Dateline Rice for May 18, 2021

Stefan De La Garza
– May 18, 2021Posted in: Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Engineers and economists prize efficiency, but nature favors resilience — lessons from Texas, COVID-19 and the 737 Max
Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science, authored an article.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-vardi

Bio-inspired scaffolds could aid injured skeletal muscle
An article features Rice research into the regeneration of injured skeletal muscle. Co-authors Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and graduate student Mollie Smoak are quoted.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/may-18-mikos-smoak

Asian American Archive tells Vietnamese refugee stories at Rice University
An article features Rice’s Houston Asian American Archive and quotes alumna Anne Chao, manager of the archive and adjunct lecturer in Rice’s Department of Humanities.
MSN (This ABC 13 Online article appeared in yesterday’s Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-chao

How banking virtual assistants can improve your banking experience
Alumnus Ben Gran co-authored an article.
Forbes
http://dateline.rice/may-18-gran

‘Necessity has made us allies’: The day JFK came to Ottawa
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962.
MSN (This National Post article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-kennedy

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Renewable energy jobs are booming in Texas
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-medlock

VERIFY: No, the pipeline crisis was not an attack on red states
WUSA Online (This segment also aired 20 times on stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-medlock

Voter restriction bills could cost Texas and Tarrant County billions, report says
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 two articles about Texas politics, and he is interviewed by WOAI about the possibility of Matthew McConaughey running for governor. A broadcast by Houston Public Media mentions that Jones will join the May 19 “Houston Matters” show to discuss the week’s political news.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (This article also appeared on the front page of the May 18 print edition, and it appeared online in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-jones
Texas tribal electronic bingo bill could be halted in US Senate
Casino.org
http://dateline.rice/may-18-jones
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-jones (This segment aired six times.)
Which Texas teachers stand to get a big raise (May 18, 2021)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-jones

Texas records zero COVID-19 deaths for first day in over a year
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 Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-ho

This week in space: Sounds of Mars, private astronauts in space
Graduate student Asa Stahl authored an article.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-stahl

BROADCAST
Houston’s Midtown innovation district is taking shape, despite controversy
An article features Rice’s redevelopment of Houston’s historic Midtown Sears building into the Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district slated to open later this year. Jan Odegard, senior director of industry and academic partnerships at the Ion, and Ed Egan, the former director of the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (now the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth) at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, are interviewed. The Rice Management Co. is mentioned.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-the-ion

What color are we today?
Alumnus Ed Emmett ’71, fellow in energy and transportation policy at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about the Baker Institute’s Houston Global Freight Summit May 18-19.
KTRH on Spreaker (This segment also aired on KTRH-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-emmett
Some people just don’t want to be set free!
KPRC Online (This segment also aired on KPRC-AM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-emmett

‘Eyewitness News at 7’
A broadcast mentions that a Rice study found counties along the Texas border lost $8 billion in retail and hospitality sales from March 2020 to May 2021.
KGPE-TV (Fresno, California)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-rice-border-study (This segment aired four times.)

‘Fox 4 News’
Alumna Drew Dixon is featured.
KDFW-TV (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-dixon

RTE Radio 1 (Ireland)
Rice is mentioned.
http://dateline.rice/may-18-rte

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Why does a Hermes Birkin handbag cost $40,000?
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an article.
Psychology Today
http://dateline.rice/may-18-dholakia

Lost sleep after death of a spouse can damage health of survivor
An article features Rice research into how the sleep loss of a widowed spouse can have a negative long-term impact on health. Co-authors Christopher Fagundes, associate professor of psychology, and graduate student Lydia Wu are quoted.
Medical Xpress
http://dateline.rice/may-18-fagundes-wu

Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn’s disease flareups
An article features collaborative Rice research that has engineered a bacterium with the necessary capabilities for diagnosing a human disease. Co-authors Jeffrey Tabor, associate professor of bioengineering and of biosciences, and graduate student Kathryn Brink are quoted.
Newswise 
http://dateline.rice/may-18-tabor-brink

Biden’s tax increases would cost American jobs — they are aimed squarely at small business: Rep. Buchanan
An article cites collaborative Rice research into the possible effects of increasing the corporate tax rate to 28%. Co-authors 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, and George Zodrow, the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair of Economics and a faculty scholar at the Baker Institute, are quoted in Manufacturing.net.
Fox Business
http://dateline.rice/may-18-fb
NAM: 25% corporate tax rate would result in major job losses
Manufacturing.net
http://dateline.rice/may-18-diamond-zodrow

AAAS elects new members
Alumna Sharon Dent is featured.
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Today
http://dateline.rice/may-18-dent

The slow climb back
Rice is mentioned.
The Business Journals 
http://dateline.rice/may-18-bj

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Two Koreans among winners of the Met Opera competition
An article features alumnus Duke Kim, who is one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.
The Korea Herald
http://dateline.rice/may-18-kim

BGA celebrates 132nd graduating class
An article featuring Paige Elise LaRock, valedictorian of Battle Ground Academy, mentions that she plans to attend Rice next semester.
Williamson Herald
http://dateline.rice/may-18-wh

LyondellBasell names site manager for Edison plant
Alumnus Armando Lara is featured.
CentralJersey.com
http://dateline.rice/may-18-lara

Tulsan who founded advisory firm to be inducted into OSU Spears School of Business Hall of Fame
An article featuring Haley Keith mentions that she won the Courageous Women in Entrepreneurship Award at the Rice Business Plan Competition in 2017.
Tulsa World (This article also appeared on the front of the Work & Money section in the May 15 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-rubpc

Gatton graduates offered millions of dollars in college scholarships
Rice is mentioned.
Western Kentucky University
http://dateline.rice/may-18-wku

SPORTS
No. 2 baseball preview: Rice
An article previews the baseball game between Rice and the University of Texas at Austin May 18.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-18-ts
Texas baseball climbs to No. 2 just behind Arkansas in D1 Baseball rankings
KXAN Online
http://dateline.rice/may-18-kxan
KTXX-AM (Austin)
http://dateline.rice/may-18-ktxx (This segment aired twice.)

Ranking every football coach in the AAC from 1-11 heading into the 2021 season
An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play the University of Houston next season.
CBS Sports
http://dateline.rice/may-18-cbs

No. 2 Texas women’s tennis preview: No. 7 Florida State (NCAA quarterfinals)
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s tennis team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin earlier this season.
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-18-ts

Arkansas football lands prime-time slot on ESPN
A pair of articles mention that Rice’s football team is slated to play the University of Arkansas Sept. 4 and the University of Texas at Austin Sept. 18.
Rivals
http://dateline.rice/may-18-rivals
Football schedule updated for Arkansas, Oklahoma games
TexasSports.com
http://dateline.rice/may-18-ts

NEWS RELEASE
Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice Architecture
Igor Marjanović will become the William Ward Watkin Dean of Rice Architecture on July 1. Marjanović comes to Rice from Washington University in St. Louis, where he is the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor and chair of undergraduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
http://dateline.rice/may-18-news-release-marjanovic

About Stefan De La Garza

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