Dateline Rice for Oct. 29, 2014

FEATURED ITEMS

KRIV-TV
Rice’s rowing team, Rice Crew, are featured for their practices on Buffalo Bayou. Head coaches David Alviar and Mike Matson are interviewed.
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Owls continue to set the pace in NCAA graduation success rate
Rice student-athletes are among the national leaders in the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate studies.
Conference USA
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Could a robot do your job?
Moshe Vardi, the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, comments on how the evolution of technology will affect jobs.
USA Today (This article also appeared in KHOU-TV and 17 other media outlets.)
http://usat.ly/1wCv1cR

The tiebreaker: Biden’s new role if senate splits
A Senate split may help Vice President Joe Biden’s run for president in 2016. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. He is also featured for his address to the 31st annual Frank Church Conference at Boise State University and the new book, “The Nixon Tapes: 1973,” which he will edit and annotate with Luke Nichter.
ABC News (This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle and 75 other media outlets.)
http://abcn.ws/1023lCq
Preserving Idaho’s wild
The Blue Review
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New transcripts of Nixon tapes focus on 1973
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Teen wins US peace prize for 100 Men Reading program
Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is cited for its “The 30 Million Word Gap” study in an article about early childhood development.
The Californian (This article also appeared in La Voz and 27 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1sEU3Ty

HOUSTON/TEXAS

US News places 12 Texas universities in its global rankings
Rice is No. 89 on the U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the top 500 universities in the world.
Houston Chronicle
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Constable latest among county officials accused of wrongdoing
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 about the three Harris County constables facing criminal charges, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Texas voter ID laws and money spent in the Texas Gov. race.
Houston Chronicle (subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1E1ui8H
Abbott, Davis combine to spend $83 million in gov. race
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front page. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/13c00CZ
The rehabilitation of Rick Perry
The American Spectator (This article also appeared in Conservative News.)
http://bit.ly/102e9R9
Cruz still Texans’ choice, but Perry gains ground
KTRH-AM
http://bit.ly/1rA46cz
Texas voter ID law discourages some voters
Voice of America
http://bit.ly/102gP0Z

Accidents spiked at busy intersections after cameras removed, HPD says
Accidents increased in 51 busy intersections after red-light cameras had been removed at Houston voter’s request. Rice’s collaborative study with Texas A&M University is cited.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the City & State section. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1zflMCY

Poll STAR: Rice team sets sights on better voting machine
Rice computer security experts are working with collaborators to design a secure voting system that is cheaper and simpler to use than current voting machines. Phil Kortum, assistant professor of psychology; Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering; and Michael Byrne, professor of psychology, are quoted. Postdoctoral research fellow Claudia Acemyan is mentioned.
Bellaire Examiner
http://bit.ly/1u74sPq
Rice University team works to develop new electronic voting machines
Peach Pundit
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San Antonio universities ranked among best in state
Rice is No. 1 on the USA Today’s blog College Factual’s list of the best colleges in Texas.
San Antonio Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1wcLZzM
SMU leads trio of DFW schools ranked among state’s best colleges
Dallas Business Journal
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KEYE-TV (Austin)
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KJTV-TV (Lubbock, Texas)
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KYTX-TV (Tyler, Texas)
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KAUZ-TV (Wichita Falls, Texas)
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Houston Cinema Arts Festival brings in Julie Taymor and James Ivory
Cary Wolfe, the Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English, will provide a visual art exhibition about Texas’ bugs titled “Roadside Kestrel/Mountain Pine Beetle” at the sixth annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/1rA05ov

BROADCAST

Why does Saudi Arabia seem so comfortable with falling oil prices?
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed about Saudi Arabia’s recent silence about reducing oil production.
National Public Radio (This also appeared in Breaking Energy and 24 other media outlets.)
http://n.pr/1zfnCnz

KNPR-FM (Las Vegas)
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted about Mexico’s shale production.
http://bit.ly/13c9tKE (This broadcast also appeared on KUOW-FM and 12 other media outlets.)

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Rihanna, Beyonce: Hit the books!
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning’s Distinguished Lecturer, is mentioned.
WJBT.com
http://bit.ly/1FVGFFb

MTA hires first chief safety officer, David L. Mayer, former NTSB managing director
Alumnus David Mayer ’90 has been named the National Transportation Safety Board’s Chief Safety Officer.
LongIsland.com (This article also appeared in Times Herald-Record.)
http://bit.ly/1u7uEcK

SPORTS

Florida International Golden Panthers versus Rice Owls – Nov. 1, 2014 college football pick, odds and prediction
Rice football will play against Florida International University Nov. 1 in Miami.
Sports Chat
http://bit.ly/1nQ5Nr2

Golf places 13th in fall finale
Rice men’s golf claimed 13th place at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate. Players Joe Beck III, Tommy Economou, James Lee, Kevin Reilly and Mario Carmona are mentioned.
Conference USA
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A&M to make QB decision on Thursday
Rice football’s game against Texas A&M University is pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1wcXl6M

NEWS RELEASE

Klineberg to release study on Houston’s Hispanics at Nov. 7 event
Stephen Klineberg, a Rice sociology professor and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, will release a new report,  “Shared Prospects: Hispanics and the Future of Houston,” at the Asia Society Texas Center Nov. 7.
http://bit.ly/1rA6Y9j