Dateline Rice for Feb. 27, 2019

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

The battle for the future of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: Neuquén’s 2019 gubernatorial election
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, authored an op-ed about the future of energy policy in Argentina, and he is quoted in two additional articles.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2EARt1S
With Maduro clinging on in Venezuela, Trump has limited options
France 24 (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Vqwogp
Is the House vote against Trump’s emergency declaration Joaquín Castro’s breakout moment?
Texas Monthly
https://bit.ly/2NuVRCu

Exxon resumes seismic survey in Guyana, new permit on horizon: Ministers
An article about Exxon Mobil’s exploration for oil off the coast of Guyana mentions that the country’s minister of business, Dominic Gaskin, and minister of public infrastructure, David Patterson, presented “Oil and Gas Development in Guyana” Feb. 26 at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Reuters
https://reut.rs/2EB9s8y 
Exxon resumes seismic survey in Guyana
Offshore Engineer 
http://bit.ly/2ECbjKu 
Oil and gas forum
Stabroek News
http://bit.ly/2VnldoA 
Optimism for Guyana to rise to the occasion
Upstream Online (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2Vlr8dP
‘General elections likely this year’ — Business minister
Demerara Waves Online News Guyana
http://bit.ly/2EBj9DW

EU energy proposal could disrupt Russian pipeline construction
Anna Mikulska, nonresident fellow in energy studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed about the European gas and electricity market.
Axios
http://bit.ly/2GLD1qf

What was it like when our solar system first formed?
Rice is mentioned as a contributor in a Hubble Space Telescope image caption.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2Vom6NE

‘Unclonable’ digital fingerprints boost IoT device security
Kaiyuan Yang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and graduate student Dai Li are featured and pictured in an article about their research, which developed technology 10 times more reliable than current methods of producing unclonable digital fingerprints for Internet of Things devices.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/2EAJIsR

Here are the contenders for STAT Madness 2019. Voting begins Monday.
An article mentions that research from Rice is included in STAT Madness 2019, a competition for the best biomedical research of the past year.
STAT
http://bit.ly/2EBZqUU

China drafts rules on biotech after gene-editing scandal
An 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.
Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 200 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Ez9td1
La Chine, CRISPR et les post-humains 
The Conversation (An English version is not available. This article also appeared in Contrepoints.)
http://bit.ly/2EC6HUI
Krásné nové modifikované lidstvo je ještě blíž
Respekt (An English version is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2VtLthn

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Survey: Harvey hit mental health hardest in Houston
An article features the first results of the Hurricane Harvey Registry, a joint venture of Rice, the Houston Health Department and the Environmental Defense Fund, which determined that Hurricane Harvey’s greatest lingering toll was on Houstonians’ mental health. Marie Lynn Miranda, Rice’s Howard R. Hughes Provost and a professor of statistics, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle’s Kingwood Observer (This article also appeared in the Chronicle’s Atascocita Observer.)
http://bit.ly/2VmKO0X

Rice’s Math Circle draws a huge crowd
Anne Papakonstantinou, director of Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP), authored an article about Rice’s Math Circle, which invites nearly 100 middle school students to Brockman Hall to unite mathematicians and precollege students interested in math. Alan Reid, Edgar Odell Lovett Professor and Department Chair of Mathematics, is quoted. Allison Miller, the G.C. Evans Instructor of Mathematics; graduate students Xian Dai and Connor Sell; and Rice University National Science Foundation Noyce Master Teacher Fellows Ralph Polley and Charlie Burrus, the associate director for instructional technology at RUSMP, are mentioned.
Village News
https://bit.ly/2GNKW6w

Save the planet, Gov. Abbott. What’s the worst that can happen? [Editorial]
An editorial mentions that experts from Rice and other Texas universities sent Gov. Greg Abbott an open letter offering to brief him on climate science and what Texas needs to do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to warming.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Feb . 27 print edition with a different headline, “Save Earth.”)
http://bit.ly/2VtwS5z

