Dateline Rice for Jan. 17, 2019

FEATURED ITEMS

National Trust names the most important, interesting places of the last 40 years
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion at Rice is featured.
USA Today (Scroll to photo No. 22. This article appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2RCvOPn
40 of the most important and interesting American places built in the last 40 years
USA Today (Scroll to photo No. 22. This slideshow appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2RCmASX

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Sunday’s total lunar eclipse will be ‘super blood wolf moon’
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted in articles on the Jan. 20 lunar eclipse.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required.)
https://on.wsj.com/2RvasmG
The ‘super blood wolf moon’ is coming. When will you be able to see it in Dallas?
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2RD5wfS

Here’s why Beto O’Rourke voted for an anti-Black Lives Matter bill
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 in several articles on politics.
Mother Jones
http://bit.ly/2RADx0c
As presumptive House speaker, Dennis Bonnen raised $4 million in a month
Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in The Eagle and the Gilmer Mirror.)
http://bit.ly/2Rz2qcD
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is more powerful than Russia’s Putin?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, Jacksonville Journal-Courier and The Telegraph.)
http://bit.ly/2RB55T2

Trump risks escalating Cuba tensions by scrapping baseball deal
Christopher Sabatini, nonresident fellow at the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an article on the Trump administration threatening to revoke a deal between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that would allow MLB to legally recruit Cuban players.
Axios
http://bit.ly/2RB6clG

What can we learn from what non-Jews are doing on disability issues?
The Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, which won a $15 million grant as a finalist in the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition, is mentioned.
The Times of Israel
http://bit.ly/2QEOk5j

Zapatistas contra el Tren Maya ¿por ecología?
Timothy Morton, the Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, is quoted in an op-ed.
La Razón (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2RzkzHn

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Niche announces 2019’s hardest colleges to get into in America
Rice is No. 20 in Niche’s ranking. The Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families, is mentioned. The Rice Investment is also featured in an article by The Politic.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://bit.ly/2Rva4EV
http://bit.ly/2Rwij3w
Niche’s 2019 hardest schools to get into
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2RB4IIj
Making strides in college affordability: The Rice Investment
The Politic
http://bit.ly/2RAkLWO

Houston Center plan makeover
Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Jan. 17 print edition with a different headline, “Houston Center plan makeover.”
http://bit.ly/2Rzu9dj

Outside the Cineplex
Event listings mention “Happy Birthday, Marsha!” and “This is Home: A Refugee Story” will be screened at Rice Cinema.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2RwKFdU
http://bit.ly/2RAKRcc
Queer things to do in Houston this week: Jan. 17-20, 2019
OutSmart
http://bit.ly/2RwLB1U

Here are the top 8 things to do in Houston this weekend
An article mentions that Rice Cinema will host part of the Houston Iranian Film Festival.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2RwPBj9

Dallas: Cómo ver el eclipse de luna o la súper luna roja este domingo
Al Día Dallas (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2RwEg2z

BROADCAST

Great Day Houston
A broadcast segment on Faithful Paws mentions that the pet therapy organization visits the Rice campus during final exams.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2RxyygB

morning dose.
A story on Houston Westside High School senior Linh Nguyen mentions that she has been accepted to Rice.
CW 39 (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2RzkNhp

Newsradio 740 KTRH
José Aranda, associate professor of English and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, is mentioned as a member of the Houston Poet Laureate Selection Committee.
KTRH-AM (Houston) (This broadcast also aired on WOAI-AM in San Antonio and KEX-AM in Portland, Ore.)
http://bit.ly/2CuoquT

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Texas Aviation Hall of Fame reveals Class of 2019
Alumna Peggy Whitson ’86, an astronaut who has spent more time in space than any other American, will be inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame April 12.
General Aviation News
http://bit.ly/2RwXjJW

Superconductors due for a tuneup
Some iron-based superconductors could benefit from a tuneup, according to two studies by Rice physicists and collaborators. Qimiao Si, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Rice Center for Quantum Materials, is quoted. Graduate student Haoyu Hu and alumnus Emilian Nica ’13
are mentioned.
Photonics Online
http://bit.ly/2RBany3
Physicists show quantum materials can be tuned for superconductivity
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/2Rvochn

