Dateline Rice for Nov. 21, 2016 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

In defense of DACA
Rice President David Leebron is one of more than 90 college and university presidents who have signed a statement calling for the continuation and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2eZrRRe
More than 100 college leaders call on Trump to keep DACA
Politica Pro (Subscription required.)
http://politico.pro/2fVEqdo

The nearly invisible president-elect: Trump’s work keeps him mostly out of view
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about President-elect Donald Trump. Radio host Don Imus mentions that his son is enrolled in Brinkley’s class.
The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/2fk2JDp
‘Imus in the Morning’
WABC (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast. This also aired on 66 other stations.)
http://bit.ly/2fiINh3
Author Brinkley looks at FDR’s love of land
Trib Live
http://bit.ly/2gv9dRv
Lecture preview: Historian and author Douglas Brinkley to speak
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://bit.ly/2gdmU5e

The Deal: Trending now, girl power
Judith Roof, the William Shakespeare Chair in English and professor of English, is mentioned.
The Australian Business Review (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fk6Wa2

‘Freeze-frame’ proteins show how cancer evolves
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to capture elusive, short-lived snippets of DNA that healthy cells produce on their way to becoming cancerous. Graduate student Qian Mei is mentioned.
Eurasia Review (This also appeared in Phys Org, Scienmag and Science & Technology Research News.)
http://bit.ly/2gdm4Wb
Clues to cancer evolution: Researchers capture DNA snippets healthy cells produce before turning cancerous
Tech Times
http://bit.ly/2fxOA33
Scientists capture DNA intermediates that reveal how cancer evolves
News Medical
http://bit.ly/2gbnDWI

Oldest woman in space set to break US astronaut record
Alumna Peggy Whitson ’86 is mentioned.
National Geographic
http://bit.ly/2fUKaUr

New survey finds 20B barrels of oil worth up to $900B under west Texas in largest continuous field ever discovered in the US
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 about a Texas shale oil field and President-elect Donald Trump.
Daily Mail
http://dailym.ai/2gC7zhO
Shale play could herald a new West Texas oil boom
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2fKGLu1
Texas shale discovery: Wolfcamp shale field could yield 20B barrels of oil
Inquisitr
http://bit.ly/2fhLaAF
What Trump really means for global progress on climate change
The Christian Science Monitor
http://bit.ly/2fi2Coo

Donald Trump actually has very little control over green energy and climate change
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted about President-elect Donald Trump.
Salon
http://bit.ly/2gvbPiC

The Trump revolution is doomed to fail
Rice is mentioned.
The Spectator
http://bit.ly/2g9C75D

Religion as a plurality of poets: The great American philosopher Richard Rorty’s vision of spiritual life
Graduate student Mark Schmanko authored an article about spiritual life.
The Huffington Post
http://huff.to/2geWJKZ

Sådan kan USA’s præsident påvirke forskningen
Neal Lane, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus, senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and professor emeritus of physics and astronomy, is quoted about President-elect Donald Trump.
Videnskab-dk (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2geYpnL

Evan Birnholz’s guide to the Nov. 20 Post Magazine crossword, “Square Dancing”
The bursar at Rice is mentioned in the explanation for the answer to 8D under the crossword puzzle in the Nov. 20 Post Magazine.
The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/2geUnvB

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Afro-Latinos: A vision of Houston’s mixed-race future
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a professor of sociology, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Nov. 20 print edition with a different headline, “Racial labels growing obsolete.” This also appeared in the Virgin Islands Daily News and the Albuquerque Journal.)
http://bit.ly/2g9oC5J
Texas view: Small spots of blue across state
Odessa American
http://bit.ly/2fhWdtB
Art of Conversation luncheon generates lots of smart talk with Houston notables
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2g9wlkf

Thumbs up, down
The Houston Chronicle’s editorial board gave Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business a thumbs-up for being ranked No. 8 (up from No. 19 in 2015) in Bloomberg Businessweek’s new analysis of the best full-time MBA programs in the nation.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2g9rZtG
This week in Houston real estate: 2 Houston universities named top notch business schools
Houston Agent Magazine
http://bit.ly/2fKRMLw
10 biggest surprises in this week’s Bloomberg Businessweek MBA ranking
Poets & Quants
http://bit.ly/2fLhC2e

Richards-Kortum, Oden, Palamountain: All babies deserve a chance to survive
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, and Maria Oden, director of the kitchen and a professor in the practice of engineering education, co-authored an op-ed about premature birth.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2gv4uPJ

Cities shouldn’t be afraid to look to the suburbs for inspiration
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about suburbs.
Rivard Report
http://bit.ly/2g9zrox

The reason behind rising health care premiums and deductibles and how employers are dealing with it
Marah Short, associate director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted about the cost of health care.
Community Impact
http://bit.ly/2fKKCXW

How to survive spending Thanksgiving alone in Houston
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is mentioned.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/2fkEqoY

BROADCAST

Houston Newsmakers Nov. 20: Public policy experts analyze next steps for Trump administration
Joe Barnes, the Bonner Means Baker Fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses President-elect Donald Trump.
KPRC
http://bit.ly/2gC7Z8c
http://bit.ly/2gdWNLs

