Dateline Rice for June 17, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

2 Houston-area universities top list of handsomely paid Texas grads
Rice graduates earn the highest average starting salary among recipients of undergraduate degrees from Texas universities, according to a new ranking by SmartAsset.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/21qEp1q

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Is Israel a pariah? Not according to its new friends
Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted bout the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Bloomberg View
http://bloom.bg/1USGroZ

Find out why this woman’s 1st-ever bikini photo is going viral
Brown College senior Lesley Miller is featured.
US Weekly
http://usm.ag/1YxcLRj
Confident Rice student flaunts body in bikini, and becomes a hero
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1V0PQIu
http://bit.ly/1OufrNr
No longer ashamed, Rice student flaunts body in bikini, and becomes a hero
Daily News 724
http://bit.ly/261l4dS
Woman explains why she waited years to buy a bikini
WJNT
http://bit.ly/267wOIy

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Texas Democrats tout local leaders in face of ongoing state shutout
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 Texas Democratic Convention.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the June 17 print edition with a different headline, “Tight race has Texans reassessing Republicanism.”)
http://bit.ly/1V0PUrR
Democratic party touts the leadership of large municipal mayors
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/23g3aPx
KTSA
http://bit.ly/1XZie4Y (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/1UA9uiO (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/1UlgGxK (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/1UdifM3 (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

Houston woman launches company for the hostess with the mostess
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a marketing and consumer behavior expert, is quoted about subscription boxes.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Star section in the June 17 print edition with a different headline, “The hostess with the Mostess Box.”)
http://bit.ly/1XYCZOb

Work continues to build affordable public housing in Houston
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about affordable housing in Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in 18 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/1XYCdAO
http://bit.ly/1tz1owX

Research prevailed in a long-standing policy debate on food and health
Quianta Moore, scholar in health policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about the links between food and health.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/1rtfNbX

Backlash for bank following Trump endorsement
Douglas Schuler, associate professor of business and public policy in Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted about company endorsements of presidential candidates.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/21qsFMv

Dear Mr. Trump
An unnamed Rice professor is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/1USC65p

BROADCAST

Will Texas Republicans vote for Trump on the November ballot?
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted about the November elections.
KHOU
http://bit.ly/1OuiwNy

How Houston is giving Marvel a run for its money
The late Richard Smalley is mentioned. Rod Thornton also mentions that he taught a class at Rice.
KHOU
http://bit.ly/1USFZaw
http://bit.ly/1XZibGk

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

DNA in ‘unbiased’ model curls both ways
In 1988, scientists in Switzerland looked through a microscope and saw something they didn’t expect: two sections of an X-shaped chromosome spiraling in opposite directions. Now scientists at Rice have confirmed that such anomalies are indeed possible. Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science and a professor of chemistry, is quoted and postdoctoral research associate Bin Zhang is mentioned.
Science Daily
http://bit.ly/1UA9Fud

Rice health economists launch project to study physician-hospital integration
The Affordable Care Act and changing economic conditions have encouraged the integration of physicians and hospitals, particularly through accountable care organizations and medical homes. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics, is quoted.
Scienmag
http://bit.ly/1Oupjac

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Rethinking the role of transportation chiefs
Leah Binkovitz, staff writer for Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about transportation in cities.
Gov Tech
http://bit.ly/1Ug4n9b

Longwood expands reach of organ face-off
Ken Cowan, associate professor of organ at the Shepherd School of Music, is mentioned.
Chadds Ford Live
http://bit.ly/28K8Mpc

2016 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition winner announced
Graduate student Tomasz Kowalczyk is mentioned.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/1V14srp

Scientists find young planet being destroyed by its star
Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found compelling evidence for one unlike any other, a newborn “hot Jupiter” whose outer layers are being torn away by the star it orbits every 11 hours. Christopher Johns-Krull, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Before It’s News
http://bit.ly/1ZWi8YU

Talk to your doctor about racism, please!
Research by Jenifer Bratter, associate professor of sociology, and Bridget Gorman, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, is mentioned.
The New Tri-State Defender
http://bit.ly/1W3rhQn

New York Philharmonic announces President’s Council
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music is mentioned.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/1S934kx

Linda Forte, Comerica’s chief diversity officer, to retire after 42 years
Alumnus Nathaniel Bennett ’95 is mentioned.
Crain’s
http://bit.ly/1tAs940

Ciompi Quartet’s Jonathan Bagg and friends — music for flute and strings
Alumnus David Garner ’05 is mentioned.
CVNC
http://bit.ly/1tAuP1H

Egypt: Saqqara, Aswan
Rainer Ebert ’14, a postdoctoral research associate in philosophy, authored an op-ed about his travels.
The Independent
http://bit.ly/1Xtr0ak

SPORTS

Meissner uses home-course advantage at Texas Amateur
Duncan College sophomore Mitchell Meissner is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/1Qbs5S5
Meissner leads 107th Texas Amateur
Deer Park Broadcaster
http://bit.ly/1XZfTab
Mitchell Meissner leads Texas Amateur following day 1
Amateur Golf
http://bit.ly/1UdiczL

Event benefits mounted warfare museum
Rice football head coach David Bailiff is mentioned.
Cove Herald
http://bit.ly/1sJ9AtZ
Homecoming for heroes
Killeen Daily Herald
http://bit.ly/1Py7P7L

Lance Berkman says he wants Longhorns baseball job
Former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman is featured.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/1Ug2NEi
Paul Manieri spurns Texas to remain at LSU after pay bump
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/1V0ZjQ5

Texas reportedly offers Mainieri job; LSU offers raise
Rice baseball played in the Baton Rouge Regionals.
WWL
http://bit.ly/1UDDSVk

Rick Jones builds winner at Tulane en route to spot in Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Rice baseball is mentioned.
The Advocate (This also appeared in The New Orleans Advocate.)
http://bit.ly/1Oul6mF

Aggies’ painful loss results in another pre-Omaha exit
Rice baseball head coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/1UDtn4m
Paul Mainieri will remain at LSU: ‘Preparation for the 2017 season starts right now’
The Times-Picayune
http://bit.ly/1OujVUw
TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/1Un4lZR

Gillingham selected as NCBWA 3rd team All-American
Lovett College junior Jon Duplantier was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Navy Sports
http://bit.ly/23eMkRa

John Werner: Baylor’s battle with Briles could get ugly
Rice football is mentioned.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/1USFVY5
Ex-coach Art Briles rips Baylor, claims wrongful termination
The Denver Post
http://dpo.st/1tu55Dx

All-star break becomes a working vacation for McCanna
Former Rice baseball player Kevin McCanna is featured.
Quad-City Times
http://bit.ly/1Un6SmT

WDSU
A broadcast mentions that David Pierce coached at Rice.
http://bit.ly/1UDwCZw
http://bit.ly/1UAa1kC

NEWS RELEASE

Grande-Allen named to lead Rice IBB
Rice University bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen has been named director of the Rice Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, effective July 1. The institute promotes cross-disciplinary research and education encompassing biology, chemistry and engineering.
http://bit.ly/23g892E