Dateline Rice for June 8, 2017

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Southern half of the Tibetan Plateau formed by rapid uplift, seismic data shows
Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of the upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and concluded that the southern half of the “Roof of the World” formed in less than one-quarter of the time since the beginning of India-Eurasia continental collision. Research scientist Min Chen and Fenglin Niu, professor of Earth science, are mentioned.
UPI
http://bit.ly/2sTX5vB
Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Science Daily (This also appeared in R&D and Phys Org.)
http://bit.ly/2sH4OxX
Rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Space Ref (This also appeared in Geology Page.)
http://bit.ly/2r5QAcT

The best startup accelerators of 2017
Seed accelerators AngelPad and Y Combinator have landed the coveted top spots in the inaugural 2017 rankings from the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project, a benchmarking program run by entrepreneurship and management experts from Rice, MIT and the University of Richmond.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2rCk28U
AngelPad, Y Combinator top study of US accelerators
PE Hub Network
http://bit.ly/2sEvi36
UpTech named one of the top accelerators in the country
The Lane Report
http://bit.ly/2rZFiGa
UpTech named 1 of top accelerators, along with The Brandery, by Seed Accelerator Rankings
Northern Kentucky Tribune
http://bit.ly/2siOi9Y
Capital Innovators, Yield Lab land on ranking of nation’s best accelerators
St. Louis Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2sHnbmj
2 St. Louis accelerators win national recognition
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2rQ62Hd

Can America comply with the Paris Accords without Trump? Only if red states join in
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2r9T9FI

NASA sending probe to ‘touch’ the sun — here’s why
An image is credited to Rice and researcher Robert O’Dell, the Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics and former chief scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope.
National Geographic
http://bit.ly/2rF8gL6

Scientists worry about plan to cap individual labs’ federal funding
An article quotes Omid Veiseh, adjunct assistant professor of bioengineering, and mentions that he will head a lab at Rice in 2017.
Boston Globe
http://bit.ly/2r5Cfgy

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Houston jogging routes among the most popular in the nation
Rice’s outer loop is featured on Under Armour’s list of most popular running routes in the U.S.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2r6OR26
http://bit.ly/2qXZ3uz
On National Running Day, guess which Austin trail makes list of top running routes in US?
Austin 360 (This also appeared in Austin American-Statesman.)
https://atxne.ws/2qXBa61
These are the top 20 running routes in the United States
Competitor.com
http://bit.ly/2rQiZ3M

Gallery and museum listings: June 8-14
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will present teamLab’s “Flower’s and People, Cannot Be Controlled But Live Together — A Whole Year Per Hour” through Aug. 13, “David Scanavino: Repeater” through Aug. 26 and Dana Thater’s “The Starry Messenger” through Feb. 1.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2sUl6CU
http://bit.ly/2rCigVg
Museum District Highlights
Local Houston
http://bit.ly/2rPH76i
Small Expressions: The hidden agenda
Free Press Houston
http://bit.ly/2rQd2Uf
L`invito di Olafur Eliasson all`integrazione con l`arte
Rai (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2rMlbsU

How much money is needed to put a Texas kid through college and still live comfortably
A slideshow mentions Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2siRSko
http://bit.ly/2rEUfwK

Houston student to study Chinese in China on US Department of State NSLI-Y scholarship
Articles feature students who plan to attend Rice.
Village News (This article appears on Page 12.)
http://bit.ly/25zn8X5
Subiaco Academy graduates 2017
Arkansas Catholic
http://bit.ly/2r5V2Z4
Around the park: Severn School fellows explore technology, ecology, photography
Capital Gazette
http://bit.ly/2qZMij5
Athletes to watch: Saying goodbye to 5 of Coppell’s best
Coppell Gazette
http://bit.ly/2sXCAht

Public colleges failing to teach critical thinking
The 2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey is discussed.
My San Antonio
http://bit.ly/2rWvD2Y

Rice community gathers to celebrate Dean of Continuing Studies Mary McIntire
In honor of Mary McIntire’s 31 years as dean of the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, members of the Rice community came to the Anderson-Clarke Center’s light-filled central gathering space May 18 for an “all-access backstage pass to celebrate the leadership of … McIntire on her farewell tour,” as the event invitation read. McIntire will officially retire as dean at the end of June. The article mentions Rice President David Leebron; Susanne ’62 and Melbern ’61 Glasscock; trustee emeritus Kent Anderson ’62; trustee emeritus Robert Clarke ’63; James Pomerantz, professor of psychology; and Jennifer Gigliotti-Labay, associate dean of the Glasscock School and executive director of the school’s Center for College Readiness.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2s7hqkN

CPRIT grant brings epigenetics researcher to Rice
Bioengineer Isaac Hilton will join Rice University as an assistant professor with the support of a $2 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Alumna Veronica Gough ’16 and Junghae Suh, associate professor of bioengineering, are mentioned. The article also mentions that CPRIT funding will also bring bone-modeling expert B.J. Fregly to Rice.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2r5TiPm

