Dateline Rice for July 25, 2016 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

10 top colleges that get high grades for student diversity
Rice is No. 5 on a list of most diverse colleges in the U.S.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2ahBaL3

Kaine pick won’t help Clinton court anti-Wall Street critics
Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science, is quoted about Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate.
Bloomberg Politics (This also appeared in The Register Citizen, New Haven Register, Reading Eagle, American Journal of Transportation, Newsmax, TDS, The Middletown Press, Yahoo! 7 Finance and Yahoo! Finance.)
http://bloom.bg/2a5Niik
Kaine won’t help Clinton court anti-Wall Street critics
The Detroit News
http://detne.ws/2abKNsh

White coat
In a Northwestern University study coauthored by Rice’s Hajo Adam, assistant professor of management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, the mere act of wearing a doctor’s coat made participants perform better on an attention task than participants who wore the same exact coat but believed it was a painter’s coat.
NPR
http://n.pr/2a0BWax

6 ways federal investments helped usher in our wireless world
A photo of Rice’s Argos Network is featured in an article about the new federal Advanced Wireless Research Initiative.
The Huffington Post
http://huff.to/2aBt6kg

Tomorrow’s prosthetic implants may be made of this new titanium alloy
Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints because it’s strong, wear-resistant and nontoxic, but an unexpected discovery by Rice University physicists shows that the gold standard for artificial joints can be improved with the addition of some actual gold. Emilia Morosan, associate professor of physics and astronomy, of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering, and former graduate student Eteri Svanidze are quoted. Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and founding chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering; graduate student Sruthi Radhakrishnan; and postdoctoral research associate Chandra Sekhar Tiwary are mentioned.
Popular Mechanics
http://bit.ly/29ZpJC8
Hardening up: New alloy 4 times as tough as titanium
Gizmag
http://bit.ly/2a0w7tC
Physicists combine gold with titanium and quadruple its strength
Futurism
http://bit.ly/2a0Ca1u
Scientists find gold makes titanium even tougher
Geeks Are Sexy
http://bit.ly/2a3wiUI
New titanium alloy is 4 times stronger than steel
Red Orbit (This also appeared in Before It’s News.)
http://bit.ly/2a8HXEk
Titanium-gold alloy could lead to super-strong implants
Engadget
http://engt.co/2akOn2G
Addition of gold to titanium could improve hardness of artificial joints
Med India
http://bit.ly/2aqnNoB
Super-hard metal ‘4 times tougher than titanium’
News Yac (This also appeared in Iran Daily,
http://bit.ly/2adXZhi

A Swiss first, EU immigration and the coming employment collapse
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.
British National Party News
http://bit.ly/2a7WufX

Space explorers from around the world to land in Houston for 2019 meeting
An article mentions that part of the 32nd Planetary Congress will be hosted at Rice.
Yahoo! News
http://yhoo.it/29V11XU

Mornings with Patricia Karvelas — July 21
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 Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate and voter ID laws.
ABC Radio Australia
http://ab.co/2aFBD5T
Rulings may make voter ID laws presidential race nonfactors
Nano News
http://bit.ly/2a0CQ6N
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2aFBW09
http://bit.ly/2akYdS8
KLBJ
http://bit.ly/2arQ9RY
http://bit.ly/2a8UVBZ

The best #MyTopCollege picks inspire a serious case of FOMO
Rice is mentioned.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2a1aIze

More than half of China’s family businesses face succession dilemma
A student who attended Rice is mentioned.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2a0BUj3

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice wins NIH grant to test ‘T box’ tolerance
Edward Nikonowicz, associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to study a gene regulation mechanism that may someday be exploited to help fight bacterial infections.
TMC News (This article appeared in the July 25 issue of TMC Today.) 
http://bit.ly/2a7WuN9

Turner’s plan
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2abHdP7

Watch classical dancers up close, but what’s that pose?
Lovett College junior Maya Iyer was one of the dancers who performed at an event in Sugar Land, Texas.
Indo American News
http://bit.ly/2a2amf9

Art and applied art by IITAGH
The Rice Indo American Business Club will host a panel discussion titled “Oil and Gas Market: Where Do We Go From Here?” Sept. 14 at Rice.
Indo American News
http://bit.ly/2aaNK9Y

SA attorney fights for voting rights on 2 fronts
A Rice study on voter ID laws is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2a8J5aL
WNEW
http://bit.ly/2a8TXFK (This also aired on Bloomberg Radio.)

The lowdown on higher education
College Choice ranked Rice No. 13 among best colleges for women.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/29UXEQH

KUHA sale completed
KTRU is mentioned.
Off the Kuff
http://bit.ly/2a8Q4k4

BROADCAST

Despite industry downturn, Houston, Texas thrives
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 the gas and oil markets in Texas.
CCTV America
http://bit.ly/2aqeuFd

‘Latina Voices’
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, and the Kinder Institute report “Shared Prospects: Hispanics and the Future of Houston” are mentioned.
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2abVXgQ

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Graphene ‘rivet’ enhances material’s electronics
Nanoscale “rivets” give graphene qualities that may speed the wonder material’s adoption in products like flexible, transparent electronics, according to researchers at Rice. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Electronics 360
http://bit.ly/2a7LzmL

Lasermet installs motorised roller blinds at ESRI
Rice’s Energy and Environmental Systems Institute is mentioned.
Construction UK
http://bit.ly/2aoIjct

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Pharmacist: Gut feeling may trump all those lab tests
Patients’ self-rated health is a better long-term predictor of illness and death than standard blood tests, blood pressure measurements or other symptomatic evidence a doctor might gather, according to a new study from Rice. Christopher Fagundes, assistant professor of psychology, and Kyle Murdock, a postdoctoral research fellow in psychology, are quoted.
Tulsa World
http://bit.ly/2a4o0gi
Health news in brief: July 25
The Blade
http://bit.ly/29UVUa4
KOA
http://bit.ly/2a7YgxW (This also aired on WDBO, WWZN and KOMO.)

