Dateline Rice for June 8, 2015 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Politicos’ advice to the Class of 2015
Graduation season is in full swing, with politicians and media figures making the rounds to impart their wisdom on the Class of 2015. Retired Gen. Colin Powell’s commencement address at Rice is mentioned.
Politico
http://politi.co/1MgIv4H

Are you brave enough to follow your passion?
A profile on Houston sports photographer Bill Baptist mentions he has worked for Rice.
Huffington Post (This also appeared in eWallStreeter and News Reality.)
http://huff.to/1KgIxLi

Christie says 2015 is 1979 again, and he’ll be like Ronald Reagan
A recurring theme is emerging in Gov. Chris Christie’s expected 2016 candidacy: It’s 1979 all over again, and the governor is Ronald Reagan, reincarnate. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
NJ.com
http://bit.ly/1Kjoiwx

‘Abused emojis’ help victims of family violence call for help
A Swedish charity has released an app that allows people who are suffering the effects of domestic violence to communicate through the popular online language of emoji. A Rice study is cited.
The Border Watch (This article also appeared in the Canberra Times, the Brisbane Times, the Age and more than 200 other publications.)
http://bit.ly/1Gr5UC8

Capture the Duggar base: Bobby Jindal’s desperate home-school Hail Mary is 2016′s strangest strategy
Alumnus Lamar White Jr. ’05 authored this article on Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s potential presidential run.
Salon
http://bit.ly/1HigABW

From libraries to DNA: How the world is organized
Alumnus Larry McMurtry ’60 is mentioned.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
http://bit.ly/1QF4pjf

Career insights into management consulting
K. Ramesh, senior associate dean of academic affairs and professor of accounting at the Jones Graduate School of Business, spoke at an Indian Institutes of Technology Alumni of Greater Houston event.
Indo American
http://bit.ly/1dU3VKf

HOUSTON/TEXAS

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, comments on Rick Perry’s presidential run, Gov. Greg Abbott’s first legislative session and Texas’ limited free-market principles.
Does Rick Perry have a comeback in him?
Houston Public Media’s “Houston Matters”
http://bit.ly/1AUAd1O
Perry jumps in with official public announcement
KPRC-AM
http://bit.ly/1QDin5d
Session bring some gains, partisan procedural changes, little drama
San Angelo Standard Times (This article also appeared in the Abilene Reporter-News, the Times Record News and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.)
http://bit.ly/1Kjp3Wq
Tesla, Wal-Mart learn Texas free-market bravado has limits
The McAllen Monitor
http://bit.ly/1dptjqk

Blackburn: Houston must embrace its flooding reality
Jim Blackburn, professor in the practice of environmental law in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and co-director of the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, discusses Houston flooding. Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://bit.ly/1GfDYPI
Rice University professor hopes to mitigate flood effects
WBAP-AM
http://bit.ly/1Gdg4ob
Sunday letters: Storm protection
A letter to the editor cites a study by Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1QzmzD0
Ike Dike still just an idea
Galveston County Daily News
http://bit.ly/1GuQblI
WXDE-TV (Salisbury, Md.)(This story also aired on KOMO-AM [Seattle] and KOH-AM [Reno, Nev.].)
http://tinyurl.com/q6dvks2
WBAP-AM (Dallas)
http://tinyurl.com/por2hdz

2 young singers with Houston ties win Metropolitan Opera competition
Nicholas “Nick” Brownlee ’12 has been named a winner of the annual Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York City.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/1HSkXQ5

EDITORIAL: Crime doesn’t pay, but justice still costly
The Texas Senate approved Sen. John Whitmire’s filed bill that would require private university police departments to obey requests under the Texas Public Information Act. Rice is mentioned.
Beaumont Enterprise
http://bit.ly/1T769WA

Our neighbors: Rice University grad
Alumna Marisol Palomares ’15 graduated from Rice May 16.
Bryan-College Station Eagle
http://bit.ly/1F3pvRR

Dr. John Lanius, a retired Dallas surgeon and tinkerer, dies at 73
Dallas surgeon John Lanius, who attended Rice for two years, died at 73.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1QzsQ1F

The opening and closing of the week: May 30-June 5
Property owned by the Rice Management Company is mentioned.
Houstonia Magazine
http://bit.ly/1KLTOBA

Foster: Repeal, replace … really?
An editorial mentions health care research from Rice.
Longview News-Journal
http://bit.ly/1ARDbEH

Milestones continue growing
A column by Grady Easley mentions he once worked at Rice.
Huntsville Item (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1B0QSRn

At last: A fantasy market trip
A column on a recent jewelry-buying trip mentions alumnus Emily Armenta ’03, a jewelry designer.
El Paso Inc.
http://bit.ly/1Kky6Xa

BROADCAST WEBCAST

KPRC-TV
An experiment at the Children’s Museum of Houston features a process Rice researchers use to create nanocapsules, a process called “self-assembly.”
http://tinyurl.com/nm9ap4y

