Dateline Rice for Feb. 1, 2017

FEATURED ITEM

Class act: Peter Rodriguez takes the reins at Rice
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Local Houston
http://bit.ly/2jDI7Vq
Letter from the editor
Local Houston
http://bit.ly/2kr2f1q

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Big oil firms look to save, while smaller upstarts want to spend
William Arnold, professor in the practice of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted about the oil industry.
Wall Street Journal
http://on.wsj.com/2khnVed

Boiling over on the border: The reasons behind the gasoline protests in Mexico
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 in an article about the gasoline protests in Mexico.
Los Angeles Times
http://lat.ms/2jVnMvR

Bitcoin startup Coinbase aims to disrupt the financial industry
Alumnus Brian Armstrong ’05, CEO of Coinbase, is featured.
Forbes India
http://bit.ly/2kgWZLi

A low-cost solution to traffic
Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about traffic.
Governing
http://bit.ly/2jVoqJH

The world’s most international universities 2017
Rice is No. 53 among the top 200 most international universities in the world in the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings for 2017. The rankings are based on each institution’s proportion of international staff, proportion of international students and proportion of research papers published with at least one co-author from another country.
Times Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2khri4y

What alumni earn 10 years after attending the 25 best colleges in America
Rice is No. 20 on a list alumni salaries of the top 25 colleges.
MSN Money
http://bit.ly/2jVxH4N

Endowment gains aren’t enough for schools facing rising expenses
An article discusses Rice’s endowment.
Bloomberg (This also appeared in Bloomberg Quint.)
http://bloom.bg/2kRNDWs
Endowments Take a Hit
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2jxcnpW

HOUSTON/TEXAS

International trade deficits aren’t necessarily bad
Russell Green, the Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about trade.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section Feb. 1 print edition with a different headline, “Are trade deficits bad for the United States? Not necessarily.” This also appeared in My San Antonio and LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2jCYulm
http://bit.ly/2kRFEZj

Final day of ACA enrollment wrapped in uncertainty
Elena Marks, a nonresident health policy fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, are quoted about the Affordable Care Act.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Feb. 1 print edition with a different headline, “Confusion in final hours of Obamacare.”)
http://bit.ly/2jvzVf3

State ed board to consider changes in biology standards
A slideshow mentions that Rice is No. 6 on the Princeton Review’s list of graduate school for entrepreneurship studies.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2kRb45q
http://bit.ly/2jV4hDM

Community members protest, provide resources after travel ban
An article mentions a recent statement from Rice President David Leebron in response to President Donald Trump’s executive action on immigration.
The Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/2jV713W
KHOU
http://bit.ly/2kRChEY

Fliers telling white men to ‘take your country back’ found at Texas State, UNT
An article discusses fliers have been posted at Texas college campuses. Rice is mentioned.
Dallas Morning News
http://bit.ly/2kRtLGk
Controversial fliers popping up on Texas State campus
KVUE
http://bit.ly/2jvL9ju
http://bit.ly/2kSb1Do
White nationalist fliers found at UNT, other Texas colleges
KDAF
http://bit.ly/2kRAjo6
KLBJ
http://bit.ly/2kRIvol (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

Abbott imposes hiring freeze in State of the State address
An article mentions that Rice is among several Texas schools designated as having highest research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and is a member of the Association of American Universities.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://bit.ly/2jXolaW
Abbott touts fund to attract researchers amid hiring freeze
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2kRs2Rf
http://atxne.ws/2jvTNyr

Abbott outlines agenda, announces state hiring freeze
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 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State Address and President Donald Trump’s recent executive actions.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2jvRnQm
Hurd: Trump’s immigration ban endangers US lives
El Paso Times
http://bit.ly/2jXuDY0

Museum district highlights
Rice Gallery will display Sol LeWitt’s Glossy and Flat Black Squares beginning Feb. 9
Local Houston
http://bit.ly/2jXRtio

A House of Hope
Rice is mentioned.
The Buzz Magazines
http://bit.ly/2ksA9m7

Business in Fort Bend February 2017
Alumnus Johanan Hsu ’09 is featured.
Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes
http://bit.ly/2jY7zZb

