Dateline Rice for Nov. 28, 2016 (Weekend Edition)

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Rice experts are quoted in a variety of media coverage of the Rice Owls’ trip to Cuba and the death of Fidel Castro:

Rice baseball team witnesses history in Cuba after Fidel Castro’s death
Rice baseball’s remaining four games against Cuban Federation teams during the team’s preseason trip to Cuba were cancelled, due to the country’s national mourning period after the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. John Sullivan, assistant communications director with Rice Athletics, is quoted. Coach Wayne Graham is quoted in the Houston Chronicle story.
USA Today (This also appeared in KHOU.)
http://usat.ly/2go5fa4
Cubans mourn the passing of Fidel Castro
ABC News
http://abcn.ws/2gOKgB1
Rice exhibition baseball games in Cuba cancelled for Castro mourning period
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fEkR7T
http://bit.ly/2gOBMJP
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2fXUJWC

Douglas Brinkley: Fidel Castro’s shadow will continue to loom large
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Brinkley mentions that Rice’s baseball team is in Cuba.
CBS News
http://cbsn.ws/2gysgKn
Donald Trump’s words and tweets are about to become global news. All of them.
Huffington Post (This also appeared in Huffington Post India.)
http://huff.to/2gzrlpv
CNN
http://bit.ly/2fXTp6a (This also aired on CNNI.)

‘The 20th century came to an end’: A historic chapter closes as Cubans prepare for Fidel Castro memorial ceremony
Luis Duno-Gottberg, department chair and associate professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, is quoted about the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
NBC New York
http://bit.ly/2gOSKbb
Houston now 2 hours away from Havana’s ‘magical realism’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2gz2l1M
United Airlines to start Houston-Havana flights on Saturday
Caribbean News Digital
http://bit.ly/2fXNOg6

Fidel Castro’s death could ease US-Cuba relations, analysts say
Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and 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, are quoted about the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Sputnik
http://bit.ly/2fXO66L
Политолог: уход Кастро может смягчить позицию конгресса США по эмбарго
РИА Новости (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2gz4YUV
Уход Фиделя Кастро снимет барьеры в отношениях США и Кубы, считают эксперты
РИА Новости (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2gz84YT

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Molecular imaging hack makes cameras ‘faster’
A new Rice technique grabs images of chemical processes that happen faster than most laboratory cameras are able to capture them. Christy Landes, associate professor of chemistry and of electrical and computer engineering, and Kevin Kelly, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and applied physics graduate program chair, are quoted.
National Science Foundation
http://bit.ly/2goSVGu
Week in review: November 21-25
The Scientist
http://bit.ly/2fXqEX8
Next generation: Super-fast tracking of single molecules
The Scientist
http://bit.ly/2fsxPKF

Trump highly likely to abandon Trans-Pacific Partnership
Russell Green, the Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics at Rice’s Baker institute for Public Policy, is quoted about President-elect Donald Trump.
Trend
http://bit.ly/2fEDNTT

Immigrant and minority scientists shaken by Trump win
Research by Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair and Professor of Sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program, is mentioned.
Nature
http://go.nature.com/2goeLdu

Get ready for TV screens you can roll up: Scientists create color-changing graphene bubbles for flexible displays
Rice is mentioned.
Daily Mail
http://dailym.ai/2gygxM6

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Ship Channel dredging credited for jobs, wildlife habitat
Jim Blackburn, professor in the practice of environmental law and co-director of the Rice-based Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted about dredging of the Houston Ship Channel.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Nov. 25 print edition with a different headline, “New sentiment on sediment.”)
http://bit.ly/2fEkEBr

Bay protection needed in addition to Ike Dike, Rice-based center says
Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and director of the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted about the “Ike Dike” proposal.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2gz10b1

‘The texture of older things’
An article mentions that Michael Morrow attended Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Star section in the Nov. 22 print edition with a different headline, “The texture of older things.”)
http://bit.ly/2gavm71