Robots bagging groceries in UK
Walmart is testing robots that fulfill online shopping orders. Moshe Vardi, director of the Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology and Rice’s Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, is quoted about the likelihood of robots replacing human workers.
KTRH-AM
http://bit.ly/1T77oVU

Homeland Security secretary visits Houston two weeks after flooding
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will discuss border security in the 21st century at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy June 8.
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/1AVjpYL
Homeland security secretary in Houston
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/1T5PH98

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Twists and shouts: A nanotube story
Nanotechnology’s chiral superstars were overshadowed by hype, but researchers believe they still have potential. Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Materials Science and NanoEngineering and of chemistry, is quoted.
Chemical & Engineering News
http://bit.ly/1Jz11aY

Ancient algae found deep in tropical glacier
Rice, Nebraska and Ohio State researchers looking for carbon in equatorial ice cores found diatoms, a type of algae. Their presence is evidence of what the landscape around the Andes in Peru might have been like more than a millennium ago. Ed Billups, professor of chemistry, and alumnus Bruce Brinson ’04 are quoted.
Space Daily
http://bit.ly/1KjqAfl

Fibromyalgia discovery is a breath of fresh air
A proof-of-concept trial led by researchers at Rice University and institutes in Israel finds hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help patients with fibromyalgia. The late Eshel Ben-Jacob, an adjunct professor of biosciences at Rice and a senior investigator at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, is quoted.
The Guardian Liberty Voice
http://bit.ly/1GtTTMv
Hyperbaric hope for fibromyalgia sufferers
MDLinx
http://bit.ly/1QicGyO

US inability to export oil seen as a national security concern in Washington
Research from Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is cited.
Ground Report
http://bit.ly/1FEWAUF

Whistleblowers ‘LEAP’ onto Capitol Hill to salute #Black Lives Matter at annual whistle blower summit
An article about the Whistle Blower Summit for Civil & Human Rights mentions it was once held at Rice.
Op Ed News
http://bit.ly/1Hc0t98

OPEC eyes new normal as US shale firms hang tough
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses what could possibly happen with oil prices in the coming months.
Investments Business Daily
http://bit.ly/1KgKM1a

Survey: Nigerians most educated in the US
Nigerian Americans have long been known for their community’s intense cultural emphasis on education, and now an analysis of Census data coupled with several local surveys shows that Nigerians don’t just value education, but surpass all other U.S. ethnic groups when it comes to obtaining degrees. A Rice study is cited.
Diaspora Community
http://bit.ly/1GuQD3l

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Ted Cruz’s tele-town hall meeting with gun owners
An article on Sen. Ted Cruz mentions his mother, alumna Eleanor Darragh ’56.
Amoland
http://bit.ly/1G1UrWs

Pittsburgh Symphony to conclude all-Beethoven program with ‘The Immortal’ today
Alumna Jennifer Johnson Cano ’08 is profiled.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/1JyzQLR

11 Watchung Hills Regional High School staff to retire
An article on David Udell’s retirement mentions his son, alumnus Nathanael Udell ’14.
TapInto.com
http://bit.ly/1F3q126

SPORTS

Rice University to build another sports facility
Rice University will begin construction soon on a new $2 million grandstand, enclosed press box and team facilities for soccer and men’s and women’s track and field and cross country.  Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard is quoted in the second article.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1JyVIZ3
Rice to build new soccer, track and field facility
The Examiner (This article also appeared in the Wes University Examiner, the Fort Bend Sun, the Memorial Examiner and the Sugar Land Sun.)
http://bit.ly/1dpu4Qh

Texas A&M, TCU make for a truly super regional
TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle has heard enough guesses on how many TCU and Texas A&M fans will be in the stands at Lupton Stadium on Saturday when the Horned Frogs and Aggies face off in an NCAA Tournament super regional. Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1HiScjS

Tulsa Shock prepare for season without Glory Johnson-Griner
Former Rice standout Jessica Kuster has been released from the Tulsa Shock.
The Examiner
http://exm.nr/1QdW9fm

Hit and Run: Hello to Anthony Rendon, Pat Venditte; goodbye to Tal’s Hill
Alumnus and former Rice standout Anthony Rendon ’09 is mentioned.
Sports Illustrated
http://on.si.com/1QzvnZJ
Anthony Rendon returns from injury, yet again
Sports Journal
http://bit.ly/1AUtKUC
Dayton Moore’s 1st-round draft history
Royals Review
http://bit.ly/1GlDTtY

H.S. football: Local players get final chance on gridiron at Paul Robeson All-Star game
An article mentions Wagner College will play Rice Sept. 5.
New Jersey Herald
http://bit.ly/1FGLtdZ

BASEBALL: Cy Ranch takes 3-6A title, set for 2nd state tournament
Cy Ranch defeated Clear Creek in a 6-0 win in the Region 3-6A series finale Saturday at Reckling Park at Rice University.
Cypress Creek Mirror
http://bit.ly/1Io83fC

Division I Standout Transferring to WPU
Former Rice basketball standout Keith Washington is transferring to William Penn University.
Victory Sports Network
http://bit.ly/1KQra29