Dateline Rice for Sept. 30, 2016

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Random DNA + high-tech math = ‘universal microbial diagnostic’
Rice University scientists have invented a technology that could potentially identify hundreds of bacterial pathogens simply, quickly and at low cost using a single set of random DNA probes. Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is quoted. The article features a photo of graduate student Amirali Aghazadeh, Baraniuk and Rebekah Drezek, professor of bioengineering and of electrical and computer engineering.
Science 360 News (This appeared in the Headlines section on the Science 360 News home page.)
http://bit.ly/2dwOlZP

Trust gap: What happens when black communities call 911 less often?
Tony Brown, professor of sociology, is quoted in an article about race relations.
Yahoo! News
http://yhoo.it/2dFgIkQ

OPEP reducirá la producción de petróleo, pero los precios no subirán pronto
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The New York Times ES (An English translation is not available.)
http://nyti.ms/2dwUTaQ

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Study dubs Houston a global ‘knowledge capital’
“Redefining Global Cities,” a study by the Brookings Institution, lists Houston as one of 19 of the world’s “knowledge capitals.” Rice’s Valhalla pub and James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion are included in an accompanying photo gallery.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2dKp4dD
http://bit.ly/2dB67e6

14 percent of Houstonians ages 16 to 24 are unemployed and not attending school
Interventions that target the educational development of the approximately 110,000 unemployed young adults between the ages 16 and 24 in Greater Houston could help them become more successful and prosperous, according to a new report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bill Fulton, director of the institute, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2dj3RoS
http://bit.ly/2dwPz7p

Trademark Property hired for mixed-use project in Katy
An article mentions that Trademark Property Co. operates and is redeveloping shopping centers in Rice Village on behalf of Rice Management Co.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2dwOk8w
http://bit.ly/2dqeB6H
Trademark Property Co. to develop 82-acre mixed-use town center project In Katy, Texas
The Katy News (This also appeared in CityBizList, CityBizList Houston and CityBizList Dallas.)
http://bit.ly/2cGOpjU

KTRU makes magnificent South Asian percussion accessible to all
An article discusses a recent event hosted by KTRU. Karim Al-Zand, associate professor of composition and theory, is mentioned.
Indo American News
http://bit.ly/2dfrK1K

Klein ISD program takes science, technology learning on the road
Rice’s STEMscopes is mentioned.
Cypress Creek Mirror
http://bit.ly/2dfs3tv

October events planned on the Katy Prairie
Rice is mentioned.
Bellaire, River Oaks and West University Examiner (This also appeared in The Katy Rancher, the Memorial Examiner, the Sugar Land Sun and Your Fort Bend News.)
http://bit.ly/2dFb1Dh

Energy’s version of a moonshot
Rice is mentioned.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
http://bit.ly/2cGfR66

BROADCAST

Date night in the Bayou City
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is featured.
KPRC’s “Houston Life”
http://bit.ly/2dKrU2i
http://bit.ly/2dfuTPc

Get around town with METRO
Alumnus James Llamas ‘ 74 is featured.
KPRC’s “Houston Life”
http://bit.ly/2dj5VgV
http://bit.ly/2dcFrxK

West Texas Talk: Tony Payan
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is featured.
Marfa Public Radio
http://bit.ly/2cQNBfq

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Algorithm could enable visible-light-based imaging for medical devices, autonomous vehicles
MIT researchers have developed a technique for recovering visual information from light that has scattered because of interactions with the environment — such as passing through human tissue. Ashok Veeraraghavan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
iConnect 007 (This also appeared in Phys Org and Opli.)
http://bit.ly/2cQIpZc

Neutron-scattering experiments explore origins of high-temp superconductivity
New findings from researchers at Rice, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of California at San Diego suggest that condensed-matter physicists need to rethink how magnetic fluctuations arise in both unconventional and high-temperature superconductors. Pengcheng Dai, professor of physics and astronomy, and graduate student Yu Song are quoted.
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/2dwOGra

Oil hits 1-month high as OPEC blinks versus US shale; deal frays
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about OPEC’s preliminary deal to cut oil production.
Investor’s Business Daily
http://bit.ly/2dwOVGY

Regional forecasts of solar storms will start soon
For the first time beginning next month, forecasts of the regional effects of solar storms will help protect the power grid and communications satellites, thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Rice. Stanislav Sazykin, senior faculty fellow in physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Space Ref
http://bit.ly/2dj2jLv

A rotating grating improves cancer imaging
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. Graduate student Pelham Keahey is quoted. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and of electrical and computer engineering and director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, is mentioned.
Optics & Photonics
http://bit.ly/2cGeZOQ

