Dateline Rice for Nov. 30, 2015 (Weekend Edition)

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Watch: Rice’s Luke Turner gives a heartfelt, emotional postgame speech
Rice football beat University of North Carolina at Charlotte 27-7 at Rice Stadium. Senior Luke Turner, who played in his last game Saturday, expressed his gratitude to head coach David Bailiff during the postgame news conference.
ESPN (This appeared on the home page. Similar articles appeared in MSN, Fox17, Ninemsn, 7 News Yahoo, Countryman and 9News.com.au.)
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Rice senior’s emotional postgame speech is everything good about sports
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/1NDXZoM
‘I love that man back there’: College football star delivers heartfelt post-match interview
Metro.co.uk (This article also appeared in NewsRT.co.uk.)
http://bit.ly/1OoX76j
Gridiron player cries during heartfelt postgame speech
Yahoo! News
http://yhoo.it/1TgpV09
Rice beats Charlotte in season finale
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1YCqjcQ
Rice closes out season with a 27-7 win over Charlotte
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1NCT7Ae
Rice seniors long to go out with a bang after bitter season
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1OyX4mL
Best in Texas (11/30): TCU is the new No. 1 team; SMU plummets after blowout loss to Memphis
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1OA7UZC
Charlotte 49ers denied first Conference USA victory at Rice
The Charlotte Observer
http://bit.ly/1lqcJL7
KTRH-AM
http://bit.ly/1NDTfzy

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Artist designs space for all
A video about the Rice Gallery installation called “Intersections” by artist Anila Agha is featured. The installation will be on display through Dec. 6.
National Geographic
http://bit.ly/1jtPNcw

Why Thanksgiving should be national ‘cheat day’
Roberta Anding, a lecturer in kinesiology who has created meal plans for Rice student-athletes, shares tips for enjoying Thanksgiving without the stress of calories.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/1OyRRuX

When less (regulation) is more
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored a column about managing parking problems to show that solutions to urban problems don’t always require more regulation.
Governing
http://bit.ly/1lUi1ir

Debate: What role should natural gas play in improving access to energy?
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, authored an op-ed about the improvements natural gas-supplied power could provide to decarbonize society.
GE Reports
http://invent.ge/1OqIQ97

Obama’s legacy at stake in Paris talks on climate accord
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, comments on President Barack Obama’s push for climate change during his news conference with French President François Hollande.
New York Times (Similar articles appeared in MSN News, Before It’s News, BCNN1, Arkansas Online, My Informs, NDTV and TJC Newspaper.)
http://nyti.ms/1Teu4li
Obama’s legacy at stake in Paris talks on climate accord
CNBC (This article also appeared in CNBC Europe.)
http://cnb.cx/21n4iB5
Obama’s climate push is shaping contours of his coming legacy
The Times of India
http://bit.ly/1LHzGPg

Camera prototype is thinner than a dime
Rice University engineers introduce FlatCam, an extremely thin, lens-less camera system that uses sophisticated algorithms to record images and videos. It may enable such novel applications as large format, flexible and curved sensors. Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of Rice’s OpenStax College, and Aswin Sankaranarayanan, adjunct assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, are quoted. Ashok Veeraraghavan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Jacob Robinson, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, are mentioned.
Epoch Times
http://bit.ly/1NlCeIf
Researchers create FlatCam — a tiny camera without a lens
IHS Electronics360
http://bit.ly/1RfBwOp

Scientists create high-tech booze making method, because the future is here and wants you to be wasted
Rice researchers found a new way to efficiently distill alcohol from water using light. Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Bustle
http://bit.ly/1NhzhnG

Collaboration seen as key for new generation of tech talent
The Texas Medical Center’s TMCx is featured for being an example of a large collaborative space that fosters creative ideas and brings in investors. Matthew Wettergreen, a lecturer in Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering, who started the first co-working space in Houston called the Caroline Collective, is quoted.
The Gulf Today
http://bit.ly/1NYrls8
Collaboration seen as key for new generation of tech talent
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Business section in the Nov. 29 Chronicle, and in the Nov. 24 issue of Dateline. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1kRzCaO

British university incubator SETsquared named best in world
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is mentioned for being named No. 1 among top university business incubators by the Swedish research initiative UBI Index in 2014.
The Telegraph (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Finance.)
http://bit.ly/1N9f5V6

