Dateline Rice for August 29, 2016 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEM

Rice University, Aug. 28
Peter Rodriguez is interviewed about his role as the new dean of Rice’s Jones School of Business.
CBS Houston
http://cbsloc.al/2c9ghRM

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Obama the monument maker
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, authored an op-ed about national parks and is quoted about the 2016 elections.
The New York Times
http://nyti.ms/2bv9WhV
‘The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer’
CNN
http://bit.ly/2c0a1cU

Is doomsday inevitable for Venezuela?
Francisco Monaldi, a fellow in Latin American energy policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about oil in Venezuela.
USA Today (This also appeared in 35 other media outlets.)
http://usat.ly/2bwpWlG

In 1 Texas congressional race, there’s a 3rd candidate — and his name is Trump
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 2016 elections.
Los Angeles Times
http://lat.ms/2bupENh
Hillary playing ‘keep away’
KTRH
http://bit.ly/2bLYQpA
Fighting to get on the presidential ballot in Texas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/2c3Mmrl

Pride of Pakistan: Bapsi Sidhwa
An article mentions that Bapsi Sidhwa taught at Rice.
Daily Times
http://bit.ly/2bM9lun

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Thumbs up, down
An editorial mentions that Rice is No. 5 on most diverse Top 100 school on a diversity index published on priceonomics.com.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bwzkk2

Worms are different. They’re helping researchers understand how viruses infect the intestines of animals.
Yizhi Jane Tao, associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology, and geneticist Weiwei Zhong, assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology, have won a prestigious National Institutes of Health R01 grant to study how the Orsay virus infects a specific worm. Tao and Zhong are quoted.
TMC News (This article appeared in the Aug. 29 issue of TMC Today.)
http://bit.ly/2bwuJDq

Week in review
The percentage of young adults ages 18 to 34 in Texas without health insurance has dropped by 35 percent since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, according to a report released by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bMabri
Rate of uninsured young adults drops by more than one-third in Texas
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2bMeroZ

Texas Tech’s new president wants university to be elite
An article mentions that Rice is a member of the Association of American Universities.
The Texas Tribune (This also appeared in The Gilmer Mirror, El Paso Herald-Post and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.)
http://bit.ly/2bLLZ6s

Halliburton leads local job cuts among largest energy companies
Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer of economics, is quoted about Houston-based energy companies.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2cm0Bf6

100 sunsets at the Menil Collection
Tish Stringer, lecturer and film program manager in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, will preside over showings of Andy Warhol’s film “Sunset.”
Glasstire
http://bit.ly/2buwrq9

National parks: 100 years of America at its best
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
The Buzz Magazines
http://bit.ly/2byrpTW

Top 10 public art pieces in Houston
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is featured on a list of the best public art in Houston.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://bit.ly/2bwQAWF

Republican Women roundup for September
Alumna Sarah Cortez ’72 is mentioned.
The Woodlands Villager (This also appeared in The Courier of Montgomery County.)
http://bit.ly/2bR0DbR

BROADCAST

New heroin laced with elephant tranquilizer is 10,000 more potent than morphine
Katharine Neill, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about drug patterns.
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2c9dQ1y

WHKT
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted about the 2016 elections.
http://bit.ly/2bUB9vC (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast. This also aired on KUIK.)

‘Money Talk with Bob Brinker’
A broadcast discusses the late Richard Smalley and his team’s discovery of fullerenes, popularly known as “buckyballs.”
KKOH (This also aired on 230 other radio stations.)
http://bit.ly/2bDvzvz

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Would guns be allowed in Texas classrooms if they were more like stadiums?
An article mentions that Rice opted out of the Texas “campus carry” law.
Diverse
http://bit.ly/2cm7f5a

How optimism can affect our financial decisions adversely
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a marketing and consumer behavior expert, authored an article about optimism.
Psychology Today
http://bit.ly/2bR0O7c

