Dateline Rice for July 1, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

Life is good
Robert Flatt ’69, adjunct professor in management, is profiled. His wife, Nancy Bernhardt Flatt ’69, is mentioned.
The Buzz
http://bit.ly/29b231l

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Brexit expected to boost Britain’s ties with GCC
Britain will place even greater emphasis on trade and defense ties with the Gulf as it moves toward an exit from the European Union. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The National
http://bit.ly/296CMC2

11 foods to eat if you’re tired, because you don’t have to rely on just coffee for energy
An article examines certain foods that can provide an energy boost. A Rice study is mentioned.
Bustle
http://bit.ly/298qFJu

Pakistan’s most prominent Sufi musician falls silent
Will Rice College sophomore Talal Almas authored this article on the death of singer Amjad Sabri.
Huffington Post
http://huff.to/297wLbZ

Mentally ill or terrorist? Jo Cox and the politics of the media
A quote posted by Craig Considine, a lecturer in Rice’s Department of Sociology, is cited.
Asian Express
http://bit.ly/29loWxi

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Air Alliance Houston report shows high benzene levels in Galena Park
A new study from Air Alliance Houston shows varying amounts of benzene have been found at different sites in Galena Park, each site clocking benzene emission levels higher than those considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency. Loren Raun, faculty fellow of statistics, environmental analysis and decision-making, is quoted.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/297NyaW

Attorney general to decide whether Baylor should release records
Rice is mentioned in a story about police departments at private universities being subject to the state’s public information laws.
KPRC
http://bit.ly/29arKwo

BROADCAST

KFDM-TV ‘6News Tonight’
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, discusses the U.S. presidential campaign and gun laws.
http://bit.ly/29bWMnM (This interview was conducted in Rice’s studio in Allen Center via satellite.)
KTSA-AM
http://bit.ly/29aXLqG (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Daughter of victim of courthouse shooter speaks out on gun laws
KDFM (Beaumont)
http://bit.ly/296nhsS
Esty reflects on gun control sit-in, defends maneuver against critics
Wingate Wire
http://bit.ly/295LaS8
GOP US House members blast Democratic sit-in as ‘political circus’
Christian News Today
http://bit.ly/29ar0bj

WABC-AM
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, discusses his books and the classes he teaches at Rice.
http://bit.ly/299UIxB

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

CIOs as drivers of digital transformation
Klara Jelinkova, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, authored this op-ed on CIOs as drivers of digital transformation.
Education Technology Insights
http://bit.ly/29aXTXe

Climate change’s effect on Rocky Mountain plant is driven by sex
Different responses to climate change by females and males of the same plant species could have long-lasting consequences not only for the plant but also for organisms that depend on it, according to Tom Miller, the James and Deborah Godwin Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary.
UCI News
http://bit.ly/295w6n4
Climate change affects growth patterns of male and female plants
AZO Clean Tech (This also appeared in Science Mag.)
http://bit.ly/29aoX6V
Warming alters mountain plant’s sex ratios
My Informs (This also appeared in 4 Traders.)
http://bit.ly/29xpyyO

LA Metro’s innovation policy: Consider any good idea
Ryan Holeywell, senior editor at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an article on Los Angeles Metro Rail’s newly created Office of Extraordinary Innovation.
Gov Tech
http://bit.ly/293FiIe

Hijacked! How Obama and the left killed NASA: The journey from the moon to radical activism
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Capitol Research Center
http://bit.ly/295KTOZ

New experimental system sheds light on how memory loss may occur
Two interconnected brain areas — the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex — help people know where they are and remember it later. By studying these brain areas, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute have uncovered new information about how dysfunction of this circuit may contribute to memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Science Daily (This also appeared in Science Codex, MedicalXpress.com and Infobeck.)
http://bit.ly/29iXy3b

31 teams are competing to develop diagnostic tools using patient data
Big data has a bright future in personalized medicine, as demonstrated by an international competition centered at Rice University that suggested ways forward for treatment of patients with leukemia. Amina Qutub, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
Becker’s
http://bit.ly/2983Thl

The hilarious 1960s vision for the underbelly of a Houston highway
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, shares drawings from the late 1960s that depict how popular the space below the highway was supposed to be.
Street Blog USA
http://bit.ly/298sYrg

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Auburn named top chemistry grad school
The 2016 rankings by GraduatePrograms.com has named Rice’s graduate chemistry program the best in the country.
Montgomery Advertiser
http://on.mgmadv.com/295vAWe

UP wins two awards at HPC
The 2016 Lone Star Awards Banquet held at Rice University is mentioned.
University Press
http://bit.ly/29j2t7b

Screen Asia: ‘SOLD: Human Trafficking is Modern Slavery’
Rice is mentioned.
Asia Society
http://bit.ly/29e0eQo

SPORTS

After USA Track & Field takes Wade on an emotional roller coaster, she ‘will line up proudly at the Olympic trials’
Alumnus Becky Wade ’12 has qualified for the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials.
Sports Day
http://bit.ly/29ghAh8

Olympic hopefuls in javelin training in Brampton
Alumnus Evan Karakolis ’16 is training for the Olympic trials.
Brampton Guardian
http://bit.ly/29lkm2e

2016 MLB Futures Game: United States team preview
Former Rice baseball player J.T. Chargois is featured.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/295rhcV

New Texas baseball coach feels like ‘first choice’ despite long wait
Tulane’s David Pierce, a Houston native and former Rice assistant coach, has agreed to become the Longhorns’ new head coach. Rice head baseball coach Wayne Graham is mentioned in the broadcast items.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/29gTTnM
Longhorns introduce David Pierce as new baseball head coach
Daily Texan
http://bit.ly/29gg2ni
KHOU-TV
http://bit.ly/295AMJj
KPRC-TV
http://bit.ly/29gYoyx
KTRK-TV
http://bit.ly/29gYDd8
KAUZ-TV
http://bit.ly/299UmqX

NEWS RELEASE

Female plant climbs faster as climate changes
Different responses to climate change by females and males of the same plant species could have long-lasting consequences not only for the plant but also for organisms that depend on it, according to Tom Miller, the James and Deborah Godwin Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary.
http://bit.ly/29gFWYq