UTSA police investigating armed robbery at apartments near campus
A slideshow features university crime statistics collected by the FBI. (Editor’s note: About half of the property crimes at Rice are bike thefts.)
My San Antonio (This also appeared in LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2kRSDOf

BROADCAST

‘Skip and Shannon: Undisputed’
Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, is featured. Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is mentioned.
Fox Sports
http://bit.ly/2kS5a0F

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Bismuth-enhanced nanotubes improved for use as X-ray contrast agent
Rice researchers have synthesized a new and greatly improved generation of contrast agents for tagging and real-time tracking of stem cells in the body. Lon Wilson, professor of chemistry, and Kenton Whitmire, associate dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry, are quoted.
AZO Nano
http://bit.ly/2kgXjd6
Cell-tracking agents get a boost
Bionity (This also appeared in Science Newsline.)
http://bit.ly/2kSdhuh

Antidysrhythmics in cardiac arrest: What does the literature say?
The byline of an article mentions that the author earned her EMT certification at Rice.
EMS World
http://bit.ly/2jvRrQf

Shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex
More physicians are contracting with hospitals through different types of agreements, but the shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex than expected, according to new research from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Marah Short, associate director of the Baker Institute’s Center for Health and Biosciences, and Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics, co-wrote the article.
Med India
http://bit.ly/2kROWVa
Shift to tighter physician-hospital integration is more complex than expected
Science Daily
http://bit.ly/2jwiv1M
No simple answer to best physician-hospital relationship
Fierce Healthcare
http://bit.ly/2jXAMDM

Boron atoms stretch out, gain new powers
A Rice team that simulated one-dimensional forms of boron — both two-atom-wide ribbons and single-atom chains — found they possess unique properties. For example, if metallic ribbons of boron are stretched, they morph into antiferromagnetic semiconducting chains, and when released they fold back into ribbons. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Space Daily
http://bit.ly/2jDahjG

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

More colleges are using free educational resources
Rice-based publisher OpenStax is mentioned.
American Association of Community Colleges
http://bit.ly/2ksgbrA

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Report addresses shale producers’ ability to ramp-up activity
An article discusses a report by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Bakken Magazine
http://bit.ly/2jDdP5f

‘Future Humans’ author visits Davis
Scott Solomon, professor in the practice of ecology and evolutionary biology, is mentioned.
The Davis Enterprise
http://bit.ly/2kRlm5E

Automation: Robot barista debuts in San Francisco
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.
V Dare
http://bit.ly/2kSoWsY
Welcome to the automation revolution
Little Black Book
http://bit.ly/2jvW3pA
Llega por primera vez al país la Conferencia Mundial de Ingeniería de Software
El Intransigente (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jw4FMT

Salisbury tile installer worked on lavish Houston hotel, now hub for Super Bowl
Rice is mentioned.
Salisbury Post
http://bit.ly/2jDcziL

Udaipur Team makes it to TISC Asia Finals
Rice is mentioned.
Udaipur Times
http://bit.ly/2ks6ppN

Comings and goings
An article mentions Asha Rajagopal, director of technology transfer.
Tech Transfer Central
http://bit.ly/2jV7tzm

Delray developer defends ‘putting money aside’ from Subway founder
Rice is mentioned.
My Palm Beach Post
http://bit.ly/2kVAuuB

Zombie wasps found infected with different, smaller brain-eating wasps
Gall wasps may feel confident as they infest oak trees for shelter and sustenance, but their wasp enemy has an even more insidious agenda, according to Rice.
Slash Gear
http://bit.ly/2jVh0X6

Middlebury College professor delays return from Iran In wake of Trump’s executive order
An article mentions that Ata Anzali attended Rice.
VPR
http://bit.ly/2jvOUFL

Wellesley Symphony to feature Boston Symphony violinist
Alumna Lucia Lin ’85 is mentioned.
Wicked Local Wellesley
http://bit.ly/2ks46me

Top 50 colleges with low student loan debt and high earning potential
Rice is No. 22 on a list of colleges with low student loan debt and high earning potential.
Clark
http://bit.ly/2kW0NRB

Cassatt in the Basin! returns
Alumna Jennifer Leshnower ’89 is mentioned.
Big Spring Herald
http://bit.ly/2jViy34

