Dateline Rice for March 6, 2018

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Investing in our energy future is a requirement, not an option
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative and former assistant secretary of energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, authored an op-ed.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2oLKGKO
Overnight Energy: Trump to consider elephant trophy imports ‘case by case’ | Zinke makes ‘acting’ directors official | Senator says Arctic refuge drilling auction could start next year
The Hill (This article also appeared in Fire News Feed.)
http://bit.ly/2oOYxzK

US primaries start with Democratic push in Texas
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 multiple stories on primary elections in Texas.
MSN.com (This Reuters article appeared in more than 40 media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2oMtVPj
Democrats fielding — and funding — serious challengers in GOP strongholds
Washington Times
http://bit.ly/2tkfHtR
KDFX-TV (Palm Springs, Calif.)
http://bit.ly/2oLLTRY (Click the video button to watch the broadcast, which aired on more than 10 other TV stations.)
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://bit.ly/2oM6XYM (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
KSL-AM (Salt Lake City)
http://bit.ly/2tkECgX (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast, which aired on more than 10 other radio stations.)
National attention focused on Texas primary election
KTRK.com
http://abc13.co/2tj5IFj
Competitive race in store for District 2
KPRC.com
http://bit.ly/2tkhY8q
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2tkcL0a (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/2oM8jmm (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)
http://bit.ly/2oTOx7K (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)
Texas primaries 2018: Democrats Lupe Valdez and Andrew White are vying to run against Gov. Abbott
Vox
http://bit.ly/2oO7mtP
Texas ghosts: Rural Democrats in Lone Star State don’t like Trump, but what issues do matter to them?
Get Religion
http://bit.ly/2tnT5Zg
Beto O’Rourke: El osado demócrata de Texas que quiere sacar a Ted Cruz del Senado
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2tfHWK0
Las primarias del 2018 arrancan en Texas con el entusiasmo demócrata en su mayor punto
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2tliEdt
Un auge de candidatas mujeres y la energía demócrata marcan unas primarias en Texas vistas como un referéndum sobre Trump
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2oNNQgP

This lens-free microscope fits on a fingertip
Lenses are no longer necessary for some microscopes, according to Rice engineers developing FlatScope, a thin fluorescent microscope whose abilities promise to surpass those of old-school devices. Quoted are Ashok Veeraraghavan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Jacob Robinson, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering; and Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Futurity (Similar articles appeared in more than 10 other media outlets. This article was featured in the March 6 edition of the Futurity Today newsletter.)
http://bit.ly/2oJXoJV

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Jack Ogg, longtime Texas lawmaker and father to Harris County DA, dies
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted in an article on the death of Jack Ogg, who was 84.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 6 print edition with a different headline, “Former lawmaker was the father of Harris DA.”)
http://bit.ly/2oMuby3
http://bit.ly/2oMdhiU

Handley, Wolfe: Mayor Turner should support carbon tax
An op-ed advocating a tax on carbon emissions mentions an expert panel that was held at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the March 6 print edition with a different headline, “Unite behind a carbon tax.”)
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http://bit.ly/2oP3uIM

The stories of a city: HIV/AIDS in Houston
The Oral History Project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2019 and will feature personal AIDS/HIV experiences of survivors, physicians, activists and religious and political leaders, will be housed at the Woodson Research Center at Rice.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2oMHK0g

10 questions every Houston homebuyer should ask before they press go
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.
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2oPL1Mn

Rice University’s women’s center celebrates 25 years
Rice’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality is featured. Susan Lurie, director of the center, and Brian Riedel, professor in the practice of humanities and the center’s assistant director, are quoted.
OutSmart
http://bit.ly/2oMzbCB

Aminode lets you do in less than a second what used to take a week
Lovett College senior Kevin Chang spearheaded the development of Aminode, a web-based tool researchers can use to gain insight into the function of proteins and their role in human diseases. Mentioned are alumnus Junyan Guo ’17; Michael Kohn, an associate professor in the Department of BioSciences at Rice; and Luay Nakhleh, professor of computer science and biosciences and chair of the Rice Department of Computer Science.
Baylor College of Medicine
http://bit.ly/2oMWv33

UHLC’s Center for US and Mexican Law hosts authors’ workshop
Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at the Baker Institute and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, participated in a roundtable discussion titled “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations” at the University of Houston Law Center. Lisa Guáqueta, program administrator for the Mexico Center and Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute, also attended.
University of Houston Law Center
http://bit.ly/2oN9AJY

My Top 5: Master sommelier and Goodnight Charlie’s founder David Keck
Alumnus David Keck ’09 is featured.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://bit.ly/2oOUZNW

BROADCAST

‘Imus in the Morning’
Dodge for a Cure, a dodgeball tournament hosted by the Rice Department of Sport Management to raise money for the Chance for Hope Foundation, is featured. Lovett College sophomore Wyatt Imus is mentioned.
WABC-AM (New York)
http://bit.ly/2tjDjip

KUT-FM (Austin, Texas)
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 quoted in a story on election security.
http://bit.ly/2oPbkSM (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

