Dateline Rice for May 15, 2019

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Creating new batteries from dead ones
Rice research that developed an environmentally friendly way to extract valuable elements from lithium-ion batteries is featured in a video. Members of the research team interviewed include Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry; graduate student Kimmai Tran; and research scientist Babu Ganguli. An article from Control Engineering about Ajayan’s research on dielectric materials quotes graduate student Sandhya Susarla.
Voice of America
http://bit.ly/2HkVYPO
Researchers develop technology for flexible electronics
Control Engineering
http://bit.ly/2Yq85Ra

Can you really be yourself at work?
People who feel they are inauthentic versions of themselves at work may become emotionally exhausted and more reactive to stressors, according to research by Mikki Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology at Rice’s School of Social Sciences and professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
The Oprah Magazine (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Lifestyle.)
http://bit.ly/2Yt06ml

How we chose the 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 innovators
An article mentions that Yael Hochberg, the Ralph S. O’Connor Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, was on the CNBC Disruptor 50 advisory council.
CNBC (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Finance UK.)
https://cnb.cx/2HlJOpP

A Green New Deal for Britain — do we need a Kennedy moment to bring it about?
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured.
The Guardian 
http://bit.ly/2Yz47G5

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Union: Hundreds of Houston firefighters did not receive Prop B raises
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 (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the May 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2Hldfs4

Idea to fight flooding in the city: Terraces
An article mentions that Phil Bedient, the Herman Brown Professor of Engineering and director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, provided flood mitigation recommendations to the Friendswood City Council drainage subcommittee. A Law360 article features Bedient’s testimony during a trial in which homeowners allege the federal government must pay for their flood damage suffered during Hurricane Harvey.
Houston Chronicle’s Friendswood Journal (This article appeared in the May 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2Hjxpmi
Homeowners’ expert blames dams for Harvey flooding
Law360 (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2Yyt4S6

One-stop shopping: Insurers open clinics in Houston area
Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle’s Spring Observer (This article appeared in the May 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2HkJQy3

Occidental emerges as winner after energy giants angle for Anadarko merger
Bill Arnold, professor in the practice of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2Yv30XY

Rice University to launch executive education program in The Woodlands 
An article mentions that Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business plans to launch an off-campus program in The Woodlands. Zoran Perunovic, director of executive education at the Jones School, and Brent Smith, associate professor of management and psychology and senior associate dean for executive education at the Jones School, are quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2HkXWzG

Montgomery County, local officials work to bridge mobility funding gaps in The Woodlands area
Kyle Shelton, director of strategic partnerships at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2YwHUIK

Harris County District Attorney fires top lieutenant Tom Berg
Alumnus Tom Berg is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2YyPIK5
http://bit.ly/2Yq7mzq

Ever wonder what the moon is made of? Not cheese but lava, minerals and chalky debris 
Alumnus Jeffrey Gillis-Davis is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the May 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2Hkm3yd

Houston has an aggressive, radical plan to sell affordable housing
An article cites a study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Texas Monthly
http://bit.ly/2Hknqgl

Save for college with a 529 plan
Alumna Jennifer Kroeger ’19 is mentioned in a caption.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/2Yqz0fN
http://bit.ly/2Yz4gJD

Study: ‘Third reservoir’ won’t stop flooding in northwest Harris County
A story cites a Rice study that determined that a third reservoir may not prevent extreme flooding in neighborhoods along Cypress Creek.
Houston Chronicle (This research was cited twice in segments on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2Yods3l

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Bio-printed vascular networks for creation of artificial organs
Collaborative Rice research that developed a tangled, 3D-printed network of vessels that mimic a human lung is featured. Lead co-author Jordan Miller, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted. Graduate student Bagrat Grigoryan is mentioned and pictured.
DesignNews
https://ubm.io/2YvyEV0

Finastra appoints Mark Miller as CFO
Alumnus Mark Miller is featured.
Finextra (This article also appeared in Virtual-Strategy Magazine and IT News Online.)
http://bit.ly/2YAwnIt

Argentina’s YPF to slow natural gas investment amid supply glut, LNG plans
A study by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is cited.
Natural Gas Intelligence
http://bit.ly/2YpjSz8

The changing trends in programming and some predictions for the future
Rice’s deep-learning, software-coding application called Bayou, which can help human programmers navigate the growing multitude of often-undocumented application programming interfaces, is mentioned.
Odisha360.com
http://bit.ly/2YCuYRJ

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

NU-Q Media Use findings reveal changing attitudes in Middle East
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned.
Gulf Times
http://bit.ly/2Hp3zwR

Virgin Island corals in crisis
An article mentions that Adrienne Correa, assistant professor of biosciences, is part of a collaborative effort funded by a National Science Foundation grant to combat Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Virgin Islands.
Woods Hole Oceanographic
http://bit.ly/2Ys4cez

Former ministers get top government jobs
An article mentions that Dominic Gaskin, Guyana’s former minister of business, presented “Oil and Gas Development in Guyana” Feb. 26 at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Demerara Waves 
http://bit.ly/2Yz4S1T

Opera speaks to the heart
Alumna Carolyn Sproule is featured.
The Epoch Times
http://bit.ly/2YxPmTF

Sudbury education achievers
An article mentions that Piyusha Kundu, who received a Digital Federal Credit Union scholarship, plans to attend Rice.
Wicked Local Sudbury
http://bit.ly/2YubRc9

SPORTS

Owls come up with big stops to secure Silver Glove against Cougars
Rice’s baseball team defeated the University of Houston 2-1 May 14 to claim the Silver Glove Trophy.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the May 15 print edition and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Yx3exD
http://bit.ly/2Jm6k49
Houston falls to Rice, 2-1, in Silver Glove Series finale
UHCougars.com 
http://bit.ly/2Jp86kW

Rice Owls’ football coach paid a visit to Austin
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is interviewed.
KVUE Online (This segment also aired on KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, and it aired twice on KTXX-AM in Austin.)
http://bit.ly/2HlN2JX

CB Bryce Callahan seeing more reps outside at OTAs: ‘I like it’
Former Rice football player Bryce Callahan is featured.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2HkJjw3

League-high 4 Roadrunners named to C-USA Track and Field All-Academic Team
An article mentions that Charlie Card-Childers and Zinedine Russell were named to the 2019 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field All-Academic Teams.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2Yn01AK

Jets claim WR Ubosi, OT Anderson off waivers from Patriots
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
Fox Sports (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 70 other media outlets.)
https://foxs.pt/2YvEk1y
Jets claim a pair of Patriots castoffs
New York Post
https://nyp.st/2YvDqBU

XFL hires Houston franchise head coach, market president
An article mentions that Brian Michael Cooper, the Houston XFL team’s president, worked in the athletic department at Rice.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2Hj14f7
Sports exec Brian Michael Cooper named as Houston XFL team president
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the May 15 print edition and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2YnRvkS

NEWS RELEASE

Ratifying trade deal soon is essential to North America’s competitiveness, says Baker Institute expert
Prompt ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is critical to North America — and Texas in
particular — remaining competitive with producers in Europe and Asia, according to an expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. David Gantz, the Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics at the Baker Institute, is available to discuss the USMCA and related issues with the news media.
http://bit.ly/2YvZEUl