In The News

”In the News” features a sampling of faculty, staff and administrators who have been quoted in newspaper or magazine articles or have been interviewed on radio or television. To obtain a copy of the clipping packet from which the ”In the News” items are collected, contact the Office of News and Media Relations, 713-348-6774.

New York Times
Edward Djerejian, director of the James A. Baker III Institute
for Public Policy, commented on Robert Zoellick, a possible
appointee to the George W. Bush administration.
An article
featured the around-the-world-flight of Rice senior Chris
Wall.

Newsday
Stephen Tyler, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology
and Linguistics, commented in an article on migration theories.
Individual Investor
An article featured W. Bernard Pieper, Rice alumnus and
former member of Rice’s board of trustees.

Nature
An article mentioned that Neal Lane, White House science
and technology adviser and former Rice faculty member, is
returning to Rice.
An article mentioned Richard Smalley, the Gene and Norman
Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and professor of physics,
and the company he formed, Carbon Nanotechnologies.

Popular Mechanics
Lon Wilson, professor of chemistry, commented on potential
medical uses of buckyballs.

Electronic
Engineering Times
Sidney Burrus, dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering
and the Maxfield and Oshman Professor of Engineering, and
Tom Parks, former Rice faculty member, were mentioned in
an article about digital signal processing.

Chicago Tribune
David Ikenberry, associate professor of management at the
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, discussed
how corporate news events affect stock prices.

Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
An article featured a holiday show directed by Debra Dickinson,
artist teacher of opera studies.

Boston Globe
An article mentioned that Anthony Brandt, assistant professor
of composition, will write a new string quartet for the
Flux Quartet.

Houston Chronicle
Stephen Fox, lecturer at the School of Architecture, commented
on architectural losses in Houston’s Third Ward.
Robert Stein, dean of social sciences, commented on the
light-rail issue.
An article mentioned Roberto Diaz, former instructor at
the Shepherd School of Music.
A photo of an exhibit at the Baker Institute appeared.
A photo of road improvements being done on the Rice campus
appeared.
Rice alumnus John McKee commented on Houston’s St.
Paul’s United Methodist Church.
An article mentioned the house that ”belonged to Arthur
Cohn, William Marsh Rice’s accountant and an instrumental
player in the founding of what is now Rice University.”
An article featured Rice alumna Laura Llana.

Houston Business
Journal
An article mentioned Mary Cronin as being named Rice’s
associate vice president for human resources.
A list of landscape architecture firms mentioned Jones and
Brown colleges as being notable design projects of a firm
included on the list.
Rice was mentioned as a recipient of grants from two Houston-area
charitable foundations.

Houston Press
John Stroup, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Religious
Studies, commented on the temporary suspension of student
programming at KTRU.

WCMH-TV
James Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry, commented on
a new de-icing material.

KTRH News
Radio 740
A photo exhibit at the Baker Institute was featured. Terry
Sullivan, fellow at the Baker Institute, commented about
the exhibit.

KUHF
A photo exhibit at the Baker Institute was featured. Sullivan,
fellow at the Baker Institute, commented about the exhibit..