Dateline Rice for March 14, 2014

FEATURED ITEMS

Rice president discusses task force, goals
Rice President David Leebron, a member of the NCAA Division I board of directors, discusses changes in Division I governance policies with Chronicle staff writer David Barron. Former senior associate athletics director Steve Moniaci is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1kqm7Jw
Beyond the roar of March madness, a sea change is in the works
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/ObBqL4

Aquarium pumps saving babies’ lives
An article features Rice’s innovative engineering program designed to get students to learn about problems of rural hospitals and then find solutions. Maria Oden, director of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of Beyond Traditional Borders, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Stanley C. Moore Professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering and director of both Beyond Traditional Borders and Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies, are quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in Local10.com.)
http://cnn.it/1hiJbam

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Biology and politics
Rice is mentioned for political behavior research on left-right differences in recent years.
Washington Monthly
http://bit.ly/1oQGOyh

Kevin Eltife is dead last
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, is quoted about the Texas primary.
Agenda Wise
http://bit.ly/1fEwPf0

Rooman armeijan nuoren sotilaan kirje kotiin saatiin käännettyä – ‘Miksi ette kirjoita minulle koskaan?’
Doctoral candidate Grant Adamson translated a letter found outside a temple in the Egyptian town of Tebtunis using infrared images to read the centuries-old text.
YLE.fi (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1fvHgfW

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Chemotherapy drug shortages in the US — The recurring nightmare
Hagop Kantarjian, the Baker Institute Scholar in Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, authored a blog post about drug shortages in the U.S.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1knGkzC

Summit to address human trafficking, immigration reform
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is partnering with American Jewish Committee’s Bridging American Task Force for a free summit to discuss human trafficking and immigration reform March 18.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://bit.ly/1fECl10
Immigration summit in Houston to focus on human trafficking
Texas GOP Vote
http://bit.ly/1knErTC

Reflections on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at AIPAC
Rice is listed among the universities that have opposed the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://bit.ly/1ilcQCy

Restraint, please, at Rice
An editorial comments on the grand jury’s no-billing of Rice police officers with respect to allegations of misconduct during the arrest of a bike thief last summer.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1fwhHLO

Grad students bound for Rice Business Plan meet
A team of graduate students from Texas State University has been invited to participate in the 14th Annual Rice Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Rice Alliance and Jones Graduate School of Business.
San Marcos Daily Record
http://bit.ly/1kR0OUf

TWC co-sponsors ExxonMobil Science Fair
Alumnus Cortlan Wickliff ’10 is profiled.
Focus Daily News
http://bit.ly/Obzj9W

BROADCAST

Dash-cam video shows Rice police beating man who stole bike
A Harris County Grand Jury did not indict Rice police officers who arrested a man last summer for stealing a bike from campus. Rice police chief Johnny Whitehead and Hanszen sophomore Joseph Formella are quoted.
KHOU-TV
http://bit.ly/1gg0AOk

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice research papers ranked among top 10 most read in ACS Nano
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of computer science; alumna Daniela Marcano ’11; and Naomi Halas the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics and professor of physics and astronomy, are featured for ranking in the top 10 most read in the American Chemical Society’s journal, ACS Nano.
AZoNano
http://bit.ly/1o0caUH

This guy is paid to work on a 200-inch, 3-D interactive screen
Visualization pioneer Barco is working with Rice to develop a visualization wall at Rice’s Chevron Visualization Laboratory.
Stereoscopy News
http://bit.ly/1hiLs5o

Quantum Materials Corp closer to tetrapod quantum dots volume production
QMC is commercializing a low cost quantum dot technology developed at Rice. Michael Wong, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and of chemistry, is mentioned.
BioNews Texas
http://bit.ly/1iJ5n2R

Diplomacy series studies US cyber security challenges
Christopher Bronk, fellow in information technology policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned in an article about cyberattacks and its effect on national security.
TMCnet.com
http://bit.ly/1hiJu54

This week in HPC news
Jan Odegard, executive director of Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, is mentioned in reference to the Rice Oil and Gas High-Performance Computing Workshop.
HPC Wire
http://bit.ly/1fEmLT9

Nest’s Richard Lutton patented iPad, iPhone, iPod
Alumnus Richard Lutton ’89 is featured.
Silicon Valley Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1oTF47q

Mike Breard: Buy small for deep profits
Alumnus Mike Breard ’63 is interviewed.
Resource Investor
http://bit.ly/1fEt4WW

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Student loan debt is not just an economic problem, it’s a marriage problem
A Rice study about separated parents contributing to student loan debt is referenced.
LifeSiteNews.com
http://bit.ly/Ndl3MQ

How Chelsea Clinton is changing the world, one college student at a time
Alumna Amanda Gutierrez ’13 is mentioned.
Teen Vogue
http://teenv.ge/1i9moj8

Energy Foundry invests in battery-maker SiNode Systems
Energy Foundry won last year’s Rice Business Plan Competition.
NewNet (This article also appeared in Private Equity Hub.)
http://bit.ly/1ginvsn

Newpark Resources announces board of directors changes
Alumnus Rod Larson ’82 has been appointed to the Newpark Resources board of directors.
Benzinga.com (This article also appeared in OilVoice.)
http://bit.ly/1dZdGDs

SPORTS

Braun resigns after going 12-49 over last 2 years
Head basketball coach Ben Braun is stepping down after six years of coaching at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Sports section. Similar articles appeared in 37 other affiliates.)
http://bit.ly/1dW9OCV
Ben Braun resigns as Rice basketball coach
KHOU-TV
http://bit.ly/1dW9W5q
Ben Braun will not return as men’s basketball coach at Rice
KRIV-TV
http://bit.ly/1kPzW6U
Report: Rice University basketball coach Ben Braun steps down
Sports Illustrated (This article also appeared in NBC Sports.)
http://bit.ly/1gfpUnO
Rice, Ben Braun part ways
ESPN
http://es.pn/1cCN90d
Ben Braun won’t return as Rice basketball coach
USA Today
http://usat.ly/1m17CPa
Braun resigns as Rice coach
The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/1lCwz0q
Former Cal coach Ben Braun resigns from Rice
San Jose Mercury News
http://bit.ly/1hg2a5g
And Larry Brown goes down: SMU coach left crying as University of Houston proves its program isn’t dead
CultureMap
http://bit.ly/1ezFLhj

KHOU-TV
The Rice football team is featured for their 2014 season preparation. Head football coach David Bailiff and junior Christian Covington are quoted. Darrell Patterson, assistant head coach, is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/1ilfiJ5

SVG Venue@ series flies out of the chute at Houston’s Reliant Stadium
More than 50 industry professionals representing local universities, professional franchises and technology manufacturers met at Reliant Stadium for the inaugural event in the SVG Venue@ series. Chuck Pool, assistant athletics director for sports information, is mentioned.
Sports Video Group
http://bit.ly/1o0iYle

Former Greens Farm star in Westport earns all-freshman honors at Rice
Freshman basketball player Sean Obi is featured.
Westport Daily Voice
http://bit.ly/1nposJd

Former Hagerty standout named Golfer of the Week
Freshman golfer Kevin Reilly is featured.
Seminole Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1fXrdgX

NEWS RELEASES

Rice launches enhanced MBA for Executives
Rice’s Master of Business Administration for Executives (EMBA) will launch a new curriculum and program delivery this fall to better meet the needs of executive students and the changing demands of the business education marketplace.
http://bit.ly/ObLwvq

Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
Biophysicists at Rice use a miniscule machine – a protease called an FtsH-AAA hexameric peptidase – as a model to test calculations that combine genetic and structural data.
http://bit.ly/1fwwYfG