Dateline Rice for Oct. 25, 2018

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Apple’s radical approach to news: Humans over machines
Alumna Lauren Kern ’97, editor-in-chief of Apple News, is featured.
New York Times (Subscription is required.)
https://nyti.ms/2z2HiiK

Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: Analysts
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Yahoo! News (This Agence France-Presse article appeared in more than 30 media outlets.)
https://yhoo.it/2z6pUJR

A school district wants to relocate the bodies of 95 black forced-labor prisoners found on its property
Photos from Rice’s Woodson Research Center at Fondren Library are featured.
Washington Post (Subscription is required.)
http://wapo.st/2EalFOL

Above the cars, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston adds new conservation center
An article on the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Center for Conservation mentions Rice is collaborating with the museum on art conservation efforts.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2z3s5y5
Look inside: MFAH’s conservation center
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2z4gtuH
At the MFAH, a new center for conservation
Houstonia
http://bit.ly/2z7ccqa
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, completes art conservation center
Art Daily
http://bit.ly/2z6TK0S

Finding ‘common good’ among evangelicals in the political season
Rice is mentioned in an article on evangelical Doug Pagitt.
NPR.org (This article and accompanying broadcast appeared in more than 900 media outlets.)
https://n.pr/2z3Ikv2

You really can die from a broken heart
Research by the lab of Chris Fagundes, an assistant professor of psychological sciences, that determined grief can cause inflammation that can kill, is featured.
Futurity (This article was featured in the Oct. 25 edition of the Futurity Today newsletter and was included in a previous edition of Dateline when the article appeared online.)
http://bit.ly/2z2U7JU
How a broken heart can kill you, literally
Times of India (This article also appeared in Infosurhoy.)
http://bit.ly/2z1N18G
‘WQAD News 8 at 11’
WQAD-TV (Davenport, Iowa)
http://bit.ly/2z0bKtW
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2z73f02

With new ad campaign Ford turns dreamers into punks and builders into heroes
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.
Forbes
http://bit.ly/2z2zg9A
Greater Bridgeport Symphony to perform free space-themed concert at Pequot Library, Nov. 10
Hamlet Hub
http://bit.ly/2z168jd

Эксперты: демократы близки к победе на выборах в Палату представителей
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 November midterm elections.
RIA Novosti (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2yZf0Wq

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Harris County Clerk’s office singles out 3 progressive groups for scrutiny at polls
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets, and it appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition with a different headline, “3 progressive groups scrutinized at polls.”)
http://bit.ly/2z1Rmsw
http://bit.ly/2z56KUG
New numbers show higher young-voter turnout in Harris County
KHOU.com (This story also appeared at CBS19.com, KCENtv.com and 12newsnow.com.)
http://bit.ly/2z1PRdS

Oil firms stand by Saudi Arabia amidst backlash
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets, and it appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition with a different headline, “Big Oil stands by the Saudis.”)
http://bit.ly/2z1qLMa

Houston university named No. 1 in Texas — and among best in U.S.
Rice is No. 1 in Texas and No. 9 in the nation on WalletHub’s rankings of top colleges and universities.
CultureMap Houston
http://bit.ly/2z2Z6dF

All for the Owls
An article featuring the 2018 Distinguished Owl Club Awards mentions President David Leebron; Rice Trustee Bucky ’71 and Cynthia Allshouse (both pictured); board of trustees adviser Walter and Linda McReynolds (both pictured); and alumni Leland Winston ’69, Donald Bowers ’90 and Adam Peakes ’95.
The Buzz Magazines
http://bit.ly/2z1bcDZ

Artist Matthew Ritchie examines the demons in the diagram of human history
The art installation “The Demon in the Diagram” by Matthew Ritchie, which was designed specifically for the two main gallery spaces at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts, is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets, and it appeared in the Oct. 25 print edition with a different headline, “The demons in the diagram.”)
http://bit.ly/2z3PsHN
On stage: Karen Gomyo performs Tchaikovsky, ‘The Wiz’ eases into Hobby Center
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2z2a972
Art Galleries: See the flames of ‘Icarus’
San Antonio Express-News
http://bit.ly/2z1dgvJ

