Dateline Rice for Dec. 4, 2018

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Trump braces for a Bush love-fest, and the inevitably unflattering comparisons 
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in several articles about the legacy of the late President George H.W. Bush.
Los Angeles Times (This article also appeared in more than 15 other media outlets.) 
https://lat.ms/2UdWQKr
President Trump and first lady Melania pay their respects to late George H.W. Bush at U.S. Capitol 
People (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2UdIbil
Donald Trump tweets he’s ‘looking forward’ to funeral for President George H.W. Bush 
Inquisitr 
http://bit.ly/2UgdicX

Qatar to Saudi Arabia: We’d rather quit OPEC than cut ties with Iran or close Al Jazeera 
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about Qatar’s exit from OPEC.
Forbes 
http://bit.ly/2AOFNpt

Former president George H.W. Bush’s state funeral set for Wednesday; he will lie in state at U.S. Capitol
An article about the legacy of the late President George H.W. Bush pictures James Baker III, honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state, in a slideshow (image 38). Several articles mention that former President Barack Obama spoke with Baker at the Baker Institute’s 25th anniversary celebration.
USA Today (This article and similar USA Today network articles also appeared in 156 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2riwIRl
http://bit.ly/2ANKpvW
Goldberg: Rejection of identity politics is part of American history
The Baltimore Sun (This article also appeared in 20 other media outlets.) 
https://bsun.md/2DYnH7s
Photos: See who attended Obama’s discussion at 25th anniversary gala for Rice’s Baker Institute 
Houston Business Journal 
http://bit.ly/2APRXOG
Uhuru Kenyatta mourns former US president George H.W. Bush
The Hilltop Monitor 
http://bit.ly/2EcIaXf
When the world convulsed, George H.W. Bush (mostly) let freedom happen
Reason.com 
http://bit.ly/2EaLxhj
The politics of ‘hatred’ and ‘right-wing terrorism’ 
Southeast Missourian 
http://bit.ly/2UbjBi2
Inside Obama’s last visit with former Pres. George H.W. Bush
ABC 13 Online (This article also appeared in ABC 7 in New York and Chicago.) 
https://abc13.co/2ARlMOT
James A. Baker: MSNBC is Democrats’ ‘house organ’ 
Washington Examiner 
https://washex.am/2UfCRuF

5 facts about George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) 
An article on the legacy of the late former President George H.W. Bush mention that he formerly taught at Rice. Edward Djerejian, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed by KRIV about the legacy of Bush.
BRNow.org 
http://bit.ly/2AOa4EN
‘Fox 26 News 5 p.m.’ 
KRIV-TV (Houston) 
http://bit.ly/2Ufa3CA

Second City, the famed comedy troupe, has its own workplace anti-harassment training
Eden King, associate professor of psychology, is quoted in an article about workplace anti-harassment training.
San Francsico Chronicle (This Washington Post article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.) 
http://bit.ly/2AOsOnI

You can actually die of a broken heart — new study explains how
Research by the lab of Chris Fagundes, assistant professor of psychological sciences, that determined grief can cause inflammation that can kill, is featured.
MSN (This article also appeared in the Koz Post.) 
http://bit.ly/2FXST9t

The infamous CRISPR-baby scientist is missing 
Several articles about gene editing in humans mention Michael Deem, the John W. Cox Professor of Biochemical and Genetic Engineering and a professor of physics and astronomy, and that He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed this week that he had produced the first genetically engineered twins, attended Rice.
Popular Mechanics (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Finance.) 
http://bit.ly/2UevnIE
Chinese university denies scientist He Jiankui was detained over controversial gene-editing experiment 
Business Times 
http://bit.ly/2UdDViN
Amid reports that Chinese researcher may have used CRISPR to edit cholesterol gene, he’s gone missing 
BioSpace 
http://bit.ly/2AV2d8i
Could anyone have stopped gene-edited babies experiment?
The Sentinel-Record 
http://bit.ly/2Ea3GvD

‘Polar wander’ may be behind Earth’s most recent ice age
Earth’s most recent ice age may have been caused by entire Earth moving relative to its spin axis, according to graduate student Daniel Woodworth and Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science.
Futurity (This article was featured in the Dec. 4 edition of the Futurity Today newsletter and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2zxql17

HOUSTON/TEXAS

November election brings record turnout for midterm election in Harris, Montgomery counties 
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 politics.
Community Impact Newspaper 
http://bit.ly/2ATLMcG
Beto O‘Rourke, Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams emerge stronger after defeats 
Parker City News (This Washington Times article also appeared in the Wheaton Business Journal and a previous edition of Dateline.) 
http://bit.ly/2Uc6Kfu

Emmett to teach at Rice University, his alma mater, in January 
An article mentions that alumnus Ed Emmett ’71 will teach at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2UiJHQr
’13 Eyewitness News at 11 a.m.’ 
KTRK-TV (Houston) 
http://bit.ly/2Ue5xEx
Ed Emmett announces he will be a professor at Rice beginning in January 
KHOU 11 Online 
http://bit.ly/2ASuXyH

LGBT activist Ray Hill remembered: ‘A movement builder’ 
Alumna Annise Parker ’78, a former fellow at Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders and former mayor of Houston, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) 
http://bit.ly/2AQ5kON
http://bit.ly/2AOmLzn

