Dateline Rice for Nov. 19, 2014

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Guests: The peace process: Never and forever
Edward Djerejian, founding director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. ambassador to Syria and Israel, is profiled in a preview of a discussion about the Middle East peace process and the United States’ role in it.
Al Jazeera
http://aje.me/1xPDlqr

Texas to settle dispute on how climate change and history are taught
Mark Jones comments on the State Board of Education’s curriculum dispute and the likelihood of Greg Abbott to continue Gov. Rick Perry’s policies. Jones is 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.
The Guardian
http://bit.ly/1F3Kc2V
Los pronósticos se cumplieron: Greg Abbott gobernará Texas por los siguientes 4 años
Semana News (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1vpBzi5

Time for women to shape Africa’s future
An article discusses the effect of having women as political leaders in Africa. The Rice study “‘Fairer Sex’ or Purity Myth? Corruption, Gender and Institutional Context” is cited.
Huffington Post
http://huff.to/1Aipmgm

President swaps out choice for NLRB seat
Alumna Lauren McFerran ’98 has been nominated for the National Labor Relations Board by President Barack Obama.
National Law Review
http://bit.ly/1t53ugM

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Administration takes case for Obamacare directly to Texans
Health and Human Services Secretary Silvia Burwell is meeting with organizers across Texas to promote the Affordable Care Act to uninsured Texans. Elena Marks, scholar in health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front page. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1teBZQP

Cornell professor unlocks mysteries of paintings
Don Johnson, the J.S. Abercrombie Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of statistics, collaborated with Cornell University Professor Richard Johnson to develop digital weave density maps of canvases to make it easier for scholars to study paintings.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and over 100 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/11CuOfJ

The promise of cognitive computing in cancer care
Hagop Kantarjian, the Baker Institute Scholar in Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored a blog post about cognitive computer systems.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1ub11k1

6 nutrition facts that may surprise you
Texas Children’s Hospital clinical dietician Roberta Anding, a lecturer in kinesiology who has created meal plans for Rice student-athletes, debunks common healthy eating tips.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article also appeared in News.nom.)
http://bit.ly/1xUMkYt

Study: There is NO ‘immigration crisis’
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, comments on his new report revealing the truth behind the media’s hyped immigration crisis.
WOAI-AM (San Antonio, Texas. This article also appeared in KWHN-AM.)
http://bit.ly/1xCTXE7

As big as Texas
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is mentioned for his research on Houston’s projected growth in the next 20 years.
Fort Bend Star
http://bit.ly/1zDewy6

O Pappy where art thou? What Wendy Davis could have learned from W. Lee O’Daniel
John Alford, associate professor of political science, is quoted about the impact of economic conditions on a political party.
Statesman.com
http://bit.ly/1xUNT8J

Rice students to hold candlelight vigil Nov. 19 in honor of missing Mexican students
Rice University students will hold a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in honor of the 43 Mexican students who went missing in southern Mexico Sept. 26 and have been declared dead by authorities. The vigil will include remarks by Rice community members and a moment of silence in which the names of the missing students will be read.
Houston Style Magazine
http://bit.ly/1BNlPIp

Rise and Shiner: The best breakfast beers
Armadillo Ale Works, which is available at Rice’s Valhalla graduate student pub, is included in a list of the best breakfast accompanying beers.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/1uRdHl4

Rare film documents landmark Menil exhibition
Rice’s former Martel Center and John F. Kennedy’s speech given at Rice in 1962 are mentioned.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/11u8nrX

Campus facilities impact recruiting
The athletic facilities at University of Houston are under construction, but the price of upgrades is slowing progress. Rice is mentioned.
The Cougar
http://bit.ly/11iehNk

BROADCAST

Predictions: Whites to be minority by 2050
Demographic experts predict that whites will be the minority by 2050. Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, mentions that immigrants are moving into Houston’s suburbs.
KTRH-AM (This article also appeared in KODA-FM.)
http://bit.ly/1F3PviN
http://bit.ly/1F0ueEL

Does Keystone even matter anymore?
The Senate voted against the controversial Keystone XL pipeline 59-41. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on the high levels of carbon emitted from crude oil from the oil sands.
Marketplace.org
http://bit.ly/1F3zMjL

