Dateline Rice for April 28, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

Rice University boasts impressive rankings on state, national lists
An article discusses Rice University’s high placement in a number of university rankings. Vice President for Public Affairs Linda Thrane is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/1T6S1cz
http://bit.ly/1pJLtcs
The ‘best of’ lists that include Rice University
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1VWrS6M

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

‘HuffPost RISE April 27’
Rice students and their mentors have created a sterilization station for surgical instruments that can help minimize the risk of infections to patients anywhere in the world. Douglas Schuler, associate professor of business and public policy in Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
HuffPost RISE
http://huff.to/1riNjT1

Venezuela declares a 2-day workweek because of dire energy shortages
Francisco Monaldi, a fellow in Latin American energy policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about drought-stricken Venezuela.
The Washington Post (This also appeared in The Journal, NDTV, Ames Tribune, Manawatu Standard, The Dominion Post, Marlborough Express, Sunday Star Times, The Southland Times, Taranaki Daily News, Nelson Mail and Waikato Times.)
http://wapo.st/1T5o9gF
Will Venezuela’s 2-day workweek help its energy crisis?
The Christian Science Monitor (This also appeared in Yahoo! News.)
http://bit.ly/1Txgmew
Venezuela declares 2-day workweek due to severe electricity shortages
Stuff.co.nz
http://bit.ly/1T6XGPL
As it dies of socialism, Venezuela goes to 2-day workweek
Before It’s News
http://bit.ly/1VWvKo5

Kerry draws link between religion, foreign policy
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at Rice April 26 about the role of religion in foreign policy during an event hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Voice of America (This also appeared in Tolerance.ca, Daily Me and Auckland News.)
http://bit.ly/1YUlACx
Kerry: ‘Smearing’ Muslims for ‘actions of a few’ is like blaming all Christians for Bosnia
PJ Media
http://bit.ly/1WTii45
Kerry on terrorism’s appeal: ‘Regular meals, companionship’ — not necessarily religion
Free Republic (This also appeared in WCBM.)
http://bit.ly/1T5n9sT
Kerry explains why religion can play a role in US foreign policy
The Salt Lake Tribune
http://bit.ly/237eg7N
John Kerry: Religion is vital for foreign policy, look at ISIS genocide of Christians
Christian Post
http://bit.ly/1T5pZ13
Kerry explains why religion can play a role in US foreign policy
Crux Now
http://bit.ly/1VT9Lz0
Car bomb near Damascus kills 6 people — monitor
Bills Insider
http://bit.ly/1XWpeM1
Secretary Kerry discusses role of religion in American foreign policy
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
http://bit.ly/1WTmWyX
Kerry: US quietly helping ’embattled’ European Jews
Arutz Sheva 7
http://bit.ly/1NWGY4f
Remarks at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Imperial Valley News
http://bit.ly/1ND0Miu
WPTF
http://bit.ly/1T70IDF (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

Would Donald Trump be the richest president in history?
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about Donald Trump.
Town & Country
http://bit.ly/1NCUC1D

Los Pensadores De Portafolio Global CNN
Moshe Vardi, director of Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can.
CNN Mexico (An English translation is not available.)
https://youtu.be/OqUCo41mmFE

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Ted Cruz names Carly Fiorina as VP running mate
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about the presidential primaries.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1qV5tJR
http://bit.ly/24kGHSl
Ted Cruz names Carly Fiorina as vice presidential running mate
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio, Times Union and SF Gate.)
http://bit.ly/1NUtTsd
http://bit.ly/24kGPB4
Presidential candidates scramble ahead of 5 primaries tomorrow
You Don’t Know Football
http://bit.ly/1pGrECQ
GOP primary turnout up 60 percent over 2012
KPRC
http://bit.ly/1UhO21Z
Cruz: Fiorina will be my running mate
KTSA
http://bit.ly/1TeCqIr
http://bit.ly/1TytAYs (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/1N2PgNo (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Kasich and Cruz campaigns team up to stop Trump
Tribu Magazine
http://bit.ly/1T6XH6v
WWZN
http://bit.ly/1pJZ3fN (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

