Dateline Rice for Sept. 30, 2013 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEMS

Wendy Davis laces up her running (for governor) shoes
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on the expected gubernatorial campaign of Texas Sen. Wendy Davis and the Texas congressional delegation under the leadership of U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.
Time
http://ti.me/189ZB1z
Wendy Davis to run for Texas governor? The filibuster legend posts ‘big announcement’ on Twitter
Headlines & Global News
http://bit.ly/19NHkqa
Team Texas fraying amid tensions
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page above the fold of the Sunday print edition.)
http://bit.ly/1eTZP2b
No ‘team Texas’ leadership?
ExpressNews.com (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/15FDbSZ

Candidates in Midland play down ethnicity
Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, comments on the changing demographics of Midland, Texas, where two minorities are the leading candidates in the town’s mayoral race.
New York Times (Subscription required.)
http://nyti.ms/16ZlX32
Mayoral hopefuls focus on growth, not potential for groundbreaking win
Texas Tribune
http://bit.ly/15ECmtq

NPR’s ‘For Only A Game’
Clark Haptonstall, chair of Rice University’s Department of Sport Management and professor in the practice of sports management, comments on televised sports games and their connection to fan support and sponsorship fees.
WBUR-FM (NPR-Boston. The story also aired on four additional NPR stations.)
http://bit.ly/19ClZjB (Click audio.)
http://bit.ly/1bld7o3 (Click audio.)

What the new health care law means to you
Elena Marks, scholar in health policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace insurance exchange and its effect on families of mixed immigration status.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Sunday print edition.)
http://bit.ly/169BAZi

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Look beyond the top business schools for your MBA
Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business is noted as a strong program for people wanting to work in the oil and gas industry.
U.S. News & World Report
http://bit.ly/16Wxhx7

Answer man plumbs the mysteries of Washington’s missing J Street
Suzanne Kemmer, associate professor of linguistics and cognitive sciences, explains there is no J street in Washington, D.C., because the letter ‘J’ was once considered a variant of the letter ‘I.’
Washington Post
http://wapo.st/16TZzrO
Evolution of alphabet written on D.C. streets
OregonLive.com
http://bit.ly/1aDdqG8

Contraceptive gel may aid women in developing areas
The article notes that Rice researchers helped to develop a nonhormonal gel that may provide birth control and protection from sexually transmitted diseases.
CBSNews.com
http://cbsn.ws/1hayky9

What to do in face of shooter on rampage
Rice is mentioned as one of the Houston-area institutions that have participated in a training program for how to respond to a shooter on campus.
Stars and Stripes
http://1.usa.gov/1bUe85I

Can you be yourself at work?
A study co-authored by Rice researchers about how professionals present themselves at work is referenced. Michelle Hebl, professor of psychology and management, is quoted.
The Huffington Post
http://huff.to/15Dre5n

Grace Church pastor, flock find new home with like-minded white congregation in South St. Paul
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religious studies, comments on the rarity of black and white congregations to worship together regularly.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
http://bit.ly/19OfsSK

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Two Rice students designed a shirt to spell ‘RICE’ through equations
Wiess College junior Andrew Stegner and Duncan College senior Will Kasper designed a T-shirt that spells ‘RICE’ through various mathematical and engineering equations. Both students are quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/19Otvb7

Ups and downs
An editorial mentions a study by Rice University’s Shell Center for Sustainability on housing costs in relation to incomes in Houston. The city ranks 26th among the country’s 50 largest cities for affordability.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/16D6dZy

Houstonian seeks to expand bone marrow donor registry
Rice’s involvement with the ‘Be the Match on Campus’ program is mentioned. The program seeks to expand the registry of bone marrow donors of minority populations.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/19imJZ4

Mid Main will ride with millennials
Will Cannady, professor of architecture, will help design Mid Main, a new Houston development that will include apartments, shops, restaurants and a parking garage.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1fCMdts

Landmark theaters in New Orleans, Brooklyn get second lease on life
Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture, comments on restoration projects in New Orleans and Brooklyn, N.Y.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1bWutqA

Maria Callas in spotlight with screening of ‘Medea’
The arts column notes that artist James Turrell had other installations in Houston prior to his “Twilight Epiphany” skyspace at Rice.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1fUArIx
CTPost (Conn.)
http://bit.ly/16P3pBH
San Francisco Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1aEeKso

UT makes another elite list
Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business is No. 4 on a list of top graduate schools for entrepreneurs compiled jointly by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Austin Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1fvSS69

George P. Bush says education grows business
Rice alumnus George P. Bush ’98, candidate for Texas land commissioner, spoke on education policy in Seguin, Texas. He will also speak to the Republican Party of Navarro County Oct. 10.
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise (Seguin, Texas)
http://bit.ly/1bkWpVM
Local GOP to host George P. Bush
Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas)
http://bit.ly/19hLcxI

