Dateline Rice for March 29, 2018

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Baker: Trump White House needs better ‘message discipline’
James A. Baker III, honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and former U.S. secretary of state, is interviewed. The Baker Institute hosted its inaugural Presidential Elections Program conference March 28. A Houston Chronicle story previewed the event.
MSNBC.com
https://on.msnbc.com/2GUNkFO
Rice to host Axelrod, Rove at conference on presidential elections
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2GTr9zL
http://bit.ly/2GSOJfX

Invisible no more: How advising programs are finding new talent for top colleges
Alumna Sayra Alanís ’15 is quoted and pictured.
Washington Post (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle.)
https://wapo.st/2GWnXDG

What you need to know about the census’ citizenship question
Steve Murdock, the Allyn and Gladys Cline Professor of Sociology and director of Rice’s Hobby Center for the Study of Texas and former U.S. Census Bureau director, is quoted in multiple articles on the addition of a citizenship question to the census. He is also quoted in a KUT-FM story. 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 a Univision story on the census question and a Texas Monitor article.
Politifact
http://bit.ly/2GSZSgN
Cruz crows credit for census citizenship count that could cost Texas clout
Austin American-Statesman
https://atxne.ws/2GUXqqh
NY lawmakers push to scrub citizenship question from census
Click Lancashire
http://bit.ly/2GVQokX
KUT-FM (Austin)
http://bit.ly/2Ier5Ku (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Organizaciones hispanas rechazan la pregunta sobre ciudadanía que incluyeron en el censo de 2020
Univision (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2GWxESc
Pressure mounting on Texas to sue on ‘citizenship question’ on 2020 census
WOAI.com
https://ihr.fm/2GG6QIr
NAACP says Census Bureau is unprepared for 2020 census
Wisdom Save
http://bit.ly/2GyOAkj
NAACP sues Trump admin over census citizenship question
Aliron
http://bit.ly/2GF0oBq
Headlines
The Austin Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2GDUuAk

Here’s what happened during the Saudi crown prince’s international debut
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed on Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Atlantic Council
http://bit.ly/2GTFyMl

Hurricane Harvey woke Houston up. Now things have to change.
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 (SSPEED); Antonia Sebastian, a research associate at the SSPEED Center; and Albert Pope, the Gus Sessions Wortham Professor of Architecture, are quoted.
Quartz
http://bit.ly/2GU3j75

US experts say future of US-Iranian relations looks bleak
All signs point to rocky times ahead for U.S.-Iranian relations, according to a new issue brief by experts at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Joe Barnes, a foreign-policy expert and the Baker Institute’s Bonner Means Baker Fellow, and Robert Barron, the former policy assistant to the institute director, are quoted.
Xinhua
http://bit.ly/2GWIdVK

¿Puede López Obrador cancelar la reforma energética?
Changes in the Mexican energy industry may be implemented with the election of a new president. Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Expansión MX (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2GpdpLS

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Did Harvey bring more fire ants to SE Texas?
Scientists at Rice are trying to measure the impact of Hurricane Harvey on fire ant populations, an invasive species common throughout the South. Tom Miller, the James and Deborah Godwin Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is quoted and pictured. Sarah Bengston, a Huxley Faculty Fellow in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Department of BioSciences, is mentioned and pictured. Scott Solomon, associate teaching professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is mentioned. Solomon also is quoted in Texas Standard and KUT-FM stories.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise.)
http://bit.ly/2GVUyJN
News roundup: Friends and family gather to remember Austin bombing victim Draylen Mason
Texas Standard
http://bit.ly/2GT40gN
KUT-FM (Austin)
http://bit.ly/2E5cAWD (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

Longtime UHLC adjunct professor in admiralty law, Gus Schill, dies at 85
Alumnus Gus Schill ’55, a former member of the Rice Board of Trustees and president of the Association of Rice Alumni, died March 25. He was 85.
University of Houston Law Center
http://bit.ly/2GZ4PF7

Rice’s sticker price tops $60,000
Rice has announced tuition for 2018-19.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2GkPg9m

Indian tech company unveils Plano tech hub, could make up to 450 hires
Wipro Limited, with relationships to Rice and other Texas colleges, plans to open its Texas Technology Center
Dallas Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2Gp9qPO

The little-known theology behind white evangelical support of Donald Trump
David Brockman, nonresident scholar in the Religion and Public Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, authored an op-ed.
Texas Observer
http://bit.ly/2GDEv5E

Exhibit: See refugee crisis through doctors’ eyes
Doctors Without Borders is bringing its traveling exhibit about the global refugee crisis to Rice’s campus March 29-30.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in Ad Hoc News.)
http://bit.ly/2GT3BLm
http://bit.ly/2GVwK8K

