Dateline Rice for Feb. 13, 2017 (Weekend Edition)

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Shoulders of giants
A Houston Chronicle editorial discusses the legacy of Marjorie Corcoran, a professor of physics and astronomy who was killed Feb. 3 in a train-cyclist accident. Alumna Andrea Albert ’09 and Rice President David Leebron are quoted. The Gray Matters and Next City pieces mention Corcoran and other cyclists and pedestrians who have been struck by light-rail trains or cars.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kZHVST
Houston is hell on cyclists and pedestrians. We can change that.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This appeared in the Chronicle’s “Gray Matters” online magazine.)
http://bit.ly/2konJYW
Houston cyclist deaths prompt safety messages, calls for council action
Next City
http://bit.ly/2lbNK1I

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

We used terrible science to justify smoking bans
An article discusses a study by Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics.
Slate
http://slate.me/2lbyXnu

How bond gains can recapitalize banks
Russell Green, the Will Clayton Fellow in International Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about banks in India.
Live Mint
http://bit.ly/2lbt5e2

No, John Cornyn, we did not overwhelm your offices because we are sore losers
An op-ed discusses a demonstration against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order at Rice.
Daily Kos
http://bit.ly/2kD1akg

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Winners of nerve-wracking HGO Concert of Arias auditions earn spot in elite program
Steven King, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Voice and Chair of Voice, and graduate student Geoffrey Hahn are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Zest section in the Feb. 12 print edition with a different headline, “And then there were 8.”)
http://bit.ly/2lBq0VT

Texas college weekly roundup: A&M hikes tuition; UH student stuck in Iran
A news roundup mentions acts of vandalism that occurred at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kKAQXE

Princeton Review ranks colleges that pay students back
Rice is No. 13 on Princeton Review’s list of colleges that pay students back and No. 19 on Niche’s list of universities in the U.S. that are hardest to get into.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in Seattle PI, My San Antonio and Times Union.) 
http://bit.ly/2kKKYzJ
http://bit.ly/2lIcufN
The most competitive colleges in the US
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in LMT Online and My San Antonio.) 
http://bit.ly/2lbtQE4
http://bit.ly/2lHYQtf
These colleges pay students back, according to the Princeton Review
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in SF Gate.)
http://bit.ly/2lGJx3d
Gallery: 2017’s hardest colleges to get into
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2lbzl5F
Gallery: Colleges that pay you back
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2kKPQov

Astrodome conservation group pitches ideas for using Houston’s dome prior to $105M renovation
An article mentions that alumni Alex Weinheimer ’13 and Joshuah Jest ’13 have pitched an idea to reutilize the Astrodome.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kCjWZ7
http://bit.ly/2kCqS8n
Quick coolness for the Dome?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2lHTWwe

People in business
Alumna Diana Davis ’98 is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kZOBQI

Number of Texas Latino voters climbed 29 percent in 2016, records show
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 in an article about Texas Latino voters. Jones is also quoted about Texas House Speaker Joe Straus.
Austin American-Statesman
http://atxne.ws/2kCxOSN
New web series highlights women in Texas politics
Texas Standard (This also aired on 24 other stations.) 
http://bit.ly/2kCEoch

Better scaffolds help scientists study cancer
Testing treatments for bone cancer tumors may get easier with new enhancements to sophisticated support structures that mimic their biological environment, according to Rice scientists. Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2kjUQSs
La impresión 3-D ayuda al tratamiento del cáncer óseo
3D Natives (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2kL7CYY

TMC students hold vigil to express solidarity with Muslim community
An article mentions students from Rice participated in a candlelight vigil in a show of support for the Muslim community in the Texas Medical Center.
TMC News
http://bit.ly/2lC5jZS

Open space: Dance at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
Articles discuss Rice’s new Moody Center for the Arts, which will open Feb. 24.
Alison Weaver, executive director of the center, and Kurt Stallmann, associate professor of composition and theory, are quoted in the Arts + Culture article.
Arts + Culture
http://bit.ly/2lIe15o
Nerd alert: Art plus science is the new big thing!
Glasstire
http://bit.ly/2lHpe5o

