Why US oil companies aren’t riding to Europe’s rescue Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the April 27 print edition, and it also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.) https://nyti.ms/3kfQzfB

Americká ropa Evropě nepomůže. Těžaři se bojí poklesu její ceny Echo24 (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in The World News.) https://bit.ly/36WTA1i

Coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels, is in high demand Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. Marketplace https://bit.ly/3EVRKtV WNYC-FM (New York) https://bit.ly/3LnUB1j (This broadcast aired on more than 475 National Public Radio affiliate stations across the U.S.)

Watch the Venus-Jupiter conjunction at the end of April Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted. CNN (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) https://cnn.it/3xXKWe2

Coal to power China’s energy transition Shih Yu “Elsie” Hung, research manager at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, authored an article that features the institute’s China Energy Map. Forbes https://bit.ly/3vIknqm

Warsaw and Budapest split over Russian energy ties Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. Deutsche Welle (This article also appeared in Times of Oman.) https://bit.ly/3EVInKL

Florida adds another publisher to elementary math textbook list, pulling it from reject list An article mentions that Accelerate Learning's STEMscopes Florida Math book was created in partnership with Rice. Tallahassee Democrat (This article also appeared in the Florida Times-Union, Daily Commercial and News Chief.) https://bit.ly/3kiNqLU

Presenta Samuel proyectos de movilidad a gobierno de Texas An April 26 Baker Institute for Public Policy conversation with Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García Sepúlveda is mentioned. El Horizonte (An English translation is not available.) https://bit.ly/3LuhVKY

Neighbors fear 'forever chemical' business will ruin rural area in Williamson County Michael Wong, the Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology, a professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a professor of chemistry, materials science and nanoengineering and of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted. Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in News Break.) https://bit.ly/3EROXlr

Add Lyoya’s name to already too-long list Tony Brown, professor and associate chair in the Department of Sociology and director of the Racism and Racial Experiences Workgroup, authored an op-ed. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This op-ed was included in the April 27 print edition.) https://bit.ly/3MwN4xl

New research by Rice University’s Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute shows Texas could lead the energy expansion An article highlights research co-authored by John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Jorge Barro, fellow in public finance at the institute. Gilmer Mirror https://bit.ly/39pJ0kl

Houston’s emerging innovation district gets global recognition from prestigious program President David Leebron is quoted in an article on the Ion, a tech hub in Houston's historic Midtown Sears building redeveloped by Rice. InnovationMap Houston (This article also appeared in Tip Sale Tips.) https://bit.ly/3Lm2Z1m

Rice University’s new opera house up to the task An article features the debut performances of Rice's Brockman Hall for Opera. Mozart's "Don Giovanni" was performed under the stage direction of visiting artist Vera Calábria by Shepherd School graduate students Dylan Gregg, Rachel Shaughnessy, Hayden Smith, Jessica Crowell, Madeleine Lyon, Keaton Brown and Mario Manzo. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was included in the April 27 print edition of the Chronicle’s Examiner and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.) https://bit.ly/3Mxqg0m

Doctors weigh in on how debt woes affect patient health A recent Baker Institute for Public Policy event on medical debt is featured. Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article was included in the April 27 print edition of the Chronicle’s Examiner and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.) https://bit.ly/3OJchqg

BIS Houston takes to the road Rice is mentioned. The Buzz Magazines https://bit.ly/37LHcS4

EHS students find STEM career inspiration at Engineering Design Showcase Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering's annual Engineering Design Showcase is featured. Student Gloria Ni is quoted. Village News https://bit.ly/3MEyfZL

Recognizing women in sports: Texas State’s first female football director of operations An article mentions that Kelly Keresztury formerly worked at Rice. Corridor News https://bit.ly/3Lmcs8X

Turning a landfill in Sunnyside into a solar farm, and what motivates Gov. Abbott Pedro Alvarez, director of Rice's Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment and the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, discusses microplastics on “Houston Matters.” Houston Public Media https://bit.ly/3vPfgVk

KRLD-AM (Dallas) Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted in a broadcast on a whistleblower lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. https://bit.ly/36S7XE1 (This broadcast aired five times on KRLD-AM and once on KLBJ-AM in Austin, Texas.)

