Dateline Rice for June 20, 2016 (Weekend Edition)

FEATURED ITEM

Houston hosts a joyful sound
The Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music will be one of the sites featured during the American Guild of Organists’ national convention in Houston this week. Alumnus Daryl Robinson ’14 is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28JevpP
Over 1,200 people to visit Houston for organists’ convention
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/28JkwjX
http://bit.ly/28J2UBD
KRLD
http://bit.ly/28Jc3jT (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Washington tells us our electric bills will rise
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, is quoted about the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.
Breitbart (This also appeared in Augusta Free Press and Huntington News.)
http://bit.ly/1Yxo10n
Commentary: Washington tells us our electric bills will rise
Sun Journal
http://bit.ly/1UnMxhf
Opinion: Washington tells us our electric bills will rise
Pagosa Daily Post
http://bit.ly/28Jc9Eg

Is Israel a pariah? Not according to its new friends
Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Chicago Tribune (This also appeared in Hamodia.)
http://trib.in/28J7h3i
Western hostility is forcing Israel to make strange new friends
New York Post (This also appeared in Canmua.)
http://nyp.st/28J3sgQ

Make Stonewall America’s 1st gay rights monument
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, authored an op-ed about the LGBT rights movement in America.
CNN (This also appeared in KBZK, Crossroads Today, KRTV and KXLF.)
http://cnn.it/28Jk17O

Lack of female leaders puts spotlight on Asian business schools
Alumnus Sean Ferguson ’01 is featured.
Financial Times
http://bit.ly/28IuKie

This woman’s bikini photo went viral for the most amazing reason
Brown College senior Lesley Miller is featured.
Cosmopolitan (This also appeared in Seventeen.)
http://bit.ly/28IYRdB
This woman’s bikini selfie is going viral for all the right reasons
Cosmopolitan AU
http://bit.ly/28J1KMq
Student inspires others with bikini picture
KHOU
http://bit.ly/28Jllt4
KAUZ
http://bit.ly/28Jbl6d
KRIV
http://bit.ly/28J5UCJ
http://bit.ly/28JiXTB
KOTV
http://bit.ly/28Iwrxk
KWTX
http://bit.ly/28JfKCn
http://bit.ly/28J79wU

How robots will change the world
Moshe Vardi, director of Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, expects that within 30 years machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can.
Money Week
http://bit.ly/28J8gAB
Will AI create a ‘useless class’ of humans?
World Health
http://bit.ly/28Iqxw0

Elections, Harris County, Texas: Judge Steven Kirkland
Alumnus Steven Kirkland ’82 is mentioned.
Daily KOS
http://bit.ly/28JqCkq

Goings on (Houston)
Anne Chao, adjunct lecturer in Rice’s School of Humanities, is mentioned.
China Daily USA
http://bit.ly/28JoF5u

HOUSTON/TEXAS

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.
TMC News (This article appeared in the June 20 issue of TMC Today.) 
http://bit.ly/28Jiq0B

Trump’s candidacy raises hopes of Texas Democrats
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, Argentina President Mauricio Macri and a Texas Supreme Court decision to reject an energy company’s request for a sales tax refund. Jones is also mentioned for consulting with PolitiFact.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. his article appeared on the front of the June19 print edition with a different headline, “Trump race lifts hope for Dems.”)
http://bit.ly/28ISUx5
Texas Democratic convention is all about the Castro brothers
The Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/28JkyIT
Castros ignite Democratic hopes, but timing for next opportunity uncertain
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/28J5Z4P
Policy shifts in Argentina: Discussing Macri’s opening months
Link TV (This also appeared in KCET and Gyan Katta.)
http://bit.ly/28J7WQp
Barack Obama, in Austin, says US only ‘advanced democracy’ that makes voting harder
PolitiFact
http://bit.ly/28IuiVt
KRLD
http://bit.ly/28Jok2Q (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
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http://bit.ly/28Jrcia (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
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KLBJ
http://bit.ly/28IAf0j (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
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http://bit.ly/28JCRP7 (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
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http://bit.ly/28J778z (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/28JjIZE (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

Former shelter residents find connections through books
Graduate student Stephanie Tsuru is quoted about a book club she started for former Star of Hope residents.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the June 20 print edition with a different headline, “Ex-shelter residents find connections through books” and previously appeared in Dateline June 14.)
http://bit.ly/1VXb92I

