Dateline Rice for Sept. 29, 2014 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEM

Bloomberg Radio
The “Bloomberg Market Minute” radio segment quotes from Rice President David Leebron’s Bloomberg TV interview about massive open online courses.
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

A record of resilience at Vanguard of American presidential politics
Former President Bill Clinton is featured for his sustained political longevity despite impeachment. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
New York Times
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How to be energy-smart about the car you drive
Former Baker Institute energy fellow Amy Myers Jaffe authored an op-ed about vehicle efficiency.
Wall Street Journal
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Transitions: Expert in Islamic finance heads to Egypt; Mount Mary U. chooses new fundraiser
Mahmoud El-Gamal, the Chair of Islamic Economics, Finance and Management, professor of economics and statistics and Rice Scholar at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, has been appointed provost of the American University in Cairo.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Cement’s ‘genome’ could make concrete greener
Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted about the computational models created by an international team of scientists to help concrete manufacturers perfect mixes for general applications.
Futurity
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Hard facts lead to ‘green’ concrete
Environmental Research Web (This article also appeared in Fort Bend Sun.)
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Researchers create computational models to improve properties of concrete
AZom.com
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Research into how squid camouflage leads to an ultra-sharp display for televisions and smartphones
Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics created a color-display technology, which may aid in the development of artificial camouflaging “squid skin.” Stephan Link, associate professor of chemistry and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Smithsonian
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Patch lets healing hearts stay on beat
Matteo Pasquali, professor of chemical and biological engineering and of chemistry, and Jeffrey Jacot, assistant professor of bioengineering, led a team to create patches infused with conductive single-walled carbon nanotubes that serve as bridges for electrical signals to pass unhindered through pediatric heart-defect patches. Pasquali and Jacot are quoted. The late Richard Smalley is mentioned.
Bangalore Mirror
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Carbon nanotube patches can keep your heart pumping longer, better, stronger
Extreme Tech
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Bye, bye GOP mayors?
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, is quoted about Robert Cluck of Arlington, Texas in an article about the future of Republican mayors. Jones is also quoted about United States-Argentina relations and Sen. Wendy Davis and Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott’s debate.
Governing
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El gobierno de Obama admite que la relación con la Argentina está en un momento ‘duro’ y se despega del caso de los fondos buitre
LaNacion.com (Similar articles also appeared in SanJuan8.com and 45 other media outlets.)
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KTSA-AM (San Antonio, Texas)
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HOUSTON/TEXAS

Immigrant kids take risks to flee violence
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sonia Nazario, who spoke at Rice for the President’s Lecture Series during Hispanic Heritage Month, is interviewed.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the City/State section. Subscription required.)
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Demographics show the changing face of Houston
Houston’s population is projected to increase 1.8 percent by 2040, resulting in an estimated 4 million residents. The 2014 Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey published by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is cited.
Houston Chronicle (This article was published online Sept. 14 and appeared in the print edition Sept. 28 in a supplement called “Discover Houston.” Subscription required.)
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Powell, others offer praise for pre-K effort
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at the Early Matters Summit held on the Rice campus Friday.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the City/State section. Subscription required.)
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Deal of the Week: Charity buys land for headquarters
Rice’s School of Architecture contributed to the schematic design of the new Big Brothers Big Sisters of Houston headquarters.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Tucker deVazquez: Lowe’s Row Houses show what’s possible in our city of dreams
Artist Rick Lowe was named one of the 2014 winners of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Rice is mentioned as a partner of Project Row Houses.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Professor’s 6 words were guide to success in fitness
Alumnus Henry Richardson ’09 is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Rothko Chapel workshop: ‘Love Your Enemies’ by Buddhist scholars Robert Thurman and Sharon Salzberg
Anne Klein, professor of religion, will moderate a workshop at Rothko Chapel.
CultureMap Houston
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Rice to host biennial De Lange Conference
Rice will host the biennial De Lange Conference, “Teaching in the University of Tomorrow,” Oct. 13-14.
Memorial Examiner (This article also appeared in Bellaire Examiner and Fort Bend Sun.)
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Dayton Historical Society to host open house, art show
Alumnus M.W. Ford Jr. ’40 is featured for his art, which will be on display at The Old School Museum in Dayton, Texas.
Dayton News
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BROADCAST

Colin Powell addresses Early Matters Summit at Rice University
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at the Early Matters Summit held on the Rice campus Sept. 26.
KHOU-TV
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WINS-AM (New York)
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about the impact of airstrikes on northern Iraq and Syrian oil markets.
http://bit.ly/1xu4GQZ (This broadcast also appeared on WTOP-DC, WINS-AM, KRLD-AM, WBZ-AM, KCBS-AM and WBBM-AM.)

