Dateline Rice for August 26, 2016

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

‘Co-robots’ capture congressional attention
Marcia O’Malley, professor of mechanical engineering and director of Rice’s Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab, is featured for her MAHI EXO-II exoskeleton robot which helps heal stroke patients’ affected arms.
NIH Record
http://bit.ly/2bSZFuJ

The 22 colleges that accept students with the highest SAT scores
Rice is tied at No. 12 on a list of colleges with the highest SAT scores with an average SAT score of 1454.
Business Insider (This also appeared in Business Insider Singapore and Business Insider Malaysia.)
http://read.bi/2bppT68

The 30 best college dorms in the US
Rice is No. 6 on a list of the best college dorms.
MSN Money
http://bit.ly/2bpqaFY

HOUSTON/TEXAS

The prodigal sun
Tish Stringer, lecturer and film program manager in the Department of
Visual and Dramatic Arts, will preside over showings of Andy Warhol’s film “Sunset.”
Texas Monthly
http://bit.ly/2blCHQP

More Texas young adults, fewer Hispanics insured under ACA
The percentage of young adults ages 18 to 34 in Texas without health insurance has dropped by 35 percent since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, according to a new report released by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the institute and professor of economics, and Elena Marks, a nonresident health policy fellow at the institute and president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, are quoted.
El Paso Herald-Post
http://bit.ly/2blYcOX
Report: ACA led to sharp drop in uninsured young Texans
State of Reform
http://bit.ly/2bFptt4
More Texas young adults insured under ACA
Brenham Banner-Press (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2blfKb5
Rate of uninsured young adults drops by more than one-third in Texas
Med India
http://bit.ly/2c1I1YF

Chinese university interested in sending students to UHV
An article mentions that a delegation of China University of Petroleum coordinators and faculty members who teach petroleum engineering, computer science and electronic engineering visited Rice.
Victoria Advocate
http://bit.ly/2bMIRqj

Judge sidesteps request to stop HISD from renaming 8 schools
A slideshow includes a photo from Rice University archives of Richard Dowling, a Confederate army officer and namesake of Dowling Middle School.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bmfhbv
http://bit.ly/2ceNNHm

Data shows UT-Austin reported largest number of on-campus rapes
A slideshow features crime statistics that Texas universities, including Rice, reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bM6zUF
http://bit.ly/2bmflrK
Records: 100 rapes reported in 2014 across 20 Texas universities
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2bFEDyz

Houston B-Cycle to Undergo Huge Expansion
An article mentions that Houston’s bike share system, Houston B-cycle, will add stations and bikes at Rice.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/2bmhSCe
Mayor Turner announces major expansion of Houston bike share program
Boom 92
http://bit.ly/2blScIG

Rice invites Houston to head back to school Sept. 7
Rice’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies invites the Houston community to head back to school for its “Fall Preview” Sept. 7. A showcase of lifelong learning opportunities, the event will feature a range of free, brief preview lectures highlighting upcoming courses and also allow the community to experience the school’s home, the state-of-the-art Anderson-Clarke Center.
Houston Style Magazine
http://bit.ly/2blSDCS

Push yourself for guts and glory at Houston’s 1st D10 Decathlon
An article mentions that Houston’s D10 Decathlon will be held at Rice University Nov. 5-6.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2buOLLW

BROADCAST

Texas Standard for Aug. 25
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, discusses the overhaul of Houston METRO’s bus system.
Texas Standard (This also aired on 24 other stations.)
http://bit.ly/2bFCSBB
A vengeful letter from Bonnie and Clyde to ex-gang member goes to auction next month
Texas Standard
http://bit.ly/2bomFEM

Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the national parks
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about national parks.
MPR News Presents (This also aired on 31 radio stations.)
http://bit.ly/2blyjvP

KOTV
Rice-based publisher OpenStax is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2bG2FxY
Let’s teach textbooks a lesson
Tedium
http://bit.ly/2bUzN2f

Bloomberg Radio
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted about the 2016 elections.
http://bit.ly/2bpnAjv (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast. This also aired on WBBR, WNEW, KNEW and WTOP2.)

New Chabad directors seek to serve Jewish students at Rice University
Rabbi Shmuli Slonim and his wife, Nechama Slonim, are the new directors of the Chabad Jewish Center at Rice.
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/2bVjDEr
Ozone standards follow-up and championship Quidditch: Thursday’s show (Aug. 25)
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/2blzHOS

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

The moment when you realize every server in the world is vulnerable
A paper coauthored by Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
Medium’s Free Code Camp
http://bit.ly/2bpqDZ4

10,000 attendees at FuXion Convention in Colombia
An article mentions that Rice researchers will be art of a FuXion health and science committee.
Business for Home
http://bit.ly/2blAS0A

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

New condensed matter state paves the way for scalable quantum computers
Where light and matter intersect, the world illuminates. Where light and matter interact so strongly that they become one, they illuminate a world of new physics, according to Rice scientists. Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering, and Qi Zhang ’15 are quoted. Graduate students Xinwei Li and Minhan Lou are mentioned.
Lifeboat Foundation
http://bit.ly/2c1slUX

