In the News

In the News

RICE NEWS
December 9, 1999

Each month Rice News will publish a sampling of faculty, staff and administrators who have been quoted in newspaper or magazine articles. Since the information is compiled from clippings provided by a national service, there might be a delay from the time someone is interviewed until the News mentions the item.

Houston Business Journal

A column about New Urbanism written by Stephen Fox, lecturer in the School of Architecture, appeared.

Houston Chronicle

Professor of Chemistry Jim Tour’s research to develop a molecular computer&emdash;expected to be 100 billion times faster than today’s personal computer&emdash;was the focus of an article, which also discussed the breakthroughs in nanotechnology led by Rice professors and Nobel Prize-winners Richard Smalley and Robert Curl.

An article about the impact Houston Mayor Lee Brown’s participation in the failed arena proposal will have on his political future quoted Robert Stein, dean of social sciences and the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science.

Janelle Dupont, assistant dean and director of communications of Continuing Studies, wrote an article about women’s rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Genevieve Demme, who earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Rice, was the subject of a profile.

Mary McIntire, dean of Rice’s School of Continuing Studies, was briefly profiled in an article on the 10 women named as Houston’s top professionals by Texas Executive Women.

Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center was featured in an article.

A story about Best Buddies mentioned Rice’s involvement in the program. The article also quoted Professor of Psychology David Schneider.

Hispanic Outlook

An article about the lack of minorities in math and science and the efforts to address the problem quoted Richard Tapia, the Noah Harding Professor of Computational and Applied Mathematics.

Investor’s Business Daily

An article about investing referenced a study of 5,000 random portfolios conducted by David Ikenberry, associate professor of management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management.

San Antonio Express-News

An article about Houston’s mayoral race quoted Robert Stein, dean of the School of Social Sciences and the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science.

The El Paso Times

An article profiled Rice alumnus Alfred J. Griffin Jr., who was honored with a Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award for his work in the computer chip industry.

The New York Times

An article about the development of molecular computers by some of the nation’s top research laboratories cited the work of Rice’s Professor of Chemistry Jim Tour, who, working with Yale researchers, created the crucial molecular switch. Tour was also quoted in the article.

An article on the Mississippi governor’s race quoted Earl Black, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Political Science.

USA Today

An article about Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s presidential campaign quoted Earl Black, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Political Science.