Dateline Rice for Sept. 27, 2016

FEATURED ITEM

NASA finds more evidence of water plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Astronomers announced that they have uncovered more evidence that suggests there are plumes of water erupting from the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons. Adrian Lenardic, professor of Earth science, is quoted.
Wired (Similar stories appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2cAbV6P
Hubble Space Telescope finds plumes of water erupting from Europa
Los Angeles Times
http://lat.ms/2dzxIf6
Scientists find more evidence of water on Jupiter moon Europa
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in Beaumont Enterprise and My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2doJ42i
http://bit.ly/2dwlP6R

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

College students, graduates weigh in on their college choices
Lovett College senior Griffin Thomas discusses why he chose to attend Rice.
U.S. News & World Report
http://bit.ly/2dzw11d

Edward Nalbandian delivers lecture at Baker Institute
Edward Nalbandian, the acting foreign minister of Armenia, spoke about challenges in the South Caucasus at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Sept. 26. Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Public Radio of Armenia
http://bit.ly/2dzwMaA
Armenia acting FM delivers lecture at Baker Institute in US
News.am
http://bit.ly/2doWVFA

Colorado combats a new breed of drug traffickers
Dean Becker, a nonresident research associate and member of the Drug Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about marijuana laws.
The Seattle Times
http://bit.ly/2d6ntOb

In ballots we trust: E-voting, hacking and the 2016 election
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
Mashable (This also appeared in Yahoo! News and Tech Gig.)
http://on.mash.to/2doZA6q

Stunning Hubble image shows what a dying Sun-like star looks like
An image is credited to Rice and researchers Robert O’Dell, the Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics and former chief scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope, and alumna Kerry Handron ’96.
AOL News
http://aol.it/2dzzKeZ

Why Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump
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 Ted Cruz’s endorsement of Donald Trump and the Sept. 26 presidential debate.
Attn:
http://bit.ly/2dp5Uum
KRIV
http://bit.ly/2doTP4m
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2cSGvEE
Electoral race still a toss-up
KTRH
http://bit.ly/2cAjAlz
http://bit.ly/2cSEM2a (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Wine recommendation: Triniti sommelier Rick Stiles picks a Tuscan red
Alumnus Richard Stiles ’14 is featured
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2d0pPgy

Mexican shale fields may open next year
Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, the Mexican secretary of energy, gave keynote remarks at a conference on Mexico’s energy reform at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Sept. 23.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2d0m7E1

A box seat for the bayou: The Dunlavy
An article that originally appeared in OffCite.org, a publication of the Rice Design Alliance, is reprinted in the Houston Chronicle.
Houston Chronicle (This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine. Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2dgJFlr

Your turn: Sept. 27
Alumnus George Schulgen Jr. ’68 authored a letter to the editor.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2cI6GAE

McNair Center names 1st director
Rice’s McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is mentioned.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2d0ueQT

Katy Prairie Conservancy hosts 3 October events
Rice is mentioned.
The Katy News
http://bit.ly/2dwB1kk

Plan a career bucket list for job fulfillment
A book by Bill Barnett, adjunct professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is mentioned.
My Paper
http://bit.ly/2dp0FXR

BROADCAST

CNN International
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, discusses the presidential debates.
http://bit.ly/2dgVo3q
http://bit.ly/2cAgTAq
http://bit.ly/2cSEbhh

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Rebecca Richards-Kortum named 2016 MacArthur Fellow for translational research in bio
Rice University researchers have added a clever spin — a rotating grating that removes out-of-focus light — to a cutting-edge, minimally invasive fiber-optic microscope that lets oncologists and surgeons zoom in on cancer tumors prior to surgery. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor and director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, is mentioned. Richards-Kortum is also one of 23 2016 MacArthur Fellows named Sept. 22 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Bio Optics World
http://bit.ly/2dzF4iJ
Rice students develop low-cost, high-resolution endoscope
Engineering
http://bit.ly/2dh5mC6

Graphene nanoribbons in a polymer gel can heal spinal cords
Researchers in Korea have used graphene nanoribbons made with a process developed at Rice for their research into repairing spinal cord injuries. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Materials Today
http://bit.ly/2dwzv1u
Rice University researchers pinpoint graphene nanoribbons as potential treatment for SCI: 4 insights
Becker’s Spine Review
http://bit.ly/2d0unDV

Scientists are using social media to determine air quality
Residents of China’s megacities who post comments about air quality to social media can give environmental scientists a window into pollution levels there. A multidisciplinary study by Rice researchers showed that the frequency of key words like dust, cough, haze, mask and blue sky can be used as a proxy measurement of the amount of airborne particulate matter in the country’s urban centers at any given time. Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, and Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, are quoted.
The Weather Network
http://bit.ly/2dgRk3m