Houston nonprofit rides to the rescue for refugees, giving them bikes to navigate the city
An article mentions that Rice Bikes works with the nonprofit Freewheels Houston to provide refugees in Houston with bikes.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fsjMET
How important are bikes for refugees?
Nonprofit Quarterly
http://bit.ly/2gP4eLX

Kelli Cohen Fein lives the luxe life
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fWCCQY
The quiet magic of Discovery Green’s new light display
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2gOxuSP
Unwind in Houston
My Gay Houston
http://bit.ly/2fXNRsc

Houston’s visitors bureau reportedly spent $450,000 on fashion show to attract tourists
Rice is mentioned in an article about New York fashion designer Vivienne Tam.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fsi86n
http://bit.ly/2fsvzmw

Khator signs name in statement aiding Dreamers
Rice President David Leebron is one of more than 90 college and university presidents who have signed a statement calling for the continuation and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/2fXvseV

Rice U. study: About 1M Texans gained health care coverage due to Affordable Care Act
Texas has experienced a roughly 6 percentage-point increase in health insurance coverage from the Affordable Care Act, according to new research by experts at Rice and the Episcopal Health Foundation. This translates into just under 1 million Texans who have gained coverage due to President Barack Obama’s health care law. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute and professor of economics, and Elena Marks, a nonresident health policy fellow at the Baker Institute and president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, are quoted.
TMC News (This article appeared in the Nov. 28 issue of TMC Today and previously appeared in Dateline Nov. 22.) 
http://bit.ly/2gdPGos

What supermarkets reveal about inequality
Leah Binkovitz, staff writer for Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an article about the ways inequality is studied. Heather O’Connell, postdoctoral fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Lester King, research scientist at Rice’s Shell Center for Sustainability, and Jenifer Bratter, associate professor of sociology, are mentioned.
Rivard Report
http://bit.ly/2go22HG

Ray Perryman, Board of Contributors: School choice could be helpful or a sorry charade
Alumnus Ray Perryman ’78 authored an op-ed about school choice.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/2fWRPRQ

Roger Olson, guest columnist: Sorting out the BGCT, the LGBT and Baptist autonomy in general
Alumnus Roger Olson ’82 authored an op-ed about Baptist theology.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/2go7LwW

Carol Jean Gessner: A blessed life
An article mentions that Holmes McNeeley is a former director of the Rice Marching Owl Band.
Navasota Star
http://bit.ly/2gynRY1

UT-Austin gets bigger, but its energy bills and emissions are shrinking
An article mentions that Rice is one of Texas’ district energy practitioners.
El Paso Proud
http://bit.ly/2gP29zx

BROADCAST

How to keep your drinking water free of cancer-causing chemical
Qilin Li, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, discusses chemicals found in Houston’s drinking water.
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2gzq4yx
http://bit.ly/2gAtAIY
Cancer-causing chemical found in Houston’s drinking water
KSAT
http://bit.ly/2gCu1nF

Conversations we’re thankful for: Tuesday’s show (Nov. 22)
Members of Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters” team chose shows from this past year that they are thankful for to rebroadcast in honor of Thanksgiving. An interview with Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, and a report on a convict leasing exhibit at Rice were chosen and rebroadcast Nov. 22.
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/2gPqdSU

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

2016 AAAS fellows approved by the AAAS Council
Mason Tomson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the world and publisher of the journal Science.
Science
http://bit.ly/2gPo5dW

2 Rice students develop baseball sleeve that can alert you to arm injuries before they occur
Will Rice college senior Senthil Natarajan and Sid Richardson College junior Alex Dzeda are featured.
Sport Techie
http://bit.ly/2fEqvqz

Does it matter whether you pay with cash or a credit card?
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 payment methods.
Psychology Today
http://bit.ly/2fJlQqB

Enzyme’s ‘editing’ preferences have implications for infertility and cancer
To “turn off” particular regions of genes or protect them from damage, DNA strands can wrap around small proteins, called histones, keeping out all but the most specialized molecular machinery. New research shows how an enzyme called KDM4B “reads” one and “erases” another so-called epigenetic mark on a single histone protein during the generation of sex cells in mice. The researchers say the finding may one day shed light on some cases of infertility and cancer. George Phillips ’74, the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, professor of chemistry, associate dean for research and associate chair of the Department of BioSciences at Rice, is mentioned.
Medical Xpress
http://bit.ly/2gyP8cJ