5 signs it’s time to take a rest day
Rice is cited in an article about signs that your body needs a rest day after consistent training.
Yahoo! Health
http://yhoo.it/1MYDNbB

Guy Lewis, coach of Houston’s Phi Slama Jama teams, dies at 93
Guy Lewis, the famed basketball coach known for leading the University of Houston’s Phi Slama Jama teams of the early 1980s, has died. Lewis enrolled at Rice but did not graduate.
New York Times
http://nyti.ms/1TfoJKv

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Immigrants hoping to organize, exert political power
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on tracking immigrant participation in elections, Gov. Greg Abbott’s trip to Cuba for the first Texas trade mission and the public’s opinion of propositions recently passed in Texas.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front page. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1PVjrpp
Gov. Abbott to lead trade delegation to Cuba
Ledger Gazette (Similar articles also appeared in Financial Spots and Gazette Union.)
http://bit.ly/1OyWHIP
Despite vote, Austin living still popular for statewide officials
San Angelo Standard-Times
http://bit.ly/1N77ECe

The Texas Medical Center’s big new plans
Ryan Holeywell, senior editor at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about the Texas Medical Center’s conceptual plan for an innovation campus.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared in the Houston Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1lpRpW5

Harris County mulls easier voting
Harris County officials are considering allowing voters to cast ballots at any polling place rather than their neighborhood precinct. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the City & State section in the Nov. 27 Chronicle. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1Op4qed

OPEC probably will maintain policies that weaken its oil market rivals
United States shale producers are waiting on Saudi Arabia’s Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to either keep oil flowing or limit supply to boost prices. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Nov. 29 Chronicle. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1ItBcoa

Russia-Turkey tensions push oil up
Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and lecturer of economics, comments on the conflict between Russia and Turkey.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1TeCERq

Chemical design made easier
Rice University scientists have developed a metal-free process for the rapid synthesis of elusive small-molecule catalysts that promise to speed the making of novel chemicals, including drugs. László Kürti, associate professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Texas Medical Center News (This is featured in TMC Today. Similar articles also appeared in Technology Works and Chem.info.)
http://bit.ly/1NiK690
http://bit.ly/1NlBRxl

More obstacles bog down oil pipeline projects
Texas pipeline companies are facing more legal hurdles and opposition since the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. Michael Maher, senior program adviser for the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/1Op2YIN

All eyes on ions at next LHC run
Rice scientists are in place for the next round of discovery at the Large Hadron Collider, which began its first run of heavy-ion collisions in three years this week. The team hopes to learn how quarks and gluons behaved in the microseconds after the Big Bang. Wei Li, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted. Postdoctoral researcher Maxime Guilbaud and graduate students Zhenyu Chen, Zhoudunming Tu and Michael Northup are mentioned.
Fort Bend Sun (This article also appeared in the Katy Rancher, Memorial Examiner, Sugar Land Sun and Bellaire Examiner.)
http://bit.ly/1ItwCGw

Houston near the top of best cities for college students index
Rice is ranked the No. 1 best value school in Texas by NerdWallet and is the only private university that made the top 10. NerdWallet evaluated 36 universities and colleges in Texas by analyzing data on affordability, prestige, graduation rates, graduate salaries and student debt.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1IvwdDh

The ‘Y’ factor
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, was the keynote speaker at the Fort Worth Commission for Women.
Fort Worth Weekly
http://bit.ly/1jtQ934

Could Christmas past meet Christmas present in Conroe?
Brown College junior Yurie Farnsworth will perform with the Conroe Symphony Orchestra for “A Festive Christmas.” Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano, is mentioned.
Montgomery County Courier (This article also appeared in Conroe Courier.)
http://bit.ly/1PmnBqv

Center to focus on community over doctrine
The Bishop John E. Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer will open in January 2016. Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, is quoted.
Longview News-Journal
http://bit.ly/1loX92n

In land office, Bush finds footing at start of political career
Alumnus George P. Bush ’98 is profiled.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/1HyMJru

BROADCAST

Why more Mexican entrepreneurs are immigrating to Houston
Elizabeth Salamanca Pacheco, who teaches international business at Universidad de las Américas Puebla, is featured for her series of interviews she conducted as a visiting scholar at Rice Baker Institute for Public Policy with Mexican entrepreneurs who had immigrated to Houston.
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/1XCBL62

KTRH-AM
A host mentions that he attended a retirement and financial planning course at Rice.
http://bit.ly/1NiBijq

