Dateline Rice for July 29, 2015

FEATURED ITEM

Rice steps up big time, signs on with virtual reality firm
Rice signed a contract with STRIVR Labs to provide virtual reality technology for the football program. Head football coach David Bailiff and Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard discuss the technology, which will use sophisticated methods to monitor practices and improve player performance. Bailiff is also quoted about the hiring of the first female NFL football coach.
My Fox Houston
http://bit.ly/1Iqk1CD
Rice football signs with STRIVR Labs to add virtual reality training
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1h3LnZo
KRIV-TV
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KPRC-TV
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Top 25 best southern schools 2015
Rice is No. 4 on Forbes’ list of the top 25 Best Southern Colleges for 2015 and No. 32 on its list of America’s Top Colleges.
Forbes
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America’s top colleges
Forbes
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Invention ambassadors urge others to put great ideas into action
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering and of Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies, was announced as a 2015-2016 AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador. She is quoted about her Rice research team’s development of a bubble CPAP machine, which is now used in Malawi health facilities.
AAAS.org
http://bit.ly/1MUNtVx

¿Un Canal de Nicaragua? Evaluamos los riesgos de la avanzada en infraestructura China
An article explains Chinese investors’ interest in building a canal across Nicaragua, a controversial project that Nicaraguans and scientists have spoken out against. Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted from his speech at a public hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Entorno Inteligente (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/1VN7Aej

Not just the tip of the iceberg: Getting to know the man behind Silicon Valley’s hottest startup
Alumnus Mohit Aron ’98 is featured.
India.com
http://bit.ly/1JvecsX

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rick Perry on the Fox News debate bubble
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, authored a blog post about the upcoming Republican presidential debate for the 2016 election season, which will be held on Fox News Aug. 6. He also comments on the inclusion of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance in the mayoral race and the health of Venezuela’s democracy, and is cited for his ranking of the members of the Texas Senate.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1I1pMcU
Mayoral candidate Hall says he deserves anti-HERO votes, not King
My Fox Houston
http://bit.ly/1Kybowo
Elecciones parlamentarias ponen a prueba autoritarismo del maduro-cabellismo
Tal Cual Digital (An English translation is not available. Similar articles appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1OOugWT
Henry: Texas Panhandle is not that red
Raging Elephants Radio
http://bit.ly/1JRDexW

But first, let me take a selfie stick
Rice University Art Gallery is included in a slideshow of galleries and museums that may not allow selfie sticks in the facility or during a show.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in DailyNews724.com. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1gmsOzz

#forKariann: Fighting an insurance company with a hashtag
Joshua Eyler, director of Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence, authored an op-ed discussing his efforts to get insurance coverage for an experimental treatment for his wife, Kariann Fuqua.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared in the Houston Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1U6LIsl

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Groups urge Obama to oppose cyberthreat-sharing bills
A coalition of digital rights and privacy groups and security experts urged President Barack Obama to veto the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
PC World (This article also appeared in InfoWorld and 15 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1JRE9yo

DOE exascale plan gets support with caveats
The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration plan to produce exascale technology by 2023. Rice is mentioned as a subcommittee member of the initiative.
HPC Wire
http://bit.ly/1MUEzYb

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Houston Symphony hires new musicians as part of new initiative
The Houston Symphony recruited four new string musicians for its new group of Community-Embedded Musicians, three of which are from Rice. Alumni David Connor ’13, Anthony Parce ’09 and Hellen Weberpal ’12 will begin this fall.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/1I1BJzh

SWAMP: Bringing Houston media to the masses
The Southwest Alternate Media Project’s 11th Annual Business of Film Conference will take place at Rice Sept. 18 and 19.
Backstage
http://bit.ly/1IrOPqQ

SPORTS

Rice women’s basketball: 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 season.
Atascocita Observer
http://bit.ly/1fHkOs3

Red Sox Notebook: Brock Holt hopes to be untouchable
Alumnus Brock Holt ’12 is worried about being traded by the Boston Red Sox by this Friday’s nonwaiver trade deadline.
Boston Herald
http://bit.ly/1Kz9XLA

Former Wilson HS star to play basketball in Europe
Former Rice basketball player Seth Gearhart will play with Sam Basket Massangno of the Swiss League in Switzerland.
KGW.com
http://bit.ly/1fH86JK
http://bit.ly/1LRqa07