Dateline Rice for Feb. 14, 2019

FEATURED ITEM

Study: Mergers and integrated care do not help patient care
Health care consolidation and the integration of hospital and doctor services not only fail to improve quality, but also reduce patient satisfaction, according to co-authors 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, and Marah Short, associate director of the Center for Health and Biosciences at the Baker Institute. Ho is also pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared on the front page of the Business section in the Feb. 14 print edition, and it appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2X1yu86

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Investor Tom Barrack apologizes after arguing America has committed ‘worse’ atrocities than Khashoggi killing
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
CNBC
https://cnb.cx/2X4HZDE

Brookings survey finds 51 percent prefer digital access to government services over phone calls or personal visits to agency offices
An article cites a 2016 Rice analysis of Google Consumer Surveys.
Brookings Institution 
https://brook.gs/2X4X2Nl

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Texans get $59.8 billion in tax breaks. Should we give up some for property tax relief?
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 about property tax reform in Texas.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
https://bit.ly/2GqRbNp

You must experience the environmental wonder of ‘Inuksuit’
An article mentions that more than 40 musicians from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music will perform “Inuksuit” Feb. 16 at Rice’s live oak grove.
Houstonia Magazine
http://bit.ly/2X1BvoW

Outside the megaplex
A roundup of alternative Houston-area movie theaters mentions that Rice Cinema will screen “Sweat Rain” and that Rice’s Visual and Dramatic Arts department will screen “Pelikaanstraat 20” and “Divide in Concord.”
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2X51fk7

BROADCAST

KRLD-AM (Dallas)
An article about college graduates’ expected starting salaries features Rice.
http://bit.ly/2X2GcPm (This segment also aired on WOAI-AM in San Antonio and KPAM-AM in Portland, Oregon.)

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Digitally mapping cultural heritage sites in Italy, Brazil and Turkey
An article mentions that the Humanities Research Center at Rice will collaborate with the Instituto Moreira Salles in Brazil to digitally integrate historical photography and cartography to chart Rio de Janeiro’s landscape and topography over time.
Hyperallergic
http://bit.ly/2X0eGBT

Lefty or righty molecules lend a hand to material structures
Using the same process nature uses to petrify wood, Rice chemist and engineer Hossein Robatjazi married a molecular sieve called MOF to a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle. The combination of MOFs and plasmonic aluminum creates a new avenue for designing greener catalysts that use solar energy and are made from the most abundant metal in Earth’s crust. Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering and the director of Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute, is quoted. Study co-authors Daniel Weinberg, Dayne Swearer, Christian Jacobson, Ming Zhang, Shu Tian, Linan Zhou and Peter Nordlander are mentioned.
ChemEurope
http://bit.ly/2X3oEm7

Laser-induced graphene gets tough, with help
An article mentions that collaborative research from the lab of James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, discovered that infusing laser-induced graphene with plastic, rubber, cement or other materials made composites with a wide range of possible applications.
Lab Manager Magazine (This article also appeared in New Electronics, Graphene Info and Infosurhoy.)
http://bit.ly/2X1SM1b

Nitrogen gets in the fast lane for chemical synthesis
Rice scientists have given organic chemists a boost with their latest discovery of a one-step method to add nitrogen to compounds for drugs, pesticides, fertilizers and other products. László Kürti, associate professor of chemistry, and postdoctoral researcher Zhe Zhou are quoted. Postdoctoral researcher Qing-Qing Cheng is mentioned.
Science Blog (A similar article was featured on the homepage of the National Science Foundation’s Science360 News and in the Feb. 14 edition of the Science360 newsletter.)
http://bit.ly/2UWKPbF

Adding a porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics
Using the same process nature uses to petrify wood, Rice chemist and engineer Hossein Robatjazi married a molecular sieve called MOF to a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle. The combination of MOFs and plasmonic aluminum creates a new avenue for designing greener catalysts that use solar energy and are made from the most abundant metal in Earth’s crust. Naomi Halas, the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering and the director of Rice’s Smalley-Curl Institute, is quoted. Study co-authors Daniel Weinberg, Dayne Swearer, Christian Jacobson, Ming Zhang, Shu Tian, Linan Zhou and Peter Nordlander are mentioned.
ChemEurope.com (A similar article was featured on the homepage of the National Science Foundation’s Science360 News and in the Feb. 14 edition of the Science360 newsletter.)
http://bit.ly/2S34NQt

Guaidó names ‘dream team’ to lead Citgo’s board
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 for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.
Kallanish Energy
http://bit.ly/2X2VAv3

Art education improves students’ academic, social development, study finds
An article mentions that the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research plans to expand arts education in elementary and middle schools to improve students’ academic and emotional development.
Education Dive 
http://bit.ly/2X1jjLY

Sarah Cain’s ‘The Sun Will Not Wait’ at Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
An article mentions that Sarah Cain’s “Platform: Sarah Cain” will be a site-specific installation on the Rice campus in 2020.
Blouin Artinfo
http://bit.ly/2WVDzP8

