Dateline Rice for July 11, 2014

FEATURED ITEMS

CNN International
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, discusses Argentina’s debt crisis on CNN International. The interview was conducted in Rice Public Affairs’ studio in Allen Center. He is also quoted in other media outlets about the Baker Institute’s public opinion analysis for the future of the Astrodome, the likelihood of today’s teens voting Republican in the next election, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s border claims and President Barack Obama’s border crisis speech in Austin.
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Judge Emmett said latest plan for the Astrodome’s future is ‘a non-story’
My Fox Houston
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Could today’s teens vote Republican in 2016?
KTRH-AM (This article also appeared in KPRC-AM.)
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Perry’s ‘conspiracy’ border claim belies complicated humanitarian crisis
The Shorthorn (This article also appeared in San Antonio Express-News.)
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Matthew Waller: Obama speaks on national economy
San Angelo Standard-Times
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UT-Austin president gets his way, gets to stay — until June
San Antonio Express-News
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Rice employs nanoporous silicon-oxide material in new RRAM memory devices
Rice’s silicon oxide technology can now be used to fabricate devices with conventional production methods, which brings it a step closer to mass production. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of computer science, is quoted.
AZonano.com (This article also appeared in HardOCP, Phys.org, Science Codex, R&D Magazine, Wireless Design & Development, Nanotechnology Now and Science Daily.)
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Special report: The rise and fall of Dubai’s Arabtec
Arabtec’s plan to expand may be halted due to the company’s financial collapse. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
NBC News (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News Philippines, Chicago Tribune, Manila Bulletin and Economic Times.)
http://nbcnews.to/W3IPAj

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Math teachers converge for summer program
Sid Richardson College senior Henry Anderson authored an article about this year’s successful Rice University School Mathematics Project’s Summer Campus Program.
Village News
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The beautiful (?!) outside Loop 610
An article highlights articles and photos in the spring issue of Cite magazine, which is published by the Rice Design Alliance.
Houston Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” (Subscription required.)
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From abstract to tangible: Bringing grammar to life with Grammarpolis
Grammarpolis founder Coert Voorhees spent a year at Rice as a visiting writer in residence.
Startup Houston
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Taylor named president-elect of international campus police organization
Former Rice Chief of Police Bill Taylor is president-elect of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.
Deer Park Broadcaster
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UH ranks as top university for intellectual property
University of Houston’s royalty returns on intellectual property are discussed. Rice is mentioned.
The Daily Cougar
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BROADCAST

Matt Lammers: From Minnesota Varsity to Aspen Music Festival
Matt Lammers, a violinist at Vanderbilt University, mentions that he is studying with Paul Kantor, the Sallie Shepherd Perkins Professor of Violin at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Minnesota Public Radio
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TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Pittcon Program Committee announces Naomi J. Halas as the 2015 Wallace H. Coulter Lecturer
Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics and professor of physics and astronomy, will present “Plasmonics: Shedding Light on Cross-cutting Science and Technologies” at the Pittcon Opening Session in Louisiana.
Lab Bulletin
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NerdScholar favorites: Biomedical engineering programs
NerdScholar includes Rice in a list of their favorite engineering schools for having the “most engaging” bioengineering program.
Nerd Wallet
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Carbon nanotubes ‘unzipped’ into graphene nanoribbons
Rice scientists have found a chemical-free way to unzip graphene nanoribbons. Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of chemistry and chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, is mentioned. Graduate student Sehmus Ozden is quoted.
EMS007.com
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Most banks are expected to stumble this earnings season, but not this one
A Rice stock market study is referenced.
Seeking Alpha
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Senator’s father faces Mars rocket debate
Mars Society President Robert Zubrin has challenged Franklin Chang-Diaz, adjunct professor of physics and astronomy, to a debate about whether astronauts will go to Mars.
Mission Hill Gazette
http://bit.ly/W3xH6y

Alaska Air Group names new managing director of investor relations
Alumna Lavanya Sareen ’05 is the new managing director of investor relations for Alaska Airlines.
Financial News (This article also appeared in Global Travel Industry News, eTurbo News, IndustrialInfo.com, KATV-TV and KSWO-TV.)
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Christian college president won’t back down on hiring exemption letter to Obama
Gordon College President Michael Lindsay, a former sociology professor at Rice, discusses his stance against President Obama’s antidiscrimination executive order.
The College Fix
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Lessons from JFK’s inaugural speech about sales and marketing messaging
John F. Kennedy’s speech given at Rice in 1962 is referenced.
Business 2 Community (This article also appeared in Small Business Yahoo.)
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5 named UB Distinguished Professors
Alumnus Steven Fliesler ’80 has been named a University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor for 2014.
University of Buffalo
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SPORTS

Rice is ranked No. 45, Owls are chasing their third straight bowl bid
The Rice Owls are ranked No. 45 out of the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country entering the 2014 season. Head football coach David Bailiff is mentioned.
Orlando Sentinel
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WKU athletics now a member of Conference USA
Western Kentucky University is now a member of Conference USA. Rice is mentioned.
Franklin Favorite
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