Dateline Rice for August 12, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

Rice University will have a baseball and educational trip to Cuba in November
Rice baseball will visit Cuba Nov. 23-Dec. 4 to play exhibition games against teams from the Cuban Baseball Federation. During the trip, players and other Rice students will complete a fall-semester credit-bearing class on trends in contemporary Cuba and will experience Cuban culture. Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard; head baseball coach Wayne Graham; Luis Duno-Gottberg, professor of Spanish and Portuguese; and players Glenn Otto and Evan Kravetz are quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2bh8HoX
http://bit.ly/2bh7wWw
Trip to Cuba will be learning experience for Rice
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bnpId8
Rice sees Cuba baseball trip as golden opportunity
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2aQi0d2
http://bit.ly/2aQyKn6
Rice baseball team going to Cuba
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2aYy7pi
Rice baseball to visit Cuba in November
KPRC (This also appeared in Caribbean News.)
http://bit.ly/2blsZKD
Rice Owls heading to Havana for baseball, books and broader experiences
KIAH
http://bit.ly/2aMB4pn
Rice baseball to play in Cuba
CBS Houston
http://cbsloc.al/2b0dWUX
WTVJ
http://bit.ly/2aVu5Oh
KTRK
http://bit.ly/2bliDdd

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Conservative artist re-erects pro-Trump sculpture, Liam Gillick named artistic director of Okayama Art Summit and more
Rice’s new Moody Center for the Arts is a space for cross-disciplinary teaching and collaborations and a venue for exhibitions and performances. Designed by architect Michael Maltzan, the two-story center is scheduled to open to the public in February. Mona Hatoum has been selected as the Moody’s first artist-in-residence. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, and Rice President David Leebron are quoted.
Blouin Art Info
http://bit.ly/2bc7Cub
Rice’s New Moody Center for the Arts names 1st artist-in-residence
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2bn27vQ
Rice University leaps forward with boundary-defying lab for creativity and bold commitment to the arts
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2b1YIRo
Rice University to open New Moody Center for the Arts in Feb. 2017
Art Forum
http://bit.ly/2bkGCfm
Michael Maltzan to design new lab for Rice University
Contract Design
http://bit.ly/2aMH2H4
Moody Center for the Arts
Architect Magazine
http://bit.ly/2aRv4NK

For the wealthiest colleges, how many low-income students are enough?
An article discusses the enrollment of low-income students at colleges with large endowments. Rice is included in a chart that accompanies the story.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2bnv9eK

Can Clinton return secretary of state to presidential stepping-stone?
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about the presidential election.
CNN
http://cnn.it/2bc9GT3

Justin Cronin: How he sank his teeth into fantasy fiction and learned to live it
Best-selling author Justin Cronin, writer-in-residence at Rice, is featured and quoted about his new book, which concludes the trilogy that began with “The Passage.”
Sydney Morning Herald (This also appeared in The Age.)
http://bit.ly/2aKnCCB

Venus is a horrid hellscape now, but it may have been livable for eons
If conditions had been just a little different an eon ago, there might be plentiful life on Venus and none on Earth. The idea isn’t so far-fetched, according to a hypothesis by Rice scientists and their colleagues on life-sustaining planets, the planets’ histories and the possibility of finding more. Adrian Lenardic, professor of Earth science, is quoted in some of the articles.
C-Net (This also appeared in C-Net AU and C-Net UK.)
http://cnet.co/2b21iqI
Venus might have hosted alien life: Hot, fiery planet could have had liquid water oceans 2.5 billion years ago
Daily Mail
http://dailym.ai/2aMCcJU
Ancient Venus had life-supporting conditions, predicts NASA model
Northern California News
http://bit.ly/2aRpv1V

Mysterious carvings found in a Maya royal tomb may reveal murky secrets of the ‘Snake Dynasty’ 
André Droxler, professor of Earth science, is quoted about the decline of the Mayan Classic Period.
Daily Mail
http://dailym.ai/2aHsgFX

Violist and flautist win Wellington Arts Excellence Awards
An article mentions a student who will be studying with James Dunham, professor of viola and chamber music at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Scoop
http://bit.ly/2bnFusz
Violist and flautist win DMMF Wellington Arts Excellence Awards
Voxy
http://bit.ly/2aYwEPT

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Will America look more like Texas?
A Rice study of Texas is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2aQhPhM
http://bit.ly/2bnq0AR

State toxicologist, a skeptic of mainstream air pollution science, seeks seat on EPA panel
An article mentions that professors from Rice have written letters to the Environmental Protection Agency endorsing Michael Honeycutt’s nomination to the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee.
Texas Observer
http://bit.ly/2aF4dap

Football players at tiny Fort Worth school are smart, have heart
An article mentions a student who hopes to attend Rice.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/2bltPay

HISD board approves $1.2M price tag to rename schools
A slideshow includes a photo from Rice University archives of Richard Dowling, a Confederate army officer and namesake of Dowling Middle School.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2blvwV9
http://bit.ly/2blvugl

BROADCAST

Kinder Institute report suggests reforms for Houston to deal with city pensions problem
Houston’s pension liability has doubled since 2008 to $3.9 billion and is likely to continue to increase if no action is taken, according to a new report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Bill Fulton, director of the institute, is quoted.
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2b2DkJW

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Mexico’s efforts to secure southern border falling short
Mexico launched the Comprehensive Plan for the Southern Border in 2014 in an attempt to manage increased migration flows from Central America. But two years after the plan’s implementation, it has yet to accomplish its goals of securing Mexico’s southern border, according to an issue brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Luis Arriola Vega, a summer visiting scholar at the institute’s Mexico Center and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Mexico, is quoted.
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/2bnG7Ci

