Dateline Rice for Aug. 17, 2017

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

New plate adds plot twist to ancient tectonic tale
A microplate discovered off the west coast of Ecuador adds another piece to Earth’s tectonic puzzle, according to Rice scientists. Richard Gordon, the W.M. Keck professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and graduate students Tuo Zhang and Chengzu Wang are mentioned.
National Science Foundation (This also appeared in Terra Daily and Space Daily.)
http://bit.ly/2wSP39b

Reusable freeze-dried foam sucks up carbon dioxide
Rice materials scientists have created a light foam from two-dimensional sheets of hexagonal-boron nitride that absorbs carbon dioxide. Mentioned are Pulickel Ajayan, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and founding chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering; postdoctoral researchers Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Almaz Jalilov and Rodrigo Villegas Salvatierra; graduate students Peter Owuor, Luong Xuan Duy, Sandhya Susarla and Jarin Joyner; Ok-Kyung Park, a visiting scholar at Rice; Robert Vajtai, associate research professor in materials science and nanoengineering; Jun Lou, professor and associate department chair of materials science and nanoengineering; and James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering.
Futurity (This article appeared in the Aug. 17 issue of Futurity Today.)
http://bit.ly/2wejqtC
Rice researchers find new material with promising future
Sina (This also appeared in Xinhua Net.)
http://bit.ly/2x7DKsW
Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide
Scienmag (This also appeared in Nanowerk, Science Daily and Phys Org.)
http://bit.ly/2x6V4hQ
Macroscale foam helps sequester carbon dioxide more efficiently than ever
World Industrial Reporter
http://bit.ly/2vG1W7L
Freeze-dried foam sponges up CO2 from the air
New Atlas (This also appeared in Nanotechnology Now.)
http://bit.ly/2v4yzbG

Rift widens between Trump and business leaders
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted.
MSN Money
http://bit.ly/2vGyPBp
Trump takes aim at executives leaving presidential council
Watertown Daily Times
http://bit.ly/2uTveNs
Intolerance wrecks Trump councils
The Telegraph
http://bit.ly/2wSYxRW

Congress, it’s time to step up on climate change
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2w5wtgw

Whatever happened to Trump’s new border patrol officers?
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted.
MSN Nyheter
http://bit.ly/2wiTbSa
Trump’s pledge to hire more border patrol agents is met with resistance, logistical snags
Tickle the Wire
http://bit.ly/2w51ZuS

HOUSTON/TEXAS

NASA to get new administrator under Trump
The Trump administration appears close to naming alumnus and U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine ’97 to become the next NASA administrator, according to two industry sources.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Aug. 17 print edition with a different headline, “Oklahoma congressman in line to head NASA.” This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2wSJQhG
http://bit.ly/2x7bhnb

Art gallery and museum listings: Aug. 17-23
Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will present teamLab’s “Flower’s and People, Cannot Be Controlled But Live Together — A Whole Year Per Hour” through Aug. 20 and “David Scanavino: Repeater” through Aug. 26.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in Houston News Info and My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2vGaEDe
http://bit.ly/2fNPVrr

Free market not the health care panacea
An article includes a photo of U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/2wSTDUK

Houston leaders declare a ‘clear red line against hate or violence’ in response to Charlottesville
An article mentions that Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will seek input from experts at local universities, including Rice, about how to proceed with Houston’s Confederate monuments.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2fOFSlW
Turner gives some details on plan to consider removal of Confederate monuments
Houston Public Media
http://bit.ly/2vGpQAn

Are lawmakers’ business ties with public entities a conflict of interest?
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.
Hill Country News
http://bit.ly/2w4FfuZ

New Danville founder Kathy Sanders to retire
An article mentions that Eva Aguirre received a Certificate of Achievement in Senior Human Resources Development from Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
Woodlands Online
http://bit.ly/2uLHPGC

New Briargrove leadership
Alumna Thayer Hutcheson ’11 is featured.
Buzz Magazines
http://bit.ly/2wdyzv4

BROADCAST

KPRC-TV (Houston)
Richard Stoll, the Albert Thomas Chair in Political Science and scholar at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
http://bit.ly/2uLylLA

4 Texans weigh in on how President Donald Trump handled Charlottesville
A study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is mentioned.
Texas Standard (This aired on 24 radio stations and also appeared online in Texas Public Radio, KUOW, KERA and KUT.)
http://bit.ly/2vLvJKT

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Yale, Stanford led endowments in paring Asia bets last quarter
Rice is mentioned.
Pensions & Investments
http://bit.ly/2uLAqaa

Successful voting systems must be accurate, usable, accessible and secure
Voting systems must be accurate, usable, accessible and secure to be successful, according to a new paper from Mike Byrne, professor of psychology.
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/2wSQynS

Rice University materials scientists create 2-faced 2-D material
Rice University scientists made a semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenide that starts as a monolayer of molybdenum diselenide. They then strip the top layer of the lattice and replace precisely half the selenium atoms with sulfur. Jun Lou, professor and associate department chair of materials science and nanoengineering, postdoctoral researcher Jing Zhang and graduate student Shuai Jia are mentioned.
Solid State Technology
http://bit.ly/2vLoMJQ
2-faced 2-D Material is a 1st at Rice
I-Connect 007
http://bit.ly/2wd8k8b

