In the News

Each month,
Rice News will publish a sampling of faculty, staff and
administrators who have been quoted in newspaper or magazine
articles or who have been interviewed on television or radio.
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Houston Chronicle
An article about an Islam seminar at Rice appeared. Ussama
Makdisi, assistant professor of history, commented on the
historical context for the tensions between the United States
and parts of the Middle East. Allen Matusow, the William
Gaines Twyman Professor of History, noted that education
is key to understanding the Muslim world.

An article featured
Pierre Jalbert, assistant professor of composition and theory,
who won the 2001 Masterprize composition competition.

A review of
a performance directed by Sergiu Luca, the Dorothy Richard
Starling Professor of Violin, appeared.

The Dallas
Morning News
Karim Al-Zand, visiting assistant professor at the Shepherd
School of Music, was mentioned as placing third in the Russell
Horn Young Composers Competition.

CNN
Edward Djerejian, director of the James A. Baker III Institute
for Public Policy, commented on the war against terrorism.

KTRH-AM
Bob Stein, dean of social sciences, commented on the Houston
mayoral election.
Djerejian commented on the United States’ war against
terrorism.

Gudrun Klein,
complimentary research associate, Dept. of Anthropology,
was mentioned as looking into what the war means to local
citizens.

KPRC-TV
Djerejian commented on the United States’ war against
terrorism.

David Cook,
assistant professor of religious studies, commented on potential
messages being sent by Osama bin Laden.

KHOU-TV
In a story about Latin music, Stephen Klineberg, professor
of sociology, noted that immigrants often connect with their
home country through music.