Her ‘name’ almost snags refugee’s journey to Houston
An article mentions a student who hopes to attend Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the June 20 print edition with a different headline, “Refugees celebrate new lives in Houston.” This also appeared in Daily New 724.)
http://bit.ly/28JdfxM

Maybe this is the year I stop hating Father’s Day
Allyn West, assistant director of communications for the Rice Design Alliance, authored an op-ed about Father’s Day.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28Iod8o

Through the losing glass: What the recycling conundrum says about Houston
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted bout Houston’s budget.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/28JkB7u

Waco-based Texas Farm Bureau pushing for free trade with Cuba
Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured on a list of members of the Engage Cuba Texas State Council.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/28Jo3RY

How the rankings were determined
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is cited as one of the experts consulted about a list of tech startups to watch in Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28Iol7Y

Macaw Confections offers chocolates without regrets
The Rice Farmers Market is mentioned.
The Woodlands Villager (This also appeared in The Courier of Montgomery County.)
http://bit.ly/1WRRuSQ

Get a free ride to Dynamo and Dash games from METRO
An article mentions that the Houston METRO Line stops near Rice.
KPRC
http://bit.ly/28LExpL
METRO to give Dynamo and Dash fans a free ride
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/28JoKGw

Legendary lawman Frank Hamer helped bring Texas into 20th century
Rice University founder William Marsh Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28IY2SX

Piano competition jump-starts careers, enlivens classical music in San Antonio
Graduate student Scott Cuellar is mentioned.
Rivard Report
http://bit.ly/28Jw2Mj

BROADCAST

Coral reefs around the world challenged by climate change and pollution
One of the longest and largest studies of coral reef health ever undertaken finds that corals are declining worldwide because a variety of threats — overfishing, nutrient pollution and pathogenic disease — that ultimately become deadly in the face of higher ocean temperatures. Adrienne Simoes Correa, a marine biologist in Rice’s Department of BioSciences, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/28IuHCX
Coral reefs fall victim to overfishing, pollution, ocean warming
Environmental Research Web
http://bit.ly/28JsXOT

KPLA
A broadcast mentions a Rice study on clean environments.
http://bit.ly/1ZXzJPQ (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

KTRH
A broadcast mentions the trees growing around Rice.
http://bit.ly/28J5JYk (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

New cancer fighter synthesized: Thailanstatin A disrupts cancer by inhibiting DNA-editing machinery 
Rice scientists have synthesized a novel anti-cancer agent, Thailanstatin A, which was originally isolated from a bacterial species collected in Thailand. K.C. Nicolaou, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, is quoted.
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/28JkRWh
Rice lab synthesizes new cancer fighter
Health Canal
http://bit.ly/28JN5NJ

New study may provide more insights into effects of 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.
News-Medical
http://bit.ly/28JYspc
New evidence shows Affordable Care Act is working in Texas
Pharmacy Choice
http://bit.ly/28Jky8y

Are women exiting engineering because men have all the fun?
Erin Cech, assistant professor of sociology, and her research on women in STEM are mentioned.
IEEE Spectrum
http://bit.ly/1UnMxhf

Timing is everything when eating fruits, vegetables
Janet Braam, professor and chair of biochemistry and cell biology, is quoted in an article about the way produce is stored.
Medicine Net
http://bit.ly/28JvPbO

Flat future for boron
Rice University scientists have determined that two-dimensional boron is a natural low-temperature superconductor. In fact, it may be the only 2-D material with such potential. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Materials Today
http://bit.ly/28JoAPc

Light-activated gold nanoparticles boost solar efficiency
Rice researchers have demonstrated an efficient new way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water molecules. Isabell Thomann, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted and Peter Nordlander, professor of physics and astronomy, and Alejandro Manjavacas, a former theoretical physicist in Nordlander’s group, are mentioned.
Novus Light
http://bit.ly/28IztjQ

Rice University’s nanosubs gain better fluorescent properties for tracking
The next generation of nanosubmarines being developed at Rice has been upgraded with tags that fluoresce longer, which enables the submersibles to be tracked for greater periods while being driven through a solution. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and former Rice graduate student Víctor García-Lopéz are quoted.
Nanotechnology Now
http://bit.ly/1WRRuSQ

Back-stabbing butterflies rob the ants that once protected them
An article mentions that Phillip Torres attended Rice.
New Scientist
http://bit.ly/28JwJFm

