NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Trump travel ban is ‘dimming the lamp of liberty’
Rice President David Leebron and 47 other college and university presidents sent a letter to President Donald Trump about his recent executive order.
Times Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2lhjFva
Hanlon, 47 other college and university presidents, send Trump letter on executive order
The Dartmouth
http://bit.ly/2jV7a6x
All the kings men cannot put king coal together again
Michael Maher, senior program adviser for the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Anna Mikulska, senior research analyst for energy studies at the Baker Institute, authored an op-ed about the coal industry.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2kevp0D
Sportshour at the Super Bowl LI
Sid Richardson College freshman Isabela Walkin, graduate student Kaitlin Senk, Will Rice College senior Alex Haer and Baker College senior Jena Lopez discuss the state of politics in the U.S.
BBC World Service’s “Sportshour” (This also aired on 707 radio stations.)
http://bbc.in/2lg0Bxy
Coal fire gives a boost to antibiotic
Chemists scouring Appalachia for exotic microorganisms that could yield blockbuster drugs have reported a unique find from the smoldering remains of a coal mine fire that’s burned for nearly a decade in southeastern Kentucky. In new findings this week in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, a research team from Rice, the University of Kentucky and the University of Oklahoma made new — and in some cases more effective — versions of the antibiotic daptomycin using an enzyme from a soil bacterium found in smoke vents of the Ruth Mullins coal fire. George Phillips, the Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, is quoted.
The Australian
http://bit.ly/2kdVvAO
Bacterium from coal mine fire could aid drug targeting
Phys Org (This also appeared in Bioengineer.org.)
http://bit.ly/2jUmwZc
4 ways to get back on track with your New Year’s resolutions
“Stretch,” by Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured. Sonenshein also authored an article about dealing with bosses who say “no.”
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2kKRQ0p
Working under constraints can unleash the best in people
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Star section in the Feb. 6 print edition with a different headline, “Rice professor suggests new approach to life and business in ‘Stretch.’”)
http://bit.ly/2kK4wok
Book events: Feb. 5-11
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lghatd
What to do when your boss says no
Harvard Business Review
http://bit.ly/2lg7IVG
Houston rapper ‘Bun B’ on Super Bowl, ‘Pimp C’ and education
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured.
The Seattle Times (This also appeared in the Houston Chronicle and New Delhi Times.)
http://bit.ly/2keffEj
Rapper ‘Bun B’ on Super Bowl, ‘Pimp C,’ business, education
KRIV
http://bit.ly/2jUVKEL
9 superb owl facts you need to know
Rice’s Marching Owl Band is featured.
Vox
http://bit.ly/1PPpUgh
Swastika scrawlings unnerve 3 US cities
Articles discuss acts of vandalism that occurred at Rice. Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson and President David Leebron are quoted in some of the articles.
CNN
http://cnn.it/2jUDBSI
Swastika chalked on statue of founder of Rice
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2kzxmWr
‘We will not let hate win’: New Yorkers erase subway swastikas with hand sanitizer
The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/2jUqBS6
Multiple hate speech reports have civil rights activists worried
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kK8hdx
http://bit.ly/2lgEV4h
Houston’s ‘BE SOMEONE’ graffiti is changed … again
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kKdgLg
http://bit.ly/2jUfF6S
Swastika found at Rice University — 3rd vandalism case in a month
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kKbHgi
http://bit.ly/2kKvI6s
Anti-Defamation League tracking ‘disturbing uptick’ in Houston-area hate incidents
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2lgyZZ4
Oh no. More hate graffiti at Rice U.
Glasstire
http://bit.ly/2kjVjTb
Swastikas and racist vandalism hit the campus of Rice University
KTRK-TV
http://abc13.co/2jVLeIp
After A/L results higher education pros and cons
Alumnus Aimin Huang ’11 is featured.