Both Trump and Clinton are taking on carried interest, so why aren’t investors nervous?
Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O’Connor Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, is quoted about carried interest and the presidential election.
Tech Crunch (This also appeared in Uncova.)
http://tcrn.ch/2aQivDy

Biophotonics: Photonics is key for cancer moonshot
Rice is mentioned.
Bio Optics Word
http://bit.ly/2aN4xPz

Pioneers of innovation: A discovery that rewrote the book on seismic interpretation
Peter Vail, the W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, is featured.
Energy Factor
http://exxonmobil.co/2aRsCHn

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

From drugs to data, student founders at Rice, UH make their pitches
An article mentions that student startups from Rice are participating in the Bayou Startup Showcase.
Xconomy
http://bit.ly/2aOWRT0

Why is everyone trying to sell me a mattress?
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 the “mattress-store bubble.”
The Memo
http://bit.ly/2bbgB1o

UK names senior director of philanthropy for College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Pamela Gray, director of gift planning, will join the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment as senior director of philanthropy Sept. 1.
The Lane Report
http://bit.ly/2bkO1ML
Gray named Ag College philanthropy director
Kentucky Ag Commission
http://bit.ly/2b2G0XM

What it means to smell like a man
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Mel
http://bit.ly/2bnM2r7

To curb climate change, looking beyond carbon dioxide to your AC
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed about climate change.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2b0dqXi

Crawford commentary: Who were our most-qualified candidates for president?
An article mentions that former President George H. W. Bush was an adjunct professor at Rice.
WDRB
http://bit.ly/2aODB26

Student debt hobbles our economy
Alumnus John Terrell ’60 mentions he attended Rice in a letter to the editor.
The Fallbrook/Bonsall Village News
http://bit.ly/2aHslcL

SPORTS

Gene Stallings critical of Kevin Sumlin’s handling of Texas A&M program
Rice football is mentioned.
Gridiron Now
http://bit.ly/2bkGaxJ
Boston College 2016 preseason: Opponent previews — Wagner
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2bkIkNO
Big 12 teams have tough and easy nonconference schedules
Tulsa Beacon
http://bit.ly/2aRnjrr
The NFL Draft Report’s ‘New Kids on the Block’ series — a look at the Cincinnati Bengals rookies hoping to impact the team roster in 2016
Sportsblog
http://bit.ly/2bn1PFy
Gene Stallings sounds off on Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin during radio interview
AL.com
http://bit.ly/2aQjWC9
Baylor’s schedule soft again, can Bears win Big 12?
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2aQkyaW
100 teams in 100 days: Joey Galloway catches 11 touchdown passes in 1993 and Ohio State finishes with its best record in 15 years
Eleven Warriors
http://bit.ly/2bnrriI

J.T. Chargois determined to use his fastball
Alumni J.T. Chargois ’13 and Tyler Duffey ’13 are mentioned.
The Daily Journal
http://bit.ly/2b0aWba

Injury rehabs, youth make Chiefs’ defensive backfield a bit of a jumble
Former Rice football player Phillip Gaines is mentioned.
Fox Sports
http://foxs.pt/2b9kVeU
Gaines, Nelson battle for Chiefs cornerback spot
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2blujxg

Greatest college football players tournament: No. 3 LaDainian Tomlinson versus No. 14 Adrian Peterson
A photo of former Rice football player LonDee Smith is featured.
WTNH
http://bit.ly/2aKpDPk

Men’s basketball announces nonconference schedule
Rice men’s basketball is mentioned.
Everything Lubbock
http://bit.ly/2aOYCjq
Texas Tech men’s basketball reveals 2016-17 nonconference schedule
KCBD
http://bit.ly/2bbbFtu
Red Raider basketball reveals nonconference schedule
Red Raiders
http://bit.ly/2aRt741
UT Arlington’s Kevin Hervey might be the next mid-major household name
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2aRsh7g
Texas Tech reveals tough nonconference slate for 2016-17
The Best College Sports News Network
http://bit.ly/2aQABZa

Arkansas-Little Rock unveils 2016-17 schedule
Rice swimming is mentioned.
College Swimming
http://bit.ly/2blt2q0

Olympic memories special for Cuero pole vaulter
Alumnus Fred Hansen ’63 is featured.
AdvoSports
http://bit.ly/2b2y74O
Former Olympian exhibit opening in Cuero
KVCT
http://bit.ly/2aMKUaP

Austin’s Lennie Waite leaps into Olympic steeplechase
Alumna Lennie Waite ’08 is mentioned.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2b3wbet

Astros unveil plans for new center-field area at Minute Maid Park
A photo from a 2010 Rice-University of Texas baseball game is featured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2bnr9IF
http://bit.ly/2bnJJEm

NEWS RELEASES

New Rice University students move to campus Aug. 14
Rice University’s matriculating Class of 2016 can expect a Texas-sized welcome Sunday as they move to campus and participate in O-Week, the weeklong orientation program to familiarize incoming students with their new campus, residential colleges and classmates. Upperclassmen will greet newcomers by chanting their names upon arrival.
http://bit.ly/2aMQr1p

Rice baseball to visit Cuba in November
The Rice University baseball team will visit Cuba Nov. 23-Dec. 4 to play exhibition games against teams from the Cuban Baseball Federation. During the trip, players and other Rice students will complete a fall-semester credit-bearing class on trends in contemporary Cuba and will experience Cuban culture.
http://bit.ly/2b2MJko