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

2016 MBAs to watch: Ana Gomez, Rice University (Jones)
Alumna Ana Gomez ’16 is mentioned.
Poets & Quants
http://bit.ly/28J7uA1

Albert Lea to induct 7 new members into Hall of Fame in July
Alumnus Jonathan Christian ’89 is mentioned.
Albert Lea Tribune
http://bit.ly/28JiYnu

Houston embroiled in affordable public housing tug of war
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about affordable housing in Houston.
The Philadelphia Tribune
http://bit.ly/28JhSvu

Newly discovered planet candidate, PTF08-8695b orbits its star in 11 hours
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.
Abruzzo
http://bit.ly/28J41Gb

As yearbooks die, colleges lose a link to the past
Kelley Lash, director of student publications, is quoted about universities that have stopped publishing yearbooks.
The Daily News
http://bit.ly/28INwdB

Gospel and faith merge with rap, in song
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is mentioned.
TH Online (This also appeared in The Telegraph and Grand Haven Tribune.)
http://bit.ly/28JsHxZ

Comerica: Linda D. Forte plans to retire in August 2016
Alumnus Nathaniel Bennett ’95 is mentioned.
Post Online Media
http://bit.ly/28JyIMn

The stock market, iron ore, bitcoin — is silver next for Chinese investors?
An article mentions John Lee attended Rice.
Value Walk
http://bit.ly/28Jw9Yh

Are Clinton’s solar goals feasible?
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed about Hillary Clinton’s solar policies.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/1WRRuSQ

Ask not what Max can do for you…
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
EE Times
http://ubm.io/28JxbEJ

SPORTS

Rice product Tony Cingrani finds niche with Reds as reliever
Former Rice baseball player Tony Cingrani is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28Iorwk
http://bit.ly/28JlJ9d
Astros strand 14 runners, fall to Reds after 11 innings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Sports section in the June 18 print edition with a different headline, “Making the bad look good.”)
http://bit.ly/28J7RN5
http://bit.ly/28J3hfH
Reds outlast Astros in 11 innings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28JfVLV

Brewer blog: 2016 draft picks, free agents starting out in Helena
Will Rice College senior Blake Fox was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Independent Record
http://bit.ly/1UnMxhf

Clemson baseball: Freshman Seth Beer wins Dick Howser Trophy
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is mentioned.
NCAA
http://on.ncaa.com/1sKnuMg
Clemson’s Beer wins Dick Howser Trophy
Live 5 News
http://bit.ly/1Ugy6yP
Beer wins National Player of the Year award
Tiger Net
http://bit.ly/1XZRNff
Dick Howser Trophy winners
The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://bit.ly/28Jcp7E

Texas-ex Lloyd Glasspool awarded wild card into Wimbledon doubles draw
Rice men’s tennis is mentioned.
Texas Sports
http://bit.ly/1UebdXl

UH baseball coach Whitting interviews for Texas job
An article mentions that David Pierce coached at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28Jv7Lh
UH baseball coach Todd Whitting interviews for Texas job
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/28IXInq
http://bit.ly/28JlA5w
Tulane’s Pierce interviews with Texas
Daily Comet (This also appeared in Houma Today.)
http://bit.ly/28JpIXH
New candidates emerge as Texas coaching search moves forward
247Sports
http://bit.ly/28Jja66
UH’s Todd Whitting and Tulane’s David Pierce interviewed for Texas baseball job
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/28Iz7hQ
Sources: Texas interviews Tulane’s Pierce and Houston’s Whitting
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/28J5WvE
Tulane coach David Pierce interviews for Texas job, newspaper reports
The Times-Picayune
http://bit.ly/28JvI1f
Report: Tulane baseball coach interviews with Texas
WWL
http://bit.ly/28Jo4Rs
Sources: Texas interviews Tulane baseball coach David Pierce
The Advocate (This also appeared in The New Orleans Advocate.)
http://bit.ly/28J2Uq8

Broncos’ Jordan Taylor: Could be in mix for No. 3 or 4 role
Former Rice football player Jordan Taylor is mentioned.
CBS Sports
http://cbsprt.co/28JbS45
Jordan Taylor news
MSN Sports
http://bit.ly/28JzMPl

USA’s Filip and Chapman win at the Pan American Combined Events Cup
Sid Richardson College junior Scott Filip is mentioned.
IAAF
http://bit.ly/28JfSTU