Nation (Sri Lanka)
http://bit.ly/2lgnwYw
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Beloved Rice scientist dies in bicycle-light rail accident
Rice physicist and beloved faculty member Marjorie Corcoran was killed Feb. 3 when a light-rail train struck her while she was bicycling across the tracks on Fannin Street. Rice President David Leebron, Provost Marie Lynn Miranda and Doug Natelson, professor and department chair of physics and astronomy, are quoted in some articles. Corcoran’s accident is also referenced in several articles about another cyclist who was struck by a light-rail train Sunday night.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kyXEIh
Rice professor dies in collision with Metro train near Hermann Park
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jTZhDl
http://bit.ly/2jUp6OY
Bicyclist hit by light-rail train near NRG stadium, taken into surgery
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kdFZVI
Bicyclist struck by Metro train near NRG Stadium taken to surgery
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jUh2h1
http://bit.ly/2kzB02r
Bicyclist dies after being struck by Metro train near NRG Stadium
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lbRBg3
http://bit.ly/2jUgcpe
Rice professor on bike killed by METRORail near Houston Zoo
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2jVuA0E
Woman hit, killed by METRORail train near Hermann Park identified as Rice professor
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2kkAJSt
For second time in a week, cyclist killed by METRORail train
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2kf6DgP
Rice University professor struck and killed by METRORail train
KRIV
http://bit.ly/2kfmNGX
Rice professor struck, killed by METRO light rail train
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2jVxfTe
Bicyclist hit by METRO train near NRG Stadium
Houston Patch
http://bit.ly/2kGznCv
Another bicyclist struck, killed by Metro Light Rail train on red line
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/2kGnFIc
Profesora universitaria muere atropellada por tren de Metro
KTMD (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jVxyxi
Una maestra de astronomía de la Universidad Rice murió atropellada por un tren ligero de Metro
KXLN (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jVyS3c
UD grad, Rice professor killed in Texas metro train accident
Springfield News Sun (This also appeared in myDayton Daily News and WHIO.)
http://bit.ly/2kf8r9w
Baylor College of Medicine lab gets $3.3M to continue studying how the human genome folds
The National Institutes of Health today announced eight mapping centers that will help lead the next four-year phase of its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, whose purpose is to identify all of the functional elements contained in the human genome. Erez Lieberman Aiden, adjunct assistant professor in computational and applied mathematics and in computer science, will lead the Baylor lab.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lbya75
http://bit.ly/2ke6mKY
Former President Bush ‘fired up’ for coin toss at Houston’s Super Bowl
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about former President George H. W. Bush.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kF31IA
3p weekend: This policy news didn’t make headlines, but it still matters
Triple Pundit
http://bit.ly/2jUUMnc
Owl-themed modern sculpture lands in Rice Village
A new sculpture in the Rice Village was inspired by Rice’s mascot, an owl.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kFZRUH
http://bit.ly/2kKXEHw
Rice professors: Super Bowl commercials could attract investors
Spending millions of dollars on Super Bowl commercials could do more than boost company awareness and product sales. Rice University professors say it could also attract investors. James Weston, the Harmon Whittington Chair in Finance at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kF7LOr
http://bit.ly/2kzA5ze
10-year-old Texas boy invents device to prevent hot car deaths
A slideshow features the best inventions to come out of local universities. Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kjfpNl
http://bit.ly/2ke2sSm
16 veteran-owned firms to compete for investor dollars at Rice University
The third-annual Veterans Business Battle, sponsored by Entrepreneurs’ Organization-Houston and the Rice University Veterans Business Association, will begin Feb. 24.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kFo8dx
http://bit.ly/2lbMiNB
Summit to look into area future
Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, will speak at the Hill Country Economic Summit Feb. 16.
Hill Country Community Journal
http://bit.ly/2jUVb9c
Think big
Rice Gallery is featured. Kimberly Davenport, director of the gallery, is quoted.
Texas Monthly
http://bit.ly/2kKgQF0
What the military taught UT Chancellor William McRaven about business leadership
William McRaven spoke at a Veterans in Business Association event at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business Feb. 2.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2lgP3Ke
PolitiFact: How to get a history degree without US history
Rice is cited as one of the elite universities where courses in U.S. history are not required for history majors.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2lgnr7i
Dallas and Houston both have pension problems, but Houston is actually solving theirs
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about Houston’s pension problem.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2key4Y9
Patrick pushes to repeal DREAM
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 former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Amarillo Globe-News
http://bit.ly/2kA3LfB
No sanctuary: On Gov. Abbott’s promise that ‘Texas will hammer Travis County’
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2lhsOUA
BROADCAST
The case for keeping tax-exempt churches from endorsing political candidates
William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about the separation of church and state.
