Dateline Rice for June 28, 2016

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

What if wearable cams could have selective memory?
Rice researchers have just the thing for the age of information overload: an app that sees all and remembers only what it should. Graduate student Robert LiKamWa is quoted.
Yahoo!
http://yhoo.it/292g7f0

10 signs of gay pride in the Lone Star State
Rice alumna Annise Parker ’78 is featured for being the first openly gay mayor elected in one of the country’s most populous cities.
Huffington Post
http://huff.to/295H2EW

HOUSTON/TEXAS

3 candidates take aim at Ellis’ vacated seat
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 race for a seat on Harris County’s Commissioners Court and the Texas abortion ruling.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/28ZJpWp
Mark Jones discusses Supreme Court Texas abortion ruling on WCCO-Minneapolis
WCCO
http://bit.ly/29kw4ck

Scenes of pride: LGBT parade mixes commemoration and celebration as politicians join in the spirit
Rice University’s float in the Houston Pride Parade is included in a slideshow.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/290hJVk

Eccentric businessman and aviator Howard Hughes got his start in Houston
An article mentions that Howard Hughes attended Rice.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/28XRASp

CPS Energy executive chosen to head San Antonio’s Economic Development Foundation
Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, a graduate of the Rice University Executive Education Program, is the new CEO and president of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/290GiTf

‘The Astrodome: Eighth Wonder of the World’ a documentary screening at the Houston Public Library
The Houston Public Library’s Astrodome Memories Project is hosting a screening of “The Astrodome: Eighth Wonder of the World” July 14. Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library is a member of the project.
Houston Style Magazine (This also appeared in the Guidry News.)
http://bit.ly/293tt99

Houston for free
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is featured on a list of free things to do in Houston.
Visit Houston
http://bit.ly/1Sw5udZ

BROADCAST

Town hall discussion for ‘A Murder in Montrose: The Paul Broussard Legacy’
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, and Brian Riedel, assistant director of Rice’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality and professor in the practice of humanities, were part of a live town hall meeting following the telecast of “A Murder in Montrose: The Paul Broussard Legacy,” a documentary on the 1991 killing of a gay Houston man.
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/291pkAe
http://bit.ly/1PyJ0IH

KRIV ‘Fox 26 News at 8’
Christopher Fagundes, assistant professor of psychology, and Kyle Murdock, a postdoctoral research fellow in psychology, discuss the relationship between anxiety and diabetes.
http://bit.ly/28XPB0c

WTVR ‘CBS 6 News @ 11’
Joey Rodriguez has accepted a job with Rice Athletics. Head basketball coach Mike Rhoades is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2926cpQ
Former VCU guard Joey Rodriguez takes job on Mike Rhoades’ staff
WRIC.com
http://bit.ly/291iADB

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Hacking the kitchen sink to stop food waste
Rice engineering students Ryan Yeh, Christina Petlowany, Edgar Silva, Andy Miller, Mitch Torczon and Kavana Gowda invented a device at Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen to separate compostable materials from food waste processed by a garbage disposal.
TakePart
http://bit.ly/291aqLB

Why payers should include consumer engagement in health plans
A study by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is referenced.
Health Payer Intelligence
http://bit.ly/293jocC

Daktronics to provide Rice University football with video display, audio facades
Daktronics announced it is working with Rice University and IMG College to provide a new main video display and audio facades at Rice Stadium.
AV Networks
http://bit.ly/294LVxy
Rice University’s stadium to get new video display, audio facades
Digital Signage Today
http://bit.ly/28XY7wb

Roundup: Build Sec Foundry, Tech Bloc, UT’s Goonewardene and SiNode
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
Xconomy
http://bit.ly/291nSha

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Looking back: President Kennedy gave workers at Marshall Space Flight Center a world-changing mission
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
WHNT
http://bit.ly/29krv1K

Thai Union appoints new Chicken of the Sea Int’l CEO
Alumnus Valentin Ramirez ’88 has been named CEO of Tri-Union Seafood, processor and distributor of Chicken of the Sea International’s shelf stable seafood products.
Undercurrent News
http://bit.ly/293jO2F

Sujoy Bose appointed as CEO of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Alumnus Sujoy Bose ’90 has been named CEO of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
Jagran Josh
http://bit.ly/28ZIGo6

Trump’s US-Mexico border ‘wall’ could sour soaring energy trade
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s stance on immigration could provoke a backlash from the Mexican government or from Mexican businesses.
Francisco Monaldi, a fellow in Latin American energy policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
E&E News
http://bit.ly/28Zwcyt

Gulf geopolitics drive, and shield, Bahrain’s crackdown on Shiites
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
World Politics Review
http://bit.ly/28YZbRN

Tesla-SolarCity deal highlights pillars of sustainable energy future
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed on sustainable energy of the future.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/292jseb

SPORTS

Christian Covington walks on at Lions practice — alas, not to play
Alumnus Christian Covington ’15 is featured.
Canada.com (This article appeared in seven other publications.)
http://bit.ly/29kNyoS

Adelaide Lightning superstar Jae Cross backs Chris Lucas to rejuvenate WNBL club
An article mentions former assistant basketball coach Jae Cross.
The Advertiser (A similar article appeared on PerthNow.)
http://bit.ly/28ZDH6z

Full circle
An article mentions that Damon Stoudamire was a former assistant basketball coach at Rice.
Slam
http://bit.ly/290jsu1

Standout freshman earns baseball top honor
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/297LPWq