Dateline Rice for Nov. 16, 2015 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEMS

Rice University experts were quoted in three stories in the Business section of Sunday’s Houston Chronicle.

Retailers work to not miss the next big thing
The retail industry begins planning its holiday inventory months in advance to make sure popular items are in stock in time for the holidays. Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This was featured on the front of the Business section. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1QHb5Ru

Obamacare needs repair, not repeal 
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, is pictured and quoted in an article about the need for improving the Affordable Care Act instead of repealing it.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the Business section in Sunday’s print edition; the online version was also in the Nov. 13 issue of Dateline. Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/1Mrn14z

Overview: Sectors of industry show activity, growth 
Local business economists are reporting that the refining industry is doing well and paving way for new growth, despite the job losses in the oil and gas industry. Bill Arnold, professor in the practice of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the Jobs page in the Business section in Sunday’s print edition; the online version was in the Nov. 13 issue of Dateline. Subscription required.) 
http://tinyurl.com/o6ac2q9

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Dubai wants to give its firefighters jetpacks
Dubai is considering equipping its firefighters with jetpacks to aid with search and rescue missions. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
BBC
http://bbc.in/1HTU8w4

Houston’s conundrum: Closing its pension-funding gap
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, comments on Houstonians’ unwillingness to support tax increases to close its pension funding gap. Jones is also quoted about whom former Gov. Rick Perry may endorse for president, the possible revival of the repealed Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, Donald Trump’s statements about the war in Iraq, the voting rate of evangelical Christians, State Rep. Cesar Blanco’s help with the Obama administration’s agenda and presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz’s fundraising totals.
Wall Street Journal (This article also appeared in Morningstar Stock Investor, 4-Traders, Capital.gr and ADVFN India and USA.)
http://on.wsj.com/1LhcbfR
Rick Perry looks for what’s next
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in San Antonio Express-News. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1OaVffn
HERO opponents plan new TV ad
Houston Chronicle (This appeared on the front of the City & State section in Saturday’s Chronicle. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1N722K0
Daily commentary
Campos Communications
http://bit.ly/1i1fcXB
A world crisis, a Bush moment? Not to Trump
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/1N5QO8s
Why is Trump stumping in Beaumont?
Beaumont Enterprise
http://bit.ly/1j3HdBh
Ted Cruz’s Southern strategy: Religious liberty
Centre Daily Times (This article appeared in 18 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1PJHTsg
Cesar Blanco helps with White House initiative
El Paso Times
http://bit.ly/1HPltoi
Cruz banks on Texas to fuel campaign
The Huntsville Item (This article also appeared in CNHINews.com and Jacksonville Progress.)
http://bit.ly/1kzkHls

Bioengineers invent new method to 3-D print embryonic hearts, coronary arteries
Adam Fienberg, an associate professor of bioengineering and materials science at Carnegie Mellon University, and his team published a study about 3-D printing collagen gel within another gel as support, which could help create coronary arteries and embryonic hearts. Jordan Miller, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
Fox News Health (This article also appeared in Breaking News, LocalNews7.com, DailyNews724 and DoctorKSA.com.)
http://fxn.ws/1PKH9mD

A 3rd-term Democrat? Hillary Clinton battles history
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about the challenges Hillary Clinton may face in the upcoming presidential election.
USA Today (This article also appeared in MSN, Poughkeepsie Journal, My Informs and Des Moines Register.)
http://usat.ly/1MLvWRY

Ted Cruz’s laughable disguise
An article about Sen. Ted Cruz mentions that his mother attended Rice.
New York Times
http://nyti.ms/1PuiJzs

Center to focus on community over doctrine
The Bishop John E. Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer will open in January 2016. Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, is quoted.
The Charlotte Observer (This appeared in 30 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1MLIwRo

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Reimagining a city that connects to nature
The People + Nature conference that was held at Rice’s BioScience Research Collaborative is mentioned in an op-ed about Houston’s evolving landscape.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1PKCQYH

KI Forum presents: Connecting institutions through TMC3
Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Rice School of Architecture will host a panel Nov. 19 to discuss how to facilitate a multi-institutional collaboration to attain a more connected medical center. Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute, will moderate.
Texas Medical Center News (This is featured in TMC Today.)
http://bit.ly/1MxGSz0
http://bit.ly/1kZXR63

House Party forever! Christopher ‘Play’ Martin and Bun B explain why classic hip-hop movie endures
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning’s Distinguished Lecturer, is quoted about the 1990 teen comedy “House Party.”
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/1Qo0Pyr

Tasty tacos + beautiful weather = a fun first Tacolandia in Houston
Rice’s mariachi band, Luna Llena, performed at Houston Press’ first Tacolandia event.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/1SwL1Hb

How Texas universities stack up for entrepreneurs
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has the No. 6 graduate entrepreneurship program in the U.S., according to rankings announced by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. This marks the seventh year in a row the Jones School has been ranked as a top 10 graduate program in entrepreneurship.
Austin Business Journal (This article also appeared in My Informs.)
http://bit.ly/1QGLHeM