UH professor receives prestigious award from French government
Rice alumna Claudine Giacchetti ’81 has been named by the French Ministry of Education as Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques (Knight in the Order of Academic Palms) for her efforts in promoting the French language and culture in the United States.
KatyNews.com (Katy, Texas)
http://bit.ly/16MQct8

Month-long study by UH targets improved air quality forecasting
Rice is mentioned as one of the local institutions partnering with NASA on an study to better interpret and forecast air quality using satellite data and numerical models.
KatyNews.com (Katy, Texas)
http://bit.ly/1aD0HDk
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/1752Vvo

Dallas city attorney search is down to 3 finalists
Rice alumnus Russell F. Coleman ’82 is one of the 3 finalists for the Dallas city attorney post.
Dallas Morning News
http://dallasne.ws/15ENzKK

BROADCAST/WEBCAST

KRIV-TV (Houston)
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, comments on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace insurance exchange.
http://bit.ly/1664aKT (Click broadcast.)

KUHF-FM (Houston)
Five years after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast, hurricane damage prevention experts gathered at Rice University’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center to discuss the area’s vulnerability to future storms.
http://bit.ly/1bUJYiD

KPLC-TV (Lafayette, La.)
Lovett College senior Erik Lawrence performed with the Lake Charles Symphony Sept. 28.
http://bit.ly/167XHiP (Click broadcast.)

KRIV-TV (Houston)
Students from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music will perform through next March at the Market Square clock tower in Houston’s historic district. The music students will be complementing computer-generated sounds of the “What Time Is It” installation by visual artist Jo Ann Fleischhauer and the contemporary music group Musiqa.
http://bit.ly/1bUZxqE (Click broadcast.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Breakthrough innovations that can save women and children now
A $400 version of a bubble continuous positive airway device developed by a Rice undergraduate student was one of 10 innovations singled out by PATH, an international nonprofit organization focused on global health through innovation. A photo by Tommy Lavergne of Public Affairs is included with the PATH.org article.
PATH.org
http://bit.ly/1a01SR2
10 inexpensive, proven systems could slash death toll of mothers and children by 1.2 million
Medical News Today
http://bit.ly/15Y9PTd
Health care innovations may save the lives of millions
MedIndia.net
http://bit.ly/1bkamzL

Grant to Rice, UTHealth will push regenerative medicine
A $75 million Department of Defense grant to improve technologies to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield and advance care for the public will involve bioengineers at Rice and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The five-year Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine grant continues a program that began in 2008. The Rice researchers, led by Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and by Kurt Kasper, faculty fellow in bioengeering, expect to advance the art of craniofacial reconstruction. The grant funds research at more than 45 academic institutions and industry partners. Mikos is quoted.
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/1hbtDEo
Institute for regenerative medicine to lead national effort to aid wounded warriors
Newswise.com
http://bit.ly/1dQXFgI
Department of Defense backs tissue-engineering research for soldiers, civilians
News-Medical.net
http://bit.ly/1aDxpEJ

Go man, get energy from the US!
The article mentions a study by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on increased shale gas production in the U.S. and Canada and its effect on gas exports to Europe from Russia and Persian Gulf countries.
Rediff.com
http://bit.ly/15y9enD

Students create robotic arm manipulated by PS3 controller
Three Rice students built a device that allows a Houston-area teen to manipulate a robotic arm fitted to his motorized chair. Rice students Matthew Nojoomi, Nimish Mittal and Sergio Gonzalez are quoted.
Polygon.com
http://bit.ly/1bQmZFo
Dagbladet Nyheter (Norway)
http://bit.ly/18k7OAD (An English translation was not available.)

Energy market’s ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative, will discuss U.S. energy policy at the National CHP 2013 and WHP 2013 conference in Houston next month.
Energy Digital
http://bit.ly/1fUEO6x
Cogeneration and waste heat to power in the ‘all-of-the-above’ energy market
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
http://bit.ly/19hKDDO

The tough polyyne family has a new heavyweight champ
Rice researchers laid out the molecular schematics for carbyne, aka linear acetylenic carbon. The legitimacy of this supermaterial first theorized in 1967 has been disputed for the last 40 years. The Rice team figured out how to successfully synthesize and stabilize it at room temperature.
Gajitz.com
http://bit.ly/18De72L

Five of the best Java IDEs
DrJava, a lightweight integrated development environment developed by Rice, is highlighted.
Yahoo! Voices
http://yhoo.it/169dXjm

Iranian researcher designs unhackable implantable device working with heartbeats
Rice researchers have designed a secure way to dramatically cut the risk that an implanted medical device such as a pacemaker, insulin pump or defibrillator could be altered remotely without authorization. Their technology would use the patient’s own heartbeat as a kind of password that could only be accessed through touch. Farinaz Koushanfar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and graduate student Masoud Rostami are quoted.
Iranian Students News Agency (Iran)
http://bit.ly/16ak1s6
Now, hackers can break your heart
IndiaTimes.com (India)
http://bit.ly/1fWcvEA
Galaxy zoo 2 project unveiled — The Daily Orbit
RedOrbit.com
http://bit.ly/171lEIc

