Dateline Rice for July 8, 2019 (Weekend Edition)

APOLLO 11 50TH ANNIVERSARY

How did NASA put men on the moon? One harrowing step at a time.
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured or mentioned in numerous articles. Alumnus Jerry Woodfill ’65, who was part of NASA’s Apollo Warning System engineering team and attended Kennedy’s speech, appears in a television broadcast on KXRM.
The Washington Post (This article also appeared in the July 7 print edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer and more than 30 other media outlets, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://wapo.st/2JheRnz
Half a century ago, the nation came together to put a human on the moon. Why the long decline since?
The Seattle Times (This article also appeared in the Daily Republic and the Union-Bulletin.)
http://bit.ly/2Jk9wvW
‘Everything out there in space wants to kill you’ [Opinion]
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 4 print edition and it appeared in the Daily News and Newsllive.com.)
http://bit.ly/2YJlGUq
‘Washington Goes to the Moon Part 1’
PRX (This segment aired on more than 900 NPR-affiliated stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2FYlitx
CBC Radio One
http://bit.ly/2YEO3CY (This “Here and Now” segment aired on more than 800 affiliate stations across Canada and the U.S.)
CNBC
http://bit.ly/2YEml9D
The Apollo Chronicles
KXRM-TV (Colorado Springs, Colorado; this segment aired on more than 20 other stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2G0w6rs
‘2019 Freedom Over Texas’
KTRK-TV (Houston; this segment aired on 10 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2YG2yX9
Talking space on the 50th anniversary of the first men on the moon
The Eagle
http://bit.ly/2YHR5Gw
Sarasota-Bradenton to celebrate moon landing 50th anniversary throughout July
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
http://bit.ly/2YH0IW6
‘Chasing the Moon’ revisits the Apollo program in depth
Valley News
http://bit.ly/2YGL1xZ
Het was een mirakel dat de maanlanding goed verliep
Trouw (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2YFoiSZ

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley on ‘American Moonshot’
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” is interviewed
KQED (This segment also aired four times on KQED-FM in San Francisco.)
http://bit.ly/2FWnguH
‘The Brian Kilmeade Show’
WABC-AM (New York; this segment aired on more than 225 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2LK3RAI
‘Douglas Brinkley, American Moonshot’
C-SPAN2
http://bit.ly/2YFFkAz

Journeys to the moon taught scientists lessons about Earth
Chenguang Sun, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 4  print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2G0EZRI

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Inside story: Princess Haya’s divorce and the Gulf royals caught between two worlds
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is cited.
Telegraph.co.uk
http://bit.ly/2YK4kqk

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Texas politicians said they fixed property taxes. Don’t believe it. [Opinion]
Ed Emmett ’71, senior fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about property tax reform in Texas.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 5 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2YAMoOR

With 2020 looming, Trump weighs boosting farmers at refineries’ expense
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.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2YC9Nzy
Did Beto O’Rourke help fuel a huge increase in Texas young voter turnout?
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 8 print edition of the Chronicle and the print and online editions of the San Antonio Express-News.)
http://bit.ly/2YJBpCM
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://bit.ly/2YPQG4Q (This segment aired seven times.)
KLBJ-AM (Austin)
http://bit.ly/2YFFR5x (This segment aired 16 times.)

These are the top 20 US presidents (and why you won’t find Trump on the list)
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This Business Insider article also appeared in Business Insider Malaysia and in 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2G0hicc

We’re in danger of ‘America First’ becoming ‘America Alone’ [Editorial]
Steven Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2YEU8iJ

Business calendar: Upcoming events in the area
A business events roundup featuring Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, mentions that he will speak at a luncheon of the Greater Houston Port Bureau July 11.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 8 print edition and 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2YGq7z1
http://bit.ly/2YGtR3x

In Houston, development must think outside the flood plains, advocates say 
Kyle Shelton, director of strategic partnerships at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2YARA5j

Arab Americans, others of Middle Eastern descent say census forms make them feel invisible
An article quotes Ussama Makdisi, the Arab-American Education Foundation Professor in Arabic Studies at Rice, and graduate student Matthew Mutammara.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 7 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2YG0A9f

3 Houston innovators to know this week
Rice research that developed the eVOLVER system to automate cell-culturing systems that can run continuously for months is featured. Co-developer Caleb Bashor, assistant professor of biosciences and bioengineering, is featured and pictured.
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/2YJ8dvQ