Now in galleries and museums: March 29-April 4
“Josiah McElheny: Island Universe,” “Leo Villareal: Particle Chamber” and “Pile the Wood High!” at the Moody Center are mentioned in a roundup of gallery and museum listings.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News, and it was included in the March 29 print edition of the Chronicle.)
http://bit.ly/2GTJmgw
http://bit.ly/2GTLcy6

Who watches the watchers? Nobody, after Texas high court favors impunity for all
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 a 2017 Texas Supreme Court decision known as Hall v. McRaven.
Texas Monitor
http://bit.ly/2GTAlEa

MUSIQA presents ‘Playing Havoc’ at The Match
Alumna Kate Soper ’03’s “Voices from the Killing Jar” is featured.
Broadway World
http://bit.ly/2GDRNyR

Stories of recovery: My personal story is one of success — and mental illness
Alumna C. Kelly Rentzel ’97 authored an op-ed about mental illness and the process of recovery.
Texas Bar Blog
http://bit.ly/2GBcH1x

BROADCAST

KUT-FM (Austin)
Ed Egan, fellow of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is quoted in a broadcast about the role of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are playing in steel and aluminum production.
https://bit.ly/2GnOUip (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

WOKV-AM (Jacksonville)
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
https://bit.ly/2pRBkg3 (Click the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Protein shape-sifting
A team of Rice researchers has developed a technique to compute protein conformations for paths around autoimmunity. Cecilia Clementi, professor of chemistry and chemical and biomolecular engineering, is quoted.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
http://bit.ly/2GTrFhb

Antonios Mikos will be the recipient of the 2019 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal
Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is featured.
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
http://bit.ly/2GTzALr

Gated, aligned nanotube films will advance lasers and optoelectronic devices
A novel quantum effect observed in a carbon nanotube film could lead to the development of unique lasers and other optoelectronic devices, according to scientists at Rice and Tokyo Metropolitan University. Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, and postdoctoral researcher Weilu Gao are quoted. Kono and graduate student Fumiya Katsutani are pictured in a photo by Rice photographer Jeff Fitlow.
AZO Nano
http://bit.ly/2GV9TKw

What to see in Houston
James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion is mentioned.
Flower Magazine
http://bit.ly/2GWEfMQ

‘100&Change’ Solutions Bank: A unique resource for funders
An article mentions that NEST360°, an international collaboration of engineers, doctors and global health experts, including those from Rice, won $15 million through the MacArthur Foundation’s inaugural 100&Change competition.
Philanthropy News Digest
http://bit.ly/2GUYg6k

New study says it’s time for us to expand our criteria for finding alien-life-hosting planets
Scientists looking for life on distant planets are making plans to search non-Earth-like planets based on discoveries within our solar system that are challenging long-standing ideas about habitable zones, plate tectonics and more. Adrian Lenardic, professor of Earth science, is quoted.
Outer Places
http://bit.ly/2GWwGpq
Life beyond Earth: No plate tectonics, no problem
Laboratory Equipment (This article also appeared in Brinkwire and Tech Explorist.)
http://bit.ly/2GTwQh9
‘Exploding the Habitable Zone’ — Looking for alien life on weird planets
The Daily Galaxy
http://bit.ly/2GYXUf7

Nationwide Children’s starts CEO search as Steve Allen sets retirement date
Alumnus Steve Allen ’73 is featured.
Columbus Business First
http://bit.ly/2GFWWqf

How hydrogels are changing treatment
An article mentions an immunotherapy drug embedded in STINGel, a slow-release hydrogel invented at Rice in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, that appears to be highly effective at killing cancer cells. Jeffrey Hartgerink, a professor of chemistry and bioengineering, and graduate student Nicole Carrejo are quoted. A photo by Rice photographer Jeff Fitlow is featured.
SCI
http://bit.ly/2GTc80N

Other materials stories that may be of interest
A news roundup mentions that Rice scientists have discovered that chemically altered graphene powder can be pressed into pellets of graphite.
American Ceramic Society (This article also appeared in AZO Nano.)
http://bit.ly/2GTbfFv

‘Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment: A Vision to Enable Decentralized Water Treatment and Address Growing Challenges of the Water Energy Nexus’
Pedro J.J. Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice, where he also serves as director of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center on Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), will give a seminar at the University of California, Berkeley.
Earth and Environmental Sciences (This article also appears in Today at Berkeley.)
http://bit.ly/2GB23YG

