Dateline Rice for July 5, 2017 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEM

Jefferson in the flesh
John Boles and his new book, “Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty,” are featured. Boles is the William Pettus Hobby Professor of History.
Wall Street Journal (Subscription required.)
http://on.wsj.com/2sHsHZI
Founding Father’s work, the Declaration of Independence, guides us still
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2uKbJ9w
Thomas Jefferson: American visionary
Washington Free Beacon
http://bit.ly/2thyNih

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Hungry fish and dragonflies show biodiversity in flux
An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how biodiversity loss may impact specific habitats, according to Rice researchers who spent four years studying seasonal changes in ponds across East Texas. Volker Rudolf, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and alumni Nick Rasmussen ’12, Chris Dibble ’14 and Benjamin Van Allen ’14 are mentioned.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/2sMnGui
Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space
Science Daily (This also appeared in Phys Org.)
http://bit.ly/2spU8Dr
Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time, space
Laboratory Equipment
http://bit.ly/2tJ05Px

For cheaper fuel cells, spread these atoms over graphene
Rice scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/2sqkEMG
Graphene and ruthenium mixture creates durable catalyst for fuel cells
Graphene-info
http://bit.ly/2tMeoT4

What’s next in Qatar’s spat with the Saudi-led alliance
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg Politics (This also appeared in Bloomberg Quint and the Economic Times.)
https://bloom.bg/2tIwJkm
Can Qatar-Gulf rift be repaired?
Aljazeera
http://bit.ly/2sMlrH6
Qatar’s 10 days are up: Here’s what may happen next in the Gulf
Financial Express
http://bit.ly/2uKHm2K

Inside Saudi Arabia’s big bet on plastics
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Bloomberg Businessweek
https://bloom.bg/2tMzKjm
The special ingredient that helps explain Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic war on Qatar
Vox
http://bit.ly/2uKoYqL

Houston, Texas: An example of America’s changing population
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, is quoted.
VOA
http://bit.ly/2thfntH
Houston’s diversity is America’s future
Pacific Standard
http://bit.ly/2sMxKDm

Cómo el díscolo Trump complica la agenda republicana en el Congreso
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.
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2spGRL1
KUT
http://bit.ly/2sqt4Uz (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
http://bit.ly/2upXXK7 (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
http://bit.ly/2tpXhV5 (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
http://bit.ly/2sN69C9 (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Gasoline prices keep dropping, bringing corner wars, happy drivers
Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the July 3 print edition with a different headline, “Drivers winning this gas war.”)
http://bit.ly/2uprxPX

Art Daybook: A beautifully patriotic dunce
An article discusses a printing studio that was held at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine.)
http://bit.ly/2spTFkt

Senate Republicans, this is not the health care we want
Ken Janda, adjunct professor in management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed about the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine.)
http://bit.ly/2tpKdiu

Mexican gasoline thieves are bleeding Pemex
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/2tQRhaS

Thumbs up, down
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus received a thumbs-up from the Chronicle.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2sM2lB9

Finalist for UTSA president is from Tennessee
A slideshow mentions Rice.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2tgDrx4

Why energy companies will be major users of blockchain technology
An article discusses a blockchain technology conference that was hosted at Rice.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2tMDEIN

After a round of layoffs in January, 350 more employees are set to lose their jobs at one of the largest hospitals in Houston
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, is quoted about health care costs.
Rare Houston
http://bit.ly/2sMCRDO

Is Houston a template for America’s new demographic landscape?
An article mentions a study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Rare Houston
http://bit.ly/2uKEVgN

BROADCAST

‘Erin Burnett OutFront’
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about President Donald Trump.
CNN
http://bit.ly/2tRd3LA
‘It is really not normal’: Collins, others condemn Trump for vulgar tweet about TV host
Bangor Daily News
http://bit.ly/2sM8VaT

KPLA-FM
A Rice study is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2tJfhfL (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