Terrain complicates border wall blueprints
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, and 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, are quoted about President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.
The Huntsville Item (Similar articles appeared in over 50 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2koAjav
Terrain complicates Trump’s border wall blueprints
News and Tribune
http://bit.ly/2kjrLa1

Cadet receives meritorious achievement ribbon
Michael Carambas, department chair and adjunct professor of naval science, is mentioned.
The Paper
http://bit.ly/2kjwx75

Friends rally around Scout Bar sound engineer Reuben Foster
The author description for an article by Kristy Loye mentions that she attended Rice.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/2kCt1kB

Monuments to a moment: Island Mardi Gras arches were symbols of civic engagement, chutzpah
Rice is mentioned.
Galveston Daily News (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kjV2RU

Bush coming to Huntsville to talk to Republicans at Reagan Dinner
Alumnus George P. Bush ’98 is mentioned.
Huntsville Item (This also appeared in Ham and Weatherford Democrat.)
http://bit.ly/2lIvMlb

BROADCAST

‘Ground Zero’
In a broadcast, Whitley Strieber mentions he co-authored a book with Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion.
KXL
http://bit.ly/2lIBBiw (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

Where did carbon come from?
Research by Rice Earth scientists suggests that virtually all of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury.
Indiana Public Media’s “Moment of Science”
http://bit.ly/2lc77aR

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

How math could help map Earth’s interior
Maarten de Hoop, the Simons Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Earth Science, professor of computational and applied mathematics and professor of Earth science, is quoted.
Scientific American
http://bit.ly/2lBjjmC

Scientists have developed a new 1-dimensional super material
A Rice team that simulated one-dimensional forms of boron — both two-atom-wide ribbons and single-atom chains — found they possess unique properties. Boris Yakobson, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Futurism
http://bit.ly/2kjyPTT

Are you a stretcher or are you a chaser?
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a marketing and consumer behavior expert, authored a column about the book “Stretch,” by Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Psychology Today
http://bit.ly/2kk2CMf

Metronome of the waves: Gauging Hong Kong’s climate change resiliency
Alumna Kira Clingen ’16 authored an article about climate change and Hong Kong. Clingen is currently a Thomas J. Watson Fellow studying familial adaptation strategies to climate change.
SAGE International
http://bit.ly/2lIzpYk

Seeking quality in the MLP space
Alumnus Jeff Jorgensen ’03 is interviewed.
Wall Street Transcript (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2kL008R

Expected multiyear increase in E&P spending and oil-field services activity
An article mentions that Sonny Randhawa attended Rice.
Wall Street Transcript (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2lIjh9i

Rice takes deeper look at unconventional oil and gas
Understanding how oil and gas molecules, water and rocks interact at the nanoscale will help make extraction of hydrocarbons through hydraulic fracturing more efficient, according to Rice researchers. George Hirasaki, research professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Walter Chapman, the William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and associate dean for energy in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, are quoted.
Science Newsline (This also appeared in Technology.org.)
http://bit.ly/2l7ZQcr

8 projects announced as winners of 2017 Archiprix International/Hunter Douglas Awards
Alumnus Yuan Jin’s ’16 “Through Thick and Thin. A celebration of spatial experiences” is one of the eight winners of the Archiprix International/Hunter Douglas Awards 2017.
Arch Daily
http://bit.ly/2kCLIVe

Scientists’ computational models predict mutations’ effect on proteins
According to new research, the key to a successful, long-term relationship is for each partner to adapt to the other’s changes over time. At least, that’s what appears to be true for pairs of proteins in bacteria. Researchers from Rice participated in the study.
Science Daily
http://bit.ly/2lHBDXl

6 African-Americans taking on new administrative duties in higher education
Krystal Toups, assistant vice provost for the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance, is mentioned.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
http://bit.ly/2kLoP4m

Virginia Tech names 1st female engineering dean
Alumna Julia Ross ’95 will be Virginia Tech’s first female engineering dean.
Chemical Processing
http://bit.ly/2kLGoRR

Houston, we have an inequality problem
An article discusses a recent study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Institute for Public Studies
http://bit.ly/2l0ybrB

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Should history majors be required to take US history?
Rice is cited as one of the elite universities where courses in U.S. history are not required for history majors.
Duke Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2kZYXQI

