Dateline Rice for May 8, 2019

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Nuclear should complement wind and solar — not compete
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, authored an op-ed about the future of nuclear power. The op-ed is highlighted in an energy news roundup in the second article from The Hill.
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2VoEiLu
Overnight Energy
The Hill
http://bit.ly/2VtoqaY

Is winning Texas a realistic goal for Democrats in 2020?
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 interviewed by Fox News, and he is quoted in two other stories about Texas politics.
Fox News (This segment aired on Fox’s “The Ingraham Angle,” and the article appeared in Yahoo! News, MSN, News Daily, AVA 360, Central Charts and Newsllive.com.)
http://bit.ly/2H6uQCB
Here’s what Texas lawmakers are doing about property taxes, teacher pay, school safety
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (This article appeared on the front page of the Weatherford Star-Telegram’s May 8 print edition with a different headline, “What state lawmakers are doing regarding key issues,” and it appeared in Monday’s edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) 
http://bit.ly/2vAslTT
KLBJ-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://bit.ly/2Vpfmnm (This segment aired seven times.)

Watch: 3D-printed air sac mimics lung and ‘breathes’
Collaborative Rice research that developed a tangled, 3D-printed network of vessels that mimic a human lung is featured. Lead co-author Jordan Miller, assistant professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
Medium (Similar articles appeared in more than 150 other foreign-language media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2H12YzG
‘ABC 15 News at 4 p.m.’
KNXV-TV (Phoenix)
http://bit.ly/2VqI07F (This segment aired five times.)

Device auto-squeezes bag valve masks to save lives
A Rice senior capstone design team set out to create a cost-effective device that automates the compression of manual bag valve masks, which feed fresh air to the lungs of intubated patients. Jones College senior Natalie Dickman and Baker College senior Madison Nasteff are quoted.
Futurity (This article, which was featured in the May 8 edition of the Futurity Today newsletter, also appeared in Medical Health News.)
http://bit.ly/2Vos4CS

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University expert: Surge flooding greatest threat to economic security
An article features the research of 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, which determined that surge flooding poses the greatest threat to Houston’s economic security. Blackburn discusses this research on a Houston Public Media broadcast.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2H4EmGj
http://bit.ly/2H6v78B
Full Show: Report on surge flooding and our weekly political roundup (May 8, 2019)
Houston Public Media (This “Houston Matters” segment aired twice on KUHF in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2Vtd1Id

Community calendar
A community events roundup features Christian Emden, professor of political thought and a co-director of Rice’s Politics, Law & Social Thought program, and mentions that he will discuss the rise of populism in Europe May 9 at Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church.
Houston Chronicle’s Bay Area Citizen (This article appeared in the May 8 print edition, and it appeared in the print editions of the Chronicle’s Friendswood Journal, Pearland Journal, Pasadena Citizen and Deer Park Broadcaster.)
http://bit.ly/2VmbJyA

UH Law Center staff promotions focus on alumni, community and global outreach
Karen Jones, lecturer in sport management, is featured and pictured.
University of Houston Law Center News
http://bit.ly/2Hb12oz

First ‘Celebration of Reading’ without founder Barbara Bush raises $2.2 million on 25th anniversary
Alumnus David Eagleman is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2H6voZb

John Cooper School names alumnus new head coach
Alumnus Matthew Wilson is featured.
Houston Chronicle’s The Woodlands Villager (This article appeared in the May 8 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2Vmct6Q

Chemical engineer beats the incumbent for Clear Creek ISD at-large Position B seat
Alumnus Scott Bowen is featured.
Houston Chronicle’s Friendswood Journal (This article appeared in the May 8 print edition, and it appeared in the print edition of the Chronicle’s Bay Area Citizen.)
http://bit.ly/2Vml2yl

Community briefs
An article mentions that Thomas Hamre, valedictorian of Friendswood High School, plans to attend Rice.
Houston Chronicle’s Bay Area Citizen (This article appeared in the May 8 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2VooFnj

IDEA Public Schools Class of 2019 celebrates annual College Signing Day
Rice is mentioned.
The Edinburg Review (This article also appeared in Valley Town Crier.)
http://bit.ly/2Vpba6S

BROADCAST

‘Gig economy’ to be tested today as ride-share drivers strike
A planned strike of ride-sharing drivers is unlikely to raise their wages and improve working conditions, according to the research of Joyce Beebe, a fellow in public finance at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
WOAI.iheart.com (Similar articles also appeared in Real Estate News Utah, LAist, Deseret News, News Vire, Travel Wire News and Mashable.)
https://ihr.fm/2HkpEvh

C-SPAN 2
Alumnus Alberto Gonzalez ’79, former U.S. attorney general, is featured.
http://bit.ly/2VllsoG