Campus Chronicles Weekly Roundup (Feb. 26-March 5)
An article mentions that Rice Media Center and the Aurora Picture Center will screen experimental, animated, documentary and narrative videos March 1 and a mix of 16 mm films March 2 as part of the 56th Ann Arbor film festival.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2VkE6Zm

BROADCAST

This college junior also teaches Rice University’s hip-hop history class
Jones College senior Daniel Koh is featured in an article about his experiences teaching “The History of Hip-Hop.”
Texas Standard (This segment aired on 27 radio stations across Texas.)
http://bit.ly/2Vo6HwY

‘This is beyond a partisan issue’: Teachers react to 5K salary raise bill advancing in Senate
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
KHOU Online (This segment also aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2EAro3c

Here’s what you need to know about David Daniels, UM professor and opera singer accused of rape
An article mentions alumnus Samuel Schultz ’09, who has accused David Daniels and Scott Walters of sexual assault.
Michigan Radio (This segment aired on over 20 NPR-affiliated radio stations across Michigan.)
http://bit.ly/2VhZkXU

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

‘The Form in Question’ 
An article mentions that Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, who have held the Cullinan Chair at Rice, and Antón García-Abril, whose office was awarded the Rice Design Alliance Prize in 2009, will participate in a Feb. 27 discussion titled “The Form in Question” at Harvard University.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (This article also appeared in Bustler.)
http://bit.ly/2GNO9CV

A weekly read for tech and marketing execs
Research by Genevera Allen ’06, associate professor of statistics, computer science and electrical and computer engineering, which determined that machine-learning techniques used by thousands of scientists to analyze data is producing results that are misleading and often completely wrong, is featured.
Forrester
http://bit.ly/2GKuGmJ
The bugs of artificial intelligence
ArchyWorldYS.com
http://bit.ly/2GMyLXs
Verursacht maschinelles Lernen eine Wissenschaftskrise?
Elecktor (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2GNGrZQ

SALT cap workarounds: Will they work?
An article about the cap on state and local tax deductions quotes Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Accounting Today
http://bit.ly/2NuWdcz

Why you should bring your whole self to work, according to science
An article features a Rice study that determined that people with non-visible stigmas who live openly at work are happier with their overall lives and more productive in the workplace. Eden King, associate professor of psychology, is quoted.
Thrive Global
http://bit.ly/2VqHEtb
Expressing non-visible stigmas makes one happier
Odisha Television Ltd
http://bit.ly/2ECILjR

Technique broadens scope of widefield fluorescence microscopy
An article features Rice research that developed a general method to let a microscope capture 3D along with the fourth dimension, molecular movement over time. Co-authors Christy Landes, professor of chemistry, postdoctoral researcher Chayan Dutta and graduate student Nicholas Moringo are quoted.
American Laboratory
http://bit.ly/2GRCpj9

Paying it forward
Connie Porter, visiting assistant professor of marketing, is featured and pictured.
Curetoday.com
http://bit.ly/2GKrGqx

Thunderclap vulnerabilities allow attacks using Thunderbolt peripherals
An article mentions that researchers from the University of Cambridge and Rice determined that attackers can compromise an unattended machine in a matter of seconds through devices such as chargers and docking stations.
BleepingComputer
http://bit.ly/2Vq6sBE
Warning: Your laptop may be hacked via common plug-in devices
ECNmag.com (Similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2VotNn0

Red phosphorous layer prevents battery fires
Rice research that determined a layer of red phosphorous could be the key to manufacturing safer and more affordable lithium-ion batteries is featured.
IdeaConnection
http://bit.ly/2GIRfIo

How a chilling discovery in Texas led to a battle over one of the worst chapters in US history
An article mentions Rice research that determined that Fort Bend County is the most racially diverse county in the country.
Splinter
http://bit.ly/2EBNMt1

2U adds partnerships with Syracuse, Case Western Reserve
An article mentions that 2U has partnered with Rice to offer online graduate degrees.
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2Vi07rI

