Dateline Rice for March 29, 2016

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

More people moving to this US city and state than anywhere else
Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, is quoted about population changes in Texas.
Voice of America
http://bit.ly/1USKvIj

Saudi Arabia loses oil market share to rivals in key nations
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about Saudi Aramco.
Financial Review
http://bit.ly/1Rp1ijA

Southern Methodist’s Condon resigns from $1.5B endowment
Rice is mentioned for having the largest private college endowment in Texas.
Bloomberg Business (This also appeared in Fort Worth Business and Chicago Tribune.)
http://bloom.bg/1VQk7ye
SMU’s $1.5B endowment loses its overseer, as Michael Condon departs
The Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1RNtzT2

We don’t talk much about nanotechnology risks anymore, but that doesn’t mean they’re gone
The Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice is mentioned.
The Huffington Post (This also appeared in Phys Org.)
http://huff.to/1RHP69v

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Efforts to dislodge Trump solidify, add to his support
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about the presidential primaries, President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Cuba and the effects of Texas’ population growth on the congressional seats.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the March 29 print edition with a different headline, “Insiders’ anti-Trump efforts backfire.”)
http://bit.ly/1RnZUxQ
US leader engages in baseball diplomacy
You Don’t Know Football
http://bit.ly/22XPjgQ
Obama seeks hope and change in Cuba
Ambienteja
http://bit.ly/1XZUv0o
Texas to add congressional seats
KTRH
http://bit.ly/1LWWhyw
http://bit.ly/1MPQQfC (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Kasich nearly ties Trump in new Pennsylvania poll
Bills Insider
http://bit.ly/1RHPCnR
Obama takes message of democracy directly to the people of Cuba
Solo News
http://bit.ly/1ZIti3M
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz trade barbs over wives in United States presidential race
Solo News
http://bit.ly/1MPQCVU
Trump’s opponents share naked pic of his wife in presidential campaign
NYSE Post
http://bit.ly/1pY0jNp
US Republicans likely to lose 2016 election — former presidential hopeful
WWNT Radio
http://bit.ly/1pY0qZt
Trump, Cruz battle gets personal, over wives, then Hollywood lines
Ecommerce-Journal
http://bit.ly/1VRv3vk
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz trade barbs over wives in US presidential race
Wingate Wire
http://bit.ly/1ZIvWqb
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz spat is hurting the Republican Party
SB News Online
http://bit.ly/22KV5FU

Ashby high-rise case casts long shadow over local land battles
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about the Ashby high-rise.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the March 29 print edition with a different headline, “One case stands tall in land use struggles.”)
http://bit.ly/1XZU46b

Millennials look to buy homes in suburbs with city perks
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about the living patterns of millennials.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the March 29 print edition with a different headline, “New millennial mindset.”)
http://bit.ly/1Urov7a
Millennials on the move may reject certain East and West Coast locales
Canton Rep (This also appeared in 16 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1WUQry8

Houston lawyer’s ‘1946’ is a tale of a family in transition
An article reviews “1946,” a play by the late alumnus Thomas Hagemann ’78, which is being performed at the Main Street Theater through April 17.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1LWNInj

Economic benefits of ‘Houspitality,’ we’re doing better than you think with traffic, No. 1 growth and more
Research by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1SjqSmD

Tuition hikes at Alamo Colleges to be limited — for now
Rice is No. 1 in a ranking of Texas schools based on their 20-year ROI investment.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/1UroGPV

Hurricane Central: Emergency contacts
An article mentions a database created by Rice engineers that gives Harris County property owners a better idea of how a hurricane might impact their home.
KHOU
http://bit.ly/1LWSOAb

Presidential historian: Obama’s just the latest president to rely on executive orders
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, discusses President Barack Obama’s last months and office, past presidents’ reliance on executive orders and the 2016 presidential primaries.
KERA News
http://bit.ly/1pHz497
Presidential historian: Election will be ‘brutal, so brutal’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1WUBa0u

Bring your gun to class or leave it in the car? Texas universities juggle mishmash of campus carry rules
Rice is mentioned for opting out of the Texas “campus carry” law.
The Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/1USID23

