Dateline Rice for April 29, 2019 (Weekend Edition)

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Joe Biden’s non-apology to Anita Hill casts long shadow over 2020 run
Helena Michie, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor in Humanities and director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice, is quoted.
The Guardian (This article also appeared in Yahoo! News, Yahoo! News UK, Yahoo! India, U.S. Politics Today, MSN News Canada, MSN UK and MSN.ie.)
http://bit.ly/2PAtdB0

Canada’s oil imports from Saudi Arabia on the rise since 2014, trade figures show
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
CBC (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2PAtu70
Saudi oil imports rise 66% since 2014, with Irving Oil Refinery calling the shots
The Energy Mix
http://bit.ly/2vswjhb

HOUSTON/TEXAS

A Green New Deal for red states [Opinion]
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, authored an op-ed.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in the April 28 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2PAtOTg

Rice CIO raises the curtain on tech, privacy and identity 
Klara Jelinkova, vice president for international operations and information technology and chief information officer at Rice, is featured and pictured in a Q&A and mentioned in a separate article, both by the Houston Chronicle. President David Leebron is mentioned in the Q&A. 
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 29 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2vqqgJV
Rice’s CIO began with a smuggled Commodore 64
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 29 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2PDQBO3
Do you remember your first computer?
Houston Chronicle (This article appeared in the April 29 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2PAd3HS

Texas high speed rail faces a new threat: Semantics
Kyle Shelton, director of strategic partnerships at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted in an article about the possibility of a bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas.
CityLab
http://bit.ly/2PCcTjg

Trucks playing larger role in LNG deliveries from Texas
Michael Maher, senior program adviser for the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about exporting liquefied natural gas to Mexico.
Centre Daily Times (This article also appeared in the Herald-Standard, Columbia Basin Herald, Gillette News Record, The Daily Inter Lake, mySteinbach.ca, Frederick News Post and the Longview News-Journal.)
http://bit.ly/2PEm3Mi

Grant Jarvis keeps title as triathlon resumes
Jones College junior Grant Jarvis is featured.
Texarkana Gazette
http://bit.ly/2PDy44r

32 seasons: HCYO to host free concert Sunday
Rice is mentioned.
Hill Country Community Journal
http://bit.ly/2PziA1v

BROADCAST

C-SPAN2
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, discusses his new book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.”
http://bit.ly/2PDVCpR
‘Discussion on American Optimism’
C-SPAN2
http://bit.ly/2PALpKU
‘Overheard with Evan Smith’
PBS
http://bit.ly/2PABt3X

Degrees of Change: Sponge cities and pocket prairies. April 26, 2019, Part 1
Rice students are pictured planting a pocket prairie.
WNYC
http://bit.ly/2PA8ZaB

Autistic adults share business, job ideas at Houston event
An article featuring Spectrum Fusion’s Reactor Room, a forum that provides opportunities to adults on the autism spectrum, mentions that it was held at Rice March 21.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (This article also appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal, KXAS Online and The Good Men Project.)
http://bit.ly/2PD6mov

WBAP-AM (Dallas)
Alumnus Brad Olsen is interviewed.
http://bit.ly/2PyGuKv (This segment also aired on KLIF in Dallas.)

KKFT-AM (Reno, Nevada)
A broadcast mentions that John Lott formerly taught at Rice.
http://bit.ly/2PAAvER

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Chevron’s biggest Venezuela oil venture hit hard by outages
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 in an article about the impact of Venezuela’s rolling blackouts on Chevron’s oil production.
Oil & Gas 360
http://bit.ly/2PAomj9
Apagones asestan golpe a mayor sociedad de Chevron en Venezuela
Diario Gestión (Similar articles also appeared in the April 28 Spanish and Catalan print editions of La Vanguardia.)
http://bit.ly/2PJBq6d

2019 best and brightest MBAs: Swati Patel, Rice University (Jones)
Swati Patel, a student at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured and pictured, and fellow student Flavia Sacerdoti is mentioned.
Poets & Quants
http://bit.ly/2vtzJ3e

Chemistry students create vegan replica of whole milk
Rice alumna Jennifer Thai, proprietor of Houston’s allergy-friendly Awesome Bites, turned to freshman honors chemistry students for help with refining her “mylk,” a vegan coconut flaxseed milk. Michelle Gilbertson, lecturer and assistant chair of chemistry, is quoted.
VegNews (This article also appeared in Raise Vegan, Inc.)
http://bit.ly/2vswfOt

Dark matter detector reveals material with longest half-life ever — 18 sextillion years
An article features the research of an international team of physicists, including experts from Rice, that reported the first direct observation of two-neutrino double electron capture for xenon 124, the physical process it uses to decay. Christopher Tunnell, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and of computer science, is quoted.
New Atlas (This article also appeared in more than 15 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2vsNWxC

Graphene quantum dots could yield an effective antioxidant for various traumatic injuries 
The research 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, is featured in two articles.
Graphene-Info
http://bit.ly/2vq8BCh
Coal dust could soon treat brain injuries
Free Press Journal (This article also appeared in the April 29 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2vtgQ0w

Face to face with Tamara Wilson and why she loves Toronto
An article featuring Tamara Wilson mentions that she has sung a recital at Rice.
Ludwig Van Toronto
http://bit.ly/2vtt4pK

Federal judge blocks anti-BDS law in Texas
Rice is mentioned.
International Middle East Media Center (This article also appeared in Electronic Intifada, Digital Journal, Ekklesia and Nederlands Palestina Komitee.)
http://bit.ly/2vtLl6t

L’univers matemàtic dins una bombolla de sabó
Jo Nelson, assistant professor of mathematics, is quoted.
ARA.cat (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2PAqO9q