‘All we want to do is vote’: Prairie View A&M students seek on-campus early voting sites during first week
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets, and it appeared in the Oct. 24 print edition with a different headline, “‘All we want to do is vote’: Students grab rides to polls.”)
http://bit.ly/2yYZvhc
http://bit.ly/2z1WE7b

Houston filmmakers document local immigrants’ lives
An article mentions that alumnus Yan Digilov ’11 will lead a panel discussion Oct. 28 following the screening of “Seeds of All Things” at the Asia Society of Texas. The film wil also be screened Nov. 2 at Rice Media Center. Yehuda Sharim, postdoctoral fellow of Jewish studies and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in more than 20 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2z0Xwc7

Celebrities’ brushes with Houston recalled
An article mentions that actor Dennis Hopper screened one of his films at Rice in 1983.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2z2I1k6

Oct. 25
Chamber Music Houston’s Nov. 8 performance at the Shepherd School of Music’s Stude Concert Hall is mentioned.
Texas Classical Review
http://bit.ly/2z7eVzU

Ebel’s film screened at Houston Green Festival
An article mentions that “The Disappearing Grasslands” was screened at Rice Media Center.
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram
http://bit.ly/2z0XCk9

3 women promoted to partner at Rusty Hardin & Associates
Rice is mentioned.
Texas Chronicles (This article also appeared in Kinney Recruiting.)
http://bit.ly/2z45NMD

BROADCAST

‘Morning Edtition’
Steve Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in a story on electronics manufacturing company Foxconn’s partnership with Wisconsin ginseng producers.
NPR (This broadcast aired on more than 900 affiliate stations.)
http://bit.ly/2z4Objs

KDKA-AM (Pittsburgh)
Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religion and fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is featured.
http://bit.ly/2z54Tzc (This broadcast also aired on WESA-FM in Pittsburgh.)

‘KHOU 11 News’
Rice is mentioned in a story on the origins of the Johnson Space Center.
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2zcdDE7

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

2-billion-year-old salt rock reveals rise of oxygen in ancient atmosphere
Research by Rice postdoctoral fellow Justin Hayles is featured.
Scienmag
http://bit.ly/2z69UYj

There’s always a tradeoff: Soldiers’ movement-enhancing exoskeletons may impair decision-making
Marcia O’Malley, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Mechanical Engineering, professor of computer science and professor of electrical and computer engineering, is quoted.
Design Fax
http://bit.ly/2z1n890

How graphite is lighting the way to a solar future
Rice research on using a graphene/nanotube hybrid as an electrode within dye-sensitised solar cells is mentioned.
Engineering Update (This article also appeared in Solar Daily.)
http://bit.ly/2z4q1pp

Emerging technologies
Rice research on graphene is mentioned.
Center for a New American Security
http://bit.ly/2z0ErHb

María-Elisa Heg to join HCCC as new curatorial fellow
Alumna María-Elisa Heg ’09 is featured.
Art Daily (This article also appeared in MyHeadlinez.)
http://bit.ly/2yYZ4U6

Meqbil solidifies passion for biochemistry during research fellowship
Rice is mentioned.
Indiana Ag Connection
http://bit.ly/2z0L8ch

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Ice-age climate clues unearthed
Sylvia Dee, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and her colleagues have created a computational Lake Proxy System Model to translate data from deep beneath lake surface waters in a way that relates more directly to measurable climate model variables.
Space Daily (Similar articles appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2z3ZrwL

Coal-fired power plant waste to produce eco-friendly concrete
More than 20 billion tons of concrete are produced around the world every year in a manufacturing process that contributes 5 to 10 percent of carbon dioxide to global emissions, but Rice engineers have developed a cementless and environmentally friendly material.
Morgan Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2z4eTcf

Lessons in leadership: 1-on-1 with Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat
Alumnus Jim Whitehurst ’89 is featured.
Thrive Global
http://bit.ly/2z1sJw2