Lee University Performing Arts Series to welcome Dash and Bowden
Alumnus David Dash ’01 is featured.
The Chattanoogan
http://bit.ly/2cesjKK

Geoff Gjertson recognized for leadership-based instruction
Alumnus Geoff Gjertson ’92 is featured.
The Vermilion
http://bit.ly/2bD8CtV

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards announces 97th president
Alumna Kristine Harding ’83 was inaugurated as the president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards in July.
Retrofit
http://bit.ly/2bpnQ1H

Music review: New classical music a hit at FlynnSpace
An article mentions a composition by Pierre Jalbert, professor of composition and theory at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus
http://bit.ly/2bM4KHs

Science shows alcohol is a much bigger gateway drug than marijuana
An extensive and easy-to-use collection of charts that present findings from decades of government survey data of drug use in the United States is now available on the website of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Green Bush Daily
http://bit.ly/2bUlY3S

Threat of takeover makes top managers more prone to cheating
When top-level managers find governance mechanisms too coercive, they’re more likely to commit fraud, according to a new paper by strategic management experts at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, Auburn University’s Harbert College of Business and Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Robert Hoskisson, the George R. Brown Professor of Strategic Management, is quoted.
Buffalo Breeze
http://bit.ly/2c1KvWY

Getting to know SAFHS: Meet David L. Fernandez
An article mentions that David L. Fernandez was a part of Rice’s staff.
UAPB
http://bit.ly/2bmcSgX

SPORTS

Before Houston pro sports, all eyes were on Rice
An article discusses the history of sports at Rice. Rice head football coach David Bailiff and head baseball coach Wayne Graham are mentioned, along with some former coaches and players.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2buJu70
http://bit.ly/2bokh0U

Big 12 basketball: Rice Owls are major long shot to join Power 5 conference
An article discusses Rice’s chances to join the Big 12 conference. Rice head basketball coach Mike Rhoades and Brown College sophomore Marcus Evans are mentioned.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2bSM2LN

Notebook: Brohm hopes to name starting QB on Friday
Rice football will face Western Kentucky University Sept. 1. Rice head football coach David Bailiff is interviewed.
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2bV0tig
Brohm likely to name starting QB on Friday
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2bm1oKp
College football schedule
The San Diego-Union-Tribune
http://bit.ly/2buv5Yv
Aug. 25 Rice football head coach David Bailiff
SB Nation 1560 Houston’s “Nate and Creight”
http://bit.ly/2bojhda

Samford soccer begins historic stretch of games at Georgia on Friday
Rice soccer is mentioned.
AL.com
http://bit.ly/2bUmfnt
Texas A&M soccer team to host No. 15 UCLA tonight
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/2bp5NJ5

Lady Tigers release nonconference schedule
Rice women’s basketball is mentioned.
LSU Sports
http://bit.ly/2buu5U2
Latest Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama sports
WTVM
http://bit.ly/2blG3mS

Johnson making most of career opportunity at UTSA
Rice football is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2bLT4nZ
UCLA’s Texas natives look forward to homecoming
Los Angeles Daily News (This also appeared in Daily Breeze and Pasadena Star-News.)
http://bit.ly/2bUo8k1
UCLA Notes: Season opener at Texas A&M is homecoming for 8 Bruins players
The Orange County Register
http://bit.ly/2bFUOAv
C-USA preview: Texas teams searching for winning formula, UNT hopes to surprise naysayers 
Sports Day
http://bit.ly/2bSLXrF
beIN Sports slates studio shows for college football foray
Multichannel News
http://bit.ly/2buvIBo
Analyzing Tech’s floor, ceiling for 2016 season
The News Star
http://tnsne.ws/2bmcyyP
First Command inks athletic partnership with West Point
Fort Worth Business
http://bit.ly/2bDtKA4

What you need to know about Rutgers before Ohio State plays them
Former Rice football player Drew Mehringer is mentioned.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2cewgiV

The Texas 12: Preseason power rankings
An article discusses Rice football’s 2016 season. Rice head football coach David Bailiff and players Alex Lyons and Tyler Stehling are mentioned.
The Prospector
http://bit.ly/2bFUn9h
SQ C-USA football preview
The Sports Quotient
http://bit.ly/2bMNEI8

David Beaty’s play-calling has stimulated a college offense before
An article mentions that David Beaty coached at Rice. Rice head football coach David Bailiff is mentioned.
KU Sports
http://bit.ly/2cewgz4

Women’s tennis releases its 2016-17 schedule
Rice women’s tennis is mentioned.
Everything Lubbock
http://bit.ly/2blkkWM
Lady Raiders announce fall and spring schedules
Daily Toreador
http://bit.ly/2blvmvh

Eyes on Texas: 5 years later, yes, ESPN still ‘fully committed’ to LHN
Articles include photos from Rice football games.
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2blOXAT
Former A&M quarterback Kenny Hill tabbed to start for TCU
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/2buJ1BK

UVU volleyball: Wolverines open 2016 campaign Friday at BYU
Rice volleyball will play University of Texas at El Paso Sept. 23.
Deseret News
http://bit.ly/2bMPHfi

Winston-Salem Dash: Game notes (Aug. 25 at Frederick)
Former Rice baseball player Jordan Stephens is mentioned.
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/2bonH3s