Harris County: Tired of sending people to jail?
Findings from the 2016 Kinder Houston Area Survey are reported. Katharine Neill, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in the Houston Chronicle article. Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, is quoted in the Next City article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine and was written by Leah Binkovitz, staff writer for Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.)
http://bit.ly/1NCLzhg
Houston attitudes changing on inequality, urban life
Next City
http://bit.ly/26vd2I3

Breaking down Houston’s recent flooding events
Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, is quoted about the recent flooding in the Houston area.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1UhRauX
Rain cases flood in Houston
State of the State Ks
http://bit.ly/1qXHmKw
Rain makes for more misery for Houston
The Indian Panorama
http://bit.ly/24mmmfd

At Rice University, pondering the loss of a legend
Dennis Huston, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English, is featured for his 50 years of teaching, 47 of them at Rice, as he nears retirement. Huston is quoted.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/1WsK6Mb

How life feels for best-selling author Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin, writer-in-residence at Rice, is featured.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/1qXNgLQ

Top colleges that accepted Houston ISD students
An article mentions that 14 Houston Independent School District students were accepted to Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1VWrrsV
http://bit.ly/1VWrTHP
Where HISD students got into college
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1pJLFbt

Teens host pet walk to benefit adoption center
The inaugural Bark for BARC Pet Walk will be held at Rice April 30.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Bellaire Community Extra section, the Heights Community Extra section and the Memorial Community Extra section in the April 28 print edition. The online version of this article appeared in the April 27 edition of Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/1pEYELE

Chronicle critics offer entertainment suggestions
Artist William Wegman will speak at Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at 4:30 p.m. April 30.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/1XWmiz1
http://bit.ly/1UhLG3a
The Hidden Agenda: Gratest Hits (Editor’s note: That’s how it’s spelled in the title of the exhibit by Rice alum Mark Flood ’81.)
Free Press Houston
http://bit.ly/1NCYikb

With shared musical vision, quartet stands the test of time
The Emerson Quartet will perform in Stude Hall April 28.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/243TdIY
Culture scene: dance, theater and classical music
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/24kB4TX
http://bit.ly/21fA9m5

Culture scene: Arts events, April 28-May 4
German artist Thorsten Brinkmann’s exhibit “The Great Cape Rinderhorn” is open through May 15 at the Rice Gallery.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1YUovv4
http://bit.ly/1rAgtxi

Is Japan manipulating the yen through negative interest rates?
Russell Green, an international economics expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Masaaki Yoshimori, contributing expert at the Baker Institute, co-authored an op-ed about negative interest rates in Japan.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/24kBZnF

University of Texas researchers examine volcanoes’ role in historic climactic shifts
An article mentions that Cin-Ty Lee, professor of Earth science, participated in a study led by researchers at the University of Texas’ Jackson School of Geosciences.
Downtown Austin-UT Patch (This also appeared in Across America Patch and East Austin Patch.)
http://bit.ly/1SBJEq6

Texas A&M mourns loss of longtime chemist John W. Bevan
An article mentions that the late John Bevan completed postgraduate work at Rice.
Texas A&M Science News
http://bit.ly/1T5qatl

Healing art: Don’t let anything ruin your day
Robert Flatt, adjunct professor in management, is featured for his photography and battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Bellaire, River Oaks and West University Examiner
http://bit.ly/21h7PQb

Top graduates at Abilene high schools in 2016
An article mentions a student who may attend Rice.
Big Country
http://bit.ly/1TyuWCv
KTXS
http://bit.ly/245LJp5
http://bit.ly/1pJZmam
http://bit.ly/1rC2BT7
http://bit.ly/1VE20N0

BROADCAST

Preserving rare recordings of student radio at KTRU
Norie Guthrie, archivist and special collections librarian at the Woodson Research Center, discusses preserving recordings from KTRU.
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/1NWQg0d
Meyerland’s 2nd flood in a year: Thursday’s show (April 28)
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/26xge5W

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Excellence and equity in STEM education
Richard Tapia, University Professor, the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematics, is featured.
Black Engineer
http://bit.ly/24kC8qY

High-volume hospitals don’t necessarily produce better surgical outcomes after all
Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays in patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers at Rice. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics, is quoted.
Fierce Healthcare
http://bit.ly/1St4H1u
Blog: Are high-volume facilities better? It depends on how you analyze it
Modern Healthcare
http://bit.ly/1qV6YYG

