Dateline Rice for March 14, 2019

FEATURED ITEM

Anti-OPEC measure fundamentally flawed
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, co-authored an op-ed analyzing Congress’ No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act.
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the March 14 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2T7Qavs

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

A Beto O’Rourke presidential campaign could flip 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 several articles about the decision by former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke to run for president in 2020.
Huffington Post (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News.)
http://bit.ly/2XWqJAO 
Beto O’Rourke is officially running for president
Dallas Observer
http://bit.ly/2XWVFkj 
Beto O’Rourke donors withhold support as Texas candidate launches White House bid
Washington Times
http://bit.ly/2XZH47B

‘Defective’ molecular sieve catches more toxic chemicals
Rice researchers determined that the right-sized defects helped a molecular sieve soak up more perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in less time. Co-authors Michael Wong, chair and professor of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and professor of chemistry, of materials science and nanoengineering and of civil and environmental engineering, and graduate student Chelsea Clark are quoted
Futurity (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T5aI7S

QLC holds orientation for leadership program
An article mentions that Rice will participate in Qatar’s 2019-20 National Leadership Program.
Gulf Times
http://bit.ly/2XYaLWT

Pourquoi pense-t-on que les produits bio sont moins efficaces?
Alumna Dana Smith is cited.
MSN Actualites (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2XZXMnm

HOUSTON/TEXAS

The 12 fiction and nonfiction books to read this spring
“American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race” by Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is featured on a list of books to read this spring.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2T1sXLD

Texas State University to compete in 3rd consecutive Rice Business Plan Competition
The April 4-6 Rice Business Plan Competition at the Jones Graduate School of Business is featured. Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, is quoted in Arkansas Money & Politics.
San Marcos Corridor News
http://bit.ly/2T7Dyo6
UA Little Rock team to compete in Rice Business Plan Competition
Arkansas Money & Politics
http://bit.ly/2T5KQZM

Winners of Young Texas Artists Music Competition entertained and inspired audience
An article about the 35th annual Young Texas Artists Music Competition mentions that  Rice Shepherd School of Music graduate student Artem Kuznetsov won the gold medal for his performance, and silver medals went to graduate student John Belk and alumnus Vincent Ip. Jon Kimura Parker, professor of piano at the Shepherd School, is also mentioned.
The Paper Magazine
http://bit.ly/2T1Vfpe
Russian pianist Artem Kuznetsov the 2019 Young Texas Artists Music Competition winner
The Courier of Montgomery County
http://bit.ly/2XWMksS

Houston Grand Opera Announces the highly anticipated 2019-20 HGO Studio artists
An article about the 2019-20 Houston Grand Opera Studio participants features Shepherd School of Music alumnus Geoffrey Hahn. It mentions that Lindsay Kate Brown earned an artist diploma in opera studies at Rice and that Nicholas Newton and Dorothy Gal have performed at Rice.
The Katy News
http://bit.ly/2XYoa16 
Houston Grand Opera announces new participants in 2019-20 HGO Studio
OperaWire
http://bit.ly/2T5HNk3

10 best bets this weekend in Houston: Snakes, Tour de Houston, killer Queen
A Houston-area events roundup mentions that “Kurt Stallmann and Alfred Guzzetti: Among Rivers,” which was created specifically for the Lois Chiles Theater at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts, is on view March 15-18.
Houston Press
http://bit.ly/2T5wj01

If it’s spring, it’s time for an outdoor festival guide
An events roundup mentions the March 24 Rice VegFest.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
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Meet Maggie, an Australian Shepherd-mix at BARC
An article mentions that the Houston BARC Foundation’s Bark for BARC Pet Walk will be held at Rice May 4.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T4ZX5x
http://bit.ly/2T5gwOP

BROADCAST

Venezuela’s US ambassador discusses needs in Houston
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 interviewed after the ambassador of Venezuela’s opposition government to the U.S., Carlos Vecchio, met with members of the local Venezuelan community.
KPRC Click2Houston Online (This segment also aired on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2T5xFrq
Venezuela envoy: Change ‘is irreversible’
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the March 14 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2XU7wQa

Traveler takes matters into own hands after Boeing 737s are grounded
Matthew Strauss, associate professor of percussion, is interviewed in a television broadcast about the grounded Boeing 737s.
KPRC Click2Houston Online (This segment also aired twice on KPRC-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2TaGsZy