Company news: Tyson Foods, National Farm Medicine Center, Biozyme
Alumnus Casper Bendixsen is featured.
Pork Magazine
http://bit.ly/2GKtzn3
National Farm Medicine Center names new director
Hub City Times
http://bit.ly/2NsbaMr
Bendixsen to lead National Farm Medicine Center
Wisconsin Ag
http://bit.ly/2NyPb6E

This CEO takes his employees abroad for an entire month every year
An article highlights collaborative research by Rice which determined that living abroad increases “self-concept clarity.”
Travel+Leisure
http://bit.ly/2VkQmJm

The state of metal additive manufacturing
An article about the metal additive manufacturing industry in Austin, Texas, highlights its proximity to Rice.
Engineering.com
http://bit.ly/2Ntgf7f

New evidence bolsters argument for arts education
An article cites research by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research that determined arts-learning experiences reduced disciplinary infractions, increased compassion for others and improved writing achievements.
Real Clear Education (This article also appeared in Red Tricycle.)
http://bit.ly/2NtjjAc

Key Pianists Series presents pianist Jason Hardink in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Alumnus Jason Hardink is featured.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/2GLvZ51

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Programa petrolero insuficiente para salva a Pemex: Miriam Grunstein
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured.
Energía Hoy (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2EAImhM

Wieviel Sinn macht das für Business-Events?
A Rice video of Lego workshops is featured.
Converve (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2Vpm34h

SPORTS

Homegrown stars help Rice women’s hoops to national ranking
A broadcast and article feature Rice’s women’s head basketball coach Tina Langley and player Erica Ogwumike. The Owls, who are ranked No. 24 in the nation, have clinched the Conference USA regular-season title.
KTRK Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
https://abc13.co/2VkWp0w
South Carolina women fall in AP Top 25
Post and Courier
http://bit.ly/2EAQwXF

SWIM: All-Academic Team announced
An article mentions that Rice swimming and diving team members Ellery Parish and Marie-Claire Schillinger have been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team.
ConferenceUSA.com
http://bit.ly/2Tmrvrh

11 intriguing players to watch at the NFL Combine
A caption mentions a 2018 football game between Rice and the University of Houston.
MSN
http://bit.ly/2EyR4Nu

Class AAAAAA blog: Only 4 ranked boys teams make it to quarterfinals
An article mentions that Ashlee Austin plans to play basketball at Rice.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
https://on-ajc.com/2VrMB55

Beschorner to lead Blugold Football
Former Rice assistant football coach Wesley Beschorner is featured.
WEAU Online
http://bit.ly/2Vi3sqS
WQOW-TV (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
http://bit.ly/2EBkPNM

10 teams built to bust brackets in the 2019 NCAA Tournament
Former Rice men’s basketball player Marcus Evans is featured.
Bleacher Report
http://bit.ly/2EzR53H

Things to do this weekend in Houston — March 7-10, 2019 
An article highlights the Rice baseball team’s series against the University of Oklahoma March 8-10 at Reckling Park.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://bit.ly/2NyMSQY

8 northwest Houston athletes earn TSWA all-state football honors in 6A
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2EAxAZ0

Resuming the rivalry: If Texas wants to play A&M again, money talks
An article mentions that the University of Texas at Austin’s football team will play Rice.
TexAgs
http://bit.ly/2ECiAK9

Bears firing on all cylinders in the early season
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team will compete in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic March 1-3 at Houston’s Minute Maid Park.
Baylor Lariat
http://bit.ly/2EAljnj
Baseball looking forward to test at Shriners Classic
The Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/2VieY5s

NEWS RELEASE

Do unrealistic expectations lead to unsettled malpractice lawsuits? 
Television commercials touting plaintiff lawyers routinely promise lucrative settlements in medical malpractice cases. As it turns out, unrealistic expectations decrease the likelihood that cases will be settled before going to trial, according to new research from Rice.
http://bit.ly/2TcLSav