Dateline Rice – Nov. 8

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Despite tough times, big-city mayors expected to be re-elected
Voters on Tuesday will select mayors in eight of the nation’s 25 largest cities — including Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Baltimore — with incumbents expected to win in most cases. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted. Stein is also quoted in an article discussing the possibility that Harris County Judge Ed Emmett may run for governor of Texas.
Chicago Tribune (This article also appeared in U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo.com and the Baltimore Sun.)
http://tinyurl.com/c5smvjb
Gov. Ed Emmett?
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/d62ex8l

Is Groupon really bringing businesses new customers?
Rice research is cited in an article about daily deal website Groupon.
HuffingtonPost.com
http://tinyurl.com/6o8epd6

Cristina Fernández re-elected
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about the re-election of Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. An English translation of this article is not available.
Sanlian Life Weekly (China)
http://media.rice.edu/images/media/Dateline/2011#45 Argentina election.pdf

LOCAL/STATE

Rice accepting applications for business plan competition
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is now accepting applications for its 2012 Rice Business Plan Competition.
Houston Business Journal
http://tinyurl.com/7xmbhw7

‘Days of our (political) lives’: Harris County edition
An article discusses events that led to the appointment of alumnus Jack Cagle ’83 as Precinct Four commissioner.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/6tkr6zm

Income was linked to SAT grades, dual-credit courses to college preparedness at fifth annual Education Policy Summit
Factoring in the demographics of the state and the level of education each group attains can help create a better economy. Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology, director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas and former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, is quoted.
TheShorthorn.com
http://tinyurl.com/bqvcqrr

Building world class schools requires hard work, discipline
Rice is mentioned in an op-ed about the importance of hard work and discipline.
Pearland Journal
http://tinyurl.com/bo5q4h9

BROADCAST/WEBCAST

KHOU-TV
Houston Independent School District Board of Education candidate Ramiro Fonseca comments on the campaign flyer distributed last week by his opponent Manuel Rodriguez. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
http://tinyurl.com/clpaae4

KHOU-TV
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at Rice today.
http://tinyurl.com/d2kw6wn

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Online interactions can be risky decisions
Interacting with websites involved in lending and auctions can cause users to take risky financial decisions, according to new research. Utpal Dholakia, professor of marketing at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
BusinessGhana.com
http://tinyurl.com/c5zxmy6

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

The shale gas revolution
Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in a David Brooks op-ed about hydraulic fracking.
Daily Astorian (N.Y.) (This op-ed also appeared in the Rochester Post-Bulletin.)
http://tinyurl.com/cryyj9r

Merit-based raises
An article about merit-based raises for faculty in the University of California system mentions that three star scientists from the University of California, San Diego moved their labs to Rice.
UCSDGuardian.com
http://www.ucsdguardian.org/component/k2/item/25136-merit-based-raises

Women want men with flashy cars, right?
Research by faculty at Rice University, the University of Texas-San Antonio and the University of Minnesota finds that men’s conspicuous spending is driven by the desire to have uncommitted romantic flings.
MyFoxTampaBay.com (Fla.)
http://tinyurl.com/7wjvhuo

May course option becomes available
Rice is mentioned in an article about a new summer course option at Emory University.
EmoryWheel.com
http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=30370

SPORTS

Guard Jackson taking leadership role
A Houston Chronicle “Rice Notebook” article discusses the performance of McMurtry College junior Tamir Jackson with the Rice Owls men’s basketball team. The article also discusses recent events in Rice Owls football, cross-country, soccer, volleyball and baseball.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/cyyb5q8

Northwestern Wildcats vs. Rice Owls
An article previews a football game between Rice and Northwestern University.
SportsChatPage.com
http://tinyurl.com/c7r8z2m

Rice Basketball teams to begin respective seasons this week
Both the Rice men’s and women’s basketball teams will begin their seasons this week.
West University Examiner (Texas) (This article also appeared in the River Oaks Examiner and the Bellaire Examiner.)
http://tinyurl.com/89klkhy

Conference USA power rankings: Bowling edition
The Rice Owls football team is mentioned in an article about Conference USA football.
MinerRush.com
http://tinyurl.com/blsqlyk

Houston Astros: 50 greatest all-time players, part 10 of 10
Former Rice standout Lance Berkman appears in a photo slideshow of the 50 greatest Houston Astros players.
BleacherReport.com
http://tinyurl.com/cg6dxf2

NEWS RELEASE

Methane may be answer to 56-million-year question
The release of massive amounts of carbon from methane hydrate frozen under the seafloor 56 million years ago has been linked to the greatest change in global climate since a dinosaur-killing asteroid presumably hit Earth 9 million years earlier. New calculations by researchers at Rice University show that this long-controversial scenario is quite possible.
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16427

Baker Institute conference to weigh status of US health care reform
Five of the nation’s foremost health economists will consider the implications of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the U.S. health care system at a daylong conference Nov. 11 at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16426

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