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

2013 lone star Emmy nominations
MWM Digital’s documentary, “Young, Gifted and Black: Reflections From Black Alumni at Rice,” was nominated for a local Emmy for best cultural documentary.
LoneStarEmmy.org
http://bit.ly/16PBbXp

Your letters: Library debacle from afar
In a letter to the editor, Josh Eyler, director of Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence, writes against a planned change in how a library in Hanover, Pa., is used.
The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.)
http://bit.ly/1dPOzRn

Milwaukee-area group hopes simple meals lead to religious tolerance
The article mentions the interfaith dinners launched by Rice’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://bit.ly/19NOuts

5 weirdest naked college traditions
The Baker 13 tradition is listed.
TheWeek.com
http://bit.ly/178S03Q

SPORTS

Owls-Owls game review
The Rice Owls scored a pair of touchdowns in the game’s final five minutes to complete a comeback over the Florida Atlantic Owls, winning the Conference USA showdown 18-14 at Rice. Several players are mentioned. Rice football head coach David Bailiff is quoted in the Examiner article.
USAToday
http://usat.ly/1bUxZ4R
Turnovers lift Rice over Florida Atlantic 18-14
ESPN.go.com
http://es.pn/1eTSTC9
VidaEnElValle.com (Fresno, Calif.)
http://bit.ly/1eTUTKL
WOKV.com(Jacksonville, Fla.)
http://bit.ly/15FApNo
Rice comes alive late to take care of Florida Atlantic
Houton Chronicle
http://bit.ly/19PXb7D
FAU blows eight-point fourth-quarter lead in 18-14 loss to Rice
UPressOnline.com
http://bit.ly/18fdU59
Defensive bailout: Breaking down Rice’s win over Florida Atlantic
Examiner.com
http://exm.nr/1fBCjbF
Recap: Rice vs. Fla Atlantic
NewsObserver.com (Raleigh, N.C. This article, distributed by The Sports Network, appeared in nine other news outlets.)
http://bit.ly/18FmE3t
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/16YSqXw (Click broadcast.)
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/1he3Ye9 (Click broadcast.)
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/19OHu0H (Click broadcast.)
WOAI-TV (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/18FhCDY (Click broadcast.)
WPTV-TV (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
http://bit.ly/1fBNlgU (Click broadcast.)
WFLX-TV (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
http://bit.ly/169lAX6 (Click broadcast.)

Petersen may carry load heading into C-USA play
Owl Turner Peterson is featured. Peterson and Rice football head coach David Bailiff are quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/16Z9qNf

KTUL-TV (Tulsa, Okla.)
The Rice football game against the University of Tulsa Oct. 5 is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/1fCDHux
Tulsa looking forward to fresh start with C-USA play
TulsaWorld.com (Tulsa, Okla.)
http://bit.ly/1aD7m0o
Cyclones blow past Golden Hurricane
Tulsa Today (Tulsa, Okla.)
http://bit.ly/18i07Lg

Rice soccer storms back to beat UTEP 2-1
Rice defeated the University of Texas-El Paso.
Examiner.com
http://exm.nr/15DxCtv

Cienega still winning after stars’ graduation
Stephanie Mendivil of Rice’s volleyball team is mentioned.
AZCentral.com
http://bit.ly/GzrYNF

Jensen’s first win highlights Owls’ efforts at Splash
Owl Katie Jensen raced to her first collegiate victory while Hannah Kay and Allie Schaich finished in the top 10 to lead Rice to a second-place finish at the 14th Islander Splash in Corpus Christi Sept. 27.
Runnerspace.com
http://bit.ly/18D1hzM

Former Cleveland Browns QB Frank Ryan marvels at CWRU, cautions about ‘vicious’ NFL
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Rice alumnus Frank Ryan ’58 is featured.
Cleveland.com
http://bit.ly/18Ac9ys

Home to a magical time to be Pettitte’s last stage
Rice baseball coach Wayne Graham will be watching New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte as he completes his baseball career this season. Graham, who coached Pettitte at San Jacinto College, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1hf94XG

KRIV-TV (Houston)
High school student Paul Love II is KRIV’s player-of-the-week and vice president of his school’s national honor society. He is being recruited by Rice.
http://bit.ly/17iJsaD

NEWS RELEASES

Biochar quiets microbes, including some plant pathogens
In the first study of its kind, Rice University scientists have used synthetic biology to study how a popular soil amendment called “biochar” can interfere with the chemical signals that some microbes use to communicate. The class of compounds studied includes those used by some plant pathogens to coordinate their attacks. The new study, published online this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, is the first to examine how biochar affects the chemical signaling that’s routinely used by soil micro-organisms that interact with plants.
http://bit.ly/15EEGpAb

Jim Krane joins Baker Institute as Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies
Jim Krane, a scholar of Middle East politics and economics and an award-winning journalist, has been named the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the institute announced today.
http://bit.ly/14XZS7A