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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.
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U.S. News
& World Report
Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
was listed as one of the nation’s top business schools.
Rice also was included among the top engineering schools.
Wall Street
Journal
Amy Jaffe, senior energy adviser at the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy, commented on the character
of Peter Bijur, former chairman and chief executive of Texaco.
USA Today
Robert Stein, dean of social sciences, commented that by
2010 or 2020 the majority of the United States’ population
will be non-Anglo.
Time
An article about how colleges pursue top students mentioned
that Rice offered an applicant a $10,000-a-year scholarship.
The New York
Times
Commenting on Enron’s move into broadband, Jaffe said
that it was a smart move because the demand for it will
come.
The Christian
Science Monitor
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology, commented on
the movement of whites back into downtowns in the Southwest.
Hispanic
Outlook in Higher Education
Commenting
on former Houston Independent School District Superintendent
Rod Paige, Richard Tapia, the Noah Harding Professor of
Computational and Applied Mathematics, said anyone who runs
the educational system of Houston will have a good understanding
of Hispanics and blacks.
Texas Monthly
An article mentioned that President Malcolm Gillis was among
a group of business and educational leaders in Houston who
in 1998 began talking about how to get the city jump-started
as a high-tech center.
Houston Chronicle
Klineberg discussed a survey he conducted of local opinions,
attitudes and demographic trends. He commented that many
immigrants are locked into poverty because of lack of education
and that providing adequate education to the children of
those immigrants could change that.
An article reported the findings of a task force organized
by the Baker Institute. Commenting on the energy status
of the United States, Jaffe said that taking the we-can-drill-our-way-out
approach won’t work.
Commenting on America’s apology to China in the aftermath
of the collision of an American and a Chinese military plane,
Steve Lewis, director of the Transnational China Project
at the Baker Institute, said the apology was sensible. He
also commented on what apologies mean in Chinese culture.
The Dallas
Morning News
In an article about recent solar activity, Patricia Reiff,
professor of physics and astronomy, noted that more drama
may be on the way and that the sun signals that it has reached
truly maximum activity when it reverses its magnetic field.
Gillis was mentioned as being among several university leaders
who met with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to discuss ways to
increase the number of federal grants awarded to Texas researchers.
National
Public Radio
In an interview, Edward Djerejian, director of the Baker
Institute, said that Egypt is an important player in the
Mideast and Arab world and that the United States enjoys
a good relationship with Egypt, one that is vital to the
U.S. relationship with the Arab world.
KUHF-FM
Steve Currall, director of the Rice Alliance for Technology
and Entrepreneurship, commented on the Houston Planning
Forum and on plans for Rice to become a close working partner
with business.
KHOU-TV
Commenting on Houston’s air quality, Matt Fraser, assistant
professor in environmental science and engineering, said
Houston won’t be in attainment for the fine particle
standard.
KTRH-AM 740
Lewis commented on the collision of a U.S. reconnaissance
plane with a Chinese military aircraft.
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