Judge wants more input on plan for re-burying remains of laborers
An article about human remains discovered at a construction site in Fort Bend County and believed to be from the state’s defunct convict-leasing system quotes Associate Professor of History Caleb McDaniel. The article also includes an image of Sugar Land archived at the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library.
Fort Bend Star 
http://bit.ly/2AP4Fxm

Senators urge US News to overhaul college ranking formula 
Rice is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2APSfFr

Scenes from this weekend’s ‘Dickens on the Strand’ 
An article mentions that Daniel Kramer teaches photography at Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Houstonia 
http://bit.ly/2UfQUR6

George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush and the other famous graves you can visit around Texas 
William Marsh Rice is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2APGzCl
http://bit.ly/2RysZuf

Genderqueer genius 
Rice is mentioned.
OutSmart Magazine 
http://bit.ly/2UbiHlE

BROADCAST

Discovery Live: Into the Blue Hole
A television segment features André Droxler, a professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Rice, who is studying the Great Blue Hole in Belize.
Discovery Channel 
http://bit.ly/2UdhTg1

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs In the US for 2019 
Rice’s graduate program in entrepreneurship is ranked No. 3 in the nation on the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s list of best graduate programs for entrepreneurship studies for 2019.
CEOWorld Magazine 
http://bit.ly/2AO7xKJ

Light triggers gold in unexpected way 
An article about Rice researchers who discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles quotes Stephan Link, professor of chemistry and computer and electrical engineering, graduate student Lauren McCarthy and alumnus Kyle Smith. Peter Nordlander, the Wiess Chair in Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
ChemEurope.com 
http://bit.ly/2UdVzmD

Nanoparticles clean wastewater
Qilin Li, professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted in an article about a new strategy that could streamline wastewater treatment processes.
C&EN Global Enterprise
http://bit.ly/2U9B4Y6

Elsevier faces tough questions about its business model during library and publishing conference 
Caroline Levander, vice president for global and digital strategy at Rice and panelist at the ITHAKA Next Wave 2018 conference for academic libraries and publishing, is quoted.
EdSurge 
http://bit.ly/2UePoig

Novel particles for photocatalytic water treatment 
An article mentions that Rice researchers have developed micron-sized spheres to catch and destroy bisphenol A, a synthetic chemical used to make plastics. Co-authors Pedro Alvarez, director of Rice’s Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center and the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and graduate student Danning Zhang are quoted.
The Chemical Engineer 
http://bit.ly/2APlI2e

Aviation, bridges could benefit from smart skin that measures strain
An article features Rice researchers’ development of a nanotube-based “smart skin,” which will allow users to quickly measure strain using near-infrared light emitted from the film, according to study co-authors Satish Nagarajaiah, professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of materials science and nanoengineering and professor of mechanical engineering, and Bruce Weisman, professor of chemistry and of materials science and nanoengineering.
Engineering.com 
http://bit.ly/2E9omEb

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

US-Mexico relations: Will AMLO bring a new era?
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted in an article about Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Payan also is quoted in an article on immigration policy.
Yerepouni News (This article also appeared in Times of News.) 
http://bit.ly/2KPIifz
The immigration debate is charged with emotion. But some see a solution. 
The Voice of Reason 
http://bit.ly/2AS2FEB

Yulon Group CEO Kenneth Yen dies in Taipei at 54 
An article mentions that alumnus Kenneth Yen, chief executive officer of Yulon Group, died at the age of 54.
Taipei Times 
http://bit.ly/2AS2dWy

Making sweet music for charity 
Cho-Liang Lin, professor of violin at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and the former music director of the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest chamber music festival, is featured and pictured.
The Star 
http://bit.ly/2UhDDY2

Letters: Open letter to Tenn. senators on migrants 
A letter to the editor authored by Virginia Jones mentions that she attended Rice and that her husband is a former Rice research associate.
OakRidger 
http://bit.ly/2AQ2N7k

SPORTS

Everything is fine as North Texas’ QB headlines PFF’s 2018 All-Conference USA selections 
An article mentions that Rice’s Zach Abercrumbia and Jack Fox were named Pro Football Focus first-team All-Conference USA honorees. Jordan Myers was named to the second team.
Pro Football Focus 
http://bit.ly/2AOl0lP

Beaumont native earns second consecutive Sun Belt Player of the Week honor 
An article mentions that the Rice men’s basketball team recently played against Texas State University.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2APVeh7
Pearson named Lou Henson and Sun Belt Players of the Week 
Corridor News 
http://bit.ly/2AZLq4j

Texas could be a big player in the graduate transfer market once again 
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
SB Nation 
http://bit.ly/2AONqMD

Photos: Today in History, Dec. 2
The Dec. 2, 1989 football game between Rice and the University of Houston is mentioned in a caption (image 15).
Wicked Local 
http://bit.ly/2UaFTAt

Texas Tech football loses 5th 2019 commit in 4 days 
Rice is mentioned.
Fansided 
http://bit.ly/2APyPjY

Backup UCF QB Darriel Mack versus backup LSU corners in Fiesta Bowl; how do they match up? 
Rice is mentioned.
The Advocate (This article also appeared in more than 40 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2AS6oSB