Zap! Graphene is bad news for bacteria
Scientists at Rice University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have discovered that laser-induced graphene is a highly effective anti-fouling material and, when electrified, bacteria zapper. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Yilun Li are mentioned.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2sjipya
Laser-induced graphene exhibits antibacterial and anti-fouling properties
AIChE’s “ChEnected”
http://bit.ly/2rBHJhs

Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses can be very revealing about the brain’s inner workings. But neuroscientists at Rice and Baylor College of Medicine said a full understanding of the complexity of the human brain will require new research strategies that better simulate real-world conditions. Xaq Pitkow, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dora Angelaki, adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering and of psychology, are mentioned.
TMC News (This also appeared in Medical Xpress.)
http://bit.ly/2rPJkPl

Under Pressure
Rice is mentioned.
TMC Pulse (This article appears on Page 28.)
http://bit.ly/2rZnDhQ

The arts and happenings June 2017
An article mentions that the 42nd annual Ima Hogg Competition Finals were held at Rice.
Houston Lifestyles & Homes
http://bit.ly/2rF4TDy

Chevron CEO Watson says Permian is here for long haul
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.
El Paso Times (This also appeared in Deming Headlight and Ruidoso News.)
http://bit.ly/2rF5YLP

Gish at the movies: Short film festivals in Houston
The Rice Department of Classical and European Studies is mentioned.
Local Houston
http://bit.ly/2qZJ6nE

Teacher candidates hope to land jobs with ECISD
Alumna Ashauna Bell ’13 is mentioned.
OA Online
http://bit.ly/2s7CqI0

Party with Jane Austen all summer long with Brazos Bookstore
An article mentions that Rice Cinema will participate in the “Summer of Austen.”
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2r658sI

BROADCAST

Happy Best Friends Day! 8 things to do with your best friend in Houston
Visiting James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is featured on a list of things to in Houston.
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2ra2NIt

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Want to train yourself to succeed? Science says these 3 things matter most
Recent research suggests that U.S. college students could succeed if they are encouraged to develop a sense of belonging, a growth mindset and salient personal goals and values, according to a new national report co-authored by Fred Oswald, professor of psychology.
Inc.
http://on.inc.com/2r6t5eA
Study identifies factors that lead to greater college success
Science Newsline (This also appeared in the Arizona Daily Independent.)
http://bit.ly/2sXIlMt

Scientists reveal 12-hour autonomous biological clock that coordinates bodily functions
A team of scientists from various institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, has revealed that in addition to 24-hour clocks, mammals and other organisms have 12-hour clocks that are autonomous, work independently from 24-hour clocks and can be modified by external factors. Athanasios Antoulas, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
News Medical
http://bit.ly/2rC39eh
A 12-hour biological clock coordinates essential bodily functions
Bioengineer.org
http://bit.ly/2rPQVx7

Lab chat: Making leaky blood vessels on demand
The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to keep blood inside and flowing, but scientists at Rice and their colleagues have discovered it may be possible to selectively open gaps in those barriers just enough to let large molecules through — and then close them again. Gang Bao, the Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering, is mentioned.
STAT News
http://bit.ly/2sHBffN
Making vessels leaky on demand could aid drug delivery
Phys Org (This also appeared in Nanotechnology Now.)
http://bit.ly/2rZO0Ev
Rice scientists use magnets and nanoparticles to make vessels temporarily ‘leaky’
News Medical
http://bit.ly/2rF6R7f

System bits: June 6
Rice University computer scientists have adapted a widely used technique for rapid data lookup to slash the amount of computation — and thus energy and time — required for deep learning, a computationally intense form of machine learning. Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science, and graduate student Ryan Spring are quoted.
Semiconductor Engineering
http://bit.ly/2rMU8O4
Scientists slash computations for deep learning
Scientific Computing
http://bit.ly/2sgLKZS
Rice U. scientists slash computations for deep learning
ECN
http://bit.ly/2rWa6HW
Hashing the computational complexity of deep learning
Electronics 360
http://bit.ly/2sh4AQv

Researchers debut battery-less pacemaker
A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be implanted directly into a patient’s heart is being introduced by researchers from Rice and their colleagues at the Texas Heart Institute at the IEEE’s International Microwave Symposium in Honolulu June 4-9. Aydin Babakhani, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; graduate student Yuxiang Sun; Behnaam Aazhang, the J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Joseph Cavallaro, professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, are mentioned.
Laboratory Equipment
http://bit.ly/2qXzqcZ
Texas team debuts battery-less pacemaker
Energy Harvesting Journal (This also appeared in Technology.org.)
http://bit.ly/2s015xm
Wireless pacemaker reduces risks
Idea Connection
http://bit.ly/2sHAH9J
Wireless pacemakers could make life easier for heart patients
Engadget
http://engt.co/2r5EuQO
New pacemaker doesn’t need wires or a battery
Value Walk
http://bit.ly/2r9JbnZ
RF-powered pacemaker cuts risks by eliminating wire leads
EE News
http://bit.ly/2rQjJpl

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Which colleges give you the best value for your money?
Rice is featured on Forbes’ list of best-value colleges.
Investment Watch Blog
http://bit.ly/2r9ZCjZ