‘Fox 8 Morning Edition at 7 a.m.’
A television broadcast features McMurtry College freshman Mac Carr, who has thrived after receiving a bone marrow transplant at St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
WVUE-TV (New Orleans)
http://bit.ly/2XXoLQF

The college admissions scandal
A student mentions he will apply to numerous top colleges, including Rice.
1A (This NPR-affiliated program aired on over 140 radio stations across the U.S.) 
http://bit.ly/2T5xoEX

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

ML experts confront reproducibility claims
An article features research by Genevera Allen ’06, associate professor of statistics, computer science and electrical and computer engineering, which determined that machine-learning techniques used by thousands of scientists to analyze data is producing results that are misleading and often completely wrong.
HPCwire (This article also appeared in EnterpriseTech.)
http://bit.ly/2T8vymM

Will analog signal processing be the future of AI?
Gene Frantz, professor in the practice of electrical and computer engineering, is pictured and quoted.
EE Times India
http://bit.ly/2T6x3Ca

CERAWeek: Upstream, downstream gas companies agree infrastructure projects are needed
Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
S&P Global Platts
http://bit.ly/2T8vF1G

Study: Direct link between low-B12 diet, increased risk of infection
Rice University bioscientists have found the first direct link between a diet with too little vitamin B12 and an increased risk of infection by two potentially deadly pathogens. Co-authors Natasha Kirienko, assistant professor of biosciences, lab manager Alexey Revtovich and Will Rice College senior Ryan Lee are quoted.
Tunisiersoir (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T6ISYO

Death of loved ones is hard on undocumented immigrants
New research from Rice that examines how the loss of a loved one who was living outside the U.S. impacts relatives living in the U.S. without documentation is featured. Luz Garcini, Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Mexico Center, is quoted. A Rice video is included.
Medical Xpress
http://bit.ly/2T83QGW
KUT-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://bit.ly/2XX4Npe (This segment aired twice.)

Economic Alliance, Romanian delegation sign MOU
Rice is mentioned.
InsideDp.com
http://bit.ly/2T5hVEY

JFK’s ‘Moon Speech’ needed spice, so he added in a forgotten Texas football rivalry
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured.
Fanbuzz
http://bit.ly/2T3ZTTK

Universal Music Group appoints Dan Morales to chief information officer
Alumnus Dan Morales is featured and pictured.
TweakTown
http://bit.ly/2T6yvo6

Tracing the contours of Buddhism in America with Ann Gleig
Alumna Ann Gleig is featured and pictured in a Q&A. Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice, is mentioned.
Buddhistdoor Global
http://bit.ly/2T6ohUL

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

University hires EVP of alumni and development
An article mentions that Rachel Render led the Rice Centennial Campaign for the Jones Graduate School of Business.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2T5mmzJ

Polk County people in medicine (March 2019)
Alumnus Hiep Nguyen is featured and pictured.
News Chief (This article also appeared in The Ledger.)
http://bit.ly/2T2wedr

SPORTS

Rice women win 19th straight, advance to C-USA semifinals
Rice’s women’s basketball team, which is ranked No. 24 in the nation, is featured in an article about the Conference USA tournament in Frisco, Texas. The top-seeded Owls defeated the University of North Texas 61-43 on March 14 in the first round of play, advancing to the semifinals set for March 15. The article also mentions that Erica Ogwumike, Nancy Mulkey and Nicole Iademarco were named to the all-conference team and that Ogwumike was named the Player of the Year, Mulkey was named the Defensive Player of the Year and Lauren Grigsby was named the Sixth Player of the Year. Head coach Tina Langley was named the Coach of the Year.
Houston Chronicle  (Subscription is required. This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 150 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Y0kfAI
http://bit.ly/2XXAvmd
Rice women ready for next step: NCAA bid
Houston Chronicle  (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 14 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2T83os1
WBB: Quarterfinals coverage
Conference USA
http://bit.ly/2XYkxbB
Mean Green fall to Rice, hint at extended postseason
North Texas Daily
http://bit.ly/2XZIrmP
North Texas women advance, beat Southern Miss 49-46
Mean Green Nation
http://bit.ly/2T8d9GS
Strong regular-season finish has Lady Toppers energized in Frisco
Bowling Green Daily News
http://bit.ly/2T1Xs3W
2019 C-USA tournament Day 2: More Mean Green
Mean Green Nation
http://bit.ly/2XZfpDR
ODU women win C-USA tournament opener in a rout
13 News Now   
http://bit.ly/2XWQdhs
Q&A: ESPN bracketologists Joe Lunardi and Charlie Creme
AllYourScreens.com
http://bit.ly/2XXmIfr

