rice is mentioned.
Yahoo! Finance (This article originally appeared in Zacks Equity Research.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-yf

U.Va. names new engineering school dean
Former Rice biochemistry professor Jennifer West is featured.
Virginia Business (This and similar articles also appeared in The Daily Progress, UVA Today, Augusta Free Press and Citybizlist.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-vb

Biennale di Architettura 2021: How will we live together?
Rice Architecture is mentioned.
Design Diffusion (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-dd

Largest solar farm at an Australian university
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
Daily Solar Power News (This article also appeared in IdTech Ex and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-kennedy

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Biden vows to raise refugee cap after backlash but leaves the number uncertain
Tweets by Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program, are cited.
Truthout
http://dateline.rice/april-26-norman

Weather experts urge SE Texans to stay ready for unpredictable storms
An article mentions that Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and an emeritus professor of sociology, participated in a town hall discussion April 22 about extreme weather in Houston.
News Break (This article originally appeared in ABC13.com and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-klineberg

PUC/ERCOT: A classic Hayekian planning failure
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Before It’s News (This article originally appeared in Master Resource.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-krane

Mozart the Magnificent: Allentown Symphony performs for first time in more than one year
Omri Barak, a graduate student at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Times News Online (This article also appeared in the Bethlehem Press.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-barak

Callisto Quartet selected as fellowship quartet-in-residence at the School of Music
Callisto Quartet, a graduate string quartet-in-residence at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is featured. Mentioned are violinists Paul Aguilar and Rachel Stenzel, violist Eva Kennedy and cellist Hannah Moses.
Yale Daily News
http://dateline.rice/april-26-yaledaily

George Floyd: An ordinary man becomes a global symbol
Anthony Pinn, founding director of Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies and the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, is quoted.
World News Era (This article originally appeared in Financial Times and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-pinn

Scientists successfully create embryo from both human and monkey cells
Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Life Site
http://dateline.rice/april-26-matthews

Evolutionary biologist declares Martian colonists will mutate really quickly
Scott Solomon, associate teaching professor in biosciences at Rice, is quoted.
Uncommon Descent
http://dateline.rice/april-26-solomon

Weekend link dump for April 25
An article mentions the late Chandler Davidson, a leading voting rights scholar and co-founder of Rice’s sociology department, who died April 10 at 84.
Off the Kuff
http://dateline.rice/april-26-davidson

Fort Payne DAR honors area students
An article mentions that Brianna Bukowski plans to attend Rice.
Daily Herald
http://dateline.rice/april-26-dh

No one wants to pay $200 for a textbook
An article features OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources. Daniel Williamson, managing director of OpenStax, is quoted.
beSpacific (This article originally appeared in EdScoop.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-williamson

My heroes have always been cowboys
The late Larry McMurtry, alumnus and former Rice lecturer, is featured.
Absolutely Katy
http://dateline.rice/april-26-mcmurtry

Zachary and Joanna Dreyfuss — 20 Under 40
An article mentions that alumnus Zachary Dreyfuss is a former Sammy the Owl.
People Newspapers
http://dateline.rice/april-26-dreyfuss-sammy

Peninsula College’s annual Native American Culture Fair set for April 29
Alumnus Fred Campbell is featured.
Sequim Gazette (A similar article also appeared in Peninsula Daily News.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-sg

Allegiance Bancshares Inc. announces new director, declaration of dividend and share repurchase authorization
Alumnus Raimundo Riojas is featured.
BollyInside.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-rojas

IIT Bombay offers free online course on PHP and MySQL on SWAYAM platform
An article features alumnus Kannan Moudgalya.
Dataquest
http://dateline.rice/april-26-moudgalya

Survey: Where are the high-priority infrastructure projects in America?
A survey by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is featured.
Route Fifty
http://dateline.rice/april-26-r50

Aula inaugural PPGPSDH/UCPel tratará sobre o direito do acesso à água | Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Andrea Ballestero, associate professor of anthropology, will participate in an event hosted by Brazil’s Universidade Católica de Pelotas April 27.
Universidade Católica de Pelotas (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-ballestero