Texas-México relationship topic of next IBC lecture
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, will speak at the International Bank of Commerce Keynote Speaker Series at Texas A&M University.
LMTOnline.com
http://bit.ly/1kZqtfE

BROADCAST

Houston Newsmakers Nov. 15: Holocaust and civil rights, helping Houston’s homeless teens
Alan Arnold, director of real estate investment at Rice, appeared on “Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall” to discuss Houston’s homeless teenagers.
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/1Pvawei

Houstonians from Paris react to deadly terrorist attacks
Many people in Houston who have ties to France were affected by the attacks on Friday. Rice has confirmed that its students who are studying in Paris are safe.
KHOU.com
http://bit.ly/1Li1R7h
KHOU-TV
http://bit.ly/1j3YTwn
KTRK-TV
http://bit.ly/1HUbDfy
http://bit.ly/1RZFWqP

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Team makes light-driven nanosubmarines
Rice scientists build light-powered nanoscale submarines with just 244 atoms. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Victor García-López are quoted.
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/1WVF5Ow

End ‘stem cell tourism,’ experts urge
The continued marketing and use of experimental stem cell-based interventions inside and outside the United States is problematic and unsustainable, according to a new paper by science policy and bioethics experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Wake Forest University. Kirstin Matthews, an adjunct lecturer of sociology and a fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, is quoted.
BioEdge
http://bit.ly/1H3L5Oj

Houston-Galveston region could be better protected from impact of hurricanes and severe storms
New structural and nonstructural solutions could better protect the Houston-Galveston region from the impact of hurricanes and severe storms, according to a research paper by energy, engineering and environmental law experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Jim Blackburn, professor in the practice of environmental law, is quoted. Regina Buono, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at the Baker Institute, and Larry Dunbar, project manager for Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, are mentioned.
Science Daily (This article also appeared in Science Codex, BrightSurf.com, Phys.org, My Informs, e! Science News, Science Newsline and 2015 Tech.)
http://bit.ly/1PwoxbH

IBM pumps OpenPower with Xilinx partnership, Watson integration
A research team based in Houston’s Texas Medical Center has found that loop-forming proteins inside the human chromosome appear to work like the sliding plastic adjusters on a grade-schooler’s backpack. This discovery may allow researchers to reprogram human cells by directly modifying the loops that form in DNA. Erez Lieberman Aiden, adjunct assistant professor in computational and applied mathematics and in computer science, is mentioned.
SiliconAngle.com
http://bit.ly/1MhLmvZ

New information about bacterial enzymes to help scientists develop more effective antibiotics
Rice scientists collaborated with the Scripps Research Institute on biosynthesis and the production of microbial natural products at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
Infection Control Today (This article also appeared in Science Daily, Science Codex, Science Newsline and e! Science News.)
http://bit.ly/1ONoLuO

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Sun Belt cities bike-share for transportation, recreation
A new report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that Sun Belt city residents are most likely to use bike-share programs for recreation, compared with users in the Midwest or Northeast, who regularly use the same programs for their daily commute. Kelsey Walker, a postbaccalaureate research fellow at the Kinder Institute and the study’s co-author, is quoted.
Public News Service
http://bit.ly/1QqmzK1

Improvscience returns to SC
Richard Tapia, University Professor, the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematics, will speak on a panel at this year’s SC15 conference in Austin.
HPC Wire
http://bit.ly/1ONfnHv

Houston: Where the flavors run deep and wide
Houston is featured for its creative and culturally diverse food. The article cites a Houston diversity study from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas.
MyAJC.com
http://bit.ly/1PKovv9

SPORTS

Rice still trying to put the pieces together
Rice football fell to Southern Mississippi University 65-10 Nov. 14 and will play the University of Texas-San Antonio Nov. 21. Head coach David Bailiff is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1PHGgeE
Inconsistent Owls dominated by Golden Eagles
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1Mi0w4m
http://bit.ly/1HQ5lTA
Southern Miss deals Rice unhappiest of homecomings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1WW8kAW
College football rewind: Week 11
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1STZ1M3
College football week in review
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1MNdsR7

Cal basketball hosts the Rice Owls
Rice men’s basketball fell to the University of California 65-97 at Haas Pavilion. Head basketball coach Mike Rhoades is quoted.
California Golden Blogs
http://bit.ly/1Oc0aN9

Women’s basketball: No. 5 Baylor routs UTA in opener
Rice women’s basketball fell to the University of Kentucky 72-29 in Kentucky.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1MxBoo8
Akhator’s strong performance lifts Cats past Rice
Kentucky Kernel
http://bit.ly/1OJWyoT
Newcomers push Kentucky women’s basketball team to 72-39 victory in season opener over Rice
Kentucky Sports
http://bit.ly/1Oc1cZC

NEWS RELEASES

Rice makes light-driven nanosubmarine
Rice scientists build light-powered nanoscale submarines with just 244 atoms.
http://bit.ly/1QGXM3p

Overweight men just as likely as overweight women to face discrimination in retail settings 
Men who are overweight are just as likely as overweight women to experience interpersonal discrimination when applying for a job or shopping at retail stores.
http://bit.ly/1MMSe5Z