Dateline Rice for Feb. 26, 2020

Stefan De La Garza
– February 26, 2020Posted in: Dateline Rice

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Little beam on a microscope makes laser-induced graphene
An article features Rice research into developing a method to create laser-induced graphene with features more than 60% smaller than macro versions and almost 10 times smaller than typically achieved with an infrared laser. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and postdoctoral researcher Michael Stanford are quoted. A Rice video is included.
Futurity
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-tour

Top public and private colleges in the South
An article mentions that Rice is No. 16 in the nation on the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2020 list.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-wsjRice University warns students of coyote sightings around campus
An article mentions Rice University Police Department’s notice to the campus community about recent coyote sightings.
Yahoo! News (A similar article also appeared in Fox 7 Online and The Buzz Online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote
Coyotes spotted on Rice University campus, students and staffed warned to be watchful
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote
HPM local newscast for 6 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote
HPM local newscast for 7 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote
‘Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote (Similar segments aired four times.) 
‘KHOU 11 News First Look’
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-coyote

HOUSTON/TEXAS
Houston ISD, Rice researchers hope ambitious review leads to ‘call to action’
An article mentions that Rice’s Houston Education Research Consortium will study the inequities of students in the Houston Independent School District. Ruth López Turley, director of HERC, associate director of research at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Feb. 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-turleyTidying guru Marie Kondo says you can spark joy in the workplace, too
An article features an upcoming book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, titled “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.”
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-sonensheinRice University to unveil new home for School of Social Sciences
An article features the Patricia Lipoma Kraft ’87 and Jonathan A. Kraft Hall for Social Sciences, which will house the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the Houston Education Research Consortium and the Texas Policy Lab, among others. Rice will officially unveil the hall in a dedication ceremony Feb. 27. Susan McIntosh, interim dean of Social Sciences, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-kraft-hall

Crenshaw: Innovation and competition, not Pelosi’s radical price controls, will lower drug costs, create more cures [Opinion]
An op-ed mentions that the second annual Health Care Innovation Summit was held at Rice Feb. 20.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb. 26 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared online in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-hc

Meet the developer behind Houston’s ubiquitous 3-story urban townhomes
Alumnus Frank Liu, whose philanthropic efforts helped found Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is featured and pictured. The article mentions that Liu and his college roommate started Lovett Homes, which is named after their dormitory at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Feb. 26 print edition of the Chronicle’s Memorial Examiner, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-liu

These are the events to attend each day during the Houston Tech Rodeo
An events roundup mentions that Founder Office Hours with Jason Calacanis will be held in McNair Hall at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business March 4.
InnovationMap
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones-school

New York design firm is hired to redo Dallas’ Kalita Humphreys Theater
Alumnus Charles Renfro is featured.
CultureMap Dallas
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-cmap
Architect chosen to reimagine the Kalita Humphreys Theater
D Magazine
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-dmag

Revisionist history: Moody Center exhibit reexamines past
An article features the exhibit “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts, on view through May 16. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is quoted.
The Buzz Magazines
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-moody-center

DeepTexas Medical AI Symposium scheduled for April 23-24
An article mentions that Rice is a partnering institution of the 2020 DeepTexas Medical AI Symposium, which will be held April 23-24 at the Westin Houston Medical Center.
UTHealth News
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-uthealth

Fort Bend schools preparing area kids for future
An article mentions that Rice is a partnering institution with the Stafford STEM Magnet Academy.
Welcome to Fort Bend (This article appeared in the 2020 “Newcomers Guide.”)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-wfb

BROADCAST
’13 Eyewitness News at 6 p.m.’
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 interviewed or quoted in several media outlets.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
Political roundup: Texas election poll and the South Carolina presidential debate
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment also aired twice on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
Hobby School survey finds Texas Senate race headed for runoff
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
MJ Hegar ahead, Royce West a distant second in poll on Texas Democratic Senate primary
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Feb. 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
Elecciones en Texas: MJ Hegar lidera las intenciones de voto en la contienda demócrata al senado
Dallas Morning News’ Al Dia Dallas (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
Survey: Texas primary may be the end for Bloomberg’s campaign
WOAI.iheart.com (This article also appeared in 1360KKTX.iheart.com and KTSMradio.com.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones
KTSA-AM (San Antonio)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-jones (This segment aired three times.)Texas’s 2nd Congressional District: What you need to know about this important race
Alumna Elisa Cardnell, who is running for Texas Congressional District 2, is featured and pictured.
Click2Houston
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-c2h

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Ars Lyrica has announced its 2020/21 Turning Points season
An article mentions that Ars Lyrica will present Bach’s “Italian Concerto” at Duncan Recital Hall at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music March 14.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-bwSelf-driving vehicles are coming to a campus near you
Rice is mentioned.
Bisnow
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-bisnowBlack woman ‘computer’ saved America’s space program
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Activist Post
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-kennedy

Student loan expert: USC’s free tuition move is ‘a brilliant PR stunt’
An article about the University of Southern California’s tuition plan mentions the Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
Product Hunt
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-rice-investment

The winners and losers of the USMCA
An article about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s impact on North American trade cites a study by David Gantz, the Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
FDI Intelligence
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-gantz

