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, call 713-348-6774.

New York Times
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology, was quoted about the fraud and conspiracy trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and associate director of the Rice Energy Program, commented on the difference in Houston today and during the 1970s, when “everyone felt they could get rich.”

An article about lawn mower accidents and prevention mentioned a study performed by Rice senior Vanessa Costilla and David Bishai of Johns Hopkins University.

Denise Chen, assistant professor of psychology, was quoted in an article that featured research she conducted, which showed that chemical warning signals produced by fear improve cognitive performance.

USA Today
An article about efforts to construct the next major super collider in the U.S. quoted Neal Lane, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, senior research fellow for science and technology at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and professor of physics and astronomy.

An article mentioned James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and in computer science, and his recent accomplishment of creating a motorized nanocar.