Texas Standard (This also aired on 24 other stations and appeared online in KUT, Texas Public Radio and KERA News.)
http://bit.ly/2keAxBO
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Carbon nanotubes as X-ray contrast agents to track stem cells inside body
Rice researchers have synthesized a new and greatly improved generation of contrast agents for tagging and real-time tracking of stem cells in the body.
Med Gadget
http://bit.ly/2kFtUvO
Scientists simulate a new material that could be even weirder than graphene
A Rice team that simulated one-dimensional forms of boron — both two-atom-wide ribbons and single-atom chains — found they possess unique properties. For example, if metallic ribbons of boron are stretched, they morph into antiferromagnetic semiconducting chains, and when released they fold back into ribbons. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Science Alert
http://bit.ly/2lg9FS6
Large endowments struggled with returns in fiscal 2016
An article discusses Rice’s endowment.
Pensions & Investments
http://bit.ly/2kA3FEL
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Winners announced for startup contest at Super Bowl 51
Edward Egan, fellow and director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, served on the judges’ panel for the National Football League’s annual Super Bowl business startup competition.
Nibletz
http://bit.ly/2lg17eb
Building healthier athletes: NFL’s 1st and future contest in Houston
Xconomy
http://bit.ly/2kFJcR6
Politics and protests come to Super Bowl LI
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is mentioned.
Medill Reports Chicago
http://bit.ly/2kKV0kI
Faculty musicians take the stage in February
Alumnus Glenn Einschlag ’99 is featured and Benjamin Kamins, professor of bassoon, is mentioned.
UB Now
http://bit.ly/2jUN3oZ
The new ‘Life’ trailers are eerie, claustrophobic and … crunchy?
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
The Mary Sue
http://bit.ly/2jUDcj8
Gov. Martin O’Malley to speak at Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research Forum in Houston
Martin O’Malley will speak at Rice’s Kinder institute for Urban Research Feb. 15.
Realty News Report
http://bit.ly/2lglCHz
Offbeat: Area musicians aspire to engage community through unique projects
Alumna Sonja Harasim ’08 and Richard Lavenda, professor of composition and theory, are mentioned.
Inforum
http://bit.ly/2kzx0z5
Electric vehicles could come to dominate the transportation market sooner than expected
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is mentioned in an article about electric cars.
Hydrogen Fuel News
http://bit.ly/2lgx85O
#AskAMogulAnything: Gilda Barabino
Alumna Gilda Barabino ’86 participated in a #AskAMogulAnything live chat.
Mogul
http://bit.ly/2kA2eG8
Trump order pits Muslims against Christians
Ussama Makdisi, the Arab-American Educational Foundation Professor of Arab Studies in History and professor of history, authored an op-ed about President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.
The Korea Herald (This also appeared in the Holland Sentinel.)
http://bit.ly/2jULwj1
Mark Durcan sur le départ de la tête de Micron Technology
Alumnus Mark Durcan ’83 is mentioned.
L’usine Nouvelle (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jUPLuX
Around the state
Rice is mentioned.
Times Daily
http://bit.ly/2lc8Q0S
How NASA sent the winning Super Bowl LI team’s jersey to space — before game day
Alumna Peggy Whitson ’86 is mentioned.
Space.com (This also appeared in BruDirect.)
http://bit.ly/2lhlpVd
Gonzales becomes 1st Hispanic US attorney general
Alumnus Alberto Gonzales ’79 is featured.