Chicago author publishes story about escape
Alumnus Joe English ’67 is featured.
Windy City Times (This article also appeared in EIN World News Report.)
http://bit.ly/2z76lkG

We’ve got your weekend: Happy hauntings and more
A roundup of events in New Orleans mentions the Electric LaTex Festival will feature music created at Rice.
ViaNolaVie.com
http://bit.ly/2z27pqg

Dillard University mock trial team takes first place in tournament
A mock trial tournament at Rice is mentioned.
Gentilly Messenger
http://bit.ly/2yZga4e

SPORTS

Homecoming: Mean Green look to serve Rice
The Rice football team’s upcoming game against the University of North Texas is mentioned in several articles.
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2z3ATnC
Southern Miss moves up in latest C-USA Power Rankings, UAB still on top
Clarion Ledger
http://bit.ly/2z5gKxc
College football picks: Predicting final scores for every game in Week 9
Athlon
http://bit.ly/2z7fjhQ

Army announces 2019 football schedule
Rice will face Army Aug. 30, 2019, in West Point, N.Y.
FBSchedules.com
http://bit.ly/2z142Qh

Rice, atop C-USA, on an 11-match win streak as it faces second-place UTSA
The Rice volleyball team is mentioned in several articles.
VolleyballMag.com
http://bit.ly/2z1rIEe
Texas State volleyball earns national ranking
San Marcos Corridor News
http://bit.ly/2z2Qwvw
SFA volleyball puts 20 match win streak on the line Thursday
KLTV.com
http://bit.ly/2z2wBg1

Roadrunners set for Conference USA championships
Rice will compete in the Conference USA cross-country championships Oct. 27 in Boca Raton, Fla.
GoUTSA.com
http://bit.ly/2z5Z6ti

Texas Longhorns ignore the ‘noise’ at UT, stay motivated for Oklahoma State game
The Rice football team’s 1994 victory over the University of Texas is mentioned.
KVUE.com
http://bit.ly/2z3qtnV

Robertson: A Dolphins visit in prime time stirs special memories
A column mentions Super Bowl VIII was played at Rice Stadium.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2z12S7d

The Weekly Run: Jazz are focused on playing a more complete game as they start a four-game road trip
An article mentions the Utah Jazz practiced at Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse ahead of their game against the Houston Rockets.
Salt Lake Tribune
http://bit.ly/2z2xIfM

Stars too dominant for Wildcats in district final
Rice is mentioned.
The Examiner
http://bit.ly/2z216TC

VCU basketball freshmen adjusting to life on and off the court
Rice is mentioned.
Commonwealth Times
http://bit.ly/2z4Bsh3

NEWS RELEASES

Ice-age climate clues unearthed
How cold did Earth get during the last ice age? The truth may lie deep beneath lakes and could help predict how the planet will warm again. Sediments in lake beds hold chemical records of ages past, among them the concurrent state of the atmosphere above. Scientists led by a Rice professor and her colleagues have devised a new computational model to interpret what they reveal.
http://bit.ly/2z1r3me

Houston area’s growth is unsustainable without government reform, new report says
As the Houston region continues to grow, its local governments are struggling to provide services to residents in an equitable and cost-effective way, according to a new report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
http://bit.ly/2z2zVrz

Nanotubes may give the world better batteries
Rice scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a logical replacement for common lithium-ion batteries.
http://bit.ly/2ShHkfu

Rice’s student-run art gallery becomes an Inferno
Its old name now up in flames, the student-run art space at Rice formerly known as Matchbox has been reborn as Inferno Gallery. The newly rechristened gallery debuts Oct. 25 with its first exhibition of the season.
http://bit.ly/2SjMR56

Tiny northwest quakes tied to deep-crust structure
The earthquakes are so small and deep that someone standing in Seattle would never feel them. In fact, until the early 2000s, nobody knew they happened at all. Now, scientists at Rice have unearthed details about the structure of Earth where these tiny tremors occur.
http://bit.ly/2SiwoOP