Dateline Rice for July 27, 2015 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Capacitan a jóvenes para crear dispositivos médicos en Costa Rica
Eric Richardson, lecturer in bioengineering, led a group of Costa Rican students to create world-class medical devices.
Fox News Latino (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1DJrSKk
Cama para evitar úlceras
CoesComunicacion.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1eu8RF6
CINDE apoya curso donde jóvenes costarricenses crear dispositivos médicos de calidad mundial
ElMundo.cr (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1OLrYrg
Capacitan a jóvenes para crear dispositivos medicos
Columbia.co.cr (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1ICiVKm

Wal-Mart introduces car seat that could prevent infant heat stroke death
Wal-Mart debuted a new car seat called the “Evenflo Advanced SensorSafe Embrace Infant Car Seat” that will alert the driver if a baby is still buckled into the seat while the car is off. Rice is mentioned for the Infant SOS alert system that some students developed to alarm and text a caretaker if a baby is left in a car.
Huffington Post
http://huff.to/1Jq0IOZ
Evenflo offers seat solution to remind driver of baby onboard
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/1MsuzHv

Mexican economy continues decline; peso briefly falls below 16
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, explains the effect of the weakening peso on U.S. goods and tourists and comments on the fact-check of former Gov. Rick Perry’s claim that the deployment of the Texas National Guard to the Mexico border led to the decrease of illegal crossings.
Breitbart
http://bit.ly/1IpLsRt
Rick Perry says 74 percent drop in border apprehensions shows Texas surge worked
Austin American-Statesman
http://bit.ly/1I4GlSW

With most of its growth coming from China, should Apple be worried?
Steven Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor in the practice and associate director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies, is quoted about the surge in middle-class consumption of Apple products in the past year.
Yahoo! Finance (This article also appeared in Malaysian Digest.)
http://yhoo.it/1KtRVKD

Antitrust scrutiny likely for insurance mergers
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, comments on the merging of major health insurance companies.
Politico Pro (Subscription required.)
http://politico.pro/1QoKdrl

How NASA advanced the cause of African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement
Economist and author Julianne Malveaux reviews the book “We Could Not Fail” by Richard Paul and Steven Moss. Rice is mentioned.
Washington Post
http://wapo.st/1IpJTD9

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Saving preemies in developing countries
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Maria Oden and their student team designed a belly band that fits around the waist of an infant and vibrates when the baby’s breath slows or stops to help raise wakefulness. After successful tests at Rice and Texas Children’s Hospital, the belly band is going to be tested at a community hospital in Malawi. Richards-Kortum is the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering and of Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies; Oden is professor in the practice of engineering and director of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared in the Houston Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1JpssTU

Bonds, bigger traffic lanes are no quick fix for northwest Harris County’s massive growth
The Commissioners Court is going to discuss widening traffic-heavy roads in Harris County, as well as other county issues. Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, said this would not solve the traffic problem.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1JKRM2A

Court tosses charge, but indictment still looms over Perry’s GOP bid
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science and fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is cited for his ranking of the members of the Texas Senate and comments on the impact of being under indictment on former Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, the potential inclusion of the equal rights ordinance on the Houston mayor ballot, Gov. Greg Abbott and State Rep. Charlie Geren’s successful money-raising strategy, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s admittance to breaking a securities law and presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s pre-campaign attention.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1GUfJT5
Following court ruling, HERO could crowd out issues on November ballot
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1I4Fkug
Campaign cash cushions state leaders
Go San Angelo
http://bit.ly/1gZx7AX
Ken Paxton prepares for criminal indictment in securities case
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1GSnGbg
Henry: Texas Panhandle is not that red
Amarillo Globe-News
http://bit.ly/1fzTrjw
Con piñatas los mexicanos desfogan su malestar contra Donald Trump
Semana News (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1VJ1jAa

Then and now: The outrageous rise in college tuition costs as reported in 1980
Rice is included in a slideshow of universities that have raised tuition over the past years.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1VJhe1y

Houston economy remains strong despite oil losses
John Diamond, the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and an adjunct professor of economics, comments on Houston’s slight economy decline due to the drop in oil prices.
KTRH-AM
http://bit.ly/1U2mDim
http://bit.ly/1IpJFvw

BROADCAST

KLTV-TV (Tyler)
Alumnus Larry Phillips ’64 is retiring as Angelina College’s president.
http://bit.ly/1fApgc3

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

India loves MOOCs
Online education in India has gained popularity, particularly in technical fields, as a career accelerator. The article mentions that a Python programming course from Rice is a popular offering in India.
MIT Technology Review
http://bit.ly/1fzQorG

New finding could lead to cheaper, efficient solar cells
New research from Rice could make it easier for engineers to harness the power of light-capturing nanomaterials to boost the efficiency and reduce the costs of photovoltaic solar cells. Graduate student Bob Zheng and postdoctoral research associate Alejandro Manjavacas are quoted. Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate students Hangqi Zhao and Michael McClain are mentioned.
News Nation (This article also appeared in Financial Express, EE Times Europe and 11 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1KtEY3g
Cheap, efficient metal-based solar cells through plasmonics
Domain-b.com
http://bit.ly/1I4Q3oz
Once again, scientists go nano for solar
Techno FAQ
http://bit.ly/1LOxR8T

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

5 lessons for Jacksonville to bring retail downtown
During a recent panel at the annual International Council of Shopping Centers, Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, urged cities to avoid chasing trends and using subsidiaries as a “fix-all” when trying to establish retail districts downtown.
Metro Jacksonville
http://bit.ly/1MvPVEO

Björk shares a 3-month series of emails with philosopher Timothy Morton
A three-month email exchange between Icelandic performer Björk and Timothy Morton, a philosopher and the Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, is available to the public.
The 405
http://bit.ly/1HV6FkE

Serving all children
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, spoke at the 21st Annual Executive Institute.
Tewksbury Town Crier
http://bit.ly/1IpGSCN

A grand opening night on Lopez
Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano, will perform at the 2015 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.
The Islands’ Weekly
http://bit.ly/1LO5w2p

SPORTS

Head football coach David Bailiff and Rice’s football program are profiled. Bailiff is also mentioned in an interview with University of Houston football coach Tom Herman.
WOAI-TV (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/1LOCAaK
KABB-TV (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/1D2Bxkx
KHOU-TV
http://bit.ly/1eu91fR

Langley to make Rice coaching debut at Kentucky
Rice’s new head women’s basketball coach Tina Langley announced the nonconference schedule for the upcoming 2015-16 season.
Conference USA
http://bit.ly/1IC6tdI

KAVU-TV (Victoria, Texas)
Rice football will play against University of Southern California in a non-conference home game in 2022.
http://bit.ly/1InvdA2

WTOK-TV (Meridian, Miss.)
Rice football was picked to finish second in Conference USA’s West Division in the league’s annual preseason football media poll.
http://bit.ly/1ICkFTU

Scarborough’s Karakolis gets PB in Pan Am javelin
Rice athlete Evan Karakolis competed in the men’s javelin throw at York University.
Inside Toronto (This article also appeared in London Community News and 22 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1S8qMDT

NEWS RELEASES

While not Greece, US faces own costs of large deficits, Baker Institute experts say
While Greece and the United States face drastically different economic scenarios, the U.S. is experiencing — and will continue to experience — one of the fundamental economic costs of relatively large and persistent deficits, according to an issue brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/1KtSgwX

Rice U. economics expert to testify before Congress July 28
John Diamond will testify before the U.S. Joint Economic Committee on the impact of dynamic scoring July 28.
http://bit.ly/1Jq1WK2