Dateline Rice for July 29, 2019 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Old habits die hard: Saudi Arabia struggles to end oil addiction
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Reuters (This article also appeared in the July 26 print editions of Mint, The Pak Banker, The Jakarta Post and the Borneo Post, and it appeared online in the Japan News and The Economic Times. This story appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://reut.rs/2Kfrf75
As tensions with Iran rise, oil supply fears rise anew
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the July 29 print edition of the Chronicle and the July 27 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) 
http://bit.ly/32NOrld

A key reason the Fed struggles to hit 2% inflation: Uncooperative prices
Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founder of OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources, is quoted.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 28 print edition, and it appeared online in more than 20 other media outlets.)
https://on.wsj.com/2Zkm7EI

Moon fever
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” is quoted.
The New York Review of Books (This article will also appear in the Aug. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2ZgFYox

Glacier memorial a message to our future generations
Iceland’s first glacier lost to climate change will be remembered with a monument to be unveiled next month at the site of the former glacier. Cymene Howe, associate professor of anthropology, and Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology, are featured.
Toronto Star (This article also appeared in the July 27 print editions of the Star and the Otago Daily Times, and it appeared online in ZME Science.)
http://bit.ly/2ZjUsnk
Iceland to mark first glacier lost to climate change
Hindustan Times (This article also appeared in the July 24 print edition of the New Indian Express and The Times of India’s New Delhi and Mumbai issues, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was fist posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2Zl1J6C
Climate Sense: Arctic burns as climate issues gain political attention
Kitsap Sun
http://bit.ly/2GATjk7
Islanda. Una lapide in ricordo del primo ‘ghiacciaio morto’
Montagna.tv
http://bit.ly/2ZksxDV

The NASA logo is having a moment
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 27 print edition of the Baltimore Sun and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) 
https://lat.ms/2Y4pIVX

Reliving history at the home of human spaceflight
Alumna Peggy Whitson ’86, the astronaut who has spent more time in space than any other American, is quoted and pictured.
The Toronto Star (This article appeared in the July 27 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2JZoSVE

The vital next step in fighting climate change
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured or mentioned.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2GDoHyy
Friendswood takes pride in having 3 residents at once in space
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2GDpEqC
David M. Shribman: Why walking on the moon meant so much
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (This article appeared in the July 26 print edition of The Signal and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/32L98Os
How moonshots combine power of audacious goals and pleasure of achievement
Mint
http://bit.ly/2ZjEObH
Remembering the day man landed on moon
Daily Monitor
http://bit.ly/2ZdWDsJ
Sundays with Mike: Return to the moon 
KMA Land
http://bit.ly/2Zs92cR
CRC 102.9 (Ireland)
http://bit.ly/2GAsaxD

Texas grand jury indicts Michigan professor on assault claim
An article mentions alumnus Samuel Schultz ’09, who has accused David Daniels and Scott Walters of sexual assault.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets, and it appeared in the July 27 print edition of The Detroit News.)
http://bit.ly/2GwGPtB

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University-led Ion innovation district breaks ground
Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into The Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district that broke ground July 19, is featured. Rice community members quoted in the Houston Chronicle include: President David Leebron; Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of Rice Management Co.; Alan Arnold, Rice Management Co.’s investment director of real estate; Ryan LeVasseur, Rice Management Co.’s managing director of direct real estate; and Jones College senior Mary Claire Neal.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared on the front page of the July 29 print edition of the Chronicle’s “Chronicle Extra.”)
http://bit.ly/2Y5xWxh

Rice University says it has a cheaper plan to guard Houston from hurricanes 
An article features Rice’s research into the Galveston Bay Park Plan, a 25-foot-tall levee to protect the Houston-Galveston region from hurricanes. Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted.
Texas Tribune (This article also appeared in UPI, Fox 51 Online, KTSA Online, Click2Houston.com, Katy Times, The Eagle, ChronLaw, T-SPAN, Paris News and World News Network.)
http://bit.ly/2ZiSAvj

Democrats pounce as Houston-area Rep. Pete Olson announces retirement
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 in an article on alumnus Rep. Pete Olson ’85, R-Texas, announcing he will not run for re-election. Jones is also quoted in numerous additional political articles.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared on the front page of the July 26 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared in the July 26 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story appeared online in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GDgLgK
http://bit.ly/2ZdCFhL
After refusing contributions from county vendors, Hidalgo raises $319K
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 28 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2GzDH0q
Democrat Hegar taps donors in Hollywood and the Texas suburbs for quick start in Senate race 
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 29 print edition of the Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/32YDT2O
Indicted AG Ken Paxton seeks to move his criminal case to his home turf
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the July 26 print edition of the Chronicle, and it appeared on the front page of the July 26 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was fist posted online.)
https://bit.ly/32SoS2l
Discurso racista, ¿talón de aquiles para reelección de Trump?
W Radio (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2ZhHh6p

Another patient dies in Ben Taub ER waiting 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 (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the July 27 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2GAtq3Y

Why Texans may still get surprise medical bills [Opinion]
Ken Janda, adjunct professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 28 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2Zop73e

