Dateline Rice for Jan. 6, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

CES 2016: Jaguar Land Rover announces inaugural startups selected for tech incubator
A capstone project designed by 2015 Rice engineering graduates at Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen called “ParkiT” is one of the first 3 startups selected to be housed in the Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator in Oregon. “ParkiT” is an app that uses sensors and existing security camera infrastructure to alert drivers to open parking spaces.
Forbes
http://onforb.es/1ZNoudV
Baby wearable, parking app, electric vehicles make the cut for Jaguar incubator
Portland Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1JtyvJ0

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Iran crisis puts pressure on new generation of Saudi leaders
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about Saudi Arabia’s decision to execute Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terrorism.
Wall Street Journal (This also appeared in Social Dashboard.)
http://on.wsj.com/1JWy7gW
The 10-point
Wall Street Journal
http://on.wsj.com/1PKjfa6
Why would Saudi Arabia execute a Shia cleric? It’s all about America
Macleans.ca (This also appeared in My Informs.)
http://bit.ly/1Rhn5Le

OPEC’s might falters further with Saudi Arabia and Iran crisis
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, comments on the Saudi Arabia and Iran dispute.
CBC News (This also appeared in Yahoo! Canada and SZEenergy.biz.)
http://bit.ly/1VHWKVr

2 NC schools among ’50 colleges where students work the hardest’
Rice is No. 3 on Niche’s list of universities with the hardest-working students based on academic rigor and workload.
Triangle Business Journal
http://bit.ly/1Oahb8D

#YallQaeda and #YeeHawd: A rancher’s rebellion in the age of terrorism
Alumnus Casper Bendixsen ’11 authored an op-ed about the anti-government protest at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Cultural Anthropology
http://bit.ly/1mzGSc2

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice alumni make the Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list
Alumni Dmitri Tsentalovich ’13 and Francesca Mirri ’14 were named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in San Francisco Gate. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1kLjMgQ
http://bit.ly/1OM0SEw

The upside of down
Lester King, research fellow at Rice’s Shell Center for Sustainability, discusses the complications of low gas prices in Houston, which is hurting the city’s economy but is favored by consumers.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/1Z57oG4

Wendy Davis still campaigning
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 Wendy Davis’ campaign.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/1JtFjWW

BROADCAST

KTRH-AM
Rice Village’s Baker St. Pub & Grill, which is noted to have served sports fans and Rice students, has closed.
http://bit.ly/1Z86ZrD (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Texas sees an increase in those enrolling in health insurance exchange
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the number of Texans who signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act grew by 56,000 recently. Rice is cited for its study on the uninsured rate in Texas.
Live Insurance News
http://bit.ly/1S3CuyH

Graphene-like boron made for the first time, claim researchers
The first one atom thick boron films have been produced by a team of researchers in the U.S. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, is cited.
Physics World
http://bit.ly/1RpNNj9

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

National Repertory Orchestra presents ‘Strings & Ivory’ to support Summit County nonprofits
Graduate student Timothy Steeves will perform at the National Repertory Orchestra’s “Strings & Ivory” concert.
Summit Daily
http://bit.ly/1UvRIdA

A bloomin’ marvelous tale
Former Rice genetic engineering professor Diana Polisensky will discuss her novel, “Whitewashed Jacarandas.”
Oregon Coast Today
http://bit.ly/1S3C4rX

Nobel Prize-winning economist Douglass North dies at 95
Douglass North, Nobel Prize-winning economist and Bartlett Burnap Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution who previous held a position at Rice, died at the age of 95.
Stanford Daily
http://bit.ly/1Oaeyn7

SPORTS

FGCU returns to the pool with a win against Rice
Rice women’s swim team competed at the Florida Gulf Coast University Aquatics Center.
Eagle News
http://bit.ly/1RhcwIl