Dateline Rice for Jan. 7, 2019 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Early college admissions by the numbers
Rice is featured in a chart detailing preliminary early application data for the class of 2023. Inside Higher Ed mentions The Rice Investment, an initiative to offer full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
https://wapo.st/2Ay55IQ
Popularity of early decision continues to grow
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2AzZiCO

Art exhibition on China-US relations kicks off in Houston
An article mentions that President David Leebron spoke at an art exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
China.org.cn (This article also appeared in Yahoo! India, Business Standard, Xinhua, The Sentinel Assam, Can-India News Online, Mangalorean.com and Devdiscourse.)
https://on.china.cn/2SH8bkS

Laser-cooled plasma paves way for star simulations
Rice researchers who have created laser-cooled neutral plasma that cools to about a millionth of a degree above absolute zero are featured. Tom Killian, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted and graduate student Thomas Langin is pictured. Graduate student Grant Gorman is mentioned. A Rice video is also included.
Futurity (This article also appeared in R&D Magazine, Newscaf, LongRoom.com, Elexonic and Live Science.)
http://bit.ly/2SI3Fm8
Scientists made plasma that is 50 times colder than deep space
Vice
http://bit.ly/2AAI8oJ

Facing blowback, NASA chief withdraws invite to Russian official sanctioned by US
Several articles mention NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine ’97.
USA Today (This article also appeared in 75 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SHX6ju
NASA invite to sanctioned Russian official postponed indefinitely
Politico
https://politi.co/2Ay5k6O
More friction in US-Russia space relationship
Politico
https://politi.co/2SEHpJT
Boy, did NASA screw up this one
Gizmodo (Similar articles also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SBEjq6
NASA postpones visit from head of Roscosmos amid mounting backlash
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Jan. 5 print edition with a different headline, “NASA shelves visit by Russian space chief,” and it appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SBuA34
http://bit.ly/2SNqEw4
Head of Russian space agency no longer invited to Houston
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Jan. 6 print edition with a different headline, “Russian space agency leader’s invite to city has been rescinded,” and it appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SNqGEc
http://bit.ly/2sdw8Vi
Russian space agency demands NASA explanation after Rogozin visit called off
Radio Free Europe
http://bit.ly/2SF6Ef9
NASA calls off Rogozin visit after outcry from US lawmakers
Chicago Chronicle (This Radio Free Europe article also appeared in 20 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SGSudJ
NASA postpones Rogozin visit
Space News
http://bit.ly/2sggbOl
Odłożono wizytę szefa rosyjskiej agencji kosmicznej w NASA. Rosja żąda wyjaśnień
Polskie Radio (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2Ax1cUQ
Rosyjska agencja kosmiczna żąda wyjaśnień od NASA
TVN24 (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2AJehKT
Rogosins Besuch bei der NASA verschoben
Russland News (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2Az7OBT

Marie Kondo, super-sorter, gets her own reality show
An article mentions that Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, co-authored the forthcoming “Joy at Work: The Career-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.”
Gulf News
http://bit.ly/2AvqdiT

Policies or technology? The key to a sustainable energy future
Charles McConnell, former executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, authored an op-ed.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2SBHYEm

Chinese shocked by a rising bureaucrat — she’s a young woman
An article featuring Yuan Lin mentions that she attended Rice.
MSN (This article also appeared a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/2SFHf5d

Lo dificil del pluralism: La hipocresia y las tribus
Stephen Morris, nonresident scholar at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mexico Center, authored an op-ed.
La Silla Rota (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2SIYjqU

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Legislator aims for Galveston’s support
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.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the Jan. 6 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2AzmXmR
Meet K.P. George
Off the Kuff
http://bit.ly/2SBXi3T
Indo-American takes oath as Fort Bend County judge in Texas
Link
http://bit.ly/2SHYRNC
KLBJ-AM (Austin)
http://bit.ly/2Az2Wgh

Cancer cells steer a jagged path
Research from Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, which determined that the JAG1 protein may be the key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, is featured. José Nelson Onuchic, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate student Federico Bocci are pictured and quoted. Herbert Levine, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, co-director of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics and professor of physics and astronomy, is pictured. Alumnus Marcelo Boareto is mentioned.
Texas Medical Center News (This article also appeared in Ciencias Medicas, Medical Newser and News-Medical.net, and it was featured in the Jan. 7 edition of the TMC Today newsletter.)
http://bit.ly/2SH1Zcy

Prolonged government shutdown could spell trouble for coral reef in Gulf of Mexico
Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2AybWlU
http://bit.ly/2AC3K3T

