Dateline Rice for Jan. 20, 2017

FEATURED ITEM

A promising new method for cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Researchers at Rice and Kazan Federal University in Russia have found a way to extract radioactivity from water and said their discovery could help purify the hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water stored after the Fukushima nuclear plant accident. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
Gizmodo (This also appeared in Gizmodo UK, Gizmodo IN and Gizmodo AU.)
http://bit.ly/2iSEydy
Treated carbon pulls radioactive elements from water
Science Daily (This also appeared in Laboratory Equipment, Phys Org, Chem Europe, Environment Guru and Health Medicine Network.)
http://bit.ly/2jdJk6p
Revved-up carbon purifies radioactive water
New Atlas (This also appeared in Last Minute Geek and Innovations Report.)
http://bit.ly/2jHhser
Doped carbon could treat water from Fukushima
The Engineer (This also appeared in Environment Guru.)
http://bit.ly/2jGYtkv

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Donald Trump’s presidency of 1sts and familiarities
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about President Donald Trump. Brinkley will also speak at the University of California, Santa Barbara Jan. 26.
Wall Street Journal
http://on.wsj.com/2jgtfwO
Historian, author Douglas Brinkley to speak at UCSB
Lompoc Record (This also appeared in Santa Maria Times.)
http://bit.ly/2jwtB3r

Donald Trump to court faithful with varied clergy members at inauguration
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted about prosperity preachers.
Wall Street Journal
http://on.wsj.com/2j2ykLA
Detroit pastor gets pulpit at Trump’s inaugural
The Detroit News
http://detne.ws/2jfZGeN

Houston’s flooding symposium gets flooded out
Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering, is mentioned in an article about flooding in Houston.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2jUDnw5

George H.W. Bush hopes to return home soon
A slideshow features a photo of former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and former President George H.W. Bush at the opening of a conference at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in 1995.
USA Today
http://usat.ly/2kaNTmp
Have you met a US president? It’s a cool experience
News-Press
http://newspr.es/2kaXFF5

Exclusive: Roe v. Wade’s secret heroine tells her story
Alumna Linda Nellene Coffee ’65 is featured.
Vanity Fair
http://bit.ly/2k8kitU

HOUSTON /TEXAS

Beyond a team of rivals
Lyn Ragsdal, the Radoslav A. Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs and professor of political science, is quoted about the cabinets of former presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section of the Jan. 20 print edition with a different headline, “Contradictions abound in Trump advisers.”)
http://bit.ly/2iYssmR

Citizen surveys shed new light on city services
The results of a Rice survey are discussed. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2iYtWx2
http://bit.ly/2jdJQla

On energy and environment, Trump likely to let Texas be Texas
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 the oil industry.
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2jfTPq5
There’s a new Republican administration. Does it matter to the oil industry?
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2j1Thqg

Rice’s Baker Institute releases policy recommendations for the Trump administration
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has released policy recommendations for President Donald Trump’s administration. Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted, and various fellows and scholars at the Baker Institute are mentioned.
TMC News (This also appeared in Science Newsline.)
http://bit.ly/2j27fbC

Why the Texas capital never should have left Houston
Rice is mentioned in a slideshow about Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2jDMbJo
http://bit.ly/2k8sqdK
Why Houston would make a great state capital of Texas
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2jEurx3

5 things to do in Spring and Klein this weekend, Jan. 20-22
Rice is mentioned.
Community Impact
http://bit.ly/2kalywy

Preparing for the Super Bowl: Houston-style
Baker College seniors Chris Brehm and Jahid Adam discuss their Super Bowl plans.
The Buzz Magazines
http://bit.ly/2j27VOh

BROADCAST

KHOU
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, discusses the 2017 Inauguration.
http://bit.ly/2k8Vyxf
http://bit.ly/2jxlfbX

KUT
A broadcast mentions a Rice study about the Affordable Care Act.
http://bit.ly/2iK4eOv (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

6 ‘miracle’ materials that will change their industries
Designers are developing materials using the potential to offer unprecedented defense from bullets. Ned Thomas, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering is quoted.
Arch Daily
http://bit.ly/2jUOchR

Technology development key to creating value, solving technical challenges
Rice is mentioned.
The American Oil & Gas Reporter
http://bit.ly/2iJObAo

Moving up the food chain can beat being on top
When it comes to predators, the biggest mouths may not take the biggest bite. According to a new study from bioscientists at Rice, some predators have their greatest ecological impacts before they reach adulthood. Volker Rudolf, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and alumnus Benjamin Van Allen ’14 are quoted.
Science Newsline
http://bit.ly/2jgBwkr

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

City of Walker, others sue the state of Louisiana over flooding destruction
An unnamed Rice hydrologist is mentioned.
Louisiana Record
http://bit.ly/2jtkG2J

Student news: MCC biology major to participate in the Governor’s STEM scholars research project
Martel College sophomore Astitva Soni is mentioned.
My Central Jersey
http://mycj.co/2jfRBXF
Student news: Newly minted alumni return to Wardlaw-Hartridge to talk about college
My Central Jersey
http://mycj.co/2j1PlFP

Aditi Brennan Kapil’s ‘Imogen Says Nothing’ to premiere at Yale Rep this winter
Alumna Amy Boratko ’03 is mentioned.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/2jwJabD

5 things to do this weekend around Bryan-College Station
The Rice Philharmonics will perform at an international championship of collegiate a cappella Jan. 21.
Bryan-College Station Eagle
http://bit.ly/2k8AQO4

Obama says failing to help everyone will drag down the economy. Here’s how research shows that’s true
Projections developed by Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas are mentioned.
The Hechinger Report
http://bit.ly/2jgb0YD