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

‘We want every job ad in the world’
Alumnus Chris Hyams is featured and pictured.
Independent.ie (This article also appeared in three print editions of the April 28 Sunday Independent in Ireland.)
http://bit.ly/2vxVoXX

Why anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was once labelled a terrorist
An article mentions that Nelson Mandel spoke at Rice in 1999.
Globalnews.ca (This article also appeared in NewsCaf, News View, Canada 24 News, CILQ Online and Global News.)
http://bit.ly/2vrUtIT

Could a ‘syringe watch’ end the hassle of carrying EpiPens?
Martel College senior Justin Tang, Brown College senior Alex Li and Wiess College senior Jacob Mattia are quoted in an article about their wearable device for allergy sufferers.
Easton Caller (This article also appeared in Dunya.)
http://bit.ly/2vu6JIC

Students to present Syverud with research on ‘institutionalized racism’ at SU
An article mentions that Biko Gray studied at Rice.
The Daily Orange
http://bit.ly/2vtObIs

New BBC World Service podcast to mark Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
An article mentions that the final episode of the BBC’s 12-part podcast ’13 Minutes to the Moon,’ which explores the dramatic final 13 minutes of Apollo 11’s trip to the moon, will be recorded at Rice, where President John F. Kennedy’s gave his “Moon Speech” Sept. 12, 1962.
SeenIt.co.uk
http://bit.ly/2PAul7P

News and stories
Graduate student Lauren Warning is featured and pictured.
Muhlenberg College
http://bit.ly/2vsYIny

Resolución de 12 de Abril de 2019, del Museo Nacional del Prado, por la que se publica el Convenio con la Rice University de Houston.
Rice is mentioned.
Derecho.com (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2PCATCJ

SPORTS

Michaela Haet named C-USA tennis player of year for Rice’s 3rd top conference honor
An article featuring Rice tennis player Michaela Haet mentions that she was named the Conference USA women’s tennis player of the year. Former Owls to receive the honor include Natalie Beazant (2012 and 2015) and Blair DiSesa (2006). Current tennis players Anastasia and Victoria Smirnova, Linda Huang and Priya Niezgoda are mentioned as all-conference honorees. Other Owls who earned all-conference honors this academic year and were mentioned include Nicole Lennon (volleyball) and Erica Ogwumike (basketball).
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2PDPpKM
http://bit.ly/2PyDgqa

D1 Digest: Miss. State’s Mangum makes history and more
The Rice baseball team swept a three-game series against Louisiana Tech University at Reckling Park April 26-28. A game-ending triple play by the Owls is featured or mentioned in D1Baseball.com and the first four television broadcasts.
D1Baseball.com 
http://bit.ly/2PEiN3w
‘Fox 26 News at 9’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2PAPajo
‘KHOU 11 News Extra’
KHOU-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2PAEAZB
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2PGx3J2
’13 Eyewitness News at 8 a.m.’
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2PAlFyc
College roundup: Tech baseball swept at Rice
Monroe News Star (This article also appeared in the Shreveport Times.) 
http://bit.ly/2PA6ViQ
Louisiana Tech drops first 2 games at Rice
Monroe News Star
http://bit.ly/2PD5IqR
‘Big Event’ bigger, better and right on time
News at Louisiana Tech
http://bit.ly/2PEgblZ
College roundup: NSU’s Jones pitches another shutout
Shreveport Times
http://bit.ly/2PA7dWY
Tale of 2 teams: La. Tech softball, baseball paths through tornado different, yet same
Monroe News Star
http://bit.ly/2PJYp0Z
Tech falls to Rice in series finale
LA Tech Sports
http://bit.ly/2PzGM3H
‘FOX 26 Morning News Weekends 5 a.m.’
KRIV-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2PyTHmm

NFL undrafted free agent tracker
Rice football player Jack Fox, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, is mentioned.
NFL Draft Diamonds 
http://bit.ly/2Py6aXq

HS golf: Trinity girls, boys looking for a 3-peat at state
Rice golfer Austin Escamilla is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2PxZEjq

Things to do Mother’s Day weekend in Houston — May 9-12, 2019 
An events roundup mentions that Rice’s baseball team will play the University of Southern Mississippi at Reckling Park May 10-12.
365 Things To Do in Houston
http://bit.ly/2vuxwoq

Ayla Spitz, Ivan Nghi shine at Surf League swimming finals
Zoe Spitz plans to swim at Rice.
Los Angeles Times (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Daily Pilot.)
https://lat.ms/2XMY9ku

‘NFL Draft on ABC’
A broadcast features former Rice football player Earl Cooper, who was a guest presenter at the 2019 NFL Draft.
KTRK-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2vrZvoq

Chance to reach the NFL still exists for undrafted Longhorns
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson, who signed with the New England Patriots, is mentioned.
Austin American-Statesman
http://bit.ly/2vuwtVw

’12 News at 10 p.m.’
Former Rice football player King Hill is mentioned.
KPNX-TV (Phoenix)
http://bit.ly/2PDVdnl

Houston Texans select defensive end Charles Omenihu in NFL Draft
Former Rice football player Christian Covington is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2voMrAr

SFA’s Chris Wilkerson signs with San Francisco 49ers
An article mentions that Rice recently hosted an NFL Pro Day.
KLTV Online
http://bit.ly/2PA5AZs

Aggies generate 18 victories at Texas A&M Alumni Muster
Former Rice track and field athlete Valerie Tulloch is mentioned.
KBTX Online
http://bit.ly/2vsWmoI

Johnetta Hayes leaves Texas Southern
Former Rice women’s basketball player Johnetta Hayes is featured and pictured.
HBCU Gameday 
http://bit.ly/2vpsRE4