Dateline Rice for Jan. 6, 2017

FEATURED ITEMS

Why US universities are investing in their art museums
Rice is cited along with Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, Yale and other universities that are opening arts centers and museums as the importance of investing in the arts continues to grow in today’s global world. The Moody Center for the Arts is noted as an opportunity for innovative collaboration. Rice President David Leebron is quoted. The Moody Center is also cited as one of the best new Houston arts venues opening this year. Mona Hatoum, the Moody’s first artist-in-residence, and architect Michael Maltzan are mentioned. The Glasstire article also mentions Rice Gallery’s final exhibition.
The Art Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2iMwz6c
A year of grand openings: The best new Houston arts and entertainment venues in 2017
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2iPYqCv
Spring preview 2017
Glasstire
http://bit.ly/2hXTLyy

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

In Trump’s America, GOP states proceed cautiously optimistic
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 the Republican party, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s new “bathroom bill” and President-elect Donald Trump’s potential effect on the Texas economy.
Governing
http://bit.ly/2i0f8Mu
Political ‘bathroom bill’ just a new time waster for legislature
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/2jbF1In
What will the Trump effect be on Texas’ economy?
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2i0e5xy

5 technologies that will help to transform our lives over the next 5 years
IBM Research and Rice University have collaborated to create the prototype IBM Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant, a first-of-its-kind Watson-enabled application designed to aid the elderly and assist caregivers.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2ijRWIw

Trump amaga a Toyota con impuestos por futura planta en México
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 quoted.
Newsweek en Espanol (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jjdwB4
Videgaray es un intento por salvar el TLCAN: Payán
Puntual (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iJukjD
Trump amenaza a Toyota
Puntual (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iYtDAq
Indican académicos: ‘No es Trump, o Ford: es el modelo de México el que hace crisis’
Entorno Inteligente (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iJtenO

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University takes the lead in preventing sexual assault on campus
An editorial about Rice’s “Critical Thinking in Sexuality” course quotes Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson and alumna Jazz Silva ’16.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2iYnF2v

BROADCAST

Air Talk
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, discusses President Barack Obama’s legacy.
KPCC
http://bit.ly/2iQ08Uo
http://bit.ly/2iQgPPh (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

C-SPAN2
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse mentions a meeting he had with John Anderson, the W. Maurice Ewing Chair in Oceanography and professor of Earth science.
http://bit.ly/2iQ6ItU

KTRH
A broadcast discusses the second EO Veterans Business Battle, which is hosted by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization-Houston and Rice’s Veterans in Business Association.
http://bit.ly/2i0mbpU (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

Texas defends law criminalizing shelter of illegal aliens
Alumnus Michael Parmet ’77 is quoted about tax refunds.
KTRH (A correction on Parmet’s Rice affiliation has been requested.)
http://bit.ly/2ifalWF

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

US oil, gas recovery a mixed bag
William Arnold, professor in the practice of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed about the booms and busts of the oil and gas industry.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2jjaRHl

Engineers weigh in on ‘smaller is better’ chemical production 
Ramon Gonzalez, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, professor of bioengineering and founding director of Rice’s iBIO initiative, already knows what an entire sector of the chemical manufacturing industry is beginning to realize: That waste methane can and should be turned into profit. Senior research scientist James Clomburg and graduate student Anna Crumbley are also mentioned.
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/2iPRvcu

Nano-chimneys can cool circuits
A few nanoscale adjustments may be all that is required to make graphene-nanotube junctions excel at transferring heat, according to Rice scientists. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, and postdoctoral research associate Alex Kutana are quoted and graduate student Ziang Zhang is mentioned.
ChemEurope (This also appeared in Product Design & Development.)
http://bit.ly/2jbIR4u
Rice researchers tweak graphene to develop phonon-friendly cones
AZO Nano
http://bit.ly/2iM8GZI
Circuits cooled by nano-chimneys
Controlled Environment
http://bit.ly/2iLT5ta
Graphene nano-chimneys can cool circuits
Before It’s News
http://bit.ly/2hYBfRW
Węglowe nano-kominy sposobem na wydajne odprowadzanie ciepła
Elektroda (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2hXEXQm

Scientist probes ways to turn cement’s weakness to strength
Concrete isn’t thought of as a plastic, but plasticity at small scales boosts concrete’s utility as the world’s most-used material by letting it constantly adjust to stress decades and sometimes even centuries after hardening. Rice researchers are a step closer to understanding why. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted and graduate student Ning Zhang is mentioned.
On-Site
http://bit.ly/2iM1Qn8
De ce betonul roman este extrem de rezistent
Playtech (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2ijLp0a

Applying 2-D materials to fuel cell technology
Rice research on fuel cells is mentioned.
Advanced Science News
http://bit.ly/2iM4YPX

