Dateline Rice for July 1, 2019 (Weekend Edition)

APOLLO 11 50TH ANNIVERSARY

After Apollo
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is  mentioned in several articles. Houston Public Media mentions that the final episode of the BBC’s 12-part podcast “13 Minutes to the Moon,” which explores the dramatic final 13 minutes of Apollo 11’s trip, was recorded at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the June 30 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2IQxKxw
Podcast about moon landing records final episode in Houston
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2Lu5pi7
Apollo 11: Touchdown in Texas
The University of Texas at Austin News 
http://bit.ly/2LuaeYX
Why haven’t we gone back to the moon?
WHYY Online (This segment also aired on seven affiliate stations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.)
http://bit.ly/2LuaJlN
La corsa alla luna: Dallo Sputnik alla missione dell’Apollo 11
Fantascienza.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2LuddQZ
‘We choose to go to the moon’
MSN.de (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2Ls1ySV
‘FIVEaa’
South Australia Metro
http://bit.ly/2xpPp8Q

How we tell the story of America
“American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” authored by Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is reviewed in the Washington Post, and Brinkley is featured in a Q&A in Northern Express.
Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the June 30 print edition of the Post, and it appeared online in the Cape Cod Times, News Vire and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://wapo.st/2ISKvHJ
‘We choose to go to the moon.’
Northern Express
http://bit.ly/2Luc77N

Want to be an astronaut? NASA’s requirements have changed a bit in 60 years
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the July 1 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2Hmsm4n

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Rice to launch task force on its segregationist history
Two articles feature Rice’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice, which will explore the university’s history. President David Leebron, Rice Centennial Historian Melissa Kean ’96 and alumnus Donald Bowers ’91 are quoted in the Associated Press and Houston Chronicle articles. The Houston Chronicle also quotes Raymond Johnson ’69, adjunct professor of mathematics, and graduate student Dani Perdue, president of the Black Graduate Student Association at Rice, and mentions alumnus Charlie Paul ’19. Leebron is quoted in the KTBC broadcast.
Associated Press (This article also appeared in the July 1 print edition of the Dallas Morning News, and it appeared online in more than 100 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Lrtzd4
Rice’s reckoning: University to launch task force to address its segregationist history
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the June 30 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2LvKnjc
‘East Texas News at 10 p.m.’
KLTV-TV (Tyler, Texas)
http://bit.ly/2xn2VKj
‘Good Day Austin’
KTBC-TV (Austin, Texas; this segment aired three times.)
http://bit.ly/2xu7thP

Journalism schools tell students to branch out, hustle
An article features a collaborative research study between Rice and Rutgers University that examined the transformations taking place in journalism and found that educators are encouraging aspiring journalists to look for work outside the news business. Co-author Max Besbris, assistant professor of sociology, is quoted.
Futurity (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Lrtrul

Entrepreneurs take over Sears’ landmark buildings
Rice’s plan to redevelop the historic Midtown Sears building into The Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district built in collaboration with other Houston agencies and institutions, is featured in two articles. Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of Rice Management Co., is quoted in Forbes.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2xoDMyS
The Ion, Houston’s future innovation hub in the former Midtown Sears, to break ground in July
Houston Business Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2RKxPpl

As coal fades in the US, natural gas becomes the climate battleground
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
The New York Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the June 30 print editions of the Houston Chronicle and the Columbus Dispatch. It also appeared online in ClimateRocks.com, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, PreNSARiotIreTail.com and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://nyti.ms/2Ljdje9

Subscription services make life easier, but costs can add up 
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted in an article about how to control spending amid the recent proliferation of subscription services.
Associated Press (This article appeared in the June 30 print edition of the Mercury News and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/31M0cbt

AmCham Argentina y el IAPG viajaron a Washington y Texas para discutir el futuro de la política energética del país
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. 
Politica Chubut (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in El Economista, Centro de Informes and Run Run Energetico.)
http://bit.ly/2LweHKD

‘México va a necesitar energía para crecer un 4% en los próximos años’
Miriam Grunstein, contributing expert and scholar in the Mexico Center at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and pictured in El País and quoted in El CEO.
El País (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in the June 30 print edition, and it appeared online in the World News, MSN Noticias and Listin USA.)
https://bit.ly/2XAQzwU
Consejeros radicales
El CEO
http://bit.ly/2LBTDlM

Empeora Pemex calidad de crudos
Adrian Duhalt, postdoctoral fellow in Mexico energy studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mexico Center and Center for Energy Studies, is quoted. 
El Norte (An English translation is not available. Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the June 29 print edition, and it appeared online in La Parada Digital, Diario.mx and El Diario Chihuahua.)
http://bit.ly/2xjJ6DJ

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Former Greenway Plaza design center building trades hands
Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 1 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2IV6TAc

Artist Gillian Wearing challenges selfie culture in exhibit at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
An article features Gillian Wearing’s installation “Rock ‘n’ Roll 70” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts. The site-specific work “Wallpaper” consists of portraits that have been altered to imagine what the artist will look like in 20 years. Alison Weaver, executive director of the Moody Center, is quoted.
Texas Medical Center News
http://bit.ly/2xp8o3o