‘Real Green’ Engineering students from Rice who traveled to Nicaragua to provide electricity to a village church via solar power are featured. WCBS-TV (New York) https://bit.ly/3KjTkXO

Crypto clarification: New proposals for gov’t regulation Joyce Beebe, a fellow in public finance at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. Accounting Today https://bit.ly/3xSOxKh

Survey: Chinese public opinion of US crashes Songying Fang, associate professor of political science, is quoted. Scienmag (Similar articles appeared in Mirage News Australia, World News Network, Community and 24HTech.) https://bit.ly/3xXBhE5

AIxIA, seminari gratuiti sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: come seguirli? Moshe Vardi, University Professor and Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering and a professor of computer science, is mentioned. Tom’s Hardware Italy (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Android Gadget.) https://bit.ly/3Ls8gnZ

Realizzato il primo chip di elettronica molecolare James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, AI4Business (An English translation is not available.) https://bit.ly/3kisZP6

William Haupt III: If all government is local, so are elections Melissa Marschall, professor of political science, is quoted. Alabama Today (This op-ed originally appeared in The Center Square and was included in a previous edition of Dateline.) https://bit.ly/3MxPN9Q

‘In Conversation: Esther Adler and Anthony Pinn on the Spiritual Landscapes of Joseph E. Yoakum’ Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and founding director of Rice's Center for African and African American Studies, will participate in an April 27 event at Houston’s Menil Drawing Institute. HappeningNext https://bit.ly/3ESrmRK

ERC-Grant für Silke Bühler-Paschen Former visiting professor Silke Bühler-Paschen is featured. TU Wien News (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Austria Presse Agentur and IDW Online) https://bit.ly/3xXlwNC

The Black (student) body Rice is mentioned. The Claremont Institute’s The American Mind https://bit.ly/3KlKDvS

Fibra ottica di TIM, cavi sottomarini utilizzati per monitorare i terremoti Rice research on using underwater fiber-optic cables to detect earthquakes in real time is featured. HD Blog (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in SannioPortale.) https://bit.ly/3ETkiEj

Aluno de São José dos Campos passa em mais de 10 universidades ao redor do mundo; entre elas, Yale Rice is mentioned. OVALE (An English translation is not available.) https://bit.ly/3KnBa7r

‘KPRC Channel 2 News Today 4:30 a.m.’ Rice track and field athletes Grace Forbes, Maddie Forbes, Maggie Forbes and Taigen Hunter-Galvan and coach Jim Bevan are featured ahead of the Owls’ 4x800-meter relay competing in the Penn Relays. Grace Forbes is also competing in the 10,000 meters. KPRC-TV (Houston) https://bit.ly/3vhim5w

Ta’Quan Roberson football skills camp An article mentions that Rice football player Chris Conti will be a counselor at an upcoming football camp. West Orange Patch (New Jersey; this article also appeared in New Jersey Patch editions in Newark, Montclair, South Orange and Livingston.) https://bit.ly/3LrsD4I

Roadrunners tune up three weeks out from conference Rice’s J. Fred Duckett Invitational track and field meet is featured. The Paisano https://bit.ly/38tb9pP

Six-man rotation kicks in as Astros, Cristian Javier face Rangers Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is featured. News Break (This article originally appeared in Sportsnaut.) https://bit.ly/3vQQuo1

Experts to discuss trends in trade at May 4 Baker Institute event A panel of experts will explore recent trends in international trade and provide policy recommendations for strengthening the global system during a May 4 event hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. https://bit.ly/3OD0No6

English learners more successful when they stick with one program, especially if it supports their home language A new research brief from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has found that English learners have the most success when they stick with a single program — regardless of program type — and skills from their home language are incorporated in their education. https://bit.ly/3rUYrHD

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