Channeled insights/shared crossings
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, is mentioned.
Coast to Coast AM (This broadcast also aired on 527 stations.)
http://bit.ly/2tpUZoM

CIII-Global
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
http://bit.ly/2sGZBcW

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice Jones Graduate School announces new online MBA program
Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business plans to launch a new online Master of Business Administration program, subject to Rice Faculty Senate and accreditor approval. MBA@Rice is designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders to excel in the ever-changing business landscape. Rice President David Leebron and Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones School, are quoted and Provost Marie Lynn Miranda is mentioned.
Metro MBA
http://bit.ly/2tICgHs

Marjorie Corcoran
Paul Padley, professor of physics and astronomy, co-authored an article about Marjorie Corcoran, a professor of physics and astronomy who was killed Feb. 3 in a train-cyclist accident.
Physics Today
http://bit.ly/2tMbMoo

Notorious LIG helps prevent bacteria growth
Scientists at Rice 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.
Your Oil and Gas News (This also appeared in Your Industry News.)
http://bit.ly/2tMiYAI

State revenue declines lead to cuts in children’s Medicaid benefits, education spending
State spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly, according to new research by Richard Boylan, professor of economics, and Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, is quoted.
Science Daily
http://bit.ly/2uqhCK3
State revenue declines lead to cuts in child Medicaid benefits and education spending
Disabled World
http://bit.ly/2upVHTc

Pulling out of Paris is an empty gesture
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, is quoted.
Wind Power Monthly
http://bit.ly/2uKGM5c

Open Ephys enables closed-loop electrophysiology
Caleb Kemere, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
Medical Physics Web
http://bit.ly/2tpNeiN

ReRAM goes 3-D
Rice is mentioned.
EE Times
http://ubm.io/2tM1STx

Ease regulatory burden on NatGas price reporters, industry tells FERC
Vince Kaminski, professor in the practice of management, is mentioned.
Natural Gas Intel (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2thiF0h

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Scientists successfully use solar energy to turn salt water into freshwater
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, and Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, of bioengineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, are quoted.
True Activist
http://bit.ly/2tQMFS4
Solar nanotechnology desalination system developed by NEWT Center
Water World
http://bit.ly/2sMUcMM

Guest post: The dilemmas of scaling BoP ventures
Alumnus Apoorva Shah ’08 authored an op-ed.
Next Billion
http://bit.ly/2tM4AIX

Ghanaian appointed to the Harris County, Texas International Advisory Council
Alumnus Kwame Acheampong ’90 is featured.
Ghana Web
http://bit.ly/2theTEd

Scientists may have discovered a sweet way to mass produce graphene
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, is quoted.
Futurism
http://bit.ly/2thg5Y9

Spun out: 5 essential cuts selected by local DJ Goo Goo
Rice’s KTRU radio station is mentioned.
The Stranger
http://bit.ly/2tR6bxY

Arts Notes: Fox Valley Symphony names new youth conductor
Alumnus William Samson ’05 is mentioned.
Post-Crescent
http://post.cr/2uKcjnY

Kickapoo grad takes top prize at National Speech and Debate Competition
Articles mention students who plans to attend Rice.
KY3
http://bit.ly/2tR80dV
KYTV
http://bit.ly/2sq6ATt
http://bit.ly/2uKs6Dc
Top Seniors
Scarborough Leader
http://bit.ly/2tMovY0
KCEN
http://bit.ly/2sqmg9j

Shenkman brings change, sometime unwanted, to city councils in Murrieta, Temecula and beyond
Alumnus Kevin Shenkman ’00 is mentioned.
Valley News
http://bit.ly/2tJ0Ub6

Music Academy of the West returns to its new-music roots
Alumna Caroline Shaw ’04 is mentioned.
San Francisco Classical Voice
http://bit.ly/2sMPuhP

SPORTS

Is it here yet? Top things we miss about college football season
Rice and Stanford will open the 2017 football season Aug. 26 at the Sydney Cup at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2tRsCTo