A 3D model for global health
An article features the Low-cost Universal Cervical Cancer Instructional Apparatus, or LUCIA, developed at Rice, which consists of more than 20 3D-printed cylindrical cervical models and replica pelvises that allow trainees in low-resource nations to examine and detect a range of potential conditions, including cancer. Quoted are Maria Oden, a full teaching professor in bioengineering, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, and alumnae Sonia Gomez Parra ’19 and Karen Vasquez Ruiz ’19.
Texas Medical Center News
http://bit.ly/2xoajVW

Fort Bend Infrastructure Conference draws VIP crowd of industry experts
An article features Ed Emmett ’71, senior fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, who gave the keynote speech at the Fort Bend Regional Infrastructure Conference June 27 in Richmond.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2xjQNK7

Houston photographer, FotoFest co-founder Fred Baldwin reflects on globetrotting life in new memoir
An article featuring Fred Baldwin mentions that Dominique de Menil exhibited about 300 of his Grimes County photographs at the former Rice Museum.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Zest section in the June 30 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2IVLSpm

A very special MAM announcement
Alumna Sonja Gee is featured and pictured.
Memorial Assistance Ministries Houston
http://bit.ly/2XlzVSw

BROADCAST

Houston Newsmakers for June 30: Annual survey provides surprising attitudes
An article about the June 30 episode of “Houston Newsmakers” features Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor emeritus of sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, and a discussion of the results of the 38th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey. Bill Fulton, director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is mentioned in the broadcast.
Click2Houston (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2IWawWM
Kinder Houston Area Survey reveals lingering concerns in wake of Hurricane Harvey
Houston Woman Magazine
http://bit.ly/2LxrvjO

KRLD-AM (Dallas)
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 interviewed.
http://bit.ly/2xk394X (This segment aired twice.)

Houston Public Media and Houston First celebrate diversity with Juan ‘Tony’ Castilleja Jr.
Alumnus Tony Castilleja ’09 is featured in a video and article. The article mentions that Castilleja co-founded the Designing with Rice Engineers — Achievement through Mentorship (DREAM) program, which matches disadvantaged and minority students in the Houston area with Rice engineering undergraduates who mentor them.
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2Lv4s9y

Houston Community College: See the answers to many of your questions
Boni Jacobs, former assistant director of financial aid at Rice, is featured.
ABC13 Online (This segment also aired on KTRK-TV in Houston.)
https://abc13.co/2LwZFUL

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Research programs at community colleges grow
An article mentions that Rice offers a research program in nanotechnology for students at Houston-area community colleges and that Rice’s Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment will offer programs at Arizona State University and the University of Texas at El Paso. Carolyn Nichol, director of the Office of STEM Engagement, is quoted.
C&E News 
http://bit.ly/2xqNpNi

Studie: IPOs lassen umliegende Gemeinden florieren
Alexander Butler, professor of finance, is featured.
GoingPublic.de
http://bit.ly/2X9HSVO

Best US colleges and universities for entrepreneurship studies, 2019
Rice is featured.
CEOWorld Magazine
http://bit.ly/2LuW5uE

AVA announces new Resident Artists
Alumna Anne Marie Stanley is featured.
OperaWire
http://bit.ly/2LpiGsq

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Hospitals, transplant programs could multiply in Central Florida with law change
Vivian Ho, the director of the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Orlando Sentinel (This article also appeared in the June 29 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2LwkvE3

Cardiovascular bioengineering expert joins UB faculty
Alumna B. Rita Alevriadou is featured.
University at Buffalo News 
http://bit.ly/2LujFaP

Apakah smartphone bisa membuat anda gemuk?
An article features Rice research that indicates mindless switching between digital devices is associated with increased susceptibility to food temptations and lack of self-control. Postdoctoral research fellow Richard Lopez is quoted.
Medcom ID (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2LA5VeN
Ponsel bisa bikin gemuk, benarkah?
Rakyatku Tekno (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2xo6rnS

Premio ‘Argos Hippium’, sensori ottici, rilevatori di gas tossici inquinanti e controllo della qualità dell’aria
Rice is mentioned.
Puglia News 24 (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2xqoERq

SPORTS

Officials arrest suspect in Ortiz shooting
A sports roundup mentions that Erica Ogwumike was named the 2018-2019 Michael L. Slive Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the June 29 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2J0Un2k
Michael L. Slive Athletes of the Year announced
ConferenceUSA.com
http://bit.ly/2Xh3lkE

Bokunewicz commits to Rice
An article featuring Maya Bokunewicz mentions that she plans to play basketball at Rice.
WTAJ Online (This video also aired twice on WTAJ-TV in Johnstown-Altoona, Pennsylvania.) 
http://bit.ly/2xkVsLK

Valentine Holmes is putting everything on the line to live out his NFL dreams
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
Daily Telegraph (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the June 30 print editions of The Sunday Telegraph Sydney and The Sunday Mail Queensland.)
https://bit.ly/2xkdI7Z