Pemex narrows multibillion-dollar losses while stabilizing production
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 the Houston Chronicle, and he appeared in a broadcast from Houston Public Media.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GAyci1
http://bit.ly/2GvbEiz
Immigration and the Texas border
Houston Public Media (This “Red, White & Blue” segment aired twice on KUHT-TV in Houston and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2Gzs1uz

Highlighting Houston’s business announcements
A Houston-area business news roundup mentions that Mary Lynn Fernau, former marketing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, has been named director of executive and international programs at Rice’s Glasscock School for Continuing Studies.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the July 29 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2GNmgJV

Barack Obama shares op-ed criticizing President Trump’s ‘poisoning of our democracy’
The caption to a video mentions that former President Barack Obama spoke at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s 25th anniversary celebration.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2ZlLuGu

Surprise visitor makes for fairy-tale engagement photos
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GAMG15
http://bit.ly/2GyRzIc
Biking to the altar: Houston man proposes by taking girlfriend on bike ride spelling out ‘marry me’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GABCBn
http://bit.ly/2GyfUxS

Texas A&M San Antonio puts its free tuition plan on ‘fast track’ in wake of UT announcement
The Rice Investment, an initiative offering full-tuition scholarships and grants to students from low- and middle-income families, is mentioned.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 28 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2GwFjHV
Free tuition offered at S.A. colleges and other major Texas universities
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GNopoX
http://bit.ly/2ZjrFzv
Free tuition offered at Houston colleges and other major Texas universities
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2ZkQsD6
Texas universities that offer free tuition
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GyRtjE

Get twisted with Dorothea Tanning at the Menil
Rice is mentioned in a photo slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 28 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2K3OnoU

The Must List: Cage The Elephant, Beck, Daniel Sloss
An article mentions that Rice Cinema screened “Tarnation” July 28 as part of QFest. Other films being screened at Rice Cinema are featured in a roundup of non-megaplex offerings.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2K238sl
Outside the Megaplex: Here are the Houston arthouse movies showing July 26-Aug. 1
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2K6iHz2

Galleries: What’s going on in Houston art galleries this week
A Houston arts roundup mentions 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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 26 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2JJk8V8

BROADCAST

‘Doc: Science and Faith’
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 featured.
Yes TV Ontario
http://bit.ly/2ZisLLJ

WSLS-TV (Roanoke, Virginia)
An article features undergraduate Rice research to develop a wearable device for allergy sufferers. Sid Richardson College senior Albert Han is featured.
http://bit.ly/2GzzR7w (This segment aired twice.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

How ice cores are helping to track preindustrial ozone
Collaborative Rice research on a 150-year-old ice core sample that suggests “bad” ozone in the air has increased by 40% since the Industrial Revolution is featured. Lead author Laurence Yeung, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
EOS
http://bit.ly/2GyxXUq

Carbon nanotubes could help increase efficiency of solar modules
An article features Rice research that suggests carbon nanotubes may make solar panels more efficient. Co-authors Gururaj Naik, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, are quoted.
Mercom India
http://bit.ly/2Gxt7H2
Harnessing heat for 80% theoretical efficiency 
PV Magazine
http://bit.ly/2YvldE8
Toto zariadenie zmení efektivitu solárnych panelov od základov. Revolučným spôsom využíva absorbované teplo 
Fontech (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2GvgV9R

Petronas Towers architect dies as 92 
An article mentions that architects César Pelli, who died July 19 at 92, and Fred Clarke designed Rice’s Herring Hall in 1984.
The Science Times
http://bit.ly/2GyhrDO

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Scientist, Christian on conversion mission
Research into the religious beliefs of scientists by Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is cited.
The Columbian (This Washington Post article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/2ZkynFe

Soul of the cello: Cathedral series begins with that warmest of instruments
Alumnus Ho Anthony Ahn is featured and pictured, and Shirley Trepel, professor emerita of violin and cello, is mentioned.
The Independent
http://bit.ly/2GysuNo

SPORTS

Wake Forest vs. Rice preview
An article previews the Rice football team’s Sept. 6 game against Wake Forest University.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2GAwU6p

Chip Brown’s 2019 prediction for the Texas Longhorns
An article mentions that the University of Texas at Austin’s football team will play Rice Sept. 14 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2GBFcLv

IU football recruiting: Class of 2020 offensive lineman Brady Feeney flips to Indiana
Rice is mentioned.
The Daily Hoosier (This article also appeared in Saturday Tradition.)
http://bit.ly/2GAjEPj

Tylerite, former NBA player starts 1st year-round youth basketball league in East Texas
Former Rice basketball player Whitney Mitchell is featured.
CBS 19 Online (This segment also aired on KYTX-TV in Tyler, Texas.)
http://bit.ly/2YwL3Id

Martin’s Garcia participates in NCAA academy
Former Rice head basketball coach Ben Braun is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GCzFEj

3 Buckeyes named All-American scholars
Former Rice golfer Will Voetsch is featured.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2GAXc8H

‘Houston Sports Show’
Rice is mentioned.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2GAsr3M