Rice falls to Marshall in C-USA tourney
An article featuring the Rice men’s basketball team mentions that the Owls lost to Marshall University 82-65 on March 13 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the March 14 print edition and in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2XX43Aj
http://bit.ly/2W0URcf
Marshall beats Rice 82-65 in Conference USA tourney opener
Houston Chronicle (This Associated Press article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2XXIeRd
’13 News at 6 a.m.’
WOWK-TV (Charleston, West Virginia; this segment aired three times.)
http://bit.ly/2T5v29d
A&M keeps Vanderbilt winless in SEC
Messenger-Inquirer
http://bit.ly/2T5tnQT
Marshall torches Rice to begin C-USA title defense
The Parthenon
http://bit.ly/2T3pImF
Marshall defeats Rice, advances to C-USA quarterfinals
WSAZ Online (This segment also aired twice on WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia.)
http://bit.ly/2T5qAY3
Mijovic soaks in return to The Star
Huntington Herald-Dispatch       
http://bit.ly/2T29KJC
Herd men blast Rice, 82-65
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
http://bit.ly/2T5C3qD

Alumni notebook: Big freshman year for Mickens ends in conference tourney
Rice women’s basketball player Nicole Iademarco is featured.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T22YDL

Herrmann strikes out 10 in shutout of Rice
The Rice baseball team lost to Texas State University 5-0 on March 13 at Reckling Park.
TXStateBobcats.com
http://bit.ly/2VZ3fcq
KTXX-AM (Austin)
http://bit.ly/2T5SC5V

Texas men’s tennis coach Michael Center fired after being implicated, charged in college admissions bribery scandal
Several articles mention that Rice’s men’s tennis team was defeated by the University of Texas at Austin 5-2 on March 12.
Dallas Morning News (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2XX4haM
Texas fires men’s tennis coach Michael Center in wake of college admissions scandal
Austin American-Statesman
http://bit.ly/2XW86wG
Longhorns tennis coach Michael Center fired after arrest
KVUE Online (This segment also aired on KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas.)
http://bit.ly/2Y06P7O
Former MHS star ensnared in college admissions scheme
The Mercury
http://bit.ly/2XR1cc6

2018 C-USA power rankings, where more than half the conference is a contender
Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren is mentioned.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/2XWx0wh

Jumping into the record books
An article mentions Rice’s March 22 Victor Lopez Invitational track meet.
Harvard Independent
http://bit.ly/2T3cbLT

Ex-Texans DL Christian Covington is now a Dallas Cowboy
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2XZGqHA
http://bit.ly/2XYtIJ5
Cowboys sign DL Christian Covington, formerly of the Texans
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2XUCE29
Christian Covington 1st external Cowboys free agency signing of 2019
Cowboys Wire
http://bit.ly/2XXuqWP
Cowboys agree to deals with WR Tavon Austin, DL Christian Covington
CBS Dallas/Fort Worth Online
https://cbsloc.al/2Y04KJ1

Chargers corner Jason Verrett to visit Texans after 49ers visit
Former Rice football player Bryce Callahan is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T6wo3F
http://bit.ly/2T486r2
Texans’ Justin Reid earns extra $293,000 in performance-based pay
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Y0TBYP
http://bit.ly/2XYtnGj
Texans’ salary cap update: $46 million available
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2Y6GxRE
http://bit.ly/2XYttO4

1st day of girls’ Sweet 16 ends with a defensive knockout
An article mentions that Lauren Schwartz plans to play basketball at Rice.
Lexington Herald-Leader
http://bit.ly/2T5bAcH

Liberty’s Slack commits play football at Southwestern University
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2T5v4xV
http://bit.ly/2T3cwy9

NEWS RELEASES

Baker Institute study challenges conventional wisdom on state religious officials in Middle East
Who speaks for Islam and who holds religious authority in the Middle East? A new study from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy aims to provide answers by identifying the channels of influence between religious leaders who claim to hold Islamic authority and individual Muslims across the region.
http://bit.ly/2Y1PThc

Texas’ O’Rourke is in; Rice political scientists available to comment 
After months of traveling the country and receiving the blessing of his family, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke has jumped into the already-crowded pool of Democratic candidates vying for the opportunity to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. Rice political scientists Bob Stein and Mark Jones are available for news media interviews.
http://bit.ly/2XWVWns