Rockhounds: Veteran Rodriguez offers insight to younger ‘Hounds players
Former Rice baseball player Josh Rodriguez is mentioned.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
http://bit.ly/28Jme51

As temps soar, risk of heat injury rises
A Rice study on dehydration is mentioned.
The Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/28IZ0xn

Ready, set, Rio: Meet Houston’s Olympians en route to Brazil
The Rice fencing club is mentioned.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/28J5uO2

Taccolini returning for senior season
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Arkansas Online
http://bit.ly/28Jb6Wm
Easy pick: UA’s Medel is dugout antics MVP
Tucson
http://bit.ly/28J6SR1
LSU retaining some key players
The Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/28JwNX1
For turning Tulane into national baseball power, Rick Jones joins elite
Sports NOLA
http://bit.ly/28IuBwp
Devall said and done: Former Centreville hurler reflects on pitching for his dream college
The Natchez Democrat
http://bit.ly/28Jo3wI
Rick Jones turned Tulane into national power
Bastrop Daily Enterprise
http://bit.ly/28KhUSH

Bombers, Generals tied with play suspended due to power outage
Martel College sophomore Willy Amador is mentioned.
Brazos Sports
http://bit.ly/28JpqO1

Behold, a 28-team C-USA
Rice football is mentioned.
Sun Herald
http://bit.ly/28JsI21
Ranking the nonconference schedules of all the Power 5 teams in college football
NewsOK
http://bit.ly/28JlZHP
C-USA East over/under win totals: Will anyone prevent the Moonshine Throwdown winner from winning the East
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/28Jp3mr
Friday 5: The easiest schedules in major college football for 2016
NCAA
http://cbsprt.co/28LjLP7

Minors: Kelly, Lemond receive promotions
Former Rice baseball player Zech Lemond is mentioned.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://bit.ly/28J6HPf
Rough start dooms San Antonio in opener
MiLB
http://atmilb.com/28J4jNh
Early hole too much to overcome for San Antonio in opener
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/28KRksH
Rough start dooms San Antonio in opener
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/28Jb5mq

College World Series: What a title would mean
Rice baseball head coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
Baseball America
http://bit.ly/28Jo43K
College World Series: TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball
NCAA
http://on.ncaa.com/28JzUOI

Pre-game notes: Versus New Britain
Former Rice baseball player Ricky Hague is mentioned.
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/28JqDF2

KPOJ
A broadcast mentions that Trevor Simms played baseball at Rice.
http://bit.ly/28IvULH

KPOJ
Lovett College junior Jon Duplantier was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
http://bit.ly/28IAxEA
http://bit.ly/28J5Y5r
2016 MLB draft results: Biggest winners and losers from day 2
A Breaking News
http://bit.ly/28Jk56y

Rangers’ visit recalls memories of World Series Game 6
Former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman is mentioned.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/28JBPT4

Dutchmen sweep doubleheader versus Saugerties
Rice baseball signee Nick Silber is mentioned.
Our Sports Central
http://bit.ly/28KO1S4

Argentina llega a Houston para la semifinal del martes ante Estados Unidos
An article mentions that the Argentina National Team will practice at Rice.
ESPN Deportes Miami (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/28JnuDg

NEWS RELEASES

Lawmakers might introduce ‘anti-evolution’ legislation to appease religious constituents, researchers theorize
New research from Rice University theorizes that “anti-evolution” education legislation continues to be introduced because lawmakers want to appease religious constituents, not because they expect the bills to be made into laws.
http://bit.ly/28JykuT

Energy-stingy tech could give wearable computers continuous vision
Rice University researchers have just the thing for the age of information overload: an app that sees all and remembers only what it should.
http://bit.ly/28Jj1Bw

Women at center of ‘undocumented’ revelations will speak at event sponsored by Rice’s Tapia Center 
Two young women who revealed their undocumented status at the time of their graduation from high school and a third who drove thousands of miles to bring her undocumented mother to her college commencement at Harvard last month will be part of a panel discussion presented by Rice University’s Richard Tapia Center for Excellence and Equality Tuesday, June 21.
http://bit.ly/28JOjtA

Rice lab synthesizes new cancer fighter
Rice University scientists have synthesized a novel anti-cancer agent, Thailanstatin A, which was originally isolated from a bacterial species collected in Thailand.
http://bit.ly/28L3SQP