Young Women’s Leadership Challenge applications opened
The Young Women’s Leadership Challenge (YWLC) will be held at Rice in July.
Woodlands Online
http://bit.ly/1V0P9CN

Dictionary.com discovers which words college students search for the most
Dictionary.com released a list of the words that college students are looking up most on its reference site. These words were found by using zip code matches to search data in 2015. Rice is mentioned.
Beaumont Enterprise (This also appeared in Times Union.)
http://bit.ly/1Urtjtk

Hogan Lovells strengthens intellectual property practice with John Yates
Alumnus John Yates ’92 is mentioned.
Texas Chronicles
http://bit.ly/1V17PCh

BROADCAST

Community Chamber Concerts
Norman Fischer, the Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Cello, will perform with the Telegraph Quartet in Bryan March 29.
KBTX
http://bit.ly/1pHylEO

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

3 reasons why brand-specific rituals are so powerful
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Chair of Marketing and professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed about brand marketers.
Psychology Today
http://bit.ly/1SjDD0x

Magic microbes: The Navy’s next defense?
Jeff Tabor, assistant professor of bioengineering, and graduate student Evan Olson are mentioned for their Office of Naval Research-sponsored research.
Laboratory Equipment
http://bit.ly/1Rx5L0d

Insured Texans lack clear understanding of their health insurance plans
Texans who bought their own health insurance were less likely to understand basic terms and how to use their plans compared with those who have Medicare, Medicaid or employee-sponsored health insurance, according to a report released by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Episcopal Health Foundation. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics, and Elena Marks, a nonresident health policy fellow at the Baker Institute, are quoted.
MNT
http://bit.ly/1qenPpj

‘Nightmare bacteria’ found at SoCal sewage plant
Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency recently announced they had discovered a lethal superbug in California sewage plants. Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, is quoted.
Solid Waste
http://bit.ly/1XZWbHl

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Fact check: Rep. David Schweikert half right on ‘spike’ in illegal immigration
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, is quoted about border apprehensions.
The Arizona Republic
http://bit.ly/21PGALj
Border states spend to root out smuggling
Route Fifty
http://bit.ly/1USPZmj

The conflict between science and religion lies in our brains
An article mentions a Rice survey on evangelicals’ feelings towards science and religion.
Tri-County Sun Times
http://bit.ly/1LWWDW4
Belief in science or religion linked to brain structure
Equilibrio Informativo
http://bit.ly/1StPyLL

Rice University students’ device makes food composting easier
A team of Rice students, known as (com)post-haste, invented a device that sits under one’s sink and takes macerated food waste produced by a standard garbage disposal and sends it in one direction while liquid waste (including water) goes in another. Effectively, it simplifies the process of recycling garbage into a useful product while helping to protect water supplies. Matthew Elliott, lecturer in mechanical engineering, and undergraduate students Christina Petlowany, Andrew Miller, Edgar Silva, Mitch Torczon and Ryan Yeh are mentioned.
Farms
http://bit.ly/25uh1nK
Rice University engineering students’ device makes composting easier
Acreage Life
http://bit.ly/1SjDlqv
Composting: Under sink device takes macerated food waste — sends it in one direction — liquid waste goes in another.
Before It’s News (This also appeared in City Farmer News.)
http://bit.ly/1LXabAI

Special Master says attorneys wasting time
An article mentions that Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, is an expert witness in a federal lawsuit over water rights.
Lakeside News
http://bit.ly/25uf9eD

Huma Munir: Terrorists have rejected Islam through their hatred
A Rice study of old Islamic manuscripts is mentioned.
Winona Daily News
http://bit.ly/22XKfJx

NASA granted $5.7M in funding to investigate astronaut health and performance on future space missions
The article mentions that Rice will help conduct a study to help determine what kind of astronauts should go to Mars.
Albany Daily Star
http://bit.ly/1MPJPvh

Del Mar, Solana Beach residents among ‘Cool Women of 2016’
Alumna Erica Ollmann Saphire ’93 is mentioned.
Del Mar Times
http://bit.ly/1XZUAkE

Like humans do
An article mentions that Rice researchers will participate in a study trying to understand the computational building blocks of the brain.
The Varsity
http://bit.ly/1MPPXUu