Where are they now?
Alumnus Jethro William Meek ’67 is featured.
Greensburg Daily News
http://bit.ly/2kRs77n

Obama urges Americans to protest Donald Trump order
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted about former President Barack Obama.
Sahil Online
http://bit.ly/2jXOrL8

Rolston String Quartet spielt in Tegernsee
An article mentions that the Rolston String Quartet is the ensemble in residence at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.
Tegernseer Stimme (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2jVsKJ8

SPORTS

Super Bowl 2017, Host Committee in Houston chooses Rice University interns
The six Rice students are going to work with the Houston Super Bowl 2017 Host Committee to prepare for the Super Bowl LI between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots Feb 5. Kerri Barber, the department administrator for Rice’s Department of Sport Management, is quoted.
University Herald
http://bit.ly/2jVmq45

Sheila Jackson Lee: ‘We want the Olympics’
Rice Stadium is mentioned in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in LMT Online and My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2kgTt3A
http://bit.ly/2kRFNMC
A ‘Super’ chance for McLaughlin
Golf Course Management
http://bit.ly/2jXIaih

Here’s why low-flying helicopters were zooming around downtown Houston
An article mentions that the Super Bowl teams will practice at Rice and the University of Houston.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kqOekr
http://bit.ly/2kqOfVD
How many Super Bowl guests should Houston actually expect?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2kgXHIF
http://bit.ly/2jD0A4q
Falcons’ Julio Jones, Alex Mack to get more practice time prior to Super Bowl LI
ABC News
http://abcn.ws/2jvV3Se
KBMT
http://bit.ly/2jVfHYg

Dexter Manley: Determined to get into the big game
An article mentions that Super Bowl VIII was hosted at Rice Stadium.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kgQMPQ

Houston’s top 100 recruits heading into signing day
Rice commits are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kqy0HY
http://bit.ly/2jvHz8Q
The latest: Updates from signing day 2017
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2jVdlIE
Trickle-down effect yields years of Southeast Texas recruits at top schools
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kRe6GR

Team gains positive outlook after losing season opener
Rice tennis is mentioned.
The Shorthorn
http://bit.ly/2kVIb4c

Amherst sophomore Sophia Jacobs-Townsley named 2016 Western Mass. Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year
Alumnus Ron Jacobs ’89 is mentioned.
Mass Live
http://bit.ly/2krXYuB

Texas WR O’Shae Clark commits to MU’s 2017 signing class
An article mentions a track meet that was held at Rice.
Columbia Daily Tribune
http://bit.ly/2jD2ouA

Seahawks TE Luke Willson reports from Super Bowl opening night
Former Rice football player Luke Willson is featured.
Seahawks Wire
http://usat.ly/2jvMJBW
Seahawks tight end Luke Willson says he’s ‘kind of excited’ to see what happens in free agency
The Seattle Times
http://bit.ly/2kRACiV

College football: Stanford Cardinal to open 2017 season versus Rice in Australia
Rice and Stanford will open the 2017 season Aug. 26 in the second annual Sydney Cup at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
The Oregonian
http://bit.ly/2jVr9Tv
College football: Stanford, Rice to open 2017 season in Australia
NCAA
http://on.ncaa.com/2kREAbl

Echikunwoke named American Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Rice’s track and field teams are mentioned.
University of Cincinnati Athletics
http://bit.ly/2jw2Eju

Baseball announces game times for 2017 season
Rice baseball is mentioned.
Texas Sports
http://bit.ly/2kRXsDM

Rice University adds Danley to Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center
An article mentions that Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers and subwoofers have been installed in Rice’s Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center.
Pro Sound Web
http://bit.ly/2khpicy
Danley takes on Rice University’s new Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center
Digital Pro Sound
http://bit.ly/2jVH2tb

A super city hosts the Super Bowl
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
The Woodlands Lifestyles & Homes (This also appeared in Cy-Fair Lifestyles & Homes, Houston Lifestyles & Homes and Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes.)
http://bit.ly/2kRFLYc

NEWS RELEASE

February events at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music
Events at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in February include concerts celebrating noteworthy composers, including Schubert and Schumann
http://bit.ly/2kVYRZ5