35 new and returning TV series to look forward to in 2019
An article mentions that television series “The Passage” is based on the best-selling novel trilogy of the same name by Rice writer-in-residence Justin Cronin.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SESt9V
http://bit.ly/2SGXgaO
‘Fox 26 News at 7 a.m.’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2SG8cWp

Crude markets reverse course
An energy roundup cites a study co-authored by Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, that determined Texas may be able to supplant coal with wind and solar power.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2SC3uZv
Researchers say solar and wind energy could be the end of coal in Texas
Hydrogen Fuel News (A similar article also appeared in Watts Up With That?)
http://bit.ly/2AxOhBQ
‘Texas Business Report’
KAUZ-TV (Wichita Falls, Texas)
http://bit.ly/2Azw4E5 (This segment also aired on KSAN in San Angelo, Texas.)
‘In the Oilpatch’ Radio Show
http://bit.ly/2SHB00G
http://bit.ly/2SH5qQD

Crude stocks stay flat, but fuel and distillates spike
Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned in a slideshow caption.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SETfUn
http://bit.ly/2SHkDkK

8 years later, Cypress couple connect with photographer who secretly captured their proposal
A photo taken in front of Rice’s Fondren Library is featured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Ax32oI
http://bit.ly/2AzkkS1

BROADCAST

HISD takeover threat: Why is it happening and how would it work?
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is interviewed in a television broadcast about a possible state takeover of underperforming Houston Independent School District schools. Stein is also interviewed on KTRH about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ability to overturn local ordinances.
KHOU Online
http://bit.ly/2SLtuC8
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2Az38w1

C-SPAN3
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
http://bit.ly/2ABShBl

‘Midday with Tom Hall’: ‘Midday’ on ethics with Dr. Jeffrey Kahn: Tinkering with human genes?
A radio broadcast and article about gene editing in humans mentions 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 he produced the first genetically engineered twins, attended Rice.
WYPR Online (This segment aired on 12 affiliate radio stations across Maryland.)
http://bit.ly/2AvjZ2E
Why we are not ready for genetically designed babies
SheThePeople (This article also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/2SHq6Ii

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Roswell Biotechnologies secures $32 Million series A financing round
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
BioSpace
http://bit.ly/2AvvO92

Potato Expo explains the trends for 2019
An article mentions that 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, will present “North American Trade in an Era of Uncertainty” at the Potato Expo Jan. 9-10 in Austin.
Potato Business
http://bit.ly/2SG2TpX

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

‘Year in Review’: Part 9
Ken Cowan, professor of organ at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
ThoroldNews.com 
http://bit.ly/2SGsU8F (Scroll down to “Classical couple performing concert.”)

SPORTS

Rice beats Louisiana Tech 78-66 behind Williams, Adams
Several articles feature Rice’s men’s basketball team and mention that the Owls defeated Louisiana Tech University 78-66 Jan. 5.
Fox Sports (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
https://foxs.pt/2SHYbb2
Rice posts 1st winning streak of the Scott Pera era
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Jan. 6 print edition with a different headline, “Late run enables Owls to post first winning streak of Pera era.”)
http://bit.ly/2SMr9a5
LA Tech undone by late run from Rice
Emporia Gazette (This article also appeared in 100 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2SFf06D
’13 Eyewitness News at 8 a.m.’
KTRK-TV
http://bit.ly/2AzlVqR

Coleman, UT stop West Virginia; No. 11 Tech holds off Kansas State
A sports roundup mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team defeated Louisiana Tech University 61-51 Jan. 5.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the Jan. 6 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2AxHkAU

2019 CBD Top 100 Countdown: 43. Matt Canterino (Rice)
Rice baseball player Matt Canterino is featured and pictured.
College Baseball Daily
http://bit.ly/2sbI0r5

UH extends contract of baseball coach Todd Whitting
Former Rice head baseball coach Wayne Graham is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2SHjvNZ

Texas college football rankings: Final
A roundup of Texas college football rankings features Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2SNYGAk

Rhule looking to build on success with experienced roster
An article mentions that Rice’s football team will play Baylor University in 2019.
The Eagle (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2AC2kGz

Andrew Luck college career: 5 fast facts you need to know
Rice is mentioned.
Heavy.com
http://bit.ly/2SGNQMP

NEWS RELEASE

As government shutdown drags on, Rice U. expert available to comment
As the U.S. government shutdown moves into a third week, Rice political scientist Paul Brace is available to discuss whether a compromise can be reached to end the partisan stalemate.
http://bit.ly/2AtuXWv