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Somehow, she knows
A blog post mentions that Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct assistant professor of biosciences and the former Huxley Fellow in Ecology and Evolution at Rice, will host BAHFest Houston 2020 at Rice March 8. BAHFest is a competition of well-argued, but fake, scientific lectures.
Fleen.com (A similar article also appeared in Nanoscale Views Blog.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-weinersmithWhat does the Iranian election tell us?
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about Iran’s 11th parliamentary election since the foundation of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
Revista de Prensa (This New York Times article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-tabaarMercy welcomes new physician
Alumnus Erik Van Os is featured and pictured.
The Durango Herald (This article also appeared in Medical Health News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-dh

Big trucks, smaller footprint: Pickup trucks becoming more environmentally friendly
An article cites a 2017 study into cost-effective reductions in gasoline demand and tailpipe emissions by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
News Channel 2 Online (This segment also aired on WTVC-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-baker-study

Faces of Northeast: Lester Blue
An article features alumnus Lester Blue.
Northeast News 
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-nn

Tissue-box-size satellite created by Rice University students to help tackle space junk
An article reports that OwlSat, a research satellite that may help reduce the amount of space junk orbiting Earth, will be the first satellite built and launched by Rice students. McMurtry College senior Ryan Udell, president of Rice’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is quoted. OwlSat is one of 18 research satellites NASA selected to launch and has an expected liftoff date in January 2022.
Daily Republic
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-owlsat

The fight against climate change: What can Princeton learn from other top American institutions?
An article mentions that by 2019, Rice had converted over 75% of its campus cars to electricity-powered vehicles.
The Daily Princetonian (This article appeared in the Feb. 24 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-dp

SPORTS
ITF: All-conference teams announced
An article mentions the following Rice women’s and men’s track and field athletes who were named to All-Conference USA teams: Grace Forbes (first team mile and 3,000-meter run); Michelle Fokam (first team triple jump and second team long jump); Hannah Jackson (first team 200 meters and third team 60 meters); Zinedine Russell (first team pentathlon); Tara Simpson-Sullivan (first team weight throw); Erna Gunnarsdottir (second team shot put); KC Nwadei (second team high jump); Rice’s men’s distance medley relay (first team); Corbett Fong (second team heptathlon); Nick Hicks (second team weight throw); Lucas Ribeiro (second team shot put); Jason Bugg (third team 800 meters); Elliot Metcalf (third team mile); and Alex Slinkman (third team pole vault). The Rice women’s team had a league-high five first team honorees.
Conference USA (This article also appeared in UTSA Athletics News.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-t&fGOLF: Feb. 19 Golfers of the Week
An article mentions that Thomas Bockholt III was named Conference USA Men’s Golfer of the Week.
Conference USA 
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-cusaUH falls to UT-Rio Grande Valley in 12 innings
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team had a triple play against the University of Houston in 2003.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, the San Francisco Chronicle and more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-hc
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-hc

Former OL Calvin Anderson to host local Legacy Football Camp
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is featured, and former Owls Peter Godber, Trey Martin, D.J. Green and Brian Womac are mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-247

21 NW Houston athletes named to TSWA 6A all-state football teams
An article mentions that Braedon Nutter signed to play football at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Feb. 26 print editions of the Chronicle’s Tomball Potpourri, Cypress Creek Mirror-Cy-Fair, Cypress Creek Mirror-Champions/Klein and Spring Observer.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-20-hc

Texas baseball: Red-hot Longhorns look to go 9-0
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team was swept by the University of Texas at Austin in their three-game, season-opening series Feb. 14-16 at Reckling Park.
Sports Illustrated
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-si

SWIM: C-USA championships begin Wednesday
An article mentions that Rice is competing in the 2020 Conference USA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
Conference USA
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-s&d

Louisiana-Monroe wins Border Olympics title at the MAX
An article mentions that Rice competed in the Border Olympics University Golf Tournament Feb. 24-25.
San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-sfc

UNT notebook: Mean Green breaks from routine, schedules charter flight to bolster title hopes
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team defeated the University of North Texas Feb. 1.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-mbb

2019 SCU Steelers Awards: Dupree, Boswell win Most-Improved and Comeback Player of the Year, respectively

Former Rice football player Chris Boswell is featured.
Steel City Underground
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-scu

Conference USA basketball: Men’s and women’s bracketology (Feb. 26)
Rice’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are featured.
The Roost
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-roost

Rice football 2020: Spring practice day 1 notes
An article features Rice’s football program following the first day of its spring camp Feb. 24.
The Roost
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-roost
Rice football 2020: Breaking down the spring roster
The Roost
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-roost

‘Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina’
A broadcast mentions that Rice’s baseball team won the 2003 College World Series.
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-cws
College baseball: Texas Southern upsets No. 8 Mississippi State to earn first win of the season
NCAA
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-ncaa
D1 Digest: Tuesday, Feb. 25
D1Baseball.com
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-d1b

Despite cancer diagnosis, Gaby Jimenez plays key role for AAC champion Houston
An article mentions the October 2019 Rice Invitational swim meet.
Swimming World Magazine
http://dateline.rice/feb-26-swim

About Stefan De La Garza

Stefan De La Garza is a news analyst in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.