Corruption in Mexico 2019: An interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez
Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, postdoctoral research fellow in international trade for Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mexico Center, is featured in a Q&A.
Anti-Corruption Digest
http://bit.ly/2RxmHPD

Tributes paid to ‘influential’ teacher David Dunster
An obituary for David Dunster mentions he was a visiting professor at Rice.
Architects’ Journal (This article also appeared in Best Brothers Group.)
http://bit.ly/2RBksLe

Julliard-trained violinist returns to NJ roots to record first album
Alumna Alana Youssefian is featured.
Catholic News Service (This article also appeared in CatholicPhilly.com and the Boston Pilot.)
http://bit.ly/2RA9KVa

Are we entering a brave new world?
An article about gene editing in humans mentions Michael Deem, the John W. Cox Professor of Biochemical and Genetic Engineering and a professor of physics and astronomy, and that He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed he produced the first genetically engineered twins, attended Rice.
Baptist Courier
http://bit.ly/2Rx0pNT

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Feds, states can help biochar live up to its soil-saving potential
An article cites a biochar study led by Ghasideh Pourhashem, former postdoctoral fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Caroline Masiello, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute, are quoted.
Terra Forming Terra
http://bit.ly/2RzZWdO

Everyone loses
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an op-ed on the rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Zenith
http://bit.ly/2Rvhlod

Inventor with McCook ties wins national award
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of the Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, is featured.
McCook Gazette
http://bit.ly/2RxcwL2

UMF spotlights Pulitzer Prize-winning hip hop album as kickoff to New Commons events
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will be the keynote speaker at the New Commons Project at the University of Maine at Farmington Jan. 30.
Daily Bulldog
http://bit.ly/2RztbgT

USU Music Department presents first annual Opera Aria Competition
Robin Rice, professor of voice and co-chair of voice at the Shepherd School of Music, is mentioned.
Utah Statesman
http://bit.ly/2Rv0kdP

Robert’s roundup of ebooks
An article mentions OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Imaginary Planet
http://bit.ly/2RCnMGd

New research yields super-strong aluminum alloy
Research led by Edwin Thomas, professor of materials science and nanoengineering and of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is mentioned.
NelsonPub.com
http://bit.ly/2Ry2Ekm

White graphene added to ceramics can give them outstanding properties
Ultrathin hexagonal boron nitride sheets between layers of calcium-silicates could give ceramics outstanding properties. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
NelsonPub.com
http://bit.ly/2RxvmS9

Data Privacy Day 2019 reminds businesses and consumers about the value of personal data and the need to protect it
The Jan. 28 Rice University Symposium on Data Privacy at the BioScience Research Collaborative is mentioned.
KAKE (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2RA5O78

External reviewers assess impact of commons system
Rice is mentioned.
The Middlebury Campus
http://bit.ly/2RAndMI

Fish & Richardson grows firm with 14 associates
Alumna Qiuyi Wu is featured.
Arizona Republic (This article also appeared in more than 80 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Rz7b5Z

Brokered patents are not junk—and the reasons will surprise you
Rice is mentioned.
IP Watchdog
http://bit.ly/2RxM6sI

La economía venezolana en una lámina
Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is cited.
Prodavinci (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2RwDnH3

SPORTS

ITF: Jan. 15 Athletes of the Week
Rice junior Michelle Fokam was named Conference USA Female Field Athlete of the Week.
ConferenceUSA.com
http://bit.ly/2RuOgJz

SWIM: Jan. 16 Athletes of the Week
Rice sophomore Ellery Parish was named Conference USA Swimmer of the Week.
ConferenceUSA.com
http://bit.ly/2RzXQKY

Arkansas returns home to host Houston
The Rice swimming team is mentioned.
ArkansasRazorbacks.com
http://bit.ly/2RCHLEJ

Alumni notebook: Former Lady Highlander Iademarco breaks Rice’s 3-pointer mark
Rice basketball player Nicole Iademarco is featured.
The Courier of Montgomery County (This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.)
http://bit.ly/2RuZA8t