Space City New Music Festival braces for second liftoff
Shih-Hui Chen, professor of composition and theory at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and guest composer at the Space City New Music Festival, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 8 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2FYYIkM

More Sunday letters: Moving beyond an ugly history
Rice’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice, which will explore the university’s history with a focus on those issues, is featured in letters to the editor.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 7 print edition, and a similar article appeared in the July 1 print edition of the Big Spring Herald.)
http://bit.ly/2YFWcr1

The Cannon’s offer to entrepreneurs: Office space, VC access, yoga room. And beer.
Rice’s plan to redevelop the historic Midtown Sears building into The Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district built in collaboration with other Houston agencies and institutions, is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 5 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2YEa0lv

How Houston neighborhoods, institutions were named … and the areas that appropriated those monikers
William Marsh Rice is mentioned in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2YIoAJ0
http://bit.ly/2YJ3qum

Fighting gentrification is a losing battle, get ahead of it
An article mentions that an “accessory dwelling unit” designed and built by Rice architecture students in Houston’s Third Ward for Agape Development is pictured in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2YFFgkb

Inspired by ‘The Whole 30,’ Joel Luks went from overweight to Zumba instructor
Alumnus Joel Luks is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 4 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2xmA6gX

Gee named new president, CEO of Memorial Assistance Ministries
Alumna Sonja Gee is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2FXVkq3
http://bit.ly/2G0PZP0

New UH business school dean plans to bring innovation into play
Alumnus Paul Pavlou, new dean at the University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business, is featured and pictured.
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/2G2J0F4

Get your hot dogs here! Best Houston restaurants, stand and trucks for Fourth of July weekend
A Rice student is quoted in a slideshow.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2FYZEWk

Here’s what’s coming up in Houston’s art scene
A Houston arts roundup mentions Gillian Wearing’s installation “Rock ‘n’ Roll 70” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts. The site-specific work “Wallpaper” consists of portraits that have been altered to imagine what the artist will look like in 20 years.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the July 4 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2LttkhQ

Paganini School of Music to open in Katy area
An article mentions that Rice faculty will teach master classes at the Paganini School of Music in Katy.
Community Impact Newspaper
http://bit.ly/2G1boHH

BROADCAST

‘Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio’ 
David Gantz, the Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is interviewed.
NPR (This segment aired multiple times on over 800 affiliate radio stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2G3k3cH

‘The Secret History of Science and Religion — Part 3: On the Origins of Humans’
Elaine Howard Ecklund, professor of sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice, is interviewed about her research into the religious beliefs of scientists.
BBC Radio (This segment aired on more than 1,400 affiliate stations around the world.)
https://bbc.in/2YGyNFV (Comments begin at 12:55.)

A woman is struck by lightning. Did she meet God?
Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice and co-author of the forthcoming book “Changed in a Flash,” is interviewed about religious experiences.
To the Best of Our Knowledge (This radio segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://bit.ly/2FZq7Da
At the edge of belief with maverick historian Jeffrey Kripal
To the Best of Our Knowledge
http://bit.ly/2FYsplS

What issues will shape the 2019 Houston mayor’s race?
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is interviewed by several outlets about Texas politics.
Houston Public Media (This radio segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2G2aOte
Why are so many Democrats campaigning in Texas so early?
KHOU Online (This video segment aired on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2G1vxO5
Tarrant County is moving forward with countywide voting. Here’s what it means for you.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (This article also appeared on the front page of the July 8 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2YHGpYs
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://bit.ly/2YGBiYB (This segment aired three times.)
Houston mayoral race shaping up to be most expensive ever
KTRH.iheart.com
https://ihr.fm/2G1w02G
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2YH17rp (This segment aired three times.)