WCML
Rice is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2fkEqFm
http://bit.ly/2gdUNTr

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

STReM technique captures high-speed, super-resolution images without need for a fast camera
A new Rice technique grabs images of chemical processes that happen faster than most laboratory cameras are able to capture them. Christy Landes, associate professor of chemistry and of electrical and computer engineering, and Kevin Kelly, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and applied physics graduate program chair, are quoted.
Photonics Online
http://bit.ly/2fhTC2C
Molecular imaging hack makes cameras ‘faster’
Laboratory Equipment (This also appeared in Science Daily, Innovations Report, Science Newsline, Medical Design Technology, ECN and Science & Technology Research News.)
http://bit.ly/2fk4S1P
Scientists hack camera to shoot 20 times faster with a filter-like accessory
Digital Trends (This also appeared in Yahoo News Yahoo Finance Canada.)
http://bit.ly/2gaTXsA
Molecular imaging hack makes cameras faster than usual
I4U News
http://bit.ly/2fxLL1R
Faster cameras, thanks to molecular imaging hack
Controlled Environment
http://bit.ly/2geIiXi
STReM for enabling laboratory cameras to capture high-speed chemical processes
AZO Nano
http://bit.ly/2geGRId

First Look: ‘Intersections’
Rice Gallery is mentioned.
Aramco World
http://bit.ly/2fylMY9

Molybdenum diselenide shows brittle response to minor defects
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more brittle than they expected. Jun Lou, associate professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and postdoctoral research associate Yingchao Yang are mentioned.
Materials Today
http://bit.ly/2gdQ4kx

Business briefs for Nov. 18
Alumnus Stephen Barrett ’87 is featured.
E&P
http://bit.ly/2fUKqTy

About 1M Texans gained health care coverage due to Affordable Care Act
Texas has experienced a roughly 6 percentage-point increase in health insurance coverage from the Affordable Care Act, according to new research by experts at Rice and the Episcopal Health Foundation. This translates into just under 1 million Texans who have gained coverage due to President Barack Obama’s health care law. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute and professor of economics, and Elena Marks, a nonresident health policy fellow at the Baker Institute and president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, are quoted.
Health Medicine Network (This also appeared in Science Newsline, Scienmag and Yahoo Beauty.)
http://bit.ly/2gdTkwk

Global demand for natural gas, low-carbon fuel pressuring big oil transition
Rice is mentioned.
Natural Gas Intelligence
http://bit.ly/2gdqEDS

‘Global governments, loath to change, are wasting oil with subsidies’
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about oil prices.
Qatar Tribune
http://bit.ly/2g9X68b
US exporting shale gas to the Middle East
Kallanish Energy
http://bit.ly/2fxImjT

Rice expands graphene repertoire with MRI contrast agent
Graphene, the atomically thin sheets of carbon that materials scientists are hoping to use for everything from nanoelectronics and aircraft de-icers to batteries and bone implants, may also find use as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to new research from Rice. Graduate student Sruthi Radhakrishnan and Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and founding chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, are quoted.
Medical Design & Outsourcing
http://bit.ly/2g9YuHV

The future of fingerprick testing
Research by graduate student Meaghan Bond is mentioned.
AACC
http://bit.ly/2fiyVUp

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Cynthia Allen: Whining and sniveling from the left make me happy Trump won
An editorial discusses students’ reactions to the results of the 2016 election.
Savannah Morning News
http://bit.ly/2gv7lZi

Texas Central hosts design contest for high-speed railway stop in Texas
Rice is mentioned.
The Battalion
http://bit.ly/2geweFC

Big IDEAs: Teachers awarded for out-of-the-box notions
A teacher training program at Rice is mentioned.
Times Record News
http://bit.ly/2gv5hAe

Could gas be the new oil?
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, is quoted about the United States’ ability to frack.
Longview News-Journal
http://bit.ly/2gdmpIk

Plymouth States pledges to go green
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
Business NH
http://bit.ly/2gCMT9I

SPORTS

Rice rallies past UTEP for 2nd consecutive win
Rice football defeated the University of Texas at El Paso 44-24. Head coach David Bailiff, assistant football coach Frank Okam, players DJ Green, Blain Padgett, Tyler Stehling, Jackson Tyner, Temi Alaka, Destri White, Preston Gordon, Carl Thompson, Zach Abercrumbia, Cody Henessee, Graysen Schantz and Emmanuel Ellerbee, former football player Christian Covington and former coach Michael Slater are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2gemCug
Rice handles UTEP for 2nd straight win
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2gaKWjp
http://bit.ly/2fhOtrs
Preston Gordon, Rice D-line tasked with containing UTEP’s Aaron Jones
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2g9tXdt
Gameday central: College football, week 12
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fxED5L
http://bit.ly/2fUwAk1
Tyner leads Rice to 2nd straight win as Owls beat UTEP 44-24
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2geIiXi
http://bit.ly/2gC8SNV
Saturday’s college football
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2fxIPCx
Nov. 19: Rice 44, UTEP 24
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2geseVC
Football preview: Rice versus UTEP
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fKK84a
http://bit.ly/2fUyAIT