New book by Baker Institute’s Coates Ulrichsen explores the United Arab Emirates’ rise
The United Arab Emirates has become deeply embedded in the contemporary system of international power, politics and policymaking, according to a new book by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Scienmag
http://bit.ly/2jbVdtl

Does OPEC have anything left in the tank as US shale looms?
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about shale.
Investor’s Business Daily
http://bit.ly/2ijPYYp

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

5 questions for … SnapStream founder and CEO Rakesh Agrawal
Rice is mentioned.
Xconomy
http://bit.ly/2hYsUgP

Whack-a-mole: Dollar, interest rates, equities, commodities, gold in 2017?
Alumnus John Lee ’95 authored this article about the stock market.
Resource World
http://bit.ly/2hY2uAL

DOTD, 21 contractors sued for Great Flood of 2016; I-12 barrier called a ‘dam’
An unnamed Rice hydrologist is mentioned.
The Livingston Parish News
http://bit.ly/2jj7nF3

Houston Early Music Festival announces 2017 events, Feb. 11-19
An article mentions that Rice organ students will perform at the Houston Early Music Festival Feb. 11-19. Gregory Barnett, associate professor of musicology at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is mentioned.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/2jbK5g3

Twin Cities Bass Camp Winter Workshop presents 3 concerts at Walker West, Jan. 6-8
Alumnus Sandor Ostlund ’96 is mentioned.
Jazz Police
http://bit.ly/2iJgygI

What does the Trump administration mean for Power Africa?
Todd Moss, nonresident scholar at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about Power Africa, President Barack Obama’s African electrification initiative.
AFK Insider
http://bit.ly/2jj6tbz

Queen’s researchers on Disraeli Project win award
Queen’s University researchers were honored for their work on the book “The Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1868” and received the fifth annual Robert Lowry Patten Award from the Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 journal at Rice.
Kingston Whig-Standard
http://bit.ly/2iYnjJd

Opinión: Un desesperado gobierno que intenta apagar el fuego con gasolina
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about gas prices in Mexico.
Expansion (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iLX9tE

SPORTS

Strong 2nd half lifts Middle Tennessee St. over Rice 80-77
Rice men’s basketball fell to Middle Tennessee State University 77-80. Head coach Mike Rhoades and players Egor Koulechov, Marcus Evans, Marcus Jackson and Connor Cashaw are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2iYmfoK
http://bit.ly/2jj3e3Y
Strong 2nd half lifts Middle Tennessee St. over Rice 80-77
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2iYiXBI
College basketball weekend preview: Jan. 6
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jbJ47S
http://bit.ly/2hXFzWx
Upshaw scores 20, leads Middle Tennessee past Rice, 80-77
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jbPROF
http://bit.ly/2iJhIZP
Thursday’s college basketball
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2jbBwlw
Blue Raiders hold on to win wild game at Rice
MTSU Sidelines
http://bit.ly/2jbGjTJ

Petty, Johnson shine in Lady Raider route over Rice
Rice women’s basketball fell to Middle Tennessee State University 61-71. Players Lexie Ducat and Jasmine Goodwine are mentioned.
MTSU Sidelines
http://bit.ly/2iJkFJC
MTSU women knock off Rice 71-61
The Murfreesboro Post
http://bit.ly/2iQbQy9

Renderings of Rangers new stadium sure look like Astros’ Minute Maid Park
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in Beaumont Enterprise and LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2i0iDUO
http://bit.ly/2hYtvPU

Historical eye of the tiger — National Championship edition: Clemson versus Alabama
An article mentions that Jess Neely coached at Rice.
Shakin the Southland
http://bit.ly/2hXH9rr

Eye on the Packers: Breaking down the matchup
Former Rice athletes Doug McKendrick, Shane Hoelscher, Tobin Rote and Bill Howton are mentioned.
NY Giants
http://bit.ly/2iM4I3s
Former hoops star donates nets for the love of the game
Reporter Newspapers
http://bit.ly/2iM4Lwl
Belton softball: A test at Friends of Round Rock Tourney
The Belton Journal
http://bit.ly/2iYx0aH

KREM
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was hosted at Rice Stadium.
http://bit.ly/2hYqTBp

Biggest offensive surprise
Rice football is mentioned.
Owl Access
http://bit.ly/2hYDYLc

Tom Herman turns to longtime co-worker to lead Texas on special teams
An article mentions that Tom Herman coached at Rice.
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2i0q3Ye

NEWS RELEASE

For chemicals, mega is out and bio is in
Ramon Gonzalez sees flares burning methane from the stacks above Houston’s refineries and thinks, “What a waste.” He believes that methane represents an opportunity for biomanufacturing that should not be missed. The Rice University professor and director of its new Advanced Biomanufacturing Initiative, aka iBIO, already knows what an entire sector of the chemical manufacturing industry is beginning to realize: That waste methane can and should be turned into profit.
http://bit.ly/2iJqhn8