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Novel cathode adds new twist to flexible dye-sensitized solar cells
Rice scientists created a graphene/nanotube cathode that may make cheap, flexible dye-sensitized solar cells more practical. Jun Lou, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, and postdoctoral researcher Pei Dong are quoted. Alumnus Yu Zhu ’12, postdoctoral researcher Jingjie Wu and graduate students Jing Zhang and Sidong Lei are mentioned.
The Engineer
http://bit.ly/1yT0CqQ
Graphene/nanotube hybrid benefits flexible solar cells
Product Design & Development (This article also appeared in New Electronics and 13 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1qWthH3
Scientists create graphene/nanotube hybrid cathode for cheap, flexible and dye-sensitized solar cells
AzoNano
http://bit.ly/11t9Jn1

Rice U team shows feasibility of body-heat-activated isothermal amplification for low-resource MDx
Bioengineering graduate students Zachary Crannell and Brittany Rohrman are profiled for their research to develop a simple, highly accurate test to detect signs of HIV and its progress in patients in resource-poor settings.
Genome Web (This article also appeared in Clinical Laboratory News.)
http://bit.ly/1zCSj3r

No shortage of grand challenges and new frontiers
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, spoke at the Optical Society’s Frontiers in Optics meeting. Quotes from her lecture are cited, and she also is mentioned for her interview with Photonics Media editor Laura Marshall.
Biophotonics
http://bit.ly/1xPNVxw

Chris Beckett, CEO of Pacific Drilling, named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 National Energy, Cleantech and Natural Resources Award winner
Alumnus Chris Beckett ’02 was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for encouraging entrepreneurial activity and demonstrating innovation, financial success and personal commitment to building world-class businesses.
EY.com
http://bit.ly/1uR4sl0

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

John Terauds | A veteran virtuoso continues to climb high
Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano, is featured. Graduate student Calogero Liberto is mentioned.
Musical Toronto
http://bit.ly/14McYbq

Young bassoonist to New York Global Academy
Alumnus Michael Severance ’14 was selected as a Zarin Mehta Fellow for the New York Philharmonic’s Global Academy.
San Francisco Classical Voice
http://bit.ly/1HlopWt

NUWC Newsport holds change of command
Alumnus Howard Goldman ’87 became commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport.
MarineLink.com
http://bit.ly/1HlljBH

SPORTS

Texas-El Paso (6-4) at Rice (6-4) (ET)
Rice football will play the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 21 at Rice Stadium.
The Telegraph
http://bit.ly/1F3Ouay
Week 13 college football betting primer
National Football Post
http://bit.ly/1t57mOE

No. 5 Aggies to take on Owls in home debut
Rice women’s basketball will play Texas A&M University Nov. 19 at Reed Arena.
The Battalion
http://bit.ly/1uJyIyy
Women’s basketball hosts Rice in home opener Wednesday
KAGSTV.com (This article also appeared in WHIO-TV, WSOC-TV and WHJX-TV.)
http://bit.ly/1yoYd7l

LSC-Kingwood men’s basketball team finishes first in conference league
Rice is mentioned in the cutline of a photo of the Lone Star College-Kingwood men’s basketball team.
East Montgomery Observer (This article also appeared in Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer and Atascocita Observer.)
http://bit.ly/1uJFaFM

Rice cooks up 4 signees
Head swim coach Seth Huston announced that Sydney Franzen and Rabea Tzenetos have signed a National Letter of Intent.
College Swimming
http://bit.ly/1xoZ6P1
Mats sign letters of intent
LaMorindaWeekly.com
http://bit.ly/1xPP2gP

NEWS RELEASES

Baker Institute expert lays road map for next US president to combat poverty-related diseases
A new analysis reveals substantial global health gains for AIDS, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. Beginning in 2016, the incoming presidential administration can assert American leadership to help control and eliminate poverty-related diseases — including those with pandemic potential — while being mindful of fiscal constraints, said a tropical-disease expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/1AiucKk

Rice students to hold candlelight vigil Nov. 19 in honor of missing Mexican students
Rice University students will hold a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in honor of the 43 Mexican students who went missing in southern Mexico Sept. 26 and have been declared dead by authorities. The vigil will include remarks by Rice community members and a moment of silence in which the names of the missing students will be read.
http://bit.ly/1qskpOM