AIA, CSE call on Trump administration to support space exploration roadmap
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
Spaceflight Insiders
http://bit.ly/2gybw5W
A guide to moonshot thinking: How to invent radical solutions to huge problems
3tags
http://bit.ly/2fXvPpP

Oil worth up to $900B found under West Texas
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 a Texas shale oil field.
Science World Report
http://bit.ly/2gzo3Tg
Vast shale oil field in Texas could yield 20B barrels
Student News Daily
http://bit.ly/2goCrym

NASA backs miniature spectrometer development in latest incubator funding
Tomasz Tkaczyk, associate professor of bioengineering, is widening his view from the health of cells to the health of the planet through a new grant from NASA.
Optics
http://bit.ly/2gOOxnI

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Faith in leadership
Rice trustee Jim Hackett, a former adjunct professor of management at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Harvard Divinity School
http://bit.ly/2gL3dFs

Donald Trump’s victory brings the jobs versus automation issue into the spotlight
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, is quoted about automation and President-elect Donald Trump.
Geek Wire (This also appeared in Yahoo Tech.)
http://bit.ly/2gzicNw
How Trump’s victory will affect jobs versus automation issue?
iTechPost (This also appeared in Your Technology Zone.)
http://bit.ly/2fWV6Ra
Automated cars could threaten jobs of professional drivers
CBS Baltimore
http://cbsloc.al/2gBUUb1
Trump’s employment agenda may bring automation into a national spotlight
Vdare
http://bit.ly/2fF2krX

Three black scholars honored with prestigious awards
Alumna Gilda Barabino ’86 is mentioned.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2gzXWvg

Campus Briefs for Nov. 28
An article mentions that Alejandro Manjavacas was a postdoctoral fellow at Rice.
Daily Lobo
http://bit.ly/2gBOh8Y

A remarkable woman breaking barriers
Alumna Peggy Whitson ’86 is mentioned.
Sacramento Bee
http://bit.ly/2fECAMh

Canadian schools succeed in nudging 1 minority group to and through college
Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas is mentioned.
The Hechinger Report
http://bit.ly/2gztod9

Nap store: Where did all these new mattress startups come from?
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a marketing and consumer behavior expert, is quoted about the “mattress-store bubble.”
NewStatesman
http://bit.ly/2fWYdsu

Against forgetting: Resistance past and present
Peter Caldwell, the Samuel G. McCann Professor of History, is mentioned.
Los Angeles Review of Books
http://bit.ly/2go7E4S

Elizabeth Friedman speaks at National Professional Science Master’s Association Conference
Dagmar Beck, director of the Professional Master’s Program at Rice, is mentioned.
Illinois Tech Today
http://bit.ly/2gb0Jy5

Highlights from BYU Colleges
Tani Barlow, the Ting Tsung and Wei Fung Chao Professor of History, spoke at Brigham Young University.
The Daily Universe
http://bit.ly/2gbILvh

More fragile little snowflakes
An article discusses students’ reactions to the results of the 2016 election.
Before It’s News
http://bit.ly/2gCzmLp
Guest commentary: Protests simply foment more Trump support
NWI Times
http://bit.ly/2goYt3U
‘Imus in the Morning’
WABC (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast. This also aired on 66 other stations.)
http://bit.ly/2fJrMjg

SPORTS

Men’s college basketball: Rice improves to 5-1 with win over Incarnate Word
Rice men’s basketball defeated Montana State University 83-78, Delaware State University 80-58 and the University of the Incarnate Word 87-79. Players Egor Koulechov, Marcus Evans and Marcus Jackson are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fEe3Hs
Koulechov has career high, Rice beats Incarnate Word
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fItcuF
http://bit.ly/2gnT7pw
Koulechov has career high, Rice beats Incarnate Word 87-79
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2gobF95
http://bit.ly/2gC9OOG
Koulechov, Rice beat Delaware State in Hardwood Showcase
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fEKYeU
http://bit.ly/2fWItWl
Back home, Bobcats host Hornets in Saturday matinee
MSU Athletics
http://bit.ly/2gzzjil