Bowie News
http://bit.ly/2lhiufr
SPORTS
Area men’s college basketball: Kansas St. upsets No. 2 Baylor
Rice men’s basketball defeated the University of North Texas 95-80. Players Marcus Evans and Marcus Jackson are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jTQ0eD
Marcus Evans, Marcus Jackson lead Rice over North Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lbDzef
http://bit.ly/2kzt7tK
Saturday’s college basketball
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kKxCnpn
Evans, Jackson combine for 35; Rice beats North Texas, 95-80
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kzvkFG
Men’s basketball loses 11th straight despite big game from Lawson, Woolridge
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2lgopQV
Women’s basketball: Baylor tops Tech to extend winning streak to 21
Rice women’s basketball fell to the University of North Texas 69-77.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jTZl5X
Criner sparks women’s basketball to overtime win
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2lgZa1O
Houston Oilers Warren Moon and Mike Rozier reunite after 20 years
A slideshow of Houston’s most beloved sports figures features Rice baseball coach Wayne Graham, former Rice football player Dicky Maegle and former Rice football coach Jess Neely.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lbsaLG
http://bit.ly/2kFl5Cn
Drone grounded during Falcons practice ahead of Super Bowl
An article mentions that the Super Bowl teams practiced at Rice and the University of Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kzhbZi
http://bit.ly/2kKoW0F
Falcons C Alex Mack ready to go in Super Bowl
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jYaanw
http://bit.ly/2kjgyVi
Calm before the Super Bowl storm
The Australian (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kFSTiN
Danny Amendola makes it count in hometown Super Bowl
An article mentions that a Class 5A Division I state title game was held at Rice Stadium.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lbxdeY
http://bit.ly/2lbQ2yE
Super Bowl history of Texas college football players
Former Rice football players Rodrigo Barnes, O.J. Brigance, Earl Cooper, Darryl Grant, Courtney Hall, Larry Izzo, Luke Willson, Andrew Sendejo and Frank Ryan are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kFnxsv
http://bit.ly/2kzvkFG
Stars clown around and put on a red carpet show at Rolling Stone Super Bowl party
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2lc5KKh
Doerschuk: Bronze busts and Sam Houston statues
Canton Rep
http://bit.ly/2kFzBtA
Fort Bend area signings by school
A Rice commit is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kFh6Wv
http://bit.ly/2jUq1io
Examiner area signings by school
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kjaYlG
http://bit.ly/2ke4Sk5
Photos: Southeast Texas 2017 national signing day class
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kFqCJ6
Where Houston’s top 100 football recruits signed
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kzyzNv
National signing day: 10 Plano East athletes ink letters of intent
Plano Star Courier
http://bit.ly/2kexqtw
Northwest Flyers celebrated 30th anniversary Saturday
Former Rice athlete Fred Newhouse is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2lfWiBl
Dallas developer plans Waco shopping center on 200 acres at I-35, Loop 340
Alumnus Ford Stainback ’15 is mentioned.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/2kKJi9W
UTA men and women brush aside opponents!
Rice tennis is mentioned.
Tennis World
http://bit.ly/2lgOe40
Tigers suffer tough loss against Michigan and Indiana
The Daily Princetonian
http://bit.ly/2lg5RQT
Men’s, women’s tennis teams sweep weekend matches
The Shorthorn
http://bit.ly/2jUIwTO
Super Bowl LI: The last Super Bowls played in Houston
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was hosted at Rice Stadium.
Heavy
http://bit.ly/2jUxxyl
Green: How the Super Bowl went from cowpoke to chic
The Detroit News
http://detne.ws/2kjCxv3
Nationals: Anthony Rendon’s intriguing fantasy value in 2017
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is featured.
Fox Sports
http://foxs.pt/2kjHiF8
In business
A Louisiana Tech University faculty member was presented an award during halftime at a Rice men’s basketball game against Louisiana Tech.
Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/2kFEi6M
NEWS RELEASES
Bacterium from coal mine fire could aid drug targeting
Chemists scouring Appalachia for exotic microorganisms that could yield blockbuster drugs have reported a unique find from the smoldering remains of a coal mine fire that’s burned for nearly a decade in southeastern Kentucky. This week in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, a research team from Rice University, the University of Kentucky and the University of Oklahoma report that they made new — and in some cases more effective — versions of the antibiotic daptomycin. They used an enzyme from a soil bacterium found in smoke vents of the Ruth Mullins coal fire.
http://bit.ly/2kFXBwP
Rice Theatre to present ‘Proof’ March 1-5
Rice University Theatre will present “Proof” by David Auburn, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play in 2001.
http://bit.ly/2jV4ryS
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