The percussion studio at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music
The Percussion Studio at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music performs its rendition of “Jingle Bells.”
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/1l10yF7

WLOV-TV (Columbus, Miss.)
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/1XsaiZV

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Tiny octopods catalyze bright ideas: Study shows plasmonic sensors and catalysts need not be mutually exclusive
Researchers led by Rice University prove plasmonic nanoparticles can support catalysts without losing their beneficial optical properties. Such alloys could make industrial processes more efficient or enable sun-driven chemical reactions. Emilie Ringe, assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry, is quoted.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in Science Codex and My Informs.)
http://bit.ly/1NDml25
Tiny octopods catalyze bright ideas: Rice-led study shows plasmonic sensors and catalysts need not be mutually exclusive
Nanotechnology Now
http://bit.ly/1TnJCDZ

Snake venom derived drug assists hydrogels in stopping bleeding
A hydrogel infused with snake venom may be the best material to stop bleeding quickly, even in the presence of anti-coagulants, according to Rice University scientists. Jeffrey Hartgerink, professor of chemistry and of bioengineering, is quoted.
Biotechin.asia
http://bit.ly/1MOOUWJ

Rice wins $2.4 million to study many-antenna wireless
Rice University researchers have won $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation to conduct the most extensive experimental research yet of wireless technology that uses 100 or more antennas per base station to send tightly focused beams of data to each user, even as they move. Lin Zhong, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, and graduate student Clayton Shepard are quoted. Edward Knightly, professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, and Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering, are mentioned.
iConnect007 (This article also appeared in Tech Investor News, Fierce Wireless and RFGlobalnet.)
http://bit.ly/1YDIBuc

Texas, tropical ‘kissing bugs’ and Chagas disease
Chagas disease — the third most common parasitic infection in the world — affects approximately 7.5 million people, mostly in Latin America. To help reduce outbreaks of this disease in their countries, the United States and Mexican governments should implement a range of programs as well as fund research for the development of Chagas vaccines and treatments, according to a new policy brief by tropical-disease and science policy experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Kirstin Matthews, an adjunct lecturer of sociology and a fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, is quoted.
SafeBee.com
http://bit.ly/21p3cVz

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Black like Ike?
John Boles, the William P. Hobby Professor of History, is cited in a fact check of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mother’s cultural identity.
Snopes.com
http://bit.ly/1julLp9

Secular Social Justice conference, Houston, Jan. 30-31
The 2016 Secular Social Justice conference will be held Jan. 30 and 31 at Rice.
Free Thought Blogs
http://bit.ly/1MZDkG0

SPORTS

Area men’s basketball: A&M falls to Syracuse in tourney final
Rice men’s basketball beat University of California, Riverside 87-81 at Tudor Fieldhouse and fell to University of Texas at Arlington 92-74.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1HySyFb
UT Arlington hands Rice’s basketball team its 5th loss of the season
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1TmkLjY
Men’s basketball shoots past Rice, wins 92-74
The Shorthorn
http://bit.ly/1OqcoDZ

Women’s college basketball: No. 11 Ohio State runs past No. 10 A&M
Rice women’s basketball fell to Harvard University 67-61 at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1loYbeL

5 for Friday: Bobsled/skeleton
Alumnus Sam McGuffie ’13 was selected to the U.S. bobsled team for the upcoming World Cup sliding season.
Team USA
http://go.teamusa.org/1XquXxF

NEWS RELEASES

Gender segregation in jobs is not rooted in early family planning
Despite decades of efforts to banish the idea of “jobs for men” — construction worker, firefighter, mechanic — and “jobs for women” — teacher, flight attendant, registered nurse — almost 69 percent of workers are in occupations that are dominated by one gender or the other, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://bit.ly/1l2Bnlt

Exhibit on history of convict leasing in Texas on view at Rice’s Fondren Library
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of when the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States became law, an exhibit on the history of convict leasing in Texas will be on display at Rice University. “Convict Leasing in Sugar Land: Featuring the Research Collection of Reginald Moore” will be viewable Dec. 1-24 in the main first-floor hallway of the university’s Fondren Library.
http://bit.ly/1ToiswA

Tiny octopods catalyze bright ideas
Researchers led by Rice University prove plasmonic nanoparticles can support catalysts without losing their beneficial optical properties. Such alloys could make industrial processes more efficient or enable sun-driven chemical reactions.
http://bit.ly/1XrUsym