Rice University receives citation for chemical breakthroughs award for discovery of carbon 60
The American Chemical Society has presented Rice University the Citation for Chemical Breakthroughs Award in recognition of the discovery of carbon 60, or the buckyball, at Rice in 1985. University Professor Emeritus Robert Curl and Matteo Pasquali the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, chair of the Department of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemistry, are featured.
AZO Nano
http://bit.ly/2c3N1J6

New condensed matter state paves the way for scalable quantum computers
Where light and matter intersect, the world illuminates. Where light and matter interact so strongly that they become one, they illuminate a world of new physics, according to Rice scientists. Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Qi Zhang ’15 are quoted. Graduate students Xinwei Li and Minhan Lou are mentioned.
Futurism
http://bit.ly/2bZYNoR
Best of last week — Converting CO2 to fuel, rocky planet found orbiting nearest star and possible remedy for a fatty diet
ScienceX
http://bit.ly/2by740U

Rice University fellow creates half house that pushes boundaries and challenges perspectives of light and space
A new installation by Michelle Chang, the Visiting Wortham Fellow at the Rice School of Architecture, has taken over the school’s jury room. It’s a twisted half-a-house that plays mind games with the observer.
Arch Daily
http://bit.ly/2c00PFl

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Scientists are dueling over whether waste from human excrement should be disposed of on farmland, a common practice in parts of Southwestern Ontario
Jorge Loyo Rosales, lecturer at the Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center, is mentioned.
Woodstock Sentinel Review (This also appeared in 16 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2bwosYk

Opioid epidemic greatly exaggerated?
An extensive and easy-to-use collection of charts that present findings from decades of government survey data of drug use in the United States is now available on the website of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Katharine Neill, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute, are mentioned.
Alternet
http://bit.ly/2bxRPoU
40-year study seemingly proves alcohol is more of a gateway drug than marijuana
Weed Weekly
http://bit.ly/2bUvMMY
Vast majority quit illegal drug use on their own within 1st year, study finds
The Fix
http://bit.ly/2buwdPY

The pros and cons of a universal basic income
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.
Brink (This also appeared in EdAccessible.)
http://bit.ly/2c8Y2fj
A demographic time bomb about to detonate
Equity Master
http://bit.ly/2bwyo4k

A call to armor: Army explores stronger, lighter, cheaper protection
Designers are developing materials using the potential to offer unprecedented defense from bullets. Ned Thomas, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering is quoted.
Solider of Fortune
http://bit.ly/2bwyuc9

Study: School closures disproportionately harm black, poor students
The Houston Independent School District’s school closures between 2003 and 2010 disproportionately displaced poor and black students, according to a research brief from Rice’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC). Kori Stroub, a postdoctoral research fellow at HERC, is quoted.
News One (This also appeared in Majic 102.3, Real Times Media and Spirit 1340.)
http://bit.ly/2bQJmQn
School closures aims at displacing black poor students: Study reveals
Black Matter US
http://bit.ly/2bwuh8k

Opera tenor Brenton Ryan receives award in 2016 Operalia competition
Alumnus Brenton Ryan ’11 is featured.
Sedalia Democrat (This also appeared in NewsOK.)
http://bit.ly/2bwtnnq

Census racial categories aren’t so black-and-white
Jenifer Bratter, associate professor of sociology, is quoted in a story about race in Texas.
The Washington Times (This also appeared in Native Times.)
http://bit.ly/2bM5Kg7

On a quest to find sunken slave ships
Rice alumnus Ibrahima Thiaw ’99 is featured for his efforts to locate sunken wreckage from the transatlantic slave trade.
Winnipeg Free Press
http://bit.ly/2bvaaWr

Neurable leaves Michigan for offer in Massachusetts
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
Crain’s
http://bit.ly/2bxY1NJ

Kanye West’s MTV VMAs speech and his idols: What you should know
An article mentions that Howard Hughes attended Rice.
Rolling Out
http://bit.ly/2bupghT

New Israeli treatment for fibromyalgia helped 100 percent of sufferers in new study
A proof-of-concept trial led by researchers at Rice University and institutes in Israel finds hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help patients with fibromyalgia. The late Eshel Ben-Jacob, an adjunct professor of biosciences at Rice and a senior investigator at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, is mentioned.
Health Aid US
http://bit.ly/2bM9XjC