Making maps: Composers’ festival charts course of new music
Alumnus Takuma Itoh ’06 is mentioned.
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2aFuz9a

UM business class aims to help 15 tech companies take off
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
Crain’s
http://bit.ly/29ZpVRM

CRMS spends summer giving inner-city scholars a boost
Rice is one of the prestigious universities attended by students who attended the High School High Scholar academic camp.
Post Independent
http://bit.ly/2abPqTt

2016 Washington Leadership Program scholars start internships
McMurtry College junior Mishi Jain is mentioned.
The South Asian Times
http://bit.ly/2adW4t4

5 bad academic habits you had last year (and how to ditch them!)
Alumna Allison Raven ’14 is mentioned.
Her Campus
http://bit.ly/29Zy3Sa

Trump gets it wrong on China and the Paris climate agreement
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed about Donald Trump’s vows to renegotiate the Paris agreement.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/29Zp57P

SPORTS

America’s best colleges to play women’s volleyball
Rice is No. 7 on a list of best colleges to play volleyball. Rice head coach Genny Volpe is mentioned.
USA Today College
http://usat.ly/2a0uv2X

Pitchers who hit 100 mph are blessed and often cursed
Former Rice baseball player Matt Anderson is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Sports section in the July 25 print edition with a different headline, “Life at 100.”)
http://bit.ly/29ZkBOc

Collected wisdom: Kansas football coach David Beaty
Rice football head coach David Bailiff and players Zach Wright, Darik Dillard and Alex Lyons are mentioned.
NewsOK
http://bit.ly/2a7MraO
Your guide to the 2016 C-USA Media Days
The News Star
http://tnsne.ws/2anDrm3
What to expect at C-USA Media Days
The Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/2akRLdW
Questions for each C-USA football team
Daily News Journal
http://on.dnj.com/2adSgZ0

25 of the best all-time Olympians from Texas
Alumnus Fred Hansen ’63 is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2a0qPOC
http://bit.ly/2arAUZn
Texas’ all-time best Olympians
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2a7GM4s

Rice football announces start times for home games
Rice football is mentioned.
Your Fort Bend News
http://bit.ly/2aFxChq
What if Arkansas football stayed in the Southwest Conference?
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2a8M7fq
Realignment reverberations: What happens throughout FBS (and FCS)?
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2a4qBqQ
Tracking every team that’s ever wanted to join the Big 12
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/29UYT2D
C-USA kicks off 2-day media football event in Texas
The Virginian-Pilot
http://bit.ly/29Zsxir
UNT paying $20,000 for evaluation
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2aaIYJj
6 for ’16: Analyzing C-USA teams on the rise
The News Star
http://tnsne.ws/2a7U0OR
Can Greg Abbott be the Ann Richards for Houston?
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2aBtGyx

Maryland’s Micha Powell a 2nd-generation Olympian
Alumna Rosaline Edeh ’90 is mentioned.
Press Box D.C. (This also appeared in Press Box.)
http://bit.ly/2a2axqz

Missouri assistant baseball coach happy in new role
An article mentions that Patrick Hallmark coached at Rice.
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2ajdpii

Super Bowl LI kickoff time and TV information
Rice is mentioned for hosting the 1974 Super Bowl VIII game.
Newsday
http://nwsdy.li/2ajdtP6

Porter looks to build on resurgent year
Former Rice football player Bryce Callahan is mentioned.
Chicago Bears
http://bit.ly/2a1cpwB

Canada’s De Grasse edges Powell in final tuneup for Rio Olympics
An article mentions that the American Track League meet was hosted at Rice.
Herald Sports (Similar articles appeared in 65 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2akNoiY
Brazil struggling to be ready for Games
The Royal Gazette
http://bit.ly/2a8IOVy
Final tuneup for Rio
Castanet
http://bit.ly/2a8JLx4
ESPN
http://bit.ly/29V2f5I
ESPN2
http://bit.ly/2adZAU7

Arte Culver named Covenant head men’s basketball coach
Alumnus Arthur Culver ’06 is mentioned.
The Chattanoogan
http://bit.ly/29UXt7X

MLB
Former Rice football player Luke Willson is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2aFC0Ny

KPOJ
Former Rice baseball player Trevor Simms is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2akY5Ch

CSNMA
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2aqsH4J

NEWS RELEASES

Spiders spin unique phononic material
New discoveries about spider silk could inspire novel materials to manipulate sound and heat in the same way semiconducting circuits manipulate electrons, according to scientists at Rice University, in Europe and in Singapore.
http://bit.ly/2a66hZZ

Rice U. study: Texans are no better off in one city versus another for cancer treatment
Regions in Texas differ widely in adherence to recommended cancer treatment for elderly patients, according to a study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
http://bit.ly/2ae5DIE

Ultra-flat circuits will have unique properties
The old rules don’t necessarily apply when building electronic components out of two-dimensional materials, according to scientists at Rice University.
http://bit.ly/2aqxLWQ

Rice postdoc wins Branco Weiss Fellowship
Rice University postdoctoral research associate Idse Heemskerk has been named one of this year’s winners of the prestigious Society in Science Branco Weiss Fellowship administered by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
http://bit.ly/2arVgSj