Elliott is ready to rock Gardner Hall
Brian Connelly, artist teacher of piano and director of piano chamber music and accompanying program, and alumnus Jason Hardink ’01 are mentioned.
Salt Lake Tribune
http://bit.ly/2lbNkZc

Washington National Opera bassoonist plays in School of Music series
Alumnus Joseph Grimmer ’13 is mentioned.
Daily Reveille
http://bit.ly/2l03VNw

City of Gainesville prepared to work with student organization to paint crosswalks
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is mentioned in an article about crosswalk art.
WUFT
http://bit.ly/2kCpXF4

View from Mars Hill: Astronomy often a hobby and fascination of presidents
President John F. Kennedy’s famous “Moon Speech” delivered at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is discussed.
Arizona Daily Sun
http://bit.ly/2lBlpmj

‘Talent’ finalists Sons of Serendipity meld pop and classical
Alumnus Mason Morton ’11 is mentioned.
Coulee News
http://bit.ly/2lbRGj4
Heider Center: ‘Talent’ finalists Sons of Serendipity meld pop and classical
La Crosse Tribune
http://bit.ly/2lBEGEf

Early music is here and now for the 2017 Houston Early Music Festival 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/2lcpM6j

Gold: What you’re not being told …
A Rice study is mentioned.
Laissez Faire
http://bit.ly/2l84ZRM

Trump EPA cuts could transform infectious disease research
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted about climate change research.
Contagion Live
http://bit.ly/2lBqaMD

‘Pimp C’ of UGK: A trill legacy
The life and legacy of Houston rapper Chad “Pimp C” Butler was the focus of a panel discussion at Rice Jan. 31.
2Loud
http://bit.ly/2lBXOSC

El ‘gasolinazo’ solo encarece tasas, y analistas reprochan a EPN un ‘manejo político’ de los precios
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Vanguardia (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2lI0fzX
El gasolinazo encarece tasas, y analistas reprochan al gobierno ‘manejo político’ de los precios
Sin Embargo (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2lItLFt

Amerika o gezileri tartışıyor
William Martin, the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Yenicag (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2lByV9H

¡Vida, vida, siempre más vida!
An article features a photo of Jacques Sagot at Rice.
La Nacion (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2lBOcav

Independizarse de EU no interesa al Gobierno y, por abajo del agua, se somete ante Trump: Analistas
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.
Sin Embargo (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2kjVmzX

Nanomateriali, il futuro è nelle piccole dimensioni
Rice is mentioned.
TG24 (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2kLiZjm

SPORTS

Marcus Evans helps Rice hold off Florida Atlantic in overtime
Rice men’s basketball defeated Florida Atlantic University 81-75. Players Marcus Evans, Marquez Letcher-Ellis and Egor Koulechov are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kCywzz
http://bit.ly/2kZSMfs
Area men’s basketball: No. 3 Kansas holds off Texas Tech; No. 6 Baylor rips TCU
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kjvRyN
Evans helps Rice hold off Florida Atlantic 81-75 in OT
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2lbwJEE
Saturday’s college basketball
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2lGPblP
Men’s basketball: FAU falls to Rice in overtime
University Press
http://bit.ly/2lbHA1I
Long distance runaround
Owl Access
http://bit.ly/2lIiK7g
OT letdown
Owl Access
http://bit.ly/2lHmZ28
Florida Atlantic versus Rice — Feb. 11 college basketball pick, odds and prediction
Sports Chat Place
http://bit.ly/2l7Ndhw
C-USA men’s basketball recap and weekend preview
Be In Sports
http://bit.ly/2kLv1cH
C-USA men’s roundup
Virginian-Pilot
http://bit.ly/2lImQft

Women’s basketball: UConn rolls past SMU for 99th straight win
Rice women’s basketball defeated Florida Atlantic University 89-55. Players Nicole Iademarco and Wendy Knight are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.) 
http://bit.ly/2kZIOLm
Women’s Basketball: FAU breaks program record with 13th consecutive loss
University Press
http://bit.ly/2kL3zvz

KTRK
Rice baseball’s Baseballfest event is discussed. Head coach Wayne Graham, alumnus Jose Cruz ’04 and Will Rice College senior Josh Pettitte are mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2lIAjEn