The mystery of how cancer cells barrel through your body
Herbert Levine, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, and the late Eshel Ben-Jacob, an adjunct professor of biosciences at Rice and a senior investigator at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, are mentioned.
Interrete (This also appeared in Ablik.)
http://bit.ly/2c93w9F

10 best places to visit in Texas
Rice is mentioned as one of the attractions in Houston.
Touropia
http://bit.ly/2bvm56x

Smart digital textbooks aim to enhance learning
College students love highlighting textbook passages while they study, and a team of researchers in three states will apply the latest techniques from machine learning and cognitive science to help turn that habit into time well-spent. Phillip Grimaldi, research scientist at the Rice-based nonprofit textbook publisher OpenStax, and Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are quoted.
Innovationews
http://bit.ly/2c04bIr

Did you know that a tax attorney is vital to estate planning?
Alumna Gillian Kruse ’09 authored an article about estate planning.
CBS Los Angeles
http://cbsloc.al/2cm7RI6

Obama’s new job-creation plan: Bring more foreign entrepreneurs to US
Alumna Karen Lozano ’96 is mentioned.
CNS News
http://bit.ly/2bybOUp

Dash and Bowden to open Lee Performing Arts Series
Alumnus David Dash ’01 is featured.
Cleveland Daily Banner
http://bit.ly/2bMkCXo

Major expansion of Houston bike share program
An article mentions that Houston’s bike share system, Houston B-cycle, will add stations and bikes at Rice.
Post Online Media
http://bit.ly/2bUJZcx

Corporate demand for green power grows, but what will increased supply look like?
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed about green power.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2bQKqmZ

SPORTS

KPRC
Rice head football coach David Bailiff and players Brian Womac, Tyler Stehling and Alex Lyons are featured.
http://bit.ly/2bUC7Yx

My NCAA sophomore crush: Rice’s Marcus Evans
Brown College sophomore Marcus Evans is featured.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2bDgf1J

Latest Kentucky and Tennessee sports
Rice football will play Western Kentucky University Sept. 1.
WSMV
http://bit.ly/2bQHxms
UH-Oklahoma only 1 of marquee matchups on opening weekend
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bDml2r
Lincoln Riley’s Air Raid likely better than ever for OU
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bUsHwt
Sports on TV
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2bur7mO
White will start at quarterback in Western Kentucky’s opener
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2bwz70g
White will start at quarterback in WKU’s Opener
Western Kentucky Star
http://bit.ly/2c2yXPO
WKU names starting quarterback for season opener
Kentucky New Era
http://bit.ly/2cm0PmQ
College football news and notes
Vindy
http://bit.ly/2c3Btpj
College football schedule
The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://bit.ly/2bwu1Gc
Bishop: The pride of Kentucky? WKU boasts more players from state than FBS brethren
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2c3LbrU
Doug Smock: Games that could flip ‘The Script’ for Marshall
Charleston Gazette-Mail
http://bit.ly/2c3OKhI
WKU versus Rice — Sept. 1 college football pick, odds and prediction
Sports Chat Place
http://bit.ly/2bwCmd0
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2c09wQ1

UTSA to face Houston Baptist on Sunday evening
Rice soccer defeated Houston Baptist University 2-1.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2bM080N
Auburn’s 3 1st-half goals prove to be too much for Samford soccer, 4-3
AL.com
http://bit.ly/2cm1chc