Get to know ‘Rappers I Know’ (artist shop spotlight)
An article mentions that Frank William Miller Jr. attended Rice.
Threadless
http://bit.ly/2jfXT9O

Nanochaminés de carbono tiram calor de processadores
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, is quoted and graduate student Ziang Zhang is mentioned.
Inovacao Technologica (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jwGfQ0

Öl-Emirate investieren 163 Milliarden Dollar in Erneuerbare
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is mentioned.
Energie Zukunft (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iJU8M2

De kunst van collectieve wijsheid
Timothy Morton, a philosopher and the Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, is mentioned.
Binnenlands Bestuur (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jky5tS

Женщины чуют любовь носом
Rice is mentioned.
E-News (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jvxrfj

L’arte all’Università
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.
Exibat (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jkE7L7

Pasmado, agachado, con actitud de ‘pégame, pero no me dejes.’ Así ven al Gobierno de EPN con Trump
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 mentioned.
El Tuxtepecano (This also appeared in MSN Noticias and Yancuic. An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jMtHDG
México requiere un líder fuerte que encare a Trump: académicos; Peña llega doblegado, afirman
Sin Embargo (This also appeared in Yancuic and MSN Noticias. An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jCp7e7
México requiere un líder fuerte que encare a Trump: académicos
Noroeste (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jg36y8

Efemérides de Cultura para el 19 de enero
Rice is mentioned.
Terra Entretenimiento (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jCRh8g
Músico italiano Luciano Chailly nació un día como hoy
Andina (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jsfRqv
Nace la poeta y ensayista Sarah Helen Whitman
Plumas Libres (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jHbiLt

Arriba la batuta
Alumnus Sobre Bohuslav Rattay ’97 is mentioned.
El Diario Mx (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2iWY2Bp

SPORTS

Louisiana Tech rolls past Rice
Rice men’s basketball fell to Louisiana Tech University 74-64. Players Marcus Jackson and Marcus Evans are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jg7Yn1
http://bit.ly/2iJmrfj
http://bit.ly/2iSxoGl
Thursday’s college basketball
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jwF6Ip

Lady Techsters hit road to take on Owls
Rice women’s basketball fell to Louisiana Tech University 70-67.
Ruston Daily Leader
http://bit.ly/2jH1eBE

Public enemy: Duke’s Grayson Allen courts controversy, fans’ ire with antics
Rice men’s and women’s basketball will play the University of Southern Mississippi Jan. 21.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jROqWL
Brittany Dinkins
Jackson Free Press
http://bit.ly/2k8neCp
USM holds off North Texas, 75-65
WDAM (This also appeared in WBRC and WMC.)
http://bit.ly/2jg1TqX
Quinton Campbell drops 26 points as Southern Miss beats North Texas
MS News Now
http://bit.ly/2j2agbF
Women’s basketball turn complete game into win over Southern Miss, snap 2-game losing streak
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2jUBFLk
Eagles win in return from the road
Hattiesburg American
http://hatne.ws/2iJxPHW
Cold streak dooms Lady Eagles on the road
Hattiesburg American
http://hatne.ws/2jH36ud
UNT explodes for 75 in victory over USM
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2iJx8hX

Wade starts anew, is 3rd in Houston; boosted by reunion, Dallas marathoner turns in top finish
Rice alumna Becky Wade ’12 finished third in the Chevron Houston Marathon and was the first American woman finisher.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2kaCvqI
Significant insights learned at the Houston Marathon
Running Journal
http://bit.ly/2jwVVTr

AFC Championship Game: Breaking down Steelers at Patriots
Former Rice football players Bert Emanuel and Chris Boswell are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2iPyW3Q
The most memorable AFC and NFC championship games
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jDTMaT
http://bit.ly/2k5XJC0
Greatest AFC/NFC championship games
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2k5Md9w

Can Super Bowl LI live up to the way Houston partied back in 2004?
Rice Stadium is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2jRFIba
http://bit.ly/2k8fXqj

Lamar’s Michael Feucht named SLC Tennis Player of the Week
Rice tennis players Tommy Bennett, Oscar Janglin and Jamie Malik are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2k8pj5H

Dylan Ennis taking a different path
A Rice transfer is mentioned.
Basketball Insiders
http://bit.ly/2k8cOmg

Houston splits its squad, competing in 2 separate competitions
Rice swimming is mentioned.
Swim Swam
http://bit.ly/2k5FlZZ

Twins to get more from 2 pitching unknowns
Former Rice baseball player Tyler Duffey is mentioned.
Twins Daily
http://bit.ly/2jH0Q6E

Colorado Buffaloes hire D.J. Eliot as their defensive coordinator
Articles mention that D.J. Eliot coached at Rice.
Mile High Sports
http://bit.ly/2jg3KMc
D.J. Eliot hired as Colorado Buffaloes football’s defensive coordinator
The Denver Post
http://dpo.st/2jGSlbv
Eliot named Colorado’s defensive coordinator
KKTV
http://bit.ly/2jHd5Af

Preseason power poll: No. 6 Westwood
Rice is mentioned in reprints of articles originally published in 2013.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jGUX9p
Prepped and ready: Rules for the bell
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jGXvEd
Vista Ridge’s Mayberry pledges to teammate’s rival school
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jwTb8m
Prepped and ready: Liberty Hill 101
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jUMhcX
Prepped and ready: A do-it-yourself tiebreaker kit
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jgb8Yb
Preseason power poll: No. 3 Leander
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jHqQyL

Roadrunners to open spring campaign at this weekend’s Beach Winter Invitational
Rice tennis is mentioned. Players Wendy Zhang, Tommy Bennett and David Warren are mentioned.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2j26Ju7
Men’s tennis heads to Oklahoma for pair of road matches starting with Oral Roberts Friday
UTRGV Athletics
http://bit.ly/2jVrZzZ