Dateline Rice for Sept. 14, 2016

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Lawmakers weigh federal role in preventing election hacks
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted in an article about election security.
The Hill (Similar articles appeared in eight other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2cHJgNJ
Key defense officials worry about Russian hackers hijacking US elections
VOA
http://bit.ly/2cwwbF0
This is how we know Congress isn’t really serious about election fraud
Mother Jones
http://bit.ly/2c8Hfok
Congressman Lamar Smith: US election systems vulnerable to Russian cyberattack
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2cXMV6x
WTOP
http://bit.ly/2ctCbwF
CSPAN2
http://bit.ly/2crqRC0

Scrutiny of Clinton’s health puts new focus on Kaine
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about the 2016 elections.
Atlanta Constitution-Journal (Similar articles appeared in eight other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2cnfWXY
KMSS
http://bit.ly/2ceFbON (A similar broadcast aired on KSWO.)

10 best colleges: Our list versus US News
Rice University moved up to No. 15 among the best national universities and remained the highest-ranked among universities in Texas in the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” guidebook. Ranked No. 18 last year, Rice is now tied for No. 15 with Cornell University, University of Notre Dame and Vanderbilt University.
Money (Similar articles appeared in 54 other media outlets.)
http://ti.me/2cnpLWa
Rice No. 15 in annual US News college rankings
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2cZzFRE
http://bit.ly/2cVfO7z
Rice University’s off-campus housing costs more than US median, Zillow finds
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2cEu2aW
http://bit.ly/2cEvgTy
See where Rice, other Texas schools rank among US News & World Report’s 2017 Best Colleges
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2ceC3SS
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2c8RDfH

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Define Body founder puts his mind to expanding his brand
Alumnus Henry Richardson ’09 is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Sept. 14 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2casWVb

Texas college officials want state to pay veterans’ tuition
Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas and a Rice study on the Hazlewood Act are mentioned. Michael Cline, associate director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, is quoted in the El Paso Times article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2c8Au5X
http://bit.ly/2cr6y85
Lawmakers weigh veterans’ tuition program costs
El Paso Times (This also appeared in San Angelo Standard-Times.)
http://bit.ly/2cmMDtS
Add fraud to list of worries about Hazlewood program’s free tuition for Texas veterans
The Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2cwUaAO

Welcome to Planet Texas, the Houston Chronicle’s home for science and environmental news
Rice is mentioned in an announcement about “Planet Texas,” a new science venture from the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2cEukPa

Median incomes rise for the 1st time since 2007
A Rice study is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2cEvM4a

Rice chemists turn common asphalt into carbon collector
A Rice University laboratory has improved its method to turn plain asphalt into a porous material that can capture greenhouse gases from natural gas. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle’s “Fuel Fix” (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2ctcs7N

Food pantries on some Houston-area campuses to help students
An article mentions a pilot program between the Houston Food Bank and researchers from Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. Similar articles appeared in 16 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2c8DfnL
http://bit.ly/2cEvI4t

Believe it or not, lovebugs have a purpose
Evan Siemann, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of BioSciences, discusses lovebugs.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio and Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://bit.ly/2cZBRZt

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus names Matt Schaefer as president
Alumnus Matt Schaefer ’07 is featured.
Katy Magazine
http://bit.ly/2cJ6MXU

How designer Vivienne Tam engineered an H-Town takeover at New York Fashion Week
Rice is mentioned in an article about New York fashion designer Vivienne Tam.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2cVntCv

Houston B-cycle brings rental bikes to campus
An article mentions that Houston’s bike share system, Houston B-cycle, will add stations and bikes at Rice.
The Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/2cwYos7

Bank of the Hills’ founders leaving bank in good hands
Alumnus Tom Daniels ’64 is mentioned.
Hill Country Community Journal
http://bit.ly/2cZR7FL

Governor Abbott appoints 3 to Judicial Compensation Commission
An article mentions that Alejandro Cestero attended Rice.
Houston Style Magazine (This also appeared in Time Warner Cable News.)
http://bit.ly/2ceH6mw

BROADCAST

Houston mayor finds ‘preliminary’ fix for pensions
An article mentions a report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research on pensions in Houston.
KTRK
http://abc13.co/2cHTFZN
http://bit.ly/2cmTlAr (A similar broadcast aired on KRIV.)