UVU volleyball: Utah Valley drops BYU Invitational finale to Rice
Rice volleyball defeated Utah Valley University 3-0 and was defeated by Brigham Young University 2-3. The team will play the University of Missouri Sept. 3.
Deseret News
http://bit.ly/2bQIgDZ
Miller propels No. 13 Cougars to BYU Invitational title
Daily Herald
http://bit.ly/2c2CjlZ
Utah Valley drops BYU Invitational finale to Rice
UVU Athletics
http://bit.ly/2bUpehc
MU volleyball sweeps slate at Kennesaw State Invitational
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2bwx959
BYU volleyball: No. 13 Cougars rally to defeat Rice in 5 sets
Deseret News
http://bit.ly/2bDp0Jt
No. 13 Cougars rally to defeat Rice in 5 sets
BYU Athletics
http://bit.ly/2buvIVX
Mizzou volleyball tallies sweep, earns Kennesaw State Invitational Championship
MU Athletics
http://bit.ly/2bwGMf8
Record-breaking WR Taylor ready for final year at WKU
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2bQTt7r
5 things to do in Utah Valley this weekend
Daily Herald
http://bit.ly/2bQVxwa

Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo proves hard work, perseverance pay off in NFL
Former Rice football player Andrew Sendejo is featured.
Fox News Latino
http://bit.ly/2c2AyVP

Former NASA employee fulfilling her dream coaching football at Woodberry Forest
Alumna Abbie Ryan ’09 is featured.
The Daily Progress
http://bit.ly/2c3wVzt

Area baseball standouts climbing professional ranks
Former Rice baseball player Tyler Duffey and Anthony Rendon are featured.
Memorial Examiner (This also appeared in Bellaire, River Oaks and West University Examiner.)
http://bit.ly/2bLQcHh

Texas-Notre Dame chronicles: Part 2 — Upset in South Bend
Rice football is mentioned.
Texas Sports
http://bit.ly/2bxXk70
2016 SWAC football schedule
Montgomery Advertiser
http://on.mgmadv.com/2bLR8vD
Cajuns to be challenged early at home in 2016
The Advertiser
http://bit.ly/2c3CIEV
Where will Texas land in the final 2016 Big 12 standings?
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2bLSyWM
Texas countdown to football: 5 times Texas won on ABC
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2bMaLAH
K-State opens 2016 slate with primetime matchup
WIBW
http://bit.ly/2c04KC6
Analyzing Tech’s floor, ceiling for 2016 season
The Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/2bMawG1
Fresno State AD on lack of a pitch to Big 12: Timing wasn’t right
The Fresno Bee
http://bit.ly/2cm9aqp
Football: 2016 game predictions
University Press
http://bit.ly/2cmjvm7
Top 10 retirement cities for football fans
Bankrate
http://bit.ly/2bULjfF

Oklahoma football: Tom Herman’s genuine personality makes difference at Houston
An article mentions that Tom Herman coached at Rice.
News OK
http://bit.ly/2bLRLoI

High school football is back: Stats across Texas
A Rice commit is mentioned.
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2bLRfHe

Texans’ Christian Covington gives up Pokemon Go during camp
Former football player Christian Covington is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2c00anF
http://bit.ly/2c018jG

No. 11 Texas A&M shuts out Tulsa 2-0
Rice soccer is mentioned.
The Battalion
http://bit.ly/2bwzVr8
Texas A&M soccer team shuts out Tulsa
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/2bMabTo

Preseason CFB rankings: 128 to 1
McMurtry College senior Alex Lyons is mentioned.
Sports on Earth
http://bit.ly/2bDqrHB

Beaty ball: Year 2: KU coach seeks 1st win in 2nd season
An article mentions that David Beaty coached at Rice.
Salina Journal
http://bit.ly/2c3OY8A

UT’s Jefferson makes no promises, but exudes plenty of confidence
A slideshow features a photo from a Rice football game.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2bQS6pF

A breakdown of C-USA in ’16
Rice head football coach David Bailiff is featured.
Hattiesburg American
http://hatne.ws/2bQSgNE
A look at Southern Miss’ football schedule
The Clarion-Ledger
http://on.thec-l.com/2bMbEsZ

Parrish McDonald’s: Student athlete of the week
Rice women’s basketball is mentioned.
The Dallas Weekly
http://bit.ly/2bMbZfj

Kevin Haskin: Those involved in football usually place QB on pedestal
Former Rice football player Chase Clement is mentioned.
The Topeka Capital-Journal
http://bit.ly/2bDt0cJ