‘Teslaphoresis’ assembles nanostructures
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call “Teslaphoresis.” Research scientist Paul Cherukuri ’08 is quoted.
Nanotech Web
http://bit.ly/1SSz9Eg

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Mexican police tortured suspects in students’ case
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted about the 43 Mexican college students who went missing in September 2014.
Periodismo Transversal
http://bit.ly/239mn3T

To Groupon or not to Groupon?
An article mentions a study by Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Chair of Marketing and professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, on consumers and deals.
Modern Aesthetics
http://bit.ly/1WUAo5P

2016’s best and worst states for doctors
Nicholas Iammarino, professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology, is interviewed in an article about the future of the medical profession.
Wallet Hub
http://bit.ly/1WsUBir

A peek into the future of mobility
Linda Capuano, a fellow in energy technology at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned in an article about Shell’s Eco-marathon Americas.
Triple Pundit
http://bit.ly/1T6Y80w

Penn engineering 2016 teaching awards
Alumnus Andreas Haeberlen ’09 is featured.
University of Pennsylvania Almanac
http://bit.ly/243VYdk

Music in the Nave Concert planned
Alumna Laurel Larsen ’97 is mentioned.
Voices
http://bit.ly/1N0unlZ

Oficializa Trump guerra al TLCAN
An article mentions that Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexico’s secretary of finance and public credit, spoke at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
El Vigia (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1pJRupq
Resalta Videgaray fortaleza de la economía Mexicana
Quadratin (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/239nIrl

Explosión en Coatza, producto de negligencia de Mexichem: Adrián Duhalt
Adrian Duhalt, a nonresident scholar at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Alcalorpolitico (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1NWFW8w

SPORTS

Panthers lose in C-USA finals
Rice women’s tennis is mentioned.
FIUSM
http://bit.ly/21fCmxH

UMaine assistant takes Presbyterian women’s hoop post
An article mentions that Todd Steelman coached at Rice.
Bangor Daily News
http://bit.ly/1VCXMW7

College roundup: Green Wave, Bulldogs roll
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Baseball America
http://bit.ly/1qXGOnZ
Who is the best in college baseball?
Madison County Journal
http://bit.ly/21h5BQM
D1Baseball projects A&M as No. 3 overall seed
247Sports
http://bit.ly/1T6Xznf
Taccolini had outing for the record books
Arkansas Online (This also appeared in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.)
http://bit.ly/1qXOIOr

Women’s tennis: Coaching decision yet to be made
Rice women’s tennis is mentioned.
Yale Daily News
http://bit.ly/1YVvzrf

Stevenson grad Connor Cashaw quickly impresses at Rice
Brown College freshman Connor Cashaw is featured. Cashaw and Rice men’s basketball head coach Mike Rhoades are quoted.
Chicago Tribune
http://trib.in/21h9s09

She went from ‘What’s a pick?’ to a Division I basketball scholarship in 6 months
Student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play at Rice.
ESPN W
http://es.pn/1VWuLo9

NFL draft predictions: Corey Coleman, Andrew Billings could give Bears pair of 1st-round picks
A photo of Duncan College sophomore J.T Ibe from the 2015 Rice-Baylor football game is included.
Sports Day
http://bit.ly/239tUzF

Mock draft: Pack will bulk up D-line
A photo of Wiess College senior Driphus Jackson is included.
Daily Tribune Wisconsin Rapids
http://wrtnews.co/1QCQZmW

NEWS RELEASES

Powerful magnet gives pediatric patients a break
A simple device created by Rice University engineering students may shield young children from much of the pain of having a stent removed after a urinary tract procedure.
http://bit.ly/1TgcQ5J

Rice political scientist available to comment on Cruz choosing Fiorina as running mate
As U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign faces a must-win Indiana primary May 3, Cruz named former Hewlett Packard CEO and former GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina as his running mate, even as he still trails GOP frontrunner and New York businessman Donald Trump in delegates. Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice University, is available to comment on this unexpected move from Cruz.
http://bit.ly/1YUpkUO