Dateline Rice for Feb. 5, 2014

FEATURED ITEM

Pupils rally to fight hunger
Students from Hamilton Middle School helped the Rice Coalition on Hunger and Homelessness (RCHH) make more than 1,000 sandwiches to combat hunger. Rice graduate student and RCHH founder Ahmed Haque is quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1fN1qp4

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

How to create diamond film without the big squeeze
Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and professor of chemistry, and Pavel Sorokin, a former postdoctoral associate at Rice and now a senior researcher at the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials in Moscow, are quoted.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/1fNbYEE
Diamond film possible without the pressure
RedOrbit (This article also appeared in ChemEurope.)
http://bit.ly/1dqfdhb
Scientists turn sheets of graphene into diamond lattice
PCBDesign007
http://bit.ly/1b1MogL

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice students make a Nelson Mandela out of 600 Rubik’s Cubes
The Jones Graduate School of Business’ Rice Cube Club created a 600-cube mosaic of Nelson Mandela in honor of Black History Month.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/MYGTVg
Rubik’s Cube mosaic of Nelson Mandela on display at Rice University
Daily Reporter
http://bit.ly/1fQoenZ
Rice shows Rubik’s Cube mosaic of Nelson Mandela
KRIV-TV (This article also appeared in KSLA-TV, KHRD-TV, KXXV-TV, KPLC-TV, KTBC-TV, San Antonio Express News and Fort Bend Herald.)
http://bit.ly/1eU4pcc

10 facts about Houston’s past
The history of Rice University’s founder, William Marsh Rice, is included in a list of 10 interesting facts about Houston.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1bqLcOu

Kremer’s chamber orchestra adds Weinberg symphony
The chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica performed in Rice’s Alice Pratt Brown Hall Feb. 4.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/MsZUhJ

4 Spring Branch ISD principals earn Rice fellowships
Raise Your Hand Texas is sponsoring 26 principals from seven Houston-area school districts to attend the yearlong Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program Business Fellowship for School Leaders.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1iqfSEH
4 principals selected to attend yearlong entrepreneurship program
Cypress Creek Mirror
http://bit.ly/1ilBm4K

Costa Rica’s search for a new president
Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, authored a blog post about Costa Rica’s presidential election.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1is08Rq

BROADCAST

Online university aims to bring college to more people
Ray Martinez, former director of government relations at Rice, discusses the successes and challenges associated with an online university on the National Public Radio program “Houston Matters.”
KUHF-FM
http://bit.ly/1lAFEut

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

US should revisit media policy on China in light of growing Chinese digital media Industry
Chinese protectionism in the digital media sphere has created a major underdiscussed trade gap between China and the United States, and the U.S. government must place more pressure on the Chinese government to open up the nation’s media to foreign competition, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
RedOrbit
http://bit.ly/1bqMqJn
Policy paper calls for US to revisit digital media policy on China
Science World Report
http://bit.ly/1fuMGJJ

Better protein capture a boon for drug manufacturers
Christy Landes, assistant professor of chemistry, and her team have created a way to fine-tune a process critical to the pharmaceutical industry that could save time and money.
Pharmacy Choice
http://bit.ly/1irV1kh

Carbyne chains hold promise for creating stronger nanomaterials (manufacturing engineering)
Rice researchers have determined that carbyne is twice as stiff as the stiffest materials known to science. Graduate student Mingjie Liu is mentioned.
TMCnet.com
http://bit.ly/Lytbqi

System bits: Feb. 4
Plasmonic nanoparticles developed at Rice are becoming known for their ability to turn light into heat, but how to use them to generate electricity is not nearly as well understood. Graduate student Anneli Hoggard is mentioned.
Semiconductor Engineering
http://semiengineering.com/system-bits-feb-4/

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Creationism bingo! Your guide to tonight’s debate with Bill Nye
Zack Kopplin, who is taking a year off from his studies at Rice, helped create a bingo card for the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham at the Creation Museum Feb. 4.
Vocativ
http://bit.ly/1c135DB

Bun B and Kirko Bangz join forces for ‘The Trillest Tour’
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning’s Distinguished Lecturer, is going on a national tour with Houston rising star Kirko Bangz.
Digital Journal (This article also appeared in 4-Traders and Ulitzer.)
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1719467

SPORTS

5 area storylines for National Signing Day
An article mentions Rice’s signing-day picks.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1buARnV

College football: Rice announces 2014 schedule
Rice released its 2014 football schedule.
The Villager (This article also appeared in the Spring Observer, Kingwood Observer, Humble Observer, Atascocita Observer and Woodlands Villager.)
http://bit.ly/1irSera
2014 C-USA football helmet schedule
FBSchedules.com
http://bit.ly/1eTGXM9
USM and C-USA release 2014 football schedules
WTOK-TV (Meridian, Miss.)
http://bit.ly/1na5CR9

UTSA Roadrunners come up winners in Learfield Sports acquisition
The Rice Owls football game against University of Texas at San Antonio is pictured.
San Antonio Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1iqdHRs

NEWS RELEASE

US Army must be prepared for cybersecurity threats to energy sector
Cybersecurity threats to the United States’ energy industry and infrastructure are rising and require increased preparedness by the U.S. Army and Department of Defense, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/1b29UKv