Mass. native Brian Mann threw pass to Lady Gaga at Super Bowl LI
The football that Lady Gaga caught at the end of her halftime performance in Super Bowl LI was thrown by Rice’s Brian Mann, associate athletic director for development.
NESN
http://foxs.pt/2lImDJh
Former Dartmouth QB makes Lady Gaga pass
WCAX
http://bit.ly/2l7oSZg
http://bit.ly/2lc2mOu
http://bit.ly/2lc3pOm
Point after: Friday, Feb. 10
Boston Globe
http://bit.ly/2lBsKCA
Mass. man connects with Lady Gaga: Mass. native threw ‘the pass’ to her at end of Super Bowl halftime show
Mass Live
http://bit.ly/2lIFrrS

Whitehead: Nobody can replace Woods
Alumnus Michael Whitehead ’11 is featured.
IOL
http://bit.ly/2koNjgB

Hicks leads Roadrunners at Friday’s Howie Ryan Invitational
Jones College senior Ijeoma Ugwunze is mentioned.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2kCN8ii

Baylor women’s tennis remains undefeated with win over Rice
Rice tennis is mentioned. Players Savannah Durkin, Katherine Ip, Wendy Zhang, Lindsey Hodge, Alison Ho, Priya Niezgoda, Jamie Malik, Tommy Bennett, Jake Hansen, David Warren, Eric Rutledge and Emanuel Llamas are mentioned.
KCEN (This also appeared in KXXV and Baylor Athletics.)
http://bit.ly/2koG1Jw
Men’s tennis dropped by Rice, 6-1
Penn Athletics
http://bit.ly/2lbJdw2
Men’s tennis hosts Wisconsin and Rice this weekend
Penn Athletics
http://bit.ly/2lBRjz7
Daily Bears Report Feb. 12 — track and field rewrites record books
Our Daily Bears
http://bit.ly/2lIc2y5
Weekend lookahead at Baylor athletics
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2koNk3W
Women’s tennis takes on long-time series rival
Baylor Athletics
http://bit.ly/2lI8Ja6
Blue Raiders to begin extended road swing
MT Athletics
http://bit.ly/2l080kF

Tyler Raymond’s 2017 mock draft 2.0 Part 1
An article features a photo from a Rice-Stanford University football game.
Fox Sports
http://foxs.pt/2kCQIJn

National fame: Celebrity factor of C-USA coaches, ranked
Rice football coach David Bailiff is featured.
Underdog Dynasty
http://bit.ly/2lBMeqL

The Sunday leftovers
Rice men’s and women’s basketball are mentioned.
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2l0lTQ0
Red Raiders host No. 3 Kansas in blackout game
Daily Toreador
http://bit.ly/2koMggs
Mean Green back in action after snapping losing streaks
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2l7zXtc
Hot-shooting lifts UTEP past Southern Miss
El Paso Proud
http://bit.ly/2kL8dK1
Miners roll over Southern Miss 80-50
The Prospector
http://bit.ly/2kjIA4w
Marshall men’s basketball survives late rally from Western Kentucky
Charleston Gazette-Mail
http://bit.ly/2koLgJh
UTSA comeback bid falls short in 72-66 loss to Louisiana Tech on Saturday
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2kLhq5d
UTSA falls to La Tech 72-66
Scout
http://foxs.pt/2kjPeaQ

Bohls: Texas’ Morgan Cooper hopes to ace this next challenge for Longhorns, himself
Rice baseball will play the University of Texas Feb. 17-19 and Stanford University March 9-12.
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2l7Jh0v
KTXX
http://bit.ly/2lHpEJk (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
Things to know in college baseball
Augusta Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2lcaFdk

Memo rekindles pay-for-play questions for college football
An article discusses a new opinion issued by the National Labor Relations Board. Rice is mentioned.
Weatherford Democrat
http://bit.ly/2koNxEo

WZGC
Rice is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2kD72tH (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

WHIO
A Radio host mentions parking at Rice during the Super Bowl.
http://bit.ly/2kk0VOE (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast. This also aired on KGMI and WDEL.)
http://bit.ly/2lc1jOy (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 

NEWS RELEASE

Graphene foam gets big and tough
A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily bounce back to its original height, according to Rice University scientists.
http://bit.ly/2lcrpkE