Dateline Rice for Jan. 3, 2014

FEATURED ITEM

Warning issued about oil shipped from North Dakota and Montana
Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials said Jan. 2 that crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil. Kenneth Medlock III, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute and lecturer on economics, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This Associated Press article also appeared on the Huffington Post Canada, Yahoo!Canada, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and more than 250 other publications.)
http://bit.ly/1de9U4B

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

South Sudan’s forgotten people and their forgotten diseases
This week the community of tropical disease experts working in South Sudan is holding its collective breath over recent news of ethnic attacks, a potential for civil war and the prospect that a public health tragedy could soon emerge in the region. Peter Hotez, a fellow in disease and poverty at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored this blog post.
Huffington Post
http://huff.to/1dXkTkx

Milestone reached: More than 100 university presidents in opposition of ASA boycott of Israeli academic institutions
Rice University is listed among the universities that have opposed the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association.
Cleveland Jewish News
http://bit.ly/1bDNLLV

Save more moolah, the Groundhog Day movie way
Utpal Dholakia, professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is mentioned in an article about the way people think about time and how it affects their financial planning.
Web India 123 (This article also appeared on Newkerala.com.)
http://bit.ly/1a6j7yO

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, is quoted in articles on politics.
2014: Year of the Republicans
Poletical
http://www.poletical.com/republican-comeback.php
Carona’s $4 billion electric tax
Empower Texans
http://bit.ly/1e04Get
Just exactly how evil is your state representative? You know you want to know :)
Daily Paul
http://bit.ly/1f0CPA0

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Share of foreign-born Texans growing
A growing percentage of Texans are originally from foreign countries, including one in four in the state’s most populous county, Harris, according to new census data. Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Texas Tribune (This story also appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Big Country, the Pegasus News, the Monitor, KTAB-TV, KRBC-TV, KAMR-TV and KEYE-TV.)
http://bit.ly/1dtlso9
The evening brief: Texas headlines for Jan. 2, 2014
Texas Tribune
http://bit.ly/19EVHT9

UHCL space science lecture set for Jan. 30
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Physics and Space Science Lecture Series will present “Looking for the Origin of the Brown Dwarf Desert” at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 in Houston. Christopher Johns-Krull, Rice associate professor of physics and astronomy, will lead the discussion.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1ix1M6y

Houston Youth Symphony presents Mahler’s Symphony No. 1
The award-winning Houston Youth Symphony presents its Winter Concert Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. at Rice’s Stude Concert Hall.
Atascocita Observer (This article also appeared in the Humble Observer, the Memorial Examiner, the Kingwood Observer, the Lake Houston Observer and the Bellaire Examiner.)
http://bit.ly/19NXUZU

Will recreational marijuana sales in Colorado hurt Mexican cartels?
Nathan Jones, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored this blog post on retail recreational marijuana sales in Colorado.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1cNl5Vt

Plainview’s Dr. Michael McClung authors article on osteoporosis treatment
An article reports that alumnus Michael McClung ’65 co-authored a paper on osteoporosis in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Plainview Herald
http://bit.ly/19PFRQ1

Articles on Dallas-area businesses mention the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.
New partnership helps the DEC share startup resources
Dallas Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1eYPdQU
VentureSpur company SIVI raises $340,000 from investors and relocates to Oklahoma City
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/JyIm2C

BROADCAST

Project near Texas Medical Center should improve pedestrian safety
Rice is mentioned in an article on a local pedestrian improvement project.
KUHF-FM
http://bit.ly/1lEVlLU

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Mighty morphing material
Rafael Verduzco, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is quoted in an article about the development of a new plastic morphing material that changes shape in a predetermined pattern when heated.
Architect Magazine
http://bit.ly/KolvH0

Mercy College announces new president
Alumnus Timothy Hall ’82 has been named president of Mercy College.
Digital Producer Magazine
http://bit.ly/1hlOcm9

SPORTS

Houston-area Tiger football players in bowl games
Rice Owl Jowan Davis, a former Sealy football player, is profiled.
Sealy News
http://bit.ly/1cqEeLD

Mississippi College introduces new football coach
Former assistant football coach John Bland was named the 14th head football coach for Mississippi College.
WJTV-TV
http://bit.ly/1g5PqOI
WAPT-TV
http://bit.ly/1l7dKDw

Articles feature the Liberty Bowl that was held Dec. 31 in Memphis, Tenn.
Mississippi State crushes Rice in Liberty Bowl
95.7-FM (This article also appeared in the Province and the Ottawa Citizen.)
http://bit.ly/1kgcC2t
Washington High School marching band wins Liberty Bowl honors
The Oklahoman
http://bit.ly/1a6l5iz
REWIND: Mississippi State 44, Rice 7
Daily Journal
http://bit.ly/1dgMviU
Take Five: Special season ahead for Mississippi State in 2014?
Clarion-Ledger
http://on.thec-l.com/1hlWYAL