In The News

In The News

Each month Rice News will publish
a sampling of faculty, staff and administrators who have
been quoted in newspaper or magazine articles or have been
interviewed on television or radio. 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.

Kaplan/Newsweek, 2001 Edition
Rice was identified as one of nine “hot” schools.
Ann Wright, vice president for enrollment, commented on
Rice.
An article about the competitive application processes at
colleges and universities mentioned Rice’s applications
form. Wright commented on the importance of entrance essays.

Newsday–World Wide Web Edition
An article quoted Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology,
on Texas environmental regulation and on Houston’s
image.

Discover
An article mentioned an NSF-supported team at Rice working
with nanotubes.

USA Today–World Wide Web Edition
William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of
Religion and Public Policy, commented on conservatives and
their political expectations.

Education Week
Linda McNeil, professor of education and co-director of
the Center for Education, commented on the Texas Assessment
of Academic Skills.
An article mentioned the findings of McNeil on state reading
tests.

New York Times
Jim Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry, was quoted on
laboratory experiments using DNA.
An article mentioned Gustavo Grullon, assistant professor
of management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management,
regarding share repurchases.

New York Times on the Web
Tour was quoted on laboratory experiments using DNA.

Christian Science Monitor
Earl Black, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Political
Science, was quoted on disclosure in politics.

Washington Post–World Wide Web Edition
Bob Stein, dean of social sciences, commented on the death
penalty as an issue in the presidential campaign.

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
A letter about the Hopwood decision, written by Terry Shepard,
vice president for public affairs, was published.

Physics Today
An article mentioned Randall Hulet, the Fayez Sarofirm Professor
of Physics and Astronomy, and his group at Rice and their
observations of the collapse of a condensate of attractive
atoms.

Science News
An article discussed wasp research conducted by Rice scientists.
Joan Strassmann, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology,
commented on potential conflict in a wasp’s nest.

IEEE Micro
Steven Wallach, the visiting Friedkin Professor of Management
(with a joint appointment in the Jones School and the George
R. Brown School of Engineering), was interviewed on what
to expect of microprocessors in the future.

Dallas Morning News
Black commented on the Reform Party.
An article mentioned “I Hear the Rolling Thunder,” written by Michael Carroll, the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry
Professor of Engineering.

Houston Chronicle
An article featured Tour and his work in nanotechnology.
The article also mentioned 1996 Nobel Prize winners Richard
Smalley, the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry
and professor of physics, and Robert Curl, the Harry C.
and Olga Keith Wiess Professor of Natural Sciences.
An article profiled alumnus Kareem Streete-Thompson and
mentioned Rice assistant track coach Wen Yang.
Black was quoted on political parties featuring black Americans
in their campaigns.
An article mentioned Rice teaming up with NASA through the
National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
An article quoted Lisa Klein, assistant professor of management
at the Jones School, on the demand for sales training.
A letter written by Kay Henry, director of the M.B.A. for
Executives Program at the Jones School, was published. It
was about a profile of Cheryl Thompson Draper that the Houston
Chronicle printed.

Houston Business Journal
An article featured the Rice Alliance (a collaborative effort
among the Jones School, the George R. Brown School of Engineering
and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences) and quoted founder
and director of the Alliance Steve Currall. Tour was mentioned
as having spoken at one of the Alliances’ Innovation
Concept forums. Tour’s research was also discussed.
A story quoted an article written by Klineberg.

San Francisco Chronicle–World Wide
Web Edition
An article mentioned Smalley and Curl as members of the
group that discovered fullerenes.

Boston Globe
Black commented on the potential impact of Joe Lieberman’s
candidacy in the South.
An article related the experience at Rice of a team from
Posse, which benefits underprivileged youth. Julie Browning,
dean of undergraduate enrollment, commented on the team’s
experience at Rice.

Jewish Herald Voice
Stein was interviewed on his views of what issues are moving
voters in the presidential campaign and how the nomination
of Joe Lieberman as Democratic vice presidential candidate
may affect voter behavior.

C-SPAN
The role of the White House chief of staff was featured
and included comments by Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

KHOU
A construction accident on the Rice campus was mentioned.
Houston EMS credited Rice University Student EMS as playing
a major role in the rescue. Noah Reiter, Rice EMS co-founder,
Christine Borgstrom, student EMT, and Anna Miller, student
EMT, commented on Rice EMS.

KPRC
Neighborhood weather reports were broadcast from Baker College
at Rice.

Texas Cable News Network
A study on diversity by Klineberg was mentioned.

National Public Radio
Amy Jaffe of the Baker Institute commented on gas and oil
prices and production.

KTRH News Radio 740
Stein commented on presidential candidate Al Gore’s
nomination-acceptance speech.