Volleyball: Oak Ridge setter Graham named to All-Tournament team
A Rice commit is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fKDyKG
http://bit.ly/2g9wTXx
Shay’s Short Game: Portmarnock named Golf Resort of the Year
The Irish Times
http://bit.ly/2fk4iB3
2 Bountiful volleyball players sign with colleges
The David Clipper
http://bit.ly/2fUJjTZ
Shabazz ready for senior season at Northwest
Cincinnati
http://cin.ci/2gaQt9w
McAuley hoops has another talented team
Cincinnati
http://cin.ci/2g9Ukji

Kalambayi’s ‘inspired’ game leads the Stanford defense
Rice football will play Stanford University Nov. 26.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2fUBjCq
College football schedule
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2geujAN
McCaffrey’s 3 TDs lead Stanford to Big Game win over Cal
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2gaQ86V
Christian McCaffrey’s 3TDs lead Stanford to Big Game win over Cal, 45-31
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2fxEbV0
Stanford wins 7th straight Big Game, beats Cal 45-31
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2g9sUKr

Evans scores 29 points to lead Rice over Omaha 100-87
Rice basketball defeated the University of Nebraska Omaha 100-87. Players Marcus Evans, Marcus Jackson, Egor Koulechov and Connor Cashaw are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2fKU0Le
http://bit.ly/2gesPqi
Saturday’s college basketball
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2gdgwuH
Red-hot Rice drops 100 points, spoiling ‘great opportunity’ in UNO men’s home opener
Mavericks Today
http://bit.ly/2gb7zE8

Embattled coach Strong leads Texas in trip to Kansas
Former Rice coach David Beaty is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2gCgC2n
http://bit.ly/2fjZfAA

Houston wins Phill Hansel Invite
Rice swimming is mentioned.
College Swimming
http://bit.ly/2gv8QXq
Houston cruising after day 2 at Phill Hansel Invite
College Swimming
http://bit.ly/2g9CBZv
UC Davis swimming: Aggies in 3rd after 6 events, Laughlin makes NCAA ‘B’ cut after day 1 of Phill Hansel Invitational
Daily Democrat
http://bit.ly/2fKVEMN
Houston leads Phill Hansel Invite after day 1
Swim Swam
http://bit.ly/2gClpAV

Season ends for North Texas volleyball with loss in C-USA quarterfinals
Rice volleyball is mentioned.
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2fk4Erm
No. 20 WKU advances in C-USA tournament
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2fxNQLz
No. 20 WKU advances to C-USA title game
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2fy9vTK
No. 20 WKU wins C-USA championship
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2fKZ9Tn
Golden Eagles end season in semifinals
Student Printz
http://bit.ly/2g9D8L0
WKU beats Rice, wins 3rd straight C-USA Tournament title
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2gb6qMP
Lady Toppers reach C-USA final
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2gbeBc3
Kellerman, Kiekover named to the C-USA All-Academic Team
Marshall Athletics
http://bit.ly/2gvmZne
Herd volleyball falls to Rice at C-USA Championship
Marshall Athletics
http://bit.ly/2fL08mr
Rice bumps Herd from C-USA tourney
The Herald-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2gdOXl9

Historical eye of the tiger: Clemson at Wake Forest
Former Rice coach Jess Neely is mentioned.
Shakin the Southlands/SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2fxPzjD

Tennis: Parker duo rolls to 16th national doubles title
An article mentions that Jimmy Parker coached at Rice.
Herald-Tribune
http://bit.ly/2eYOaGC

Lady Chaps, Flying Queens set to tangle at the Rip
Rice women’s basketball is mentioned.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://bit.ly/2gClTXW
Women’s basketball loses 2nd game in WNIT to start the season
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2gb7zE8

Video: Texas Southern upsets La Salle on buzzer beater
Rice men’s basketball is mentioned.
Mid-major Madness/SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2gdzPnL
Cats ride defense, veteran leadership to win over James Madison
Montana State Athletics
http://bit.ly/2fUUg86

Fall report: Rice
Rice baseball is featured.
D1 Baseball
http://bit.ly/2fLcMBU

MLB
Former Rice baseball player Norm Charlton is featured.
http://bit.ly/2gdU4lk

NEWS RELEASES

Rice Professor Mason Tomson elected AAAS fellow
Rice University engineer Mason Tomson has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the world and publisher of the journal Science.
http://bit.ly/2gbvfrZ

Los Buhos to visit Cuba
The Rice University baseball team will embark on a 12-day trip to Cuba beginning Nov. 23. Los Buhos (The Owls) will play five games against Cuban Baseball Federation teams, attend classes and explore Cuba’s culture.
http://bit.ly/2eZAw67

‘Freeze-frame’ proteins show how cancer evolves
Scientists from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions are using synthetic biology to capture elusive, short-lived snippets of DNA that healthy cells produce on their way to becoming cancerous.
http://bit.ly/2ga08cS