Dateline Rice for May 8, 2012

FEATURED ITEMS

Lights! Color! And music! New Turrell skyspace creates unique opportunities at Rice
Articles discuss artist James Turrell’s skyspace at Rice. Rice President David Leebron; trustee Suzanne Deal Booth ’77; Robert Yekovich, dean of the Shepherd School of Music and the Elma Schneider Professor of Music; Molly Hipp Hubbard, university art director; Kurt Stallmann, associate professor of composition and theory and director of the Rice Electro-Acoustic Music Labs; and alumnus Raymond Brochstein ’55 are quoted or mentioned in these articles. The article in Architecture Record was reprinted from the Houston Chronicle.
West University Examiner (This article also appeared in the River Oaks Examiner, the Memorial Examiner and the Bellaire Examiner.)
http://tinyurl.com/7cyc2pb
Sneak peek at James Turrell’s highly anticipated Rice University skyspace
Houston Press
http://tinyurl.com/7ele2gs
Skyspace by James Turrell with Thomas Phifer opens at Rice University campus
Architectural Record
http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=172248264

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

British Columbian cellist cleans up at 2012 Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition in Brandon
Brian Yoon, a graduate student in music, won the 35th annual Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition. His teacher, Desmond Hoebig, professor of cello, is mentioned.
CBC.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/music/2012/05/07/e-gre-results-2012/

Wireless power for tiny heart pump
A wireless device that sits a centimeter under the skin may one day give heart patients a life-saving charge. Wiess College senior Tyler Young is quoted. A Rice-produced video is featured.
Bangalore Mirror (India) (This article also appeared in the Pune Mirror.)
http://tinyurl.com/7g4gx9z

Foes of school’s nondiscrimination policy look to Harvard
Rice is mentioned in an article about a group opposing a nondiscrimination policy at Vanderbilt University.
USA Today
http://tinyurl.com/bvcty4e

HOUSTON/TEXAS

KHOU-TV
Rice University police are trying to track down two suspects who robbed a student at gunpoint Sunday night. Johnny Whitehead, chief of police and director of public safety for the Rice University Police Department, is quoted in the KHOU-TV, KPRC-TV and KHOU.com reports. Wiess College freshman Gabrielle Ramirez and Rice student Steven Zhou are quoted in the KHOU-TV report. A link to the KROI-FM broadcast is not available.
http://tinyurl.com/7bartlt
KPRC-TV
http://tinyurl.com/6okvv2k
Rice student robbed at gunpoint on campus
KHOU.com
http://tinyurl.com/7p6mkou
KTRK-TV
http://tinyurl.com/7aqjugq
Rice student robbed at gunpoint; two suspects sought
West University Examiner
http://tinyurl.com/6obvjml
Two suspects sought in armed robbery of Rice student
KTRK.com
http://tinyurl.com/7pnna68
Student robbed near university’s parking lot
Click2Houston.com
http://tinyurl.com/ckdawc3
Rice University student robbed in parking lot
MyFoxHouston.com
http://tinyurl.com/btatcvc
College student robbed
KTRH.com (This article also appeared on Sunny99.com.)
http://tinyurl.com/86oubcb
KROI-FM

Guest column: Republican candidates, side by side
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, authored this column about the Texas GOP Senate candidates. A separate San Antonio Express-News article discusses Jones’ column. Jones is also quoted in articles about Texas legislative races and Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential bid.
Texas Tribune
http://tinyurl.com/7ybafce
Wentworth and Jones voting records: ‘virtually indistinguishable’
San Antonio Express-News
http://tinyurl.com/7qmlc77
Texas House districts 83 and 88 offer the biggest ideological gaps of any legislative races
Amarillo Globe-News (This article also appeared in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.)
http://tinyurl.com/c9t28bv
Paul forges ahead with weekend victories
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/d4oswje

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Centaurus founder to focus on philanthropy
Rice is mentioned in an article about John Arnold’s decision to wind down his Centaurus hedge fund to concentrate on philanthropy full time.
FINAlternatives.com
https://www.finalternatives.com/node/20365

Using an in-memory data grid to scale cloud-based apps at Cloud Expo NY
Alumnus William Bain ’75 is mentioned in an article about the Cloud Expo New York.
Virtualization Journal (This article also appeared in the Cloud Computing Journal, SOA World, Apache and .NET Developer’s Journal.)
http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/2271454

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

The Art Car Parade, all grown up
An article about the Houston Art Car Parade discusses Rice’s entry in the parade. Jay Miller, a visiting professor in philosophy, is quoted. Alumnus Greg Marshall ’86, director of university relations; Richard Carter, adjunct professor of computational and applied mathematics; and Lovett College senior Claire Schaffer are mentioned.
Individual.com
http://tinyurl.com/8xme6d7

Educators, legislators meet to discuss Latino student success
At a forum on improving Latino student success, legislators, teachers and administrators from all levels of Nevada’s education system came together at the College of Southern Nevada’s Charleston Campus to both discuss the situation and explore ideas for improvement. Michael Cline, research scientist in sociology, is quoted.
Individual.com
http://tinyurl.com/88fvb3q

Energy industry thin-skinned to criticism
Rice is mentioned in an article about the Offshore Technology Conference.
Individual.com
http://tinyurl.com/6wcfh7d

SPORTS

Rice shuffling future football schedules
Rice has postponed its home-and-home series with Wake Forest University to a later date. Rick Greenspan, director of athletics, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/bpc3pxq

Cruz Jr. joining ESPN lineup as studio analyst
Former Rice baseball stand-out Jose Cruz Jr. will join ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning next week as a baseball studio analyst.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/6msexu2

With 12th consecutive Silver Glove Trophy in hand, Rice climbs to No. 5
After going 3-1 following a nine-day break for final exams, the Owls moved up one spot to fifth in the Baseball America Top 25 poll.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/89n3bb5
Baseball America top 25: Rice Owls and Texas A&M Aggies still in top 10
SBNation.com
http://tinyurl.com/7htnwh9

Braun adds California guard to signing class
Articles report that a Mission Hills Alemany High School student-athlete has signed to play basketball at Rice. Head men’s basketball coach Ben Braun is quoted. The Houston Chronicle article also reports on recent events in Rice Owls football and tennis.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/c2mteda
Point guard Max Guercy to join Rice Owls
MyFoxHouston.com
http://tinyurl.com/c28ddnv

Mendivil and Christiansen commit to the next level
Rice is mentioned in an article about the VBC Dinamo 15 Elite volleyball club.
Tucson Citizen (Ariz.)
http://tinyurl.com/6tocfzu

NEWS RELEASE

Rice students work on weighty problem for doctors
The best doctors strive to relieve their patients’ burdens. A physician in Houston asked Rice University students to help him do so in the most literal way.
https://news2.rice.edu/?p=27940