SPORTS
Rice names Lindsay Edmonds as women’s basketball head coach
Rice has hired Lindsay Edmonds, former North Carolina State University women’s basketball associate head coach, to be the Owls’ new head coach. Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard is quoted. President David Leebron and Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator Stacy Mosely are mentioned.
Click2Houston.com (A portion of this article appeared in News Break.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-edmonds-karlgaard-leebron-mosely
Lindsay Edmonds named Rice head coach
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-edmonds
Rice tabs Edmonds as women’s coach
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Sports section in the April 24 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-karlgaardedmonds
‘Sports Sunday’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-edmonds

‘Fox 26 Morning News Weekends’
Taurian Houston, director of compliance at Rice Athletics, is interviewed about the possibility of allowing college athletes to earn income.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-houston (This segment also aired twice and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)

Keselowski rides last-lap pass to Talladega victory
A roundup mentions that the Rice baseball team was defeated by the University of Texas at San Antonio 12-4 April 25. It was the final game of a four-game series in which each team won twice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This roundup appeared in the Sports section in the April 26 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-hc

USM drops baseball series finale to Western Kentucky, 9-4
An article mentions that the Rice baseball team will host the University of Southern Mississippi April 30-May 1.
WDAM.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-wdam

Nevada track and field competes in two meets
An article mentions Rice’s J. Fred Duckett Twilight track and field invitational.
Nevada Sports Net (This article originally appeared in NevadaWolfPack.com, and a portion appeared in News Break.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-nsn

Burbank brothers to reunite on Rice baseball team
An article features Rice baseball player William Burbank and his brother, Thomas Burbank, who has committed to join the Owls.
Beaumont Enterprise
http://dateline.rice/april-26-be

Irish record for Olympic qualifier Daniel Wiffen on final day of racing
An article mentions that Amelia Kane has committed to swim at Rice.
SwimSwam
http://dateline.rice/april-26-swimswam

Season recap: FIU women’s basketball concludes historic season
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team defeated Florida International University in the quarterfinals of this year’s Conference USA Tournament.
PantherNow.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-pn

Column: Wednesday was a perfect day
Former Rice baseball player Philip Humber, who pitched a complete game as Rice beat Stanford University to win the College World Series in 2003, is featured.
Tyler Morning Telegraph
http://dateline.rice/april-26-humber
Best Preps speaker, ex-major leaguer Humber reflects on perfect game, career
The Panola Watchman (This article also appeared in the Longview News Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-humber

Moore set to join Pioneers for upcoming 2021-22 season
Former Rice men’s basketball player Payton Moore is featured.
DenverPioneers.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-dp

Langley fills out her coaching staff, adding three assistants
Former Rice women’s basketball head coach Tina Langley and assistant coach Latara King are featured.
GoHuskies.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-gh

Texans and 2021 draft: Best picks at No. 158
Former Rice football player Luke Willson is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/april-26-willson

Longhorns add linebacker transfer Devin Richardson
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-anderson

Tulane athletics announces staff promotions
An article mentions that Jana Woodson previously worked for Rice Athletics.
TulaneGreenWave.com
http://dateline.rice/april-26-tgw

NEWS RELEASES
Rice webinar showcases big data’s rise in sports and gambling
The 9th Eubank Conference on Real World Markets at Rice University is taking a close look at how computational tools and big data are impacting sports and changing fan experiences through gambling. The April 26 webinar on sports analytics and gaming risk management is free and open to the public.
http://dateline.rice/april-26-news-release-eubank-conference

AI’s future and impact on US competitiveness, national security subject of webinar
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, ex-Lockheed Martin CEO and chairman Norman Augustine and Alphabet Inc. board chairman John Hennessy will discuss the role of artificial intelligence and other technologies play in the United States’ prosperity during a free webinar April 29.
http://dateline.rice/april-26-news-release-baker-talk

Rice to release 40th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
Houstonians’ views on the pandemic, the economy, racial justice and the city’s demographic transformation will be revealed in the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which will be released at an online event on May 11. The event spotlighting the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey results is free to everyone who wants to participate and it will follow the same format as in previous years.
http://dateline.rice/april-26-news-release-kinder-survey

Brain drain could give patients peace of mind
Rice’s “Brain Drain” team designed a negative-pressure pump system that pulls fluid away from the brains of patients with hydrocephalus or idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The team based at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen will demonstrate its work April 29 during this year’s Engineering Design Showcase, an annual event with cash prizes for winners in a variety of categories.
http://dateline.rice/april-26-news-release-brain-drain

About Stefan De La Garza

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