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.

Financial Times
Amy Jaffe, senior energy adviser at the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy, commented on the importance
of considering both economic and national security when
creating energy policy.

USA Today
Edward Djerejian, director of the Baker Institute, commented
on the March meeting between Syria and Israel in Geneva.

New York Times
An article discussed the buckyball research of Robert Curl,
the Harry C. and Olga Keith Wiess Professor of Natural Sciences,
and Richard Smalley, the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor
of Chemistry and professor of physics. Smalley was quoted
on potential uses of buckyballs.

Los Angeles Times
Jaffe commented on the changing energy industry.

Washington Post
Neal Lane, professor of physics and astronomy, commented
on security issues at national laboratories.

Astronomy
Patricia Reiff, professor of physics and astronomy, commented
on a study of the Earth’s magnetosphere.

Currents
Terry Shepard, vice president for public affairs, commented
on how to work with media and campus attorneys in the face
of a lawsuit.

Succeed Magazine
Rachel Seff, assistant director of admissions for the Jesse
H. Jones Graduate School of Management, was featured in
an article.

Boston Herald
Robert Dipboye, professor of psychology and management,
commented on the reasons people are dishonest.

Baltimore Sun
Linda McNeil, professor of education and co-director of
the Center for Education, commented on the Texas Assessment
of Academic Skills test.
Jaffe commented on U.S. oil reserves.

Dallas Morning News
A news brief mentioned Michael Carroll, the Burton J. and
Ann M. McMurtry Professor of Engineering in Computational
and Applied Mathematics, and his play, “I Hear the
Rolling Thunder.”

Houston Chronicle
An article featured the site-specific dance performance
to celebrate the opening of the new humanities building
at Rice. The article mentioned former Dean of Humanities
Judith Brown and quoted the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of
History and Interim Dean of Humanities Gale Stokes on the
new building.
Bob Stein, dean of social sciences, commented on the results
of a poll of potential voters in “battleground states.”
Djerejian commented on the Middle East peace process.
An article about Rice’s Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer training appeared. Siva Kumari, director of the
Technology Education Center, was quoted on students of the
MCSE program.
Richard Stoll, professor of political science, was mentioned
as giving an address to commemorate the 55th anniversary
of United Nations Day.

CNN
Djerejian discussed the military escalations in the Middle
East.

KRIV
Djerejian discussed the attack on the USS Cole.
Noah Reiter, Rice EMS coordinator, was interviewed about
the Rice EMS program.

KPRC
Djerejian discussed the United States’ role in peacemaking
in the Middle East.

KTRH News Radio 740
Djerejian was interviewed about the unrest in the Middle
East.
Bernie Mathes, project director of the Center for Education,
commented on a policy proposed by the Santa Fe Independent
School District to ban books.

KUHF
McNeil commented on the use of standardized tests in schools.