Climate change: The EPA has gone overboard
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, discusses the Environmental Protection Agency and climate change.
Intelligence Squared
http://bit.ly/2cNoYOF
Climate change: Has the EPA gone overboard?
Harvard Law Today
http://bit.ly/2cndnFH

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Why are so many Indian arranged marriages successful?
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a marketing and consumer behavior expert, authored an article about Indian arranged marriages.
Psychology Today
http://bit.ly/2ceIFRf

Chemists make strides to simplify drug design, synthesis
A one-step solution to make nitrogen-laden molecular precursors for the preparation of drugs and other bioactive molecules has been discovered by researchers at Rice, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Brigham Young University. Laszlo Kurti, Associate Professor of Chemistry, is quoted and postdoctoral research associate Zhiwei Ma is mentioned.
Drug Discovery & Development
http://bit.ly/2cJ7dBw

IEEE fellow develops a platform to customize textbooks
Richard Baraniuk, founder and director of OpenStax and the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is featured.
The Institute
http://bit.ly/2cEMArM

Confessions of a self-taught college instructor: Embracing the scholarship of teaching and learning
The author of an article thanks Joshua Eyler, director of Rice’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
Digital Pedagogy Lab
http://bit.ly/2ctwX4m

Optimizing carbon capture
A new, improved approach to making porous carbon materials for sequestering the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide has been devised by researchers at Rice. Andrew Barron, the Charles W. Duncan Jr.-Welch Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Materials Today
http://bit.ly/2cJjmpS

Warmer, wetter climate would impair California grasslands
Results from one of the longest-running and most extensive experiments to examine how climate change will affect agricultural productivity show that California grasslands will become less productive if the temperature or precipitation increases substantially above average conditions from the past 40 years. Kai Zhu, the Huxley Research Instructor, is quoted.
Environmental Research Web
http://bit.ly/2c8UzbY

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

How a mining engineer’s invention made pop singers sound the same
An article mentions that Andy Hildebrand studied at Rice.
The Conversation
http://bit.ly/2cmFQAp

Mexico has its own version of Donald Trump’s border wall and it’s just as controversial
A study from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is mentioned.
Quartz
http://bit.ly/2cHV2r9

SPORTS

Week 3 college football viewers’ guide
Rice football will play Baylor University Sept. 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. Similar articles appeared in 22 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2ctbRmH
http://bit.ly/2cmseFl
http://bit.ly/2cr8EVf

Hernandez named Heartland Conference Runner of the Week
The Justin Cooper Rice Invitational is mentioned.
LMT Online
http://bit.ly/2cNpDQq

VB: Block paves way in 5-set thriller
The Rice Adidas Invitational is mentioned.
KZTV
http://bit.ly/2cXNf4Z

Texas Tech volleyball takes on Rice
Rice volleyball will play Texas Tech University Sept. 14.
Red Raiders (This also appeared in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.)
http://bit.ly/2cwXA6A

4 women’s tennis players in preseason Oracle/ITA rankings
An article mentions a Sept. 24 Rice Tennis Invitational.
The Plainsman
http://bit.ly/2cVnzu1

UCA finishes 13th at Sam Hall Intercollegiate
Rice golf is mentioned.
Central Arkansas Athletics
http://bit.ly/2c8LeRM

Tennis splits for 3 different tournaments to begin fall season
Rice women’s tennis is mentioned.
The Optimist
http://bit.ly/2cVqN0H

Texas college football week 2 takeaways
Brown College junior Calvin Anderson is featured.
Texas HS Football
http://bit.ly/2cNAk5b

Fox Sports
Former Rice football players Klein Kubiak and Jordan Taylor are mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2cI0YAw

NEWS RELEASE

Baker Institute offers science and technology policy recommendations for next president
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy today announced recommendations for how science and technology policy should be dealt with in the White House for the presidential transition teams at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
http://bit.ly/2cY6CuT