Dateline Rice for Sept. 11, 2014

FEATURED ITEM

Rural areas may soon get high-speed Wi-Fi over unused TV bands
Rice researchers presented a use for UHF TV spectrum at the Association for Computing Machinery’s MobiCom 2014 conference in Hawaii. Edward Knightly, professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, and graduate student Narendra Anand are quoted. Graduate student Ryan Guerra is mentioned.
Gizmodo
http://bit.ly/Zi1TfB
Rice wireless experts tap unused TV spectrum
ECN Mag (This article also appeared in Bellaire Examiner, Memorial Examiner, SpaceMart, R&D Magazine, Cellular-News and IndustrialInfo.com.)
http://bit.ly/YA09OH
Wireless for miles, by leveraging unused UHF TV spectrum
Science 2.0 (This article also appeared in ScienceDaily, TechFresh and Laboratory Equipment.)
http://bit.ly/1rXTzON
Rice researchers unveil multiuser, multiantenna transmission scheme for UHF spectrum
AZosensors.com
http://bit.ly/1qNr9Do

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

‘The Daily Show’
In his coverage of football player Ray Rice’s reported domestic abuse, “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart joked that products and institutions with the name “rice” are changing their identity to avoid any association, and he suggested a new name for Rice University. The Houston Chronicle noted the reference to Rice, which they identified as “our local nationally recognized university.”
http://bit.ly/1lXav56 (Full story)
http://bit.ly/1oxJgdi (Rice mention)
‘The Daily Show’ suggests a new name for Rice University
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News and Seattlepi.com.)
http://bit.ly/1qJ9QoF

Colleges with the highest-paid grads
Rice is included in a slideshow of universities with the highest-paid grads in the country.
CNN Money
http://cnnmon.ie/1rXZFyH

edX launches new high school initiative with Georgetown University
Rice University is one of the universities offering massive open online courses to high school students to better prepare them for college as part of edX’s new high school initiative.
In the Capital
http://bit.ly/1qJfAi1

8 college jobs to build skills, network
An article lists tips for students who want to boosts their job prospects after college. Nicole Van Den Heuvel, director of Rice’s Center for Career Development, is quoted.
U.S. News & World Report
http://bit.ly/1qJiMKz

Why Modi, Jokowi will need more than 100 days to bring change
Russell Green, the Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and an adjunct assistant professor of economics, is quoted about Narendra Modi, the new prime minister of India.
The Jakarta Post
http://bit.ly/1tNb8B3

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Culture scene: Sept. 11-17
Miró Quartet, an ensemble from the University of Texas at Austin, will perform at Rice’s Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1tNgL2c

Perry looking at potential committee assignments for role in Texas Senate
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 cited for his nonpartisan rankings.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://bit.ly/1tN6naB

America’s Next Top Model contestant gives the inside scoop on cycle 21
Alumnus Denzel Wells ’12 is a finalist on the CWTV show “America’s Next Top Model.”
NewsFix
http://bit.ly/1ui8Ngj

Green hosts Paying for College Workshop and Academy Day
Rice is participating in Congressman Gene Green’s biannual Paying for College Workshop and Academy Day Sept. 15 at North Shore Senior High School.
Humble Observer (This article also appeared in Kingwood Observer, Lake Houston Observer and Atascocita Observer.)
http://bit.ly/1xOdpOZ

Intel worker encourages STEM interest at faire
Alumnus Dan McCulley ’97 is featured.
Rio Rancho Observer (This article also appeared in Albuquerque Journal.)
http://bit.ly/1rXUZsz

BROADCAST

KRIV-TV
Richard Stoll, the Albert Thomas Chair in Political Science and scholar at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about President Barack Obama’s speech about ISIS. He is also interviewed about the United States’ involvement in the crisis in Ukraine.
http://bit.ly/1qn4zDO
Richard J. Stoll, Rice University, Houston
AgiEnergia.it (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1qJFHpe

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rice bioinformaticians to use $1.1M NSF grant for cloud-based evolutionary genomics tools
A $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to two Rice computer science groups will help develop parallel-processing tools that track the evolution of genes and genomes across species. Christopher Jermaine, associate professor of computer science, and Luay Nakhleh, associate professor of computer science and assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology, are quoted.
GenomeWeb
http://bit.ly/1wiQeL8
Cloud-computing revolution applies to evolution
Bio-Medicine (This article also appeared in ECN Mag.)
http://bit.ly/1tC7zde

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

New state tax study gets underway
George Zodrow, professor of economics, helped LSU economist and Revenue Estimating Conference member Jim Richardson revise his overview of Louisiana’s tax system.
The Franklin Sun
http://bit.ly/1wiT5DF

SPORTS

Rice Owls lost opener but still have high hopes for 2014
Despite Rice football’s loss to Notre Dame at the start of the season, the Rice Owls still have high aspirations. Head football coach David Bailiff is quoted.
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/1qNmsJH

Status of Rice’s Jordan Taylor still up in the air
Head football coach David Bailiff is quoted about player Jordan Taylor. Player Zach Wright is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1CW9EY1

Rice Owls versus Texas A&M Aggies betting odds: Analysis and prediction
The Sept. 13 Rice football game against Texas A&M is featured.
Bleacher Report (Similar articles in appeared in Los Angeles Times and over 60 other media outlets.)
http://ble.ac/WNW8nS
Desperate times for South Carolina versus Georgia
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in Austin American-Statesman and over 100 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1lY69Lm
Owls and Aggies meet in Lone Star State showdown
Athlon Sports
http://bit.ly/1qJxUaY

RGV Capsules: UTB volleyball falls one spot in rankings
The University of Texas at Brownsville will compete at the 39th annual Rice Invitational Cross Country Meet.
Brownsville Herald
http://bit.ly/1CW84Fn

NEWS RELEASES

One-third of male academic scientists willing to scale back career to focus on family
One-third of men in academic science are willing to scale back their careers to focus on family life, according to a new study from Rice University, Pennsylvania State University and Southern Methodist University that suggests traditional family roles may be shifting.
http://bit.ly/X0NJxJ

River of many returns
Rice University’s Jeff Nittrouer has studied river delta formations the world over. He hopes his next project, an in-depth look at China’s Yellow River, will offer new ideas about how to restore delta landscapes worldwide, including the largest in North America, the vanishing Mississippi River Delta.
http://bit.ly/Zi4Yfo

Leading American sociologist Annette Lareau to give Rice Gray/Wawro Lecture Series talk Sept. 18
Annette Lareau, the Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Sociology, will speak on the intersections of class, race and child rearing in America as part of Rice University’s Gray/Wawro Lecture Series Sept 18.
http://bit.ly/X0N9jx