Miners to host UAB in first home game in 27 days
The Rice women’s basketball team’s Jan. 12 victory over the University of Texas at El Paso is mentioned.
KTSM
http://bit.ly/2RvfAY9

Women’s basketball off to a slow start
The Rice women’s basketball team’s Jan. 10 victory over the University of Texas at San Antonio is mentioned.
The Paisano
http://bit.ly/2RCvzUb

Second option needed for women’s tourney berth
The Rice women’s basketball team is mentioned.
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2RwlE2y

UTEP at UAB preview: 3 keys for the Miners on the road
The Rice men’s basketball team’s Jan. 12 loss to the University of Texas at El Paso is mentioned.
KROD
http://bit.ly/2RwOLmv

College baseball: We picked Rice’s all-time starting 9
Rice’s all-time baseball team, as selected by NCAA.com, includes former players Donald Allen, Jose Cruz Jr., Lance Berkman, Bubba Crosby, Anthony Rendon, Damon Thames, Jay Knoblauh, Jerry Sims and Kenny Baugh and former head coach Wayne Graham. Mentioned are former players Ben Matthews, Vincent Sinsi, Eric Arnold, Paul Janish, Austin Davis, Phillip Humber, Jeff Nichols, Allan Ramirez, Jeff Niemann and Norm Charlton.
NCAA.com
https://on.ncaa.com/2Rz4Vvl

Texas Tech football offers 3-star 2019 DB Ainias Smith
An article on football recruiting mentions Rice.
Wreck ‘Em Red
http://bit.ly/2RydQNU

Wake Forest releases 2019 football schedule
Rice’s Sept. 7 football game against Wake Forest University is mentioned.
WFMY
https://on.wfmy.com/2RwZvRG

Greg Hansen: Percentages say transferring from Arizona rarely leads to more glory
Former Rice basketball player Jarvis Kelly is mentioned.
Arizona Daily Star (This article also appeared in Kokomo Perspective, Eastern Progress, Prime Publishers and the Citizen Tribune.)
http://bit.ly/2RxUWXs

Bucs move quickly to fill out Bruce Arians’ staff
Former Rice assistant football coach Rick Christophel was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to coach tight ends.
Buccaneers.com
http://bit.ly/2Rx03a1

R.C. Slocum added to College Football Playoff committee
Former Rice head football coach Ken Hatfield is mentioned.
The Progress
http://bit.ly/2RCwtA3

Bengals coordinator search: 6 under-the-radar candidates
An article on the Cincinnati Bengals mentions that Major Applewhite is a former Rice football assistant coach.
Cincy Jungle
http://bit.ly/2RydXZQ

Bob Kuechenberg, 71, dies; gritty guard with champion Dolphins
An obituary mentions that Super Bowl VIII was played at Rice Stadium.
New York Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Jan. 17 print edition.)
https://nyti.ms/2RA9nKy

NEWS RELEASES

Superconductors due for a tuneup
Some iron-based superconductors could benefit from a tuneup, according to two studies by Rice physicists and collaborators.
http://bit.ly/2RviKLv

Houston beer and Cantonese culture: Students teach unique courses at Rice
If you could design and teach your own college course on any subject in the world, what would it look like? Each year, dozens of Rice students do just that, creating syllabi, scheduling lectures and homework assignments and teaching their fellow undergraduates — all for course credit.
http://bit.ly/2RwQMim

Apply now for Rice Business Plan Competition
The world’s richest and largest startup business competition is now open for applications from students around the globe. Graduate students with startup ventures are encouraged to apply for the 19th annual Rice Business Plan Competition April 4-6 at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Winners will be rewarded with prizes expected to exceed $1.5 million.
http://bit.ly/2RvJFqk

Acclaimed artists, authors taking over Rice for Night of Philosophy and Ideas
A six-hour marathon of multimedia experiences, musical performances, movie screenings and more will transform Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts into an all-night salon teeming with creative energy Jan. 26.
http://bit.ly/2RviHiN