A conservative approach to oil and gas MLP investing
Alumnus Jeffrey Jorgensen ’03 is interviewed.
The Wall Street Transcript (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/25ufAph

Singing Strings headlining Ashe Arts Center
An article mentions that alumna Corinne Cassini ’98 studied with Paul Katz, former Shepherd School of Music faculty cellist.
Ashe Mountain Times
http://bit.ly/22KXiRT

In defense of intuition — or, a lesson for empirical bioethics
Philosopher Peter Railton delivered the Ethics, Politics and Society lecture at Rice University March 17.
Bioethics
http://bit.ly/1VREKdg

SPORTS

Names and faces: Ben Braun, Brandi Chastain
Former men’s basketball head coach Ben Braun will be honored at the Final Four in Houston as the recipient of the Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in SF Gate.)
http://bit.ly/1ojkIuE
Former Cal coach Ben Braun to receive Guardians of the Game Award
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1WUxn3b
Former EMU head coach earns NABC Guardians of the Game Award
EMU Eagles
http://bit.ly/1TgoGRM

Kats use 5-run 8th inning to defeat Texas State, 8-6
Rice baseball will play Sam Houston State University March 29. Mentioned are head coach Wayne Graham, assistant coaches Patrick Hallmark and Clay Van Hook and players Jon Duplantier, Charlie Warren, Dane Myers, Ford Proctor, Grayson Lewis, Hunter Kopycinski, Connor Teykl, Ricardo Salinas and Glenn Otto.
The Huntsville Item
http://bit.ly/1MyvgRW
Baseball closes out homestand Tuesday versus Sam Houston State
C-USA
http://bit.ly/1ojzGkn

Wayne Graham Radio Show returns Monday night
The Wayne Graham Radio Show featuring Rice baseball head coach Wayne Graham returned March 28.
C-USA
http://bit.ly/1ZIy8ht

Tight end, Klein grad Chris Loving invited to Texans’ prospect day
Rice football is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1ZIkgUj
http://bit.ly/1Rx4Ywq
Texans report: Arian Foster begins free-agent tour with Dolphins
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1SjpCA1
Ranking the Pac-12 2016 non-conference schedules: USC faces toughest non-conference slate
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/1pHBhl2

Kingwood Track takes 4th and 6th at Rice
The Victor Lopez Classic was hosted at Rice March 25.
The Tribune
http://bit.ly/1Rx5GK2
Promising career ahead
The Huntsville Item
http://bit.ly/22KPYpj
5 things to watch: WMU football Nekton Neon night, high school girls soccer
M Live
http://bit.ly/1RNzbg4
WMU Track and Field wraps up Victor Lopez Classic
M Live
http://bit.ly/1MPQgPb

Alumni notebook: TWHS grad Lang, Longhorns fall to No. 1 UConn
Brown College junior Charlie Warren is mentioned.
The Courier of Montgomery County
http://bit.ly/1MyuR1Z

How is Drew Mehringer handling Rutgers power spread install?
Alumnus Andrew Mehringer ’10 is mentioned.
Asbury Park Press
http://on.app.com/1TgnOMY

Midweek tilt for Razorbacks at No. 16 Oklahoma State
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Arkansas Razorbacks
http://bit.ly/25ucRw9

Right name, wrong school gives Augie a little publicity
Former men’s basketball coaches Scott Thompson and Grey Giovanine are mentioned.
Quad-City Times
http://bit.ly/1ojqrR2

College Hoops: Byron native Tom Billeter leads Augustana to D-II national title
Former men’s basketball coach Tom Billeter is mentioned.
RR Star
http://bit.ly/1StMEXg

Stansbury’s recruiting efforts will dictate WKU’s success
Student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play at Rice.
WBKO
http://bit.ly/1UrpCnB

Princeton women’s tennis beats Penn to begin Ivy play
Rice women’s tennis is mentioned.
The Daily Princetonian
http://bit.ly/1USIYSv

No. 9 Red Raiders fall to Rice, 4-3
Rice men’s tennis defeated Texas Tech University 4-3.
Daily Toreador
http://bit.ly/1Tgpea8

Nationals hoping for healthy Rendon in 2016
Alumnus Anthony Rendon ’12 is mentioned.
Nationals
http://atmlb.com/1XZWemi