Dateline Rice for June 27, 2017

FEATURED ITEM

Reassessing Thomas Jefferson
John Boles and his new book, “Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty,” are featured. Boles is the William Pettus Hobby Professor of History.
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2rXXnkY

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Finding comfort, and North Korea, in a tiny restaurant
Sonia Ryang, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Center Professor of Asian Studies and director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies, is quoted.
Washington Post (This Associated Press article also appeared in ABC News, Inquirer, Colorado Springs Gazette, CBS News, Fox News and a number of other media outlets.)
http://wapo.st/2th1cG0
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2udU5e5
http://bit.ly/2tgnrLQ

How culture, passion and genetics are fueling a Nigerian takeover of US sports
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, is quoted.
CBS Sports
http://cbsprt.co/2tgosUh

As Saudi Aramco listing gets closer, debate rises over its valuation and risks
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Star Tribune
http://strib.mn/2sN1lQw

Listed: The lavish waterworks temple that defied Thatcher
An article features a photo  of Duncan Hall’s ceiling, designed by John Outram.
The Guardian
http://bit.ly/2sfExW0

American students are experiencing Korea while volunteering in a community center
Rice is mentioned.
Yonhap News (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2tgzvN7

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Texans react to Supreme Court decision on travel ban
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 Supreme Court’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s travel ban, Texas politics and the U.S. ban on beef imports from Brazil.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the June 27 print edition with a different headline, “Texans react: Move seen as both attack on diversity, crucial ‘time-out.’”)
http://bit.ly/2til2kw
Houston reacts to Supreme Court decision on Trump’s travel ban
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio and LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2sX8PPd
http://bit.ly/2rY2Acs
Trump declares clear victory after travel ban ruling
Normangee Star
http://bit.ly/2rY5A8K
President Trump’s travel ban partially unblocked
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2tgz70S
http://bit.ly/2sXvhYk
KRLD
http://bit.ly/2sN9hRC (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
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KLBJ
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Texas cattle ranchers laud new ban on fresh beef from Brazil
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2rXMUWX
Texas joins majority in losing straight-ticket voting
Corsicana Daily Sun
http://bit.ly/2si3zUu
Redrawing America
Weatherford Democrat
http://bit.ly/2sX9jFb
Analysis: Texas gave House GOP biggest gerrymandering bump
KWTX (This also appeared in Waco Tribune-Herald.)
http://bit.ly/2rY6zWt
SB4: ¿En que se parece ‘ciudades santuario’ a la HB70 de Arizona?
Al Dia Dallas (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2rXKdVn

‘Elite’ mobile dating comes to Houston with arrival of The League
Alumnus Philip Tarpley ’12 is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2rXTVab
http://bit.ly/2tgSXd2

Mexican gasoline thieves steal $1B from Pemex every year
The extent of fuel theft from pipelines in Mexico is now so great that it is becoming a serious financial burden for state-owned petroleum company Pemex and, more broadly, may pose a challenge to the implementation of policies aimed at the liberalization of the country’s gasoline market, according to Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies in Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mexico Center and Center for Energy Studies.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2tRUofj
http://bit.ly/2tRSzyY
http://bit.ly/2sN76gW
Baker Institute expert: Fuel theft from pipelines in Mexico is on the rise
Technology.org (This also appeared in Mexico Star.)
http://bit.ly/2sd5Rcq

Green, Flores: US must better manage nuclear waste storage
An article mentions that Rice has a program in nuclear energy.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2tgHZnC

Houston gets $445,000 from the NEA, and here’s every project being funded
Rice and several local refugee settlement agencies are collaborating on the Houston in Motion Refugee Artist Program with Firestarter Group, which received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2sMXsuV
http://bit.ly/2tRUraY

Electricity reform in 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, discusses a recent Baker Institute study on electricity reform and retail pricing.
Texas Monthly
http://bit.ly/2tRUy6m

Correspondence
Fabiola Lopez-Duran, assistant professor of art history, is mentioned in an op-ed.
Big Bend Now
http://bit.ly/2tOGLhd

Fifty and fabulous
A slideshow includes photos from Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies’ “Festival of Curiosity.”
Houston CityBook
http://bit.ly/2sfamhJ

Ellis shakes things up
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Off the Kuff
http://bit.ly/2sX4bRm

District 128: Cain announces re-election bid
A Rice study is mentioned.
Baytown Star
http://bit.ly/2uekuc2

BROADCAST

KPAM
Rice is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2sdFrXU

KTRK
Trippy, a Rice squirrel, is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2tiEbCS

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Patient-inspired research uncovers new link to rare disorder
James McNew, professor of biochemistry and cell biology, is mentioned.
Scienmag
http://bit.ly/2sKhvdg

Rice U. chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam
Nanotechnologists from Rice and China’s Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene. 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 quoted.
Innovations Report (This also appeared in Science Newsline.)
http://bit.ly/2sKn1wI

How former astronaut Leroy Chiao turned his dream of space into a reality
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, lecturer in mechanical engineering, authored an op-ed.
Space.com
http://bit.ly/2tSeMNl