Other materials stories that may be of interest
Rice researchers have learned to manipulate two-dimensional materials to design in defects that enhance the materials’ properties.
American Ceramic Society
http://bit.ly/2w58j5K

Department of Energy invests $4.8M in projects to advance carbon-capture projects
Rice is mentioned.
Energy Business Review
http://bit.ly/2vGeA6I

Seeing the light: How Linbeck gives shape to James Turrell’s luminous art
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion on the Rice campus is mentioned.
Construction Dive
http://bit.ly/2vLJEAu
The best free things to do in Houston
Oyster.com
http://bit.ly/2uKTCVA

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Female Marine to compete in national tactical warrior competition
Alumna Kerry Hogan ’04 is featured.
Quantico Sentry
http://bit.ly/2i9Sl4L

Deep background: Computer smarts from a smart computer guy
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured.
Kansas City Star (A correction has been requested.)
http://bit.ly/2vGbmjV

What role does your church play in racial reconciliation?
Former Rice professor Michael Emerson is mentioned.
Facts & Trends
http://bit.ly/2fO1XkT

The art of the possible
A paper co-authored by graduate student Michael Shashoua and Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing, is mentioned.
National Affairs
http://bit.ly/2fO9LTK

‘The Merry Widow,’ ‘Rocking Horse Winner’ and more set for Opera Saratoga’s 2018 Summer Festival Program
Alumna Meghan Kasanders ’16 is mentioned.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/2vGumyR

Portable planetarium coming
Rice is mentioned.
Piqua Daily Call
http://bit.ly/2vLZYRR

San Diego can enjoy Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas at Thursday and Friday concerts
Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is mentioned.
Times of San Diego
http://bit.ly/2vLkv93

Trump abandoned by top US business leaders
John Palizza, a former lecturer in management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
BNN
http://bit.ly/2i9EjQz
BNN-TV
http://bit.ly/2uLl6dz
http://bit.ly/2wiWbOq
http://bit.ly/2wdiB4e

Ed Goldman: Tony Conley shares McCartney with the world
Alumnus Tony Conley ’71 is featured.
Sacramento Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2x7j18G

Sanctioning Venezuela: Options and impact
Francisco Monaldi, a fellow in Latin American energy policy at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Atlantic Council
http://bit.ly/2uTtILr

Indian origin professor Thomas Kailath to get Marconi Society Award
Alumnus Arun Netravali ’69 won the $100,000 Marconi Prize.
Little India
http://bit.ly/2vM0ZJu

Former Virginia Historical Society CEO named vice president for development at the Virginia War Memorial Foundation
Alumnus Paul Levengood ’97 is featured.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2uTsrEe

Texas solar company wins $1M, will manufacture in Southern Tier
Rice Alliance is mentioned.
Press Connects
http://press.sn/2uLJmfP

SPORTS

History of Texas college football played overseas
Rice and Stanford will open the 2017 football season Aug. 27 (Aug. 26 in the U.S.) at the Sydney Cup at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2vGm6Pn
http://bit.ly/2vGCAXK
Western Kentucky, Louisiana Tech are the teams to beat in C-USA
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2uLF5cf
Stanford and Rice to kick off NCAA college football season in the ‘Land Down Under’
Huff Post
http://bit.ly/2wTeQhq
Pac-12 football preview: 20 things to know heading into the 2017 season
NCAA
http://on.ncaa.com/2wiZPYg
College football 2017: Preview of Conference USA
Standard Republic
http://bit.ly/2x7BdiE

Celebrities who will be at James Harden’s charity basketball game
Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio and Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://bit.ly/2iaKV18
http://bit.ly/2vFZzSp

Rice’s backup QB J.T. Granato transferring to Missouri State
A Rice transfer is mentioned. Rice coach David Bailiff is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
http://bit.ly/2vG3dvR
http://bit.ly/2uM38bb

TAMIU picked to finish 6th and 7th in Heartland Preseason Poll
The Norry Hersey Rice Invitational is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This also appeared in My San Antonio and LMT Online.)
http://bit.ly/2v4oOus

In Texas, the last baseball-glove maker refuses to die
Former Rice baseball player Roberts Storey is mentioned.
My Palm Beach Post
http://bit.ly/2i9xmio

The fall of another Arkansas legend
Rice is mentioned.
El Dorado News-Times
http://bit.ly/2uLMuZ5

Soccer watch
Rice soccer will play the University of Texas at Austin Aug. 18.
Austin Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2v4QNtT

Texas Tech basketball to host throwback game at Coliseum
Rice men’s basketball is mentioned.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2wdwOOG
The practice field is near the epicenter
KTVB
http://bit.ly/2uMdCY5

Countdown to Texas’ kickoff: 16 days
Rice football is mentioned.
Austin American-Statesman
https://atxne.ws/2i7QTj2
Tops’ White named to Manning Award Watch List
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2wiSIPx

Rothstein: Rice transfer Marcus Evans out for season
A Rice transfer is mentioned.
Fanrag Sports
http://bit.ly/2wiS7xv

NEWS RELEASE

Freeze-dried foam soaks up carbon dioxide
Rice University materials scientists have created a light foam from two-dimensional sheets of hexagonal-boron nitride (h-BN) that absorbs carbon dioxide.
http://bit.ly/2wj3a9S