Pandit joins Mahindra North America as VP and CFO
An article mentions Padam Pandit participated in a finance leadership program at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
Farm Equipment (Similar articles appeared in more than 10 other news outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2GSZ2AA

Understanding the earth under Hawaii
By determining the composition of the mantle under Hawaii, scientists gained new insights into Earth’s evolution. Rice research, in collaboration with MIT, Imperial College and the Institute of Earth Sciences in France, is mentioned.
Phys.org
http://bit.ly/2GDWIzJ

VMblog’s expert interviews: SolarWinds discusses its latest free tool — Traceroute NG
Alumnus Denny LeCompte ’90 is interviewed.
Virtualization Technology News and Information
http://bit.ly/2E5bn1M

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Revealed: New study highlights how living abroad helps your sense of self
Living abroad can clarify your sense of self, according to new research by a team of social scientists at Rice, Columbia University and the University of North Carolina.
Lonely Planet (This article also appeared in The Citizen.)
http://bit.ly/2GDTPyZ

What’s in a textbook?
OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources, is mentioned.
Georgia State University Library Blog (This article also appeared in Opencontent.org.)
http://bit.ly/2GDMKi6

Teaching with Wikipedia: A high-impact open educational practice
Participating in content production and management in Wikipedia creates a greater sense of civic responsibility. Martel College junior Katie Webber is quoted.
WCET Frontiers
http://bit.ly/2GGWsA2

Consumer robotics: What can we expect to see in 2018?
Rice and IBM’s plan to develop a robot companion for the elderly is mentioned.
Know Techie
http://bit.ly/2GkNlBG

Why there are so many online mattress-in-a-box companies
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Curbed
http://bit.ly/2GTo7LM

Parental satisfaction with schools linked to higher SAT scores
Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Education Dive
http://bit.ly/2GFSacj

Seattle School Board selects finalists for superintendent
An article mentions Andre D. Spencer holds a strategic marketing management certificate from Rice.
Seattle Medium
http://bit.ly/2GWfosv

Alleged talk of rising meal plan prices stirs upset
Rice was represented at a “Best Campus Food Celebration” event held by the Princeton Review at the University of Massachusetts.
Daily Collegian
http://bit.ly/2GU4QKe

Can we really trust our intuition when making difficult decisions?
An article mentions a Rice study on intuitive decision-making effectiveness.
Bulletproof Musician
http://bit.ly/2GTNYTS

The Rolston String Quartet in Blacksburg
The Rolston String Quartet, former quartet-in-residence at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is featured.
Violinist.com
http://bit.ly/2GE7S7G

Full transcript: Journalist and author Joanne Lipman on Recode Decode
A Rice study that used a computer simulation to predict gender bias against promoting women in business is mentioned.
Recode
http://bit.ly/2GGYKiH

SPORTS

Greater Houston athletic activities listings: March 28
Rice golfer Mario Carmona was named Conference USA Golfer of the Week after winning the ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://bit.ly/2GVBwmO
http://bit.ly/2GTfvVp

Alumni notebook: Former Oak Ridge softball player earns weekly honor for UHV
Rice baseball player Addison Moss is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2GWrhPa

Rice LB Emmanuel Ellerbee trusts his instincts in bid for NFL
Former Rice football player Emmanuel Ellerbee is featured. Former Owl Christian Covington, who plays for the Houston Texans, is mentioned. Covington is featured in an ABC13.com article about his Sunshine Kids football camp.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2GUPzsI
http://bit.ly/2GVV76n
Texans’ Covington leads Sunshine Kids training camp
ABC13.com
https://abc13.co/2GTYI4G

Local track and field stars ready for 91st Texas Relays
Rice signee Alyssa Balandran is mentioned.
Katy Times
http://bit.ly/2Gn1WwD

Former Ricebirds pro days this week
An article mentions former Rice football player Trey Martin.
El Campo Leader-News
http://bit.ly/2GV5k2Q

Chuck Landon: C-USA coaching hires are getting younger
Rice men’s basketball head coach Scott Pera is mentioned.
The Herald Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2E5lPpR

NEWS RELEASES

Device for patients with diabetes puts feet first
Patients with diabetes are often at risk of cuts or other injuries to their extremities that they may not be able to feel or easily check. Rice University students have developed a device to help them find early signs of ulceration that, left untreated, could endanger their health and even lead to amputation.
http://bit.ly/2GYCf6I

Rice U. expert: Political polarization affects brands
Companies and their executives who engage in corporate activism risk taking stances that reflect the values of their management but alienate key segments of a politically divided customer base, according to a marketing expert at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
http://bit.ly/2GWkS6z