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 television or radio. 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.

The New York
Times
An article discussed progress that is being made in the
field of molecular electronics despite the fact that the
work of Bell Labs’ J. Hendrik Schöen has been
shown to be fraudulent. James Tour, Chao Professor of Chemistry
and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science
and of computer science, commented on the difficulty of
making the molecular circuits perform the logic operations
of computer chips. Tour’s novel architecture for the
switches was described.

An article discussed
some possible misdeeds by former Enron chief accounting
officer Richard Causey. Bala Dharan, the J. Howard Creekmore
Professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School
of Management, commented, “He was doing stuff a CFO
would typically be doing. Usually, the chief accounting
officer simply implements things, puts the numbers in place.
He was helping them do the deals.”