WMBB-TV (Panama City, Fla.)
Former Rice student Reny Jose went missing while on spring break in Florida in 2014.
http://bit.ly/2oO0oFb (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)
WJHG-TV (Panama City, Fla.)
http://bit.ly/2oN7ARZ (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Dressing atoms in an ultracold soup
Using lasers, physicists from Rice, Harvard University and Vienna University of Technology have coaxed ultracold strontium atoms into complex structures unlike any previously seen in nature. A Rice photo is featured.
Science360 News (Similar articles appeared in Energy Daily and Space Daily.)
http://bit.ly/2oMuSqR

Tempering expectation with realism in Mohammed bin Salman’s London visit
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first foreign tour as heir to the throne. Ulrichsen also is quoted in an article on the visit.
Lobe Log (This article also appeared in Enjoy Traveling.)
http://bit.ly/2oMbCd1
UK risks reputation with Saudi Aramco wooing, warns lawmaker
The New Arab
http://bit.ly/2oN90vD

In search of OER’s future and edtech’s missing evidence at SXSW EDU
Daniel Williamson, managing director of Rice-based nonprofit OpenStax, discussed open educational resources at South by Southwest in Austin.
EdSurge
http://bit.ly/2oK1jqc
How OER can help overcome the higher education equity barrier
EdScoop
http://bit.ly/2oM53Y8

NSF invests $30 million to pursue transformative advances at frontiers of computing and information
The National Science Foundation awarded $10 million to a Rice-led team that hopes to create wearable and point-of-care microscopes that use on-chip illumination and sensing to noninvasively aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of nearly 100 health conditions that today require a biopsy or blood test. Ashutosh Sabharwal, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
Scienmag
http://bit.ly/2oNbUka
UC Berkeley’s RISELab awarded $10M grant for artificial intelligence research, innovation
Daily Cal
http://bit.ly/2oJXQIc

New Georgetown U. program offers certificate in education finance
Rice’s Education Entrepreneurship Program is mentioned along with Andrea Hodge, former executive director of the program.
EdWeek Market Brief
http://bit.ly/2oN4VHN

STEM grads: At the core of the tech location decision
Rice’s computer science program is mentioned.
Area Development
http://bit.ly/2oN3p8B

Christian college leaders say the high cost pays for deeper sense of community, prayer
Michael Lindsay, president of Gordon College and a former sociology professor at Rice, is quoted.
The College Fix
http://bit.ly/2oO4Pjf

Eva Franch i Gilabert has been announced as the new director of the Architectural Association
An article notes that Eva Franch i Gilabert taught at Rice.
Archinect (A similar article appeared in De Zeen.)
http://bit.ly/2oOPbE8

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

The mental health toll of being undocumented
A Rice study that found more than 80 percent of immigrants residing in the U.S. without authorization near the California-Mexico border have a lifetime history of traumatic events is mentioned.
Newsy (This article appeared in more than 10 media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2oJPHU3

Rice sleuths find steel in ‘metal-free’ catalysts
Detective work by Rice chemists has defined a deception in graphene catalysts that, until now, has defied description. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Ruquan Ye are quoted.
Global News Connect
http://bit.ly/2oSbKbl

219,000 students benefit from Georgia’s free online textbook program
OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources, is mentioned.
All On Georgia
http://bit.ly/2oK5RwH

SPORTS

KRIV-TV (Houston)
Brown College senior Calvin Anderson, a former member of the Rice football team, discusses the death of Lovett College junior and teammate Blain Padgett.
http://bit.ly/2FjZs1z (Click the video button to watch the broadcast.)

High expectations remain for Rice women ahead of C-USA tourney
The Rice women’s basketball team is featured. Rice Athletics Director Joe Karlgaard, head coach Tina Langley and players Olivia Ogwumike and Wendy Knight are quoted. Players Erica Ogwumike and Nicole Iademarco are mentioned. Erica Ogwumike and Iademarco are mentioned in articles on the All-Conference USA team.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2oJsC3W
Techsters’ Malone, Anthony on All-Conference USA team
Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/2oNMIKa
MTSU’s Alex Johnson, Anna Jones earn All-Conference USA honors
Daily News Journal
http://on.dnj.com/2oO6yVP

Cougars face SEC trio at World Series park
An article on the University of Houston baseball team mentions Rice will participate in the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic next season at Houston’s Minute Maid Park.
The Cougar
http://bit.ly/2oLnOuK
Aggies named to 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic field
WTAW.com (This article also appeared at KBTX.com.)
http://bit.ly/2oMbSsK

Baseballs: The heart of the matter
Rice head baseball coach Wayne Graham is quoted in an article on baseballs.
Easy News
http://bit.ly/2oNPyix

Baylor tennis takes on Rice in Houston
The Rice women’s tennis team faces Baylor University March 6 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
Waco Tribune-Herald
http://bit.ly/2oS6y7l
Lady Bears tennis takes on Rice Owls
The Eagle
http://bit.ly/2oMMUJF

NEWS RELEASE

Baker Institute report: Houston needs more growth venture capital
For Houston to spur a high-growth, high-technology startup ecosystem, the city needs to attract more so-called growth venture capital investments, according to an issue brief from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “Growth vs. Transactional Venture Capital in Houston, Texas” was co-authored by Ed Egan, fellow of the Baker Institute and director of the institute’s McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Diana Carranza, graduate researcher at the McNair Center.
http://bit.ly/2oMMG5h