Dateline Rice for Dec. 5, 2014

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

The art war waged during the Great War
Gordon Hughes, the Mellon Assistant Professor of Art History at Rice, comments on the curatorial necessity of understanding the differences in World War I images when choosing which art pieces to display in the Getty Research Institute’s “World War I: War of Images, Images of War” exhibit. A new anthology co-edited by Hughes, “Nothing But the Clouds Unchanged: Artists in World War I,” is mentioned.
Yahoo! News UK and Ireland
http://yhoo.it/1z1Ttqs

Middle Easterners crossing border from Mexico? It’s rare
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, and Tony Payan, the Baker Institute’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, comment on Jordanian businessman Khaled Mehyar’s claim that he entered the U.S. illegally to escape the Islamic State. Jones is also cited for his Texas Tribune column about Democrats’ success in Texas.
A Breaking News
http://bit.ly/1uHFEae
Straus track record: Thwarts will of the voters, gives ‘big gov’t’ moderates control
790 Talk Now
http://bit.ly/1ymSmOc

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Baylor’s Hotez named Science Envoy
Peter Hotez, a fellow in disease and poverty at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, has been named one of four U.S. Science Envoys by the U.S. State Department.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1CMBND7
Announcement of US Science Envoys
State.gov
http://1.usa.gov/1q1SmW4
Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., named US Science Envoy
TMCNews.org
http://bit.ly/1z2KzsJ
Arun Majumdar Stanford University named among 4 US Science Envoys
India New England
http://bit.ly/1I9MG1W

New business: Pair turning acorns into Mighty Wild crackers
Aline Copp and sister-in-law Mimi Brown, co-owners of Mighty Wild, are promoting the health benefits of acorns, which are used in their crackers. Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O’Connor Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, explains that people are becoming more concerned with the production of their food.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Business section. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1FTfp9e

Universities in Texas joined top college rankings in 2014
An article featuring local Texas university rankings mentions Rice had high rankings in a number of Princeton Review categories.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/12rNAG9

A un año de Obamacare, los latinos son más de dos tercios de los no asegurados en Texas
The second registration period for the Affordable Care Act will pay more attention to Texas Latinos, since they were the least covered by the end of the first year of implementation. Elena Marks, scholar in health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
La Voz de Houston (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/125IsHP

Rice University students visit Mason County
Rice students and André Droxler, professor of earth science, visited Mason County for their Earth science course.
Mason County News
http://bit.ly/1tZGPly

The top 5 operas of 2014
Houstonia writer Sydney Boyd lists the top five Houston operas of 2014 and mentions that Rice’s Shepherd School of Music is also worth noting for their work.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/1ywNLgd

Houston Hillel hosts Middle East expert
The Houston Hillel hosted Ziegler distinguished fellow David Makovsky for a series of scholar-in residence sessions about Middle East peace. Makovsky’s “behind the scenes” session at Rice is mentioned.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://bit.ly/1yU2yAz

BROADCAST

TU’s Oklahoma Center for the Humanities presents a lecture on ‘The Nixon Tapes: 40 Years Later’
Texas A&M professor Luke Nichter, who co-authored “The Nixon Tapes,” with Douglas Brinkley, is interviewed. Brinkley is a professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Public Radio Tulsa
http://bit.ly/1wFbCuW

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Paradigms and prejudice
Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair and Professor of Sociology, co-director of the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and director of Rice’s Religion and Public Life Program, is mentioned for the study she co-authored about men in academic science.
ScienceMag.org
http://bit.ly/1s2dze8

Buckyballs enhance carbon capture
Amines bound by buckyballs can absorb carbon dioxide from emissions at industrial plants and at natural gas wells, according to Rice University scientists. Andrew Barron, the Charles W. Duncan Jr.-Welch Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science, is quoted. Robert Curl, University Professor Emeritus and the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor Emeritus of Natural Sciences, and the late Richard Smalley are mentioned.
Controlled Environments (This article also appeared in Scicasts, Science Daily, Energy Manager Today and ScienceNewsline.)
http://bit.ly/1w5jWo5

NFL players get stem cell treatments
Some National Football League players have been seeking out unproven stem cell therapies to help accelerate recoveries from injuries, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. While most players seem to receive treatment within the United States, several have traveled abroad for therapies unavailable domestically and may be unaware of the risks involved, the paper found. Kirstin Matthews, an adjunct lecturer of sociology and a fellow in science and technology policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
NewsMaxHealth.com (This article also appeared in Med India, Medical Xpress, BioPortfolio, Press-news.org, ScienceNewsline, Stem Cell News and Blog, World News and HealthCanal.)
http://nws.mx/1s1YgSx

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

How Texas universities created a bandwidth ‘superhighway’
Local universities, including Rice, are preparing to expand their bandwidth to accommodate digital needs. Kamran Khan, vice provost for information technology, is quoted.
eCampusNews.com
http://bit.ly/1q1IVFZ

Rice University offering a course on Skyrim
Donna Beth Ellard, a postdoctoral fellow in English, discusses the historicism in her Rice course “Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim.”
N4G.com
http://bit.ly/1s2esDm

Concordia professor’s instrument built using CT scan
Alumna Sonja Harasim ’08 is featured for her unique violin. Cho-Liang Lin, professor of violin, is mentioned.
DL-Online
http://bit.ly/1z2DlEW

Researchers awarded time on supercomputer to conduct work
Researchers Todd Gamblin and Bronis de Supinkski were awarded 800 million core hours on three of America’s fastest computers dedicated to open science by the Department of Energy’s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment program. Rice researchers are part of their investigative team.
IndependentNews.com
http://bit.ly/1ynaUTy

University loses accomplished economic historian
Alumnus John James ’68 died from a sudden cardiac event.
The Cavalier Daily
http://bit.ly/1ymmsRZ

SPORTS

Guercy, Porter nominated for Allstate Good Works team
Rice basketball players Max Guercy and Christal Porter were announced as nominees for the 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams.
Conference USA
http://bit.ly/1ymB43M
Bingley named Good Works team nominee
Seminoles.com
http://bit.ly/1w5uV0C

Conference USA All-Academic football team announced
Rice football player James Farrimond was named to the 2014 C-USA All-Academic Team.
Conference USA (This article also appeared in ODUSports.com.)
http://bit.ly/1A0wt9A

Cougars take rivalry game at the buzzer
Rice women’s basketball fell to University of Houston 59-58 for Houston’s annual “Red Out” game.
The Cougar (This article also appeared in UWire.)
http://bit.ly/12rRE9h

WKU tennis announces 2015 spring schedule
Rice will host the Conference USA Championship tournament April 15.
WKUSports.com
http://bit.ly/1zucaBk

NEWS RELEASE

Rice experts available to discuss Orion launch
Rice University experts are available to discuss NASA’s impending launch of the Orion spacecraft on its first test flight, which was planned for Dec. 5.
http://bit.ly/1I9IaRg