KTVT-TV (Dallas, Texas)
According to a study from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation, it is more expensive to get the Affordable Care Act plan in Dallas than in Houston, Austin and San Antonio.
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TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

‘Pixel’ engineered electronics have growth potential
Rice, in collaboration with scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Pennsylvania State University, led the first single-step growth of self-assembled hybrid layers that can be structured multiple ways. Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Materials Science and NanoEngineering and of chemistry, and Robert Vajtai, senior faculty fellow in materials science and nanoengineering, are quoted.
Phys.org
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‘Pixel’ engineered electronics have growth potential: Rice, Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt, Penn scientists lead creation of atom-scale semiconducting composites
Nanotechnology Now
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Teijin Aramid’s carbon nanotube fibers awarded with Paul Schlack Prize
Matteo Pasquali, professor of chemical and biological engineering and of chemistry, received the honorary Paul Shlack prize granted by the European Man-made Fibers Association for the development of a new generation of super fibers using carbon nanotubes.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
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Finding ways to fight asphaltene deposits
Walter Chapman, the William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering, presented on two models developed at Rice to find the solution to asphaltene deposits in wellbores and pipelines.
SPE.org
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Tropical disease prevalence in Latin America presents opportunity for US
Peter Hotez, a fellow in disease and poverty at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about the increasing tropical disease prevalence in Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Infection Control Today (This article also appeared in HealthCanal.)
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Graphene: The next leap in technological advancements
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned for his demonstration on graphene synthesizing.
Triple Helix Online
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Sloan Kettering center to open Oct. 6 in West Harrison
A new cancer treatment center opened in New York as an extension of Memorial Sloan Kettering. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, is quoted about the economic competition of building health care facilities. Ho is also quoted about the expensive care at stand-alone ERs.
Lohud.com
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Cherry-picking patients
The Columbus Dispatch
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Theodore Roosevelt’s wilderness legacy
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured for his book “The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.” Brinkley will be the keynote speaker at the 31st annual Frank Church Conference on Public Affairs at Boise State University.
Idaho Statesman
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A ‘space’ to redefine art: Mobile artist residency program comes to Peoria
Christopher Sperandio, assistant professor of visual and dramatic arts, is featured for his latest project, a mobile artist residency program called “Cargo Space,” which will visit Peoria, Ariz., today through Oct. 4.
Journal Star
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Bruce Maiman: Wikipedia grows up
Diana Strassmann, the Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice of the Humanities and director of Rice’s Program on Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, is quoted about the board of the Wiki Education Foundation’s goal to engage professors and students to become active contributors to Wikipedia.
Savannah Now (This article also appeared in Athens Banner-Herald.)
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Spring Branch Community Health Center 4th annual fall harvest luncheon
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will be the keynote speaker at Spring Branch Community Health Center’s fall luncheon.
WPXI.com
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Agenda-Houston
Installation artist Soo Sunny Park is interviewed. Her installation “Unwoven Light” at Rice Gallery is mentioned.
France-Amerique.com
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New North Church: Connections between faith and song
Alumnus Rev. Carl Daw Jr. ’66 will give a talk at New North Church in Hingham, Miss.
Wicked Local Hingham
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SPORTS

Rice football beat Southern Mississippi University 41-23 at Roberts Stadium.
Rice beats Southern Miss 41-23
CBS Sports (Similar articles appeared in NBC Sports and over 400 other media outlets.)
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Rice pounds Southern Mississippi
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Rice rolls over Southern Miss for 1st win of season
Houston Chronicle
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Recap: Southern Miss versus Rice
The State
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Southern Miss vs. Rice: Golden Nuggets
Hattiesburg American
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Rice gets 1st win of the year, takes down Southern Miss 41-23
Gulf Live
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No. 124-rated Southern Miss Golden Eagles at No. 71-rated Rice Owls
Trinity Leader
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Cross-country dominates home meet
Rice women’s cross-country team competed at the Ken Garland Invitational at the Eagle Point Course in Denton, Texas.
NTDaily.com
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Mean Green volleyball team swept by UTSA
Rice women’s volleyball team will play against University of North Texas Oct. 1.
NTDaily.com
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Houston BBWAA recognizes Altuve, Keuchel, McHugh
Alumnus Anthony Rendon ’12 is mentioned.
MLB.com
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Houston BBWAA announces annual awards
The Rancher
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NEWS RELEASE

‘Pixel’ engineered electronics have growth potential
A little change in temperature makes a big difference for growing a new generation of hybrid atomic-layer structures, according to scientists at Rice University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Pennsylvania State University.
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