Temporary nanoparticle tattoo shows promise in controlling chronic disease
A temporary tattoo to help control a chronic disease might someday be possible, according to scientists at Baylor College of Medicine who tested antioxidant nanoparticles created 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 mentioned.
Tech Times
http://bit.ly/2doBzge
Medical potential for temporary nanoparticle tattoos
AIChE
http://bit.ly/2cyVhQ5

Biophysicists model genome mechanics
Rice scientists trying to solve the ultimate puzzle — the architecture of the human genome — have snapped another piece into place. Researchers at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics have developed a model to explain one part of the mechanism, the folding of chromosomes during a cell’s interphase. Their work offers the possibility of predicting the three-dimensional organization of entire genomes from limited one-dimensional data. José Onuchic, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science, professor of chemistry, of biochemistry and cell biology, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering; and postdoctoral researcher Michele Di Pierro are quoted. Erez Lieberman Aiden, adjunct assistant professor in computational and applied mathematics and in computer science, and postdoctoral researcher Bin Zhang are mentioned.
Technology.org
http://bit.ly/2d3AdaO

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

MSA hopes to encourage use of open educational resources on campus
Rice-based publisher OpenStax is mentioned.
The Maneater
http://bit.ly/2cAdNN7
Stopping textbook tyranny
Shameless
http://bit.ly/2dwyUwY

How tech incubators work
The Rice Business Plan Competition is mentioned.
How Stuff Works
http://bit.ly/2doHphn

Attorneys to argue about clean power today
Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer of economics, is quoted in an article about the Clean Power Plan.
Longview News Journal
http://bit.ly/2d6LcML

Rodney Ruckus and special guest Lito Hernandez at Reverie, Black Dog
An article mentions that Abebi Stafford attended Rice.
Jazz Police
http://bit.ly/2dzwnES

The best intro to programming courses for data science — Class Central career guides
An article mentions massive open online courses offered by Rice.
Class Central
http://bit.ly/2doWqvr

Shepley Bulfinch’s Cope Bailey joins board of directors at The Lighthouse of Houston
An article mentions that Cope Bailey attended Rice.
CityBizList (This also appeared in CityBizList Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2dh0i0r

Berry College will host baritone opera singer for free concert
Alumnus Christopher Holloway ’98 is mentioned.
AllOnFloyd
http://bit.ly/2dwzOtf

SPORTS

Rice tries to make sense of 0-4 start, begin turnaround
Rice football’s 2016 season is discussed. Head coach David Bailiff and players Zach Wright, Tyler Stehling and Preston Gordon are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2dcVr2l
Rice trying to make sense of 0-4 start, begin turnaround
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2doMzp4
http://bit.ly/2d6hbhA

College football winners and losers: Week 4
Rice football fell to the University of North Texas 35-42 in double overtime. Head coach David Bailiff is quoted.
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2cSJiOt

WKU’s Roseland earns C-USA Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors
Rice soccer will play Western Kentucky University Sept. 30.
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2d3p1ev

Women’s tennis team suffers early elimination at Rice Invitational
The Rice Invitational is mentioned.
The Short Horn
http://bit.ly/2cyJgdm

Lady Pios not lowering expectations
Hanszen College freshman Grace Morgan is mentioned.
The Advertiser
http://bit.ly/2cAbREj

Hannah Sumbera gives verbal nod to Rice University
A Rice commit is mentioned.
Swimming World
http://bit.ly/2dd2yrM

NEWS RELEASES

More than 1.5 million students have used OpenStax’s free textbooks
More than 1.5 million college students have used a free textbook from OpenStax, the Rice University-publisher announced today. The number of students using OpenStax textbooks has more than doubled since January, and OpenStax estimates it will save students $70 million in the 2016-17 academic year.
http://bit.ly/2cyZZNT

Rice applied physicist wins National Cancer Institute fellowship
Rice University graduate student Pelham Keahey is among the inaugural winners of the National Cancer Institute’s prestigious predoctoral-to-postdoctoral fellow transition award, which includes funding for two years of graduate school and four years of postdoctoral training.
http://bit.ly/2cIsj3K

Rice biophysicists model genome mechanics
Rice University scientists trying to solve the ultimate puzzle — the architecture of the human genome — have snapped another piece into place. Researchers at Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics have developed a model to explain one part of the mechanism, the folding of chromosomes during a cell’s interphase. Their work offers the possibility of predicting the three-dimensional organization of entire genomes from limited one-dimensional data.
http://bit.ly/2dhduX3