Dateline Rice for Oct. 8, 2014

FEATURED ITEMS

Student art installation connects Rice via series of tubes
A student art sculpture called Soundworm! is featured. The tubes carry sound from five points on campus to the pipe structure, which sits between Rice’s Anderson Hall and Fondren Library. Molly Hipp Hubbard, university art director, Provost George McLendon and students George Hewitt, Juan Borbon, Adelina Koleva, Lydia Smith, Jungcheng Yang and Nathan Keibler are mentioned. Sarah Whiting, dean of the Rice School of Architecture and Lovett College senior Sophie Eichner are quoted. The article includes a video produced by Rice’s Brandon Martin.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1vUhsUF
Together through the tube
Bellaire Examiner
http://bit.ly/1sbhsR3
Rice architecture students design interactive sculpture that creatively eavesdrops across campus
Inhabitat
http://bit.ly/ZR4Wfg

Classy old buildings strive for modern energy efficiencies
Rice is hosting a three-day energy summit to discuss reducing greenhouse gases by renovating commercial buildings.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front page. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1seBYRe

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

What’s missing from conversation about women in tech? Men
Rice is mentioned for its study on allies speaking up for minority groups having a positive effect, particularly in the technology industry.
USA Today (This article also appeared in GuamPDN.com, the Times, News Leader and Visalia Times-Delta.)
http://usat.ly/1v0erp9

Iguala mayor, gangs colluded to murder students: US-Mexican analyst
Tony Payan comments on the disappearance of protesting students and the discovery of mass graves near Iguala, Mexico, being linked to police corruption, gang violence and impunity. Payan is the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the Baker Institute’s Mexico Center.
Ria.ru
http://bit.ly/1oQKSiP

Texas Rep. McCaul: New tech needs to be deployed on border
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, head of the House Committee on Homeland Security, spoke at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy about U.S.-Mexico border security.
Government Technology
http://bit.ly/1vUXxVN

Regarding political differences, blame biology
John Alford, associate professor of political science, is featured for his collaborative research on political bias.
Stars and Stripes
http://1.usa.gov/1oQUc68

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Busy ballot may await Houstonians in 2015
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about the need for a revenue cap and term limits for the upcoming Houston mayor’s race. Jones is also quoted about Attorney General Greg Abbott’s large amount of campaign funds.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1oQBZ8V
Greg Abbott amasses war chest with eye toward 2018
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in The Shorthorn.)
http://bit.ly/1pQnxxS

Houston native vying for TV’s top model
Alumnus Denzel Wells ’12 is a finalist on the CWTV show “America’s Next Top Model.”
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Star section. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1CUNxQx

Probates courts
Alumni Kim Hoesl ’94 and Mike Wood ’70 are running for Harris County probate court.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/ZdHZ4C

TribLive: Changing population, changing health care
A panel to discuss population change and its possible effects on Texans’ health care was held at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Speakers included Elena Marks, scholar in health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics; and Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.
The Texas Tribune
http://bit.ly/1sdkC8e

The real crisis in Texas isn’t Ebola
The 5.7 million Texans without health care is a more serious crisis than the threat of Ebola. Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, is quoted.
TribTalk
http://bit.ly/1vMPAmG

Quality of life champions: Houston Tomorrow honors the power players who are making the city better
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, received an award in excellence at the Houston Tomorrow Catalysts Awards dinner.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/1ukeB9h

LCM HS students commended in scholarship program
Little Cypress Mauriceville High School senior Shri Murthy plans to attend Rice.
The Record
http://bit.ly/ZR4zkF

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

The ‘cyberwar’ against cancer gets a boost from intelligent nanocarriers
Rice scientists recently found that the immune system may be the most powerful ally against cancer. Eshel Ben-Jacob, a senior investigator at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, is quoted.
HealthCanal (This article also appeared in Science Codex, ScienceDaily, Nanotechnology Now, Medical Xpress, ScienceNewsline, DailyNewsEn.com and AZoNano.)
http://bit.ly/1ncPLHh

A protein approach to halve and to whole
Rice scientists developed a plug-and-play approach to detect interactions between proteins that could improve understanding basic biological functions. Joff Silberg, associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology and of bioengineering, is quoted. Graduate student Naresh Pandey is mentioned.
HealthCanal
http://bit.ly/1rWPMhB

Hybrid graphene ‘dots’ promise lower cost fuel cells
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and his lab combined the graphene quantum dots he created last year with microscopic sheets of graphene to create a hybrid that could cut the cost of generating energy with fuel cells.
EV World
http://bit.ly/1EujQrw

Conference held for marijuana investors and suppliers
Houston hosted its first Marijuana Investment Conference this past weekend. Rice graduates pitched their business plan for testing legally produced marijuana to determine which is best tailored for certain consumers.
Live Trading News (This article also appeared in Denver Post.)
http://bit.ly/ZsWsKi

Farbdisplay mit Tintenfisch-Tarnung
Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics created a color-display technology, which may aid in the development of artificial camouflaging “squid skin.”
Eletroniknet.de (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/ZdWGoh

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed. Brinkley will be the keynote speaker at the 31st annual Frank Church Conference at Boise State University Oct. 19.
Boise Weekly
http://bit.ly/1y6mQII

SPORTS

Panthers to dive into 2014 season
Rice swimming finished first at the Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championships.
FIUSM.com
http://bit.ly/1v1FOz4

Brian Kelly press conference: North Carolina week
Rice football’s game against Notre Dame is mentioned.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/10PN7ND

Young star Becky Wade withdraws from Chicago Marathon
Rice graduate Becky Wade withdrew from running in the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Runner’s World
http://bit.ly/1uBmo2J

NEWS RELEASE

Rice U study: Managers can boost creativity by ’empowering leadership’ and earning employees’ trust
Managers can promote creativity in employees by “empowering leadership” and earning employees’ trust, according to a new study by Rice University and American University.
http://bit.ly/1vV8CpI