‘Texans Buzz’
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
KTRK (This also aired on KDBC, KFDM, KPEJ and KFXK.)
http://bit.ly/2tqhNF7

UTSA to visit LSU in 2020 football opener
Rice football is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle 
http://bit.ly/2sMq8kk
Will college football be kinder to Texas schools in 2017?
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2uJMIvq
LSU adds UTSA to 2020 football schedule
FB Schedules
http://bit.ly/2uKfEDu
Breaking down Texas A&M’s 1st 5 years in the SEC
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2tQQLte
Daily Longhorn football history: The 1952 season
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2sMeGW1
Daily Longhorn football history: The 1953 season
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2tMk9QB
What does DCTF have to say about Denton area football in 2017?
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2tM1EvJ
A look at some movement in UNT, C-USA football recruiting
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2uKE6EW
LSU completes 2020 nonconference schedule
Gridiron Now
http://bit.ly/2tpOP8f
LSU to open 2020 season at home against UT-San Antonio
Times-Picayune
http://bit.ly/2sMxpR3
All-Mullen Team: Looking back at Dak Prescott’s Mississippi State career
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2tpBahs
Can Houston football continue to overachieve in Major Applewhite era?
The Comeback
http://bit.ly/2sGMUit
American Athletic Conference preview: Houston Cougars
INSC Magazine
http://bit.ly/2tMDYHo
Report: LSU to host UTSA in 2020 season opener
SEC Country
http://sec.news/2uKBA1n
LSU adds UTSA to 2020 football schedule
247 Sports
http://bit.ly/2uq5ats
Report: LSU to open 2020 schedule against C-USA team
Saturday Down South
http://sds.to/2sGzSl9

#VoteRendon? Max Scherzer’s favorite player has All-Star stuff
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is mentioned.
ESPN
http://bit.ly/2tJ5nuf
Nationals’ 3B Anthony Rendon’s major league-leading season explained
Federal Baseball
http://bit.ly/2uKqeKv
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2sqjukh

Happy Canada Day to Seahawks Luke Willson, Jon Ryan
Former Rice football player Luke Willson is mentioned.
Field Gulls
http://bit.ly/2tJ0EZJ

Talented 2019 cornerback Erick Young holds 3 P5 offers, close to another
An article mentions a Rice football camp.
Scout
http://foxs.pt/2sGx1Za

Pierce reflects on 1st season at dream job
An article mentions that David Pierce coached at Rice.
Daily Texan
http://bit.ly/2sMOAlr

Corey Douglas commits to Rams
A Rice transfer is mentioned.
Richmond Free Press
http://bit.ly/2sMDM6W

What makes apartment rental in Houston a wise investment 
Rice is mentioned.
MenaFN
http://bit.ly/2tJ1zt6

ODU home games with UNC, FAU will be available to 70 million Twitter followers
Rice is mentioned.
Virginian-Pilot
http://bit.ly/2upQXgj

McCarthy withstands Carlon’s charge, leads Men’s City Golf
Former Rice athlete James Lee is mentioned.
Albuquerque Journal
http://bit.ly/2sGnf9I

Cape League roundup: Cotuit’s Collins tosses complete-game shutout
Will Rice College sophomore Dominic DiCaprio is mentioned.
Cape Cod Times
http://bit.ly/2sqir3W

Chirinos leads Durham past mistake-prone Tides
Former Rice baseball player Lucas Luetge is mentioned.
Virginian-Pilot
http://bit.ly/2spZKgZ

NEWS RELEASES

Dragonflies reveal how biodiversity changes in time and space
An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how biodiversity loss may impact specific habitats, according to Rice University researchers who spent four years studying seasonal changes in ponds across East Texas.
http://bit.ly/2thw0pn

Greener molecular intermediates may aid drug design
Scientists at Rice University have simplified their approach to synthesize a highly versatile family of precursors en route to biologically active compounds. Their method should make drug design and development cheaper and more environmentally friendly.
http://bit.ly/2tRpnLF