‘Houston’s Morning Show 7 a.m.’
A television broadcast mentions that Houston PetSet commissioned a study from Rice to analyze why local animal shelters are consistently filled to capacity or beyond.
KRIV-TV (Houston; this segment aired five times.)
http://bit.ly/2YGSbST

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

US sanctions Cuba’s state-owned oil company for continuing Venezuelan imports
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.
S&P Global Platts
http://bit.ly/2YFHsrV
Elude sanciones de EE.UU. para comprar crudo del régimen de Maduro
Diario Gestión (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2YF4xeh

Chemist James Tour: The unacknowledged mystery of life’s origin
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.
Evolution News
http://bit.ly/2YFHPCP

Health hires: Carlson & Jayakumar, Baker Donelson, Ropes
Rice is mentioned.
Law360 (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/2YDZ6MV

The 15 best colleges for potential political science majors
Alumna and former Houston Mayor Annise Parker ’78 is featured.
Insider
http://bit.ly/2YOXOih

New facial bone might someday be grown from patients’ ribs
Research by Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is featured.
Health24
http://bit.ly/2YJML9S

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

How high-tech seals are helping us learn about our warming oceans
An article about the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica features photos by Linda Welzenbach, a science writer in the Rice Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.
The Week Magazine
http://bit.ly/2YH4HSm

Meet the Jews around the US
Joshua Furman, the Stanford and Joan Alexander Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies, is quoted
Arutz Sheva (This article also appeared in Tablet Magazine.)
http://bit.ly/2YCo2Ew

Rutgers researchers identify the origins of metabolism
An article features a collaborative study between Rice and Rutgers University that reverse-engineered a primordial protein that might resemble the first biological machines involved in metabolism.
MonroeNow
http://bit.ly/2YJ8OxA

Dispute results in challenges for Chinese nationals in US
Graduate student Wang Bo is quoted.
Global Times (This article also appeared in the July 8 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2YJabMK

Mike Stilkey hits the books to make art
An article featuring Mike Stilkey mentions that some of his artwork is in Rice’s permanent collection.
Wicked Local
http://bit.ly/2YJQS5O

New platform curates dorm rooms — by college freshmen, for college freshmen
An article featuring Robert Ragland mentions that he will be a freshman at Rice this fall.
Chain Store Age
http://bit.ly/2YFmjyb

Mauna Loa volcano: Hawaii volcano alert level increased — is Kilauea affected?
An article mentions that Rice collaborated on research of Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes.
Express.co.uk
http://bit.ly/2YF9fbX

Colleges aim to eliminate textbooks
An article features OpenStax, a Rice-based publisher of open educational resources.
Great Bend Tribune
http://bit.ly/2YFao3f

Thoughts on the run: Finding my inner runner nerd
An article mentions that a USA Track & Field continuing education conference for coaches was held at Rice.
Middletown Transcript
http://bit.ly/2YB2isx

Los profesores están alentando a los estudiantes de periodismo a emprender y no buscar trabajo en los medios tradicionales, según un studio
An article features a collaborative research study between Rice and Rutgers University that examined the transformations taking place in journalism and found that educators are encouraging aspiring journalists to look for work outside the news business. Co-author Max Besbris, assistant professor of sociology, is quoted.
Laboratorio de Periodismo Luca de Tena (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2YF7mMp

¿Por qué deberías de preocuparte si no sudas?
Rice research is cited.
Salud180 (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2YLYV2c

SPORTS

Mid-County Babe Ruth All-Stars tune up at holiday tournament
An article mentions the Perfect Game Owl Shootout, hosted jointly by Rice and Lamar University.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2G0hCrA

The 10 best rookies in the first half of 2019
Former Rice golfer Mitchell Meissner is featured.
PGATour.com
http://bit.ly/2G1l84J

Seattle Mariners trade a day: Getting involved in others business
Former Rice baseball player Glenn Otto is mentioned.
Fansided
http://bit.ly/2FY5qHC

Getting to know the XFL team presidents
An article mentions that Brian Michael Cooper, the Houston XFL team’s president, worked in the athletic department at Rice.
XFL2k 
http://bit.ly/2G2nCQk

USM volleyball awaits word on new facility
An article mentions that the Conference USA volleyball tournament will be held at Rice Nov. 22-24.
WDAM
http://bit.ly/2YGHb83

‘Technology grows and coaches need to grow with [it]’: Remote training gives high school athletes a different outlet
An article featuring Stu Singer mentions that he works with the athletics department at Rice.
USA Today High School Sports
http://bit.ly/2YGfwEl

NEWS RELEASE

China may view Hong Kong protests as needing ‘forceful and violent crackdown,’ says Rice U. expert
What do protests in Hong Kong mean for its special status and the Chinese government? Rice’s Steven Lewis, an expert on China, is available for interviews to discuss the rising tension.
http://bit.ly/2YKeoj6