Dateline Rice for June 4, 2015

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

The coal that’s good for the climate
Caroline Masiello, associate professor of Earth science, discusses the growing popularity of biochar among farmers and scientists.
PBS
http://to.pbs.org/1eRidvA

Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on Rick Perry’s potential presidential run, Texas’ limited free-market principles, State Rep. Sylvester Turner and the future of the Export-Import Bank.
If not victory for Rick Perry, at least redemption
The Hill
http://bit.ly/1M7IMXv
Perry jumps in
KTRK-AM
http://bit.ly/1Q9H7ao
Will Rick Perry join 2016 presidential race?
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/1KF7zlk
KTSA-AM (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/1dh6yFc
Tesla and Wal-Mart learn Texas free-market bravado has limits
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/1EYdugy
Sylvester Turner regresa a Houston para emprender su campaña por la alcaldía
La Voz (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1KGFbzw
In Ex-Im Bank fight, Texas has most to lose, and fiercest bank opponents
Reuters (This Reuters article also appeared on CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Maktoob, Sharenet, WTAQ, KRGO-AM, WLMI-FM, WSAU-AM and Philly.com.)
http://reut.rs/1IgxXSj

NASA celebrates 50 years since 1st spacewalk
David Alexander, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Rice Space Institute, discusses the history of spacewalks as NASA marks 50 years of extravehicular activities.
ABC News
http://abcn.ws/1Ila3Im

Respected physicist has become a powerful force as Mizzou chancellor
Alumnus R. Bowen Loftin ’73, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia, is profiled.
The Missouri Times
http://bit.ly/1Mpk5XA

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice engineers design car seat accessory to save children left in dangerously hot cars
Five recent Rice University graduates have designed a new car seat accessory that can not only protect infants accidentally left in hot cars but can also notify caregivers and emergency personnel. Graduates Audrey Clayton, Rachel Wang and Jason Fang are quoted. Ralph LaFrance, Ge You and alumna Susan Baldwin ’82 are mentioned.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/1Fwl2Zk

Startups slowing down in the D-FW area
Rice is mentioned as a deciding factor in where startup companies choose to launch in Texas.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1Il55LE

Team up, lawyer up to force executor to execute
A course in financial and estate planning at Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1FW9jFW

BROADCAST/WEBCAST

WTAG-AM (Springfield, Mass.)
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses what could possibly happen with oil prices in the coming months. The interview begins at about the 11:24:50 mark.
http://bit.ly/1Q9J2fg

Future Work documentary: Could a robot do your job?
Moshe Vardi, director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology and the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, is among experts interviewed for a documentary about how technology could change the way humans live and work.
KNOW-FM (Minneapolis)
http://bit.ly/1IgsWcs

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Should this nonprofit hospital have to agree to an ‘offered’ BBB Audit?
Since 2003, Houston’s Memorial Hermann Healthcare System has declined a free BBB philanthropy audit offered by the Houston Branch of the Better Business Bureau. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute and professor of economics, comments.
Nonprofit Quarterly
http://bit.ly/1KOGZJP

Diminishing fibromyalgia pain one breath at a time
A proof-of-concept trial led by researchers at Rice University and institutes in Israel finds hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help patients with fibromyalgia. Eshel Ben-Jacob, an adjunct professor of biosciences at Rice and a senior investigator at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, is quoted.
MD Magazine
http://bit.ly/1QtbWlb
Hyperbaric treatment helps women with fibromyalgia
P&T Community
http://bit.ly/1AMpuqr
Hyperbaric hope for fibromyalgia sufferers
Bellaire Examiner (This article also appeared in the Innovations Report, the East Montgomery County Observer, the Magnolia Potpourri, Spring Observer and the Cypress Creek Mirror.)
http://bit.ly/1GmL72K

OpenStax College collaborates to offer free online STEM text
Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for Microbiology Press are teaming up to produce Microbiology, a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016 that will be free online and low-cost in print.
eCampus News (This article also appeared in the Bellaire Examiner, the Magnolia Potpourri, the Spring Observer and the Cypress Creek Mirror.)
http://bit.ly/1AMnHSd

Rice microendoscope hopes to make esophageal biopsies thing of past
In a clinical study of patients in the United States and China, researchers found that a portable, low-cost, battery-powered microendoscope developed by Rice bioengineers could eventually eliminate the need for costly biopsies for many patients undergoing standard endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering and of Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies, is quoted. Graduate student Timothy Quang and Dongsuk Shin and research assistant Richard Schwarz are mentioned.
MedGadget
http://bit.ly/1dP4pRU
New imaging method can eliminate unnecessary biopsies
The Hans India (This article also appeared in Silicon India, Chennai Online and India Online.)
http://bit.ly/1QtjJQ2
Fiber microendoscope could reduce unnecessary biopsies
Photonics
http://bit.ly/1EYcKrB

Could better flood warnings have saved lives?
In a Q&A, Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, discusses the Flood Alert System and what Houston can do to prevent future flooding disasters.
Emergency Management
http://bit.ly/1JtfPGt

Car owners or not, people who rent pay to park
Alumnus Seth Goodman ’09 authored this article on parking costs.
Greater Greater Washington
http://bit.ly/1APUBRF

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Bun B’s college course makes one rapper ask: Is hip-hop a religion?
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion, and Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning’s Distinguished Lecturer, are mentioned for their free edX online course.
Complex
http://bit.ly/1RMsV4H

Hedge fund mogul John Paulson donates $400 million to Harvard University
An article mentions a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr ’73 and his wife, Ann ’75, made to Rice through their private family foundation.
American Bazaar
http://bit.ly/1SYifkM

UMD students battle in IBM-sponsored computer science world finals in Morocco
An article mentions that a team from Rice competed in the Annual Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals.
The Diamondback
http://bit.ly/1H4jIS5

SPORTS

Former Dallas Cowboys lineman Larry Allen among Texas Sports Hall of Fame nominees
The late King Hill, a former Rice football player, is on the 2016 Texas Sports Hall of Fame veteran ballot.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/1HMWjjP