Battle of the bands: Stanford, Rice bands uphold an irreverent tradition
The Rice Marching Owl Band (MOB) is featured. MOB director Chuck Throckmorton and drum major Jake Spisak, a Baker College senior, are quoted.
ESPN (This also appeared in ESPN AU.)
http://es.pn/2fIXCN9
Ratto’s top 25: Purple-faced Harbaugh, headhunters climb ranks
CSN
http://bit.ly/2gb8Hrd

No. 24 Stanford takes down Rice 41-17
Rice football fell to Stanford University 17-41. Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard, head coach David Bailiff and players Jowan Davis, Zach Wright and Tabari McCaskey are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2gaypfd
Rice faces Stanford in matchup of 2 like-minded universities
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2gOCAPa
Rice hopes to challenge Stanford in season finale
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fErJlG
http://bit.ly/2fIvj1f

KPRC
A broadcast mentions that after the last practice of the season, Rice football seniors are carried off the field.
http://bit.ly/2fFl1vK

Tough UT tenure comes to end for Charlie Strong
An article mentions that Tom Herman coached at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2fIqoNX

Outside the box
A Rice commit is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2gOw1fk
7 swimmers sign with Rice for 2017
Swim Swam
http://bit.ly/2goZadM

Alumni notebook: Willis’ Platt catches 4th TD of the season for Baylor
Will Rice College senior Zach Wright is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2fIrRE3

The Brewers’ future takes a final swing during Arizona Fall League
Former Rice baseball player Tyler Spurlin is mentioned.
On Milwaukee
http://bit.ly/2gzkT1I

Herd women’s basketball ready for 2 games at the Feast on the Border
Rice women’s basketball is mentioned.
Marshall Athletics
http://bit.ly/2gocYVw
Lady Tigers open Paradise Jam with win over UTEP
Sports NOLA
http://bit.ly/2gokaB1
LSU starts Paradise Jam with UTEP matchup
LSU Sports
http://bit.ly/2gosj8X
Oklahoma State women overpower Owls to remain unbeaten
Stillwater News Press
http://bit.ly/2fXoCGy

Mavericks facing tough Timberwolves squad
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
The Facts
http://bit.ly/2gORp48

College baseball countdown: 85 days to go — Houston College Classic
Rice baseball is mentioned.
College Baseball Central
http://bit.ly/2gb0eEl

With Peyton Manning’s endorsement, Jordan Taylor has vaulted on to the Broncos’ main roster
Former Rice football player Jordan Taylor is mentioned.
Daily Record
http://bit.ly/2gb1Xt9
Broncos’ Jordan ‘Sunshine’ Taylor proving he’s much more than the kid with the hair
The Denver Post
http://dpo.st/2fEKyFp

Talented Frenchman Valentin Vacherot set to join Texas A&M in January
Rice tennis is mentioned.
Tennis World
http://bit.ly/2gyFoPJ

Dylan Ennis takes 1 last shot at a national title during 6th year of eligibility
A Rice transfer is mentioned.
Daily Emerald
http://bit.ly/2fIUNvJ

All-Lakelands cross-country team
Former Rice cross-country runner Julie Seymour is mentioned.
Index-Journal
http://bit.ly/2gCkHzW

NEWS RELEASES

Pine product offers fresh take on fine chemical synthesis
The goop from pine trees that contains compounds known as terpenes is used in the manufacture of food, cosmetics and drugs, but it might become even more valuable as a chemical reagent made through a process developed by scientists at Rice University.
http://bit.ly/2fXW7bG

HPV-related cancer prevention is focus at Rice’s Baker Institute Dec. 2
Leaders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas state government and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will gather at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Dec. 2 to discuss ways to combat human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers in the state.
http://bit.ly/2gzfvzi