Dust spirals embrace a young star
Astronomers thought it likely they would find a spiral of particles hidden in the cloudy disks that orbit and feed newborn stars. They have now found one, even though they weren’t looking for it. Andrea Isella, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Space Ref
http://bit.ly/2cGeJPK

What happens when this robot brings an end to sweatshops?
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.
Futurism
http://bit.ly/2dwOXdH

If only I had known: Advice for prospective architecture students, from former students
Fifth-year architecture student Mark Bavoso is quoted.
Archinect
http://bit.ly/2dqdeVB

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Houston’s plan to cut pension costs in half overnight
An article mentions a discussion hosted by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Governing (This also appeared in Houston News Info.)
http://bit.ly/2cGNgJa

Scientists invent ‘tattoos’ that deliver medicine
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.
Big Think
http://bit.ly/2dKmMLJ

Best free MOOCs in business for October
An article mentions massive open online courses offered by Rice.
Poets & Quants
http://bit.ly/2dKsq0v

Get to know Chalmette High’s latest National Merit Semifinalist: Kenny Nguyen
Articles mention students who plan to apply to Rice.
The Times-Picayune
http://bit.ly/2dcxicM
Cove Junior High student excels in leadership positions, academics
Cove Herald
http://bit.ly/2dszXfY

Book review: ‘Run the World’ by 2:30 marathoner Becky Wade is an easy and fun run read that anyone who enjoys running and travel will enjoy
Alumna Becky Wade ’12 is featured for her book about her research on running communities around the world.
Let’s Run
http://bit.ly/2dgPVva

New priest comes to St. Michael’s 
Alumnus Jason Haddox ’92 is featured.
The Norman Transcript
http://bit.ly/2dgR5qx

Diverse, talented lineup for 2016-17 ODU President’s Lecture Series
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, will speak at Old Dominion University Sept. 29.
The New Journal and Guide
http://bit.ly/2cGMGuP

SPORTS

UTSA to travel west for Wildcat Invitational
Wiess College sophomore Wendy Zhang and Brown College senior Katherine Ip are mentioned.
UTSA Athletics (A correction on the misspelling of Zhang’s last name and Ip’s first name have been requested.)
http://bit.ly/2d1csuV

Blue Raiders return home to face Rice
Rice volleyball will play Middle Tennessee State University Sept. 30.
MT Athletics
http://bit.ly/2cGFyhP

Western Kentucky soccer plays at Rice, North Texas this weekend
Rice soccer will play Western Kentucky University Sept. 30.
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2dqbnAd

Breaking down Rice at Southern Mississippi
Rice football will play the University of Southern Mississippi Oct. 1.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2cGgMDt
Gameday Central: College football, week 5
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2cGgn3T
http://bit.ly/2d1grr7
Choosing C-USA: Week 5 predictions for C-USA
Underdog Dynasty
http://bit.ly/2dB2OE1
Q&A: Rice beat writer Adam Coleman
Hattiesburg American
http://hatne.ws/2dgQ9Tj

C-USA roundup
McMurtry College senior Chelsey Harris is mentioned.
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2dB5bGH

Mavs rally for Tulsa, Houston invitationals
The Rice Invitational is mentioned.
The Shorthorn
http://bit.ly/2d1fGi1
UTSA to continue fall campaign this weekend at Rice Invitational
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2cQIYSH

Increased role looms for Texans’ Christian Covington after J.J. Watt’s injury
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2dqfpbI
http://bit.ly/2dj3Z7R

Notebook: Beaty, Kingsbury have long history; Dineen remains out
Former Rice coach David Beaty is featured.
KU Sports
http://bit.ly/2dfsofN

NEWS RELEASES

Curious kids are in for a delightful shock
In lieu of a dry lecture on the wonders of electromagnetism, a team of Rice University students built a contraption that combines elements of an automotive solenoid and a pinball machine for the Children’s Museum of Houston.
http://bit.ly/2dfuDzJ

Protostars make waves first, planets later
Astronomers thought it likely they would find a spiral of particles hidden in the cloudy disks that orbit and feed newborn stars. They have now found one, even though they weren’t looking for it. A project initiated by Rice University astronomer Andrea Isella years ago bore fruit with the first observation of a pair of symmetrical spiral density waves around a protostar, one still gathering mass from its gaseous cloud.
http://bit.ly/2dB8sWI

Physicists probe magnetic fluctuations in heavy fermions
New findings from researchers at Rice University, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of California at San Diego suggest that condensed-matter physicists need to rethink how magnetic fluctuations arise in both unconventional and high-temperature superconductors.
http://bit.ly/2dwQfKh