Dateline Rice for Sept. 28, 2012

FEATURED ITEM

100 years of Rice
In honor of Rice’s centennial, a 10-chapter Houston Business Journal feature discusses the history of Rice from its inception to today.
Houston Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/feature/rice-university-100-years.html

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Wealthy Americans gain even as Republicans decry redistribution
Presidential contender Mitt Romney has attacked President Barack Obama for supporting the use of government programs to redistribute income and for a free-spending response to the 2008 financial crisis. Yet, since Obama took office in January 2009, income inequality continues to grow. John Diamond, adjunct assistant professor of economics, is quoted.
Businessweek (This article also appeared on Bloomberg.com.)
http://buswk.co/SgY9Qt

Texas eyes business opportunities in Africa
Edward Djerejian, founding director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about the Texas-Africa Business Summit at Rice. A separate article discusses other speakers at the event.
XinhuaNet.com (This article also appeared on Individual.com.)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/28/c_131877901.htm
Renewables can help feed Africa’s power needs, experts say
FuelFix.com
http://bit.ly/SHVdBD

Create your own college job
An article about student entrepreneurship mentions the Rice Business Plan Competition.
U.S. News & World Report
http://bit.ly/OXu90t

Range announces Marcellus pipeline, export deals
A gas drilling company has announced deals to ship natural gas products from western Pennsylvania to a Philadelphia-area terminal and to overseas customers. Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and adjunct assistant professor in economics, is quoted.
CBSNews.com (This Associated Press article also appeared on Bloomberg.com, NBCNews.com and Yahoo.com.)
http://cbsn.ws/SEMHmX

Graphene switches to new role as anti-corrosion coating
An article about graphene research mentions Rice’s participation in the research.
ZDNet.com
http://zd.net/URP46p

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has No. 4 graduate entrepreneurship program in the US
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has the No. 4 graduate entrepreneurship program in the country, according to survey results announced this week by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. Bill Glick, dean of the Jones School, and Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, are quoted.
West University Examiner (This article also appeared in the Bellaire Examiner, the Fort Bend Sun, the Memorial Examiner, the Sugar Land Sun and the River Oaks Examiner.)
http://bit.ly/Rn8u0f

Study on uninsured Texans dispels perceptions
A recent study by the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice University found that 69 percent of the state’s uninsured are above the poverty line, 61 percent are employed, 71 percent are white and 64 percent were legally born in the state.
Wichita Falls Times News Record
http://bit.ly/OtwH6H

Patrick Peters: Architect of change
Alumnus Patrick Peters ’89 is profiled for his career in architecture.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/PtHWrs

Cancer institute urged to spend less on research
Rice is mentioned in an article about a regional planning meeting of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Connecticut Post, the Greenwich Time, the Danbury News-Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)
http://bit.ly/S54rbc

BROADCAST/WEBCAST

KHOU-TV
The Texas accent is fading as people move to the state and the media homogenizes all regional accents into one American English sound. Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and a former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, is quoted.
http://www.khou.com/news/Is-Texas-losing-its-twang-171628391.html

KHOU-TV
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science and fellow in urban politics at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in a story about text messaging as an outlet for campaign contributions.
http://www.khou.com/news/Text-CASH-to-politicians-171627911.html

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

New UMass police chief stepping in and reaching out
Johnny Whitehead, chief of police and director of public safety for the Rice University Police Department, is mentioned in an article about the University of Massachusetts’ new campus police chief.
DailyCollegian.com
http://bit.ly/UwWBD7

NASA astrophysicist, MU alum speaks about space research
Alumnus Jerry Fishman ’69 spoke at the University of Missouri Sept. 27.
Columbia Missourian
http://bit.ly/PvEAEr

Endorsements for the criminal district courts
The Houston Chronicle endorsed alumnus Robert Summerlin ’92 for 174th Criminal District Court.
Individual.com
http://bit.ly/Qv8kEy

SPORTS

Rice, UH defenses have much to prove
Articles preview the annual Bayou Bucket football game between Rice and the University of Houston.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/OZxvjz
Five reasons to watch Rice and Houston battle for the Bayou Bucket
Examiner.com (Similar articles also appeared on UltimateTexans.com and SportsMemo.com.)
http://exm.nr/QrH75u

Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman Scott Mitchell to start
Alumnus Scott Mitchell ’11 is profiled for his performance with the Edmonton Eskimos Canadian football team.
Edmonton Sun (Canada)
http://bit.ly/NV4ior

NEWS RELEASES

Rice University expert available to comment on possible presidential order on cybersecurity
Christopher Bronk, a fellow in information technology policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and a former U.S. State Department diplomat who specializes in cybersecurity issues, is available to comment on a cybersecurity presidential order.
https://news2.rice.edu/?p=34723

Predatory bacterial crowdsourcing
A new study by scientists at Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School shows how Myxococcus xanthus spreads, engulfs and devours other bacteria.
https://news2.rice.edu/?p=34703