Professor launches research
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair and Professor of Sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program, is mentioned.
The Falcon
http://bit.ly/2r9Yj4G

SPCO to begin streaming live concert videos; 4 questions with composer Pierre Jalbert
Pierre Jalbert, professor of composition and theory at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, participates in a Q&A feature.
MinnPost
http://bit.ly/2rZPNcz

Eddie Degerman: From the minor leagues to medicine
Alumnus Eddie Degerman ’05 is mentioned.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
http://bit.ly/2rQ009m

2017 Rice Design Alliance Spotlight Prize goes to OOPEAA
The Rice Design Alliance is mentioned.
Bustler
http://bit.ly/2qZTQ5q

Kensington names Ben Thacker vice president and general manager
Alumnus Ben Thacker ’06 is mentioned.
CIO Today
http://bit.ly/2sENABp

With a passing glance at the president’s request, Congress continues work on FY 2018 appropriations
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and an adjunct professor of economics, was a witness at the House Budget Committee June 7.
Lexology
http://bit.ly/2sECOuK

Effects of fasting while pregnant
Farhan Majid, fellow in health and technology policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
IslamiCity
http://bit.ly/2sHdvrZ

Violinist considers legal action against United Airlines
Alumna Yennifer Correia ’10 is mentioned.
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2sjbPrh

Women in tech: ‘Erfolg in der Tech-Branche ist männlich besetzt’
Alumna Rebecca Parsons ’90 is featured.
Jax Enter (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2r6MY5a

SPORTS

Game times announced for Rice football schedule
Article discuss Rice football’s 2017 schedule.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2s5CKHj
http://bit.ly/2s7lVMh
Notebook: 8 UNT games picked up for broadcast
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2rZrStJ
C-USA announces football TV schedule
WTKR
http://bit.ly/2sje8L5
UTEP updates 2017 football schedule
El Paso Herald-Post
http://bit.ly/2sXPxrD

Enthusiasm, spelled D-U-K-E: Former VAHS Principal Duke Sparks still spreads the love after 47 years
Rice baseball head coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
Nueces County Record Star
http://bit.ly/2rMJJ4Z

NCAA Baseball: Super Regionals preview
Rice baseball’s season ended with a 5-0 NCAA Regional loss to Louisiana State University.
Vavel
http://bit.ly/2sh5YTw
Teddy Renois’ column: Bearkats carrying SLC flag in Super Regionals
Houma Today
http://bit.ly/2rVSYSv

Metallica provides the soundtrack to my life
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2sh1c8z
http://bit.ly/2r3eEwG
Metallica in Houston through the years
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2qXM1wQ

UT coach Tom Herman to feature on cover of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine
Articles mention that Tom Herman coached at Rice.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2sH1ItC
Bob Stoops versus Tom Herman: Let’s take you back to 1999
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2rQ4EnC

This is 30: Houston’s Brian Johnson is back home, an OC again
An article mentions that Major Applewhite coached at Rice.
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2sXzPgr

Looking back on the greatest wide receivers in UNT history
Rice football is mentioned.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2r9z1n6
Bitter: The ups and downs of the ACC nonconference football schedules
Roanoke Times
http://bit.ly/2qZyWTJ

7 former Fayetteville SwampDogs have reached the majors
Former Rice athletes David Aarsdma, Luke Willson, Jon Duplantier, Jim Ellington and Andrew Benak are mentioned.
Gate House Media
http://bit.ly/2rPGDgu
Sweetness in Seattle: Luke Willson loves life as a Seahawk, Rooney fan
The Province
http://bit.ly/2r5TsX3
2017 Midwest League All-Star Game rosters
Baseball America
http://bit.ly/2sHmPvZ
MiLB announces May Players of the Month
MiLB
http://atmilb.com/2r09Mo2
5 years later: The 2012 draft
River Ave Blues
http://bit.ly/2sHmDNh
Badgers Football: A closer look at incoming Wisconsin freshman Cade Green
Scout
http://foxs.pt/2rFfnTG

Thompson ’13 joins Hobart coaching staff
Rice men’s basketball assistant coach Mark Linebaugh is mentioned.
D3 Hoops
http://bit.ly/2r9DTbZ

Any mid-major baseball teams left?
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Mountain West Connection
http://bit.ly/2rEZOv0

NEWS RELEASES

Texas electricity providers minimizing costs to meet market demands
Residential electricity rates in competitive areas in Texas have declined relative to wholesale electricity prices, which suggests that Texas electricity providers are minimizing costs to meet market demands, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/2r64dc0

Making vessels leaky on demand could aid drug delivery
The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to keep blood inside and flowing, but scientists at Rice University and their colleagues have discovered it may be possible to selectively open gaps in those barriers just enough to let large molecules through — and then close them again.
http://bit.ly/2rZPTAZ

Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses can be very revealing about the brain’s inner workings. But neuroscientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine said a full understanding of the complexity of the human brain will require new research strategies that better simulate real-world conditions.
http://bit.ly/2sHH7W8