New tech helps amputees feel
Engineers working to add “muscle sense” to prosthetic limbs found that tactile feedback on the skin allowed blindfolded test subjects to more than double their ability to discern the size of objects grasped with a prosthetic hand. Marcia O’Malley, professor of mechanical engineering and computer science, is quoted.
R&D
http://bit.ly/2siaLA1

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Will AI create a ‘useless class’ of humans?
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.
World Health Net
http://bit.ly/2tiQRK8

Top US senator to block arms sales to Gulf states over Qatar crisis
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
DW
http://bit.ly/2sWWTx6

NAFTA on agenda for Sen. Jeff Flake’s meeting with Mexican senators
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted.
Fronteras
http://bit.ly/2tgWat8

Bay Area CIO of the Year Lifetime Achievement winner Dan Morales: EBay’s CIO revamps IT ecosystem
Alumnus Dan Morales ’89 is featured.
San Francisco Business Times
http://bit.ly/2sfpU4V

Dean Kochevar leading Tufts to a new future
Deborah Kochevar ’78 is featured.
The Grafton News
http://bit.ly/2sfhvi9

EIA: Earthquake trends in some states likely related to wastewater injection
Linda Capuano, fellow in energy technology, will speak at the 2017 EIA Energy Conference June 26-27.
Fuel Oil News
http://bit.ly/2tOv6i2

Aspen Institute names BBVA Compass executive 1 of its 2017 First Mover Fellows
Alumnus Reymundo Ocañas ’91 is featured.
BBVA
http://bbva.info/2sWPwFL

State fair announces new board members
An article mentions that Robert D. Lawler is a member of Rice‘s Jones Graduate School of Business Council of Overseer.
Morning Ag Clips
http://bit.ly/2tS7oBy

Beauty and brain! 18-year-old Nigerian make history in the US as 11 universities offer her scholarships
Articles mention students who were accepted to Rice.
Cotonou9ja
http://bit.ly/2sdqq8A
Photo: 18-year-old Nigerian girl gets scholarships from 11 US universities
Metro Najia
http://bit.ly/2sMLfGm
Read how this 18-year-old Nigerian makes history
Information Nigeria
http://bit.ly/2tivUyR
The Ledger’s 2016-17 All-Academic Team
The Ledger
http://bit.ly/2tcjWWG
Rye High School Class of 2017
The Rye Record
http://bit.ly/2rXzYAp

Grandsons of former Harrison County JP growing up
Alumnus Austin Kyle Williams ’12 is mentioned.
Marshall News Messenger
http://bit.ly/2sXh3XE

Game changer for billions? Solar energy device turns salt water into fresh!
A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of membrane distillation technology and light-harvesting nanophotonics, is the first major innovation from the Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment, a multi-institutional engineering research center based at Rice University. Qilin Li, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
Science Vibe
http://bit.ly/2si7UHh

Graduation speeches: Wilton High School 2017
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
Wilton Bulletin
http://bit.ly/2udZamY
Starboy: Rideau Ferry astronomer gets starry-eyed over Hubble Space Telescope
Inside Ottawa Valley
http://bit.ly/2tgcQjY

Festival wrap: Literally short film festival is pequeño pero poderoso — small but mighty
Rice is mentioned.
MovieMaker
http://bit.ly/2si42Ge

SPORTS

Houston Texans defensive end wins big at IW Marks Charity Challenge and brings special date
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2sXgZap

Best in Texas: Can anyone catch TCU’s Gary Patterson as best coach? 
Rice football head coach David Bailiff is mentioned.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2rY2stR

WKU soccer announces 2017 fall schedule
Rice soccer’s 2017 schedule is discussed.
Lex18 (This also appeared in Bowling Green Daily News.)
http://bit.ly/2sicrtl
Western Kentucky soccer announces 2017 schedule
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2sir8MN

Kinkaid graduate leads Oregon women to history
Duncan College senior Austin Riddle is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle 
http://bit.ly/2sdqAN7

Column: Former East Central star hopes to shine at Gonzaga
A Rice transfer is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2sdoRaC

Long named girls basketball coach at Hallsville
An article mentions that Holly Long coached at Rice.
Marshall News Messenger
http://bit.ly/2sMTt1k

Mavericks 2017-18 nonconference schedule released
Rice men’s basketball is mentioned.
The Shorthorn
http://bit.ly/2sdu4PI
Rudy Gobert named NBA All-Defensive 1st Team; Utes announce basketball schedule
The Spectrum
http://bit.ly/2tgt3Wl

Countdown to Texas’ kickoff: 67 days
Rice football is mentioned.
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2sNjjlN

Rick Peterson: Which local athlete deserves to be enshrined next?
Tanner Gardner, senior associate athletics director and chief revenue officer, is mentioned.
Topeka Capital-Journal
http://bit.ly/2si8h4I

USM’s Wallner named Freshman of Year by Baseball America
Former Rice baseball players Joe Savery and Anthony Rendon are mentioned.
WDAM (This also appeared in WMCactionnews5.)
http://bit.ly/2udK4hc