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

OTC event selects 10 startups worth watching
An article about the Rice Alliance Startup Roundup at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference quotes Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The article mentions that Syzygy Plasmonics, one of the 2019 Rice Alliance “Most Promising” OTC Startup award winners, uses technology developed at Rice.
Journal of Petroleum Technology
http://bit.ly/2VqwsBl
Data Gumbo closes $6M round, Alice partners with accelerator and more Houston innovation news 
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/2Vmjwwn
Rice Alliance names the 10 most promising startups at Houston’s Offshore Technology Conference
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/2H7aNEb

CLEO plenary talks: From plasmonics to Lidar
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, spoke at the CLEO 2019 conference May 5-10 in San Jose, California.
Optics & Photonics News
http://bit.ly/2Vk0KFE
Neural imaging: Deeper, faster, wider
Optics & Photonics News
http://bit.ly/2Vqwkll

Ink not required for graphene art work
An article featuring Joseph Cohen’s artwork mentions that it was created at Rice using laser-induced graphene, a technique pioneered by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering. Rice graduate students Yieu Chyan and Chenhao Zhang and Hanszen College senior Winston Wang are mentioned.
R&D Magazine (This article also appeared in ECN.)
http://bit.ly/2Vnpkpo

UVI leading fight against coral disease
An article mentions that Rice will complete microbiology research as part of a collaborative effort funded by a National Science Foundation grant to combat Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.
Saint Croix Source (This article also appeared in St. John Source, St. Thomas Source and Medical Health News.)
http://bit.ly/2VoEuuu

Driving chemical reactions with light
An article about collaborative research between Rice, the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Princeton University, which determined that molecules placed on the surface of a single gold nanorod affect its plasmonic response, is featured. Stephan Link, professor of chemistry and computer and electrical engineering and associate chair for graduate studies, is quoted.
Science & Technology Research News
http://bit.ly/2H3G0YU

Silkroad Ensemble celebrates heroes taking their stand
Rice is mentioned.
Noozhawk
http://bit.ly/2VoOALC

Think billionaires are weird today? No billionaire will ever top Howard Hughes in the weird department
Rice is mentioned.
Celebrity Net Worth
http://bit.ly/2H6iRVG

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

MS offers tools to secure polls
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering and a Rice Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about Microsoft’s “ElectionGuard,” an open-source voter security software program that can be incorporated into new or existing voting systems.
Deccan Chronicle (This article appeared in the May 8 print edition, and it appeared in the print editions of the Asian Age and the Sun Star Pampanga.)
http://bit.ly/2H5jVcu

College News
An article mentions that Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of the Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, delivered the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s undergraduate commencement address May 4.
Creston News Advertiser
http://bit.ly/2VnuAcB

Four Auburn students, 5 recent graduates named NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Graduate student Katie Brown, a 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, is featured and pictured.
Auburn University News
http://bit.ly/2H5TYcN

Pinellas County schools announce graduation dates
An article mentions that Catherine Yunshin Lee, valedictorian of St. Petersburg High International Baccalaureate, plans to attend Rice.
Tampa Bay Newspapers
http://bit.ly/2H652Xi

SPORTS

Javier Rodriguez named All-Conference USA
An article mentions that Rice’s Sumit Sarkar was named the Conference USA Men’s Tennis Player of the Year. Sarkar was also named to the all-conference singles first team. Owls Jacob Eskeland and Eric Rutledge were named to the singles second team; and the doubles teams of Sarkar and Rutledge and Sarkar and Conrad Russell were named to the doubles first team.
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2H70Arg

USTA and Tennis Channel form agreement to broadcast the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s tennis national championships
Rice head women’s tennis coach Elizabeth Schmidt is quoted.
Tennis Panorama (This article also appeared in Sports Video Group.)
http://bit.ly/2H0QEzq

Draft prospects you should know: Zack Hess
Rice baseball player Matt Canterino is mentioned.
South Side Sox
http://bit.ly/2H7KAp6

Announcing the 2018-19 Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky High School Winter All-Stars
An article featuring Lauren Schwartz mentions that she plans to play basketball at Rice.
Cincinnati.com
http://bit.ly/2H4sBjg

Cougars Mailbag: A big preseason event for men’s basketball?
An article mentions that the University of Houston’s men’s basketball team will play Rice next year.
Houston Chronicle
http://bit.ly/2H6Ayog

Longest-tenured Minnesota Twins — 2019
An article features former Rice baseball player Tyler Duffey. Former Owl J.T. Chargois is mentioned.
Twins Daily 
http://bit.ly/2HdbcVw

Hunter Thedford enters NCAA transfer portal
Former Rice football player Kylen Granson is featured.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/2H6Lhih

NEWS RELEASE

Shale-development ban in Mexico could have ‘adverse consequences,’ Baker Institute experts say
Newly inaugurated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has repeatedly declared that fracking would be banned during his tenure. That action could have “adverse consequences,” according to experts in the Mexico Center and Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/2HdAG58