Feb. 13, 2019: Your morning briefing
Rice is mentioned.
PaymentsSource
http://bit.ly/2X1lSh4

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Valentine’s survey: Financially prudent lovers are more alluring
Valentine’s Day gift-giving behaviors tend to align with and reinforce gender identity, according to Constance Elise Porter, visiting assistant professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
The Warwick Advertiser
http://bit.ly/2X2FqSw

Review shows Oklahoma has lost ground in innovative science, technology fields
Rice’s research programs are mentioned.
The Oklahoma Daily
http://bit.ly/2WVE7EG

SPORTS

Lance Berkman surprised to be off Hall ballot in 1st year
A slideshow pictures former Rice baseball player Lance Berkman.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2XbPIzM
http://bit.ly/2X1Gq9o
Solomon: Proposed baseball changes spark interesting reactions
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2X1FWA6

TEN: Feb. 13 Athletes of the Week
An article mentions that Rice women’s tennis player Michaela Haet
earned Conference USA Female Tennis Athlete of the Week as the Owls defeated
Texas Christian University 6-0 Kansas State University 6-1. Player Linda Huang is mentioned.
ConferenceUSA.com
http://bit.ly/2V0iYHU

Awards added for The Advocate’s Star of Stars event; tickets on sale 
An article mentions that Sanders Davis has accepted a graduate assistant position with the Rice football team.
The Advocate
http://bit.ly/2X32twj

Iyaye, De Nicolao picking their spots for UTSA
Rice basketball player Robert Martin is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2X1GxSm

MTSU and Western Kentucky renew basketball rivalry on Thursday
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team is currently in first place in Conference USA.
The Daily News Journal
http://bit.ly/2RYxrlD

Mean Green start home stint with Florida Atlantic
An article mentions that the University of North Texas’ women’s basketball team will play Rice Feb. 23.
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2S31mZT

Stansbury to miss Thursday and Saturday games
An article mentions that Western Kentucky University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams played Rice earlier this season.
WBKO Online
http://bit.ly/2WVJTpQ
Lady Toppers looking for better defensive effort at MTSU
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2X3KuWH
MATAS | Stansbury out indefinitely, back surgery scheduled
WDRB Online
http://bit.ly/2RZnODa

Thundering Herd comes home tied for 6th place 
The Rice men’s basketball team’s Feb. 9 victory over Marshall University is mentioned.
Williamson Daily News
http://bit.ly/2X5qG5p
Marshall basketball: Herd opens big weekend against UAB
Charleston Gazette-Mail
http://bit.ly/2X2HslC
Herd, West prep for ‘big week’ ahead
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2X5r047 
Herd women facing important games
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2S4Y3kW

Arizona baseball returns to action on Friday versus UMass Lowell
An article mentions that the University of Arizona’s baseball team will play Rice this season.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2X3yuUV

Walker thrived for 1950s Razorbacks
An article mentions former Rice head football coach Jess Neely’s 1953 victory over the University of Arkansas.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (This article also appeared in WholeHogSports.)
http://bit.ly/2X67zrw

LHSBCA girls All-Stars loaded with NW La. talent
Rice is mentioned.
Shreveport Times (Subscription is required.)
https://bit.ly/2TQgbAH

RJ Proctor to visit as Texas looks for grad transfer O-line help
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2WZYOiQ

LSU DT Dominic Livingston enters NCAA transfer portal, Davin Cotton withdraws name
An article mentions a 2018 football game between Rice and Louisiana State University.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
http://bit.ly/2X1qkfM

UTSA football fiesta spring game set for April 20
An article mentions that the University of Texas at San Antonio football team will play Rice Oct. 19.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2S2zmWb

NEWS RELEASES

Anita Hill to speak at Rice on #MeToo and ending sexual harassment at work
Nearly 30 years after she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, breaking open public discourse about harassment in the workplace, the Brandeis University professor is coming to Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy March 25 to speak about the #MeToo movement and its impact on our political and cultural climate.
http://bit.ly/2S6FKMo

Steinbeck expert to speak on novelist’s enduring influence in US politics
John Steinbeck is widely regarded as one of the great American novelists, but he was also a presidential adviser and speechwriter, an environmentalist and an energetic supporter of Democratic politicians. His influence on U.S. politics and political rhetoric persists today and will be the focus of an upcoming lecture at Rice.
http://bit.ly/2S2Xt74

Better red than dread: Barrier keeps batteries safe
Rice scientists have taken the next step toward the deployment of powerful, rechargeable lithium metal batteries by making them safer and simpler to manufacture.
A coat of red phosphorus on the separator that keeps the anode and cathode electrodes apart acts as a management system to charge and monitor batteries by detecting the formation of dendrites, protrusions of lithium that can cause them to fail.
http://bit.ly/2S51VlY