Dateline Rice for July 24, 2019

APOLLO 11 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Trump’s plan to develop the moon and Mars will change the future of the human race
President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is featured or mentioned in numerous articles.
Newsweek
http://bit.ly/30WTkH0
Herman: How a Texas football rivalry helped inspire landing on the moon
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in the American-Statesman’s HookEm.com.)
https://atxne.ws/30RSaMD
Commentary: 50th anniversary of lunar landing evoked memories of JFK’s ‘moon speech’ in Houston 
KENS Online
http://bit.ly/30WSytA
Why investing in space must be a priority
The Washington Times (This article appeared in the July 22 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2lhGkfb
Donovan visits the ‘World’s Premier Gateway to Space’
Air Force Link (This article also appeared in Edwards Air Force Base Online.)
http://bit.ly/30WbqZk
Why walking on the moon meant so much
The Capital Journal (This article also appeared in The Star Democrat and New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, and it appeared in the July 24 print edition of The Saline Courier.)
http://bit.ly/30SLmOO
Predicting Texas’ 2019 season game-by-game
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/30Q6KEz
What did Neil Armstrong and Marilyn Monroe have in common?
Mesquite Local News
http://bit.ly/30W1yyZ
Landing on moon America’s greatest achievement
The Miami County Republic
http://bit.ly/32NVk61
Amerikaanse marinier schrijft boze open brief naar de Belgische defensie
P-Magazine.be (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30QhPp9
WDDE-AM (Philadelphia)
http://bit.ly/30TZNlK (This segment aired seven times.)

The NASA logo is having a moment
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 24 print editions of the Chicago Tribune and Sun Sentinel Broward, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://lat.ms/2Y4pIVX

NASA unveils spacecraft for next mission that will send first woman on the moon
Alumna Shannon Walker is mentioned.
KNUE Online
http://bit.ly/30XwtuT

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Researchers to commemorate first ‘dead’ glacier with plaque, memorial service in Iceland 
Cymene Howe, associate professor of anthropology, and Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology, are featured.
ABC News
https://abcn.ws/30VQMc1
‘Killed’ by climate change: Iceland to erect memorial to lost glacier 
USA Today (Similar articles also appeared in the July 24 print editions of The New Indian Express and The Sun Malaysia.)
http://bit.ly/30QpDXS
The trek to bid farewell to an Icelandic glacier
Atlas Obscura
http://bit.ly/30NaOFs
How can you tell when a glacier is dead?
Slate
http://bit.ly/30Schu7
Why Rice researchers created a ‘tombstone’ for an Icelandic glacier
Houston Public Media (A radio segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/32R5HG3
Rice University makes memorial plaque for ‘dead glacier’
KHOU Online (This segment also aired three times on KHOU-TV in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/30PWUCD
Scientists memorialize the first glacier lost to climate change in Iceland
WESH Online (This CNN article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets since first appearing in Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/32Nchxs
Another heartbreaking story of climate doom!
Fabius Maximus
http://bit.ly/30XwVcz
Loss of Okjökull glacier in Iceland is an example of the horrors of climate change 
Blasting News (This article also appeared in Newsllive.com.)
http://bit.ly/30UYy5T
First glacier lost to climate change gets own memorial
The Herald (This article also appeared in the July 24 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/30XMKzZ
Independence is normal: Former glacier given memorial in Iceland
The National
http://bit.ly/30XvA5d
This is the world’s first memorial for a melted glacier
Fast Company
http://bit.ly/30U8JI0
Editorial: It’s so hot that Iceland lost a glacier
Valley Advocate
http://bit.ly/30XcOLE
Icelandic memorial warns future: ‘Only you know if we saved glaciers’
MSN Arabia
http://bit.ly/30ZJcx7
Emléktábla egy eltűnt gleccsernek
National Geographic Hungary (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30W2lQe
En Islandia colocarán una placa para ‘recordar’ al primer glaciar perdido por el cambio climático
Forbes Mexico (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30QNqqE
Der gletscher, der verschwand
Tagesschau.de (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30UmAy0
Islanda, una targa commemorativa ricorda il primo ghiacciaio scomparso
Open Italy (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30RLoXl
Klimawandel: Gedenktafel soll an geschmolzenen gletscher erinnern
Die Welt (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in Boerse.ARD.de and Deutschlandfunk Nova.)
http://bit.ly/30S9oJN
Una targa per il ghiacciaio sciolto ‘É tornato ad essere un vulcano’
La Stampa (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30XPi0H
Islandia levanta un monumento a glacial derretido
Los Tubos (An English translation is not available. This article also appeared in SDP Noticias.)
http://bit.ly/30ZGnw5
L’Islande va inaugurer un mémorial pour marquer la disparition de son glacier Ok
Geo (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30XWQ3R
Mensaje al futuro: Islandia colocará una lápida para recordar a su primer glacial extinto 
Noticiero Universal (An English translation is not available. Similar articles also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/30XY1QP
NDR Info
German Radio (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30Uuw2g

If humans gave birth in space, babies would have giant, alien-shaped heads
Scott Solomon, associate teaching professor in biosciences at Rice and author of “Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution,” is quoted in an article about the possible effects of humans reproducing in space.
ATT.net
https://soc.att.com/32QNzMI
How would human babies born in space look?
Mashable India (A similar article also appeared in WS Buzz.)
http://bit.ly/30RSNWv

Robots are creating these brilliant new jobs
Collaborative Rice research that developed a tangled, 3D-printed network of vessels that mimic a human lung is featured.
MSN South Africa
http://bit.ly/30XQdhF

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Rice University’s transformation of iconic Sears building breaks ground in Midtown
Rice’s redevelopment of the historic Midtown Sears building into The Ion, the centerpiece of an innovation district that broke ground July 19, is featured or mentioned in several articles. President David Leebron is quoted in CultureMap Houston and Xconomy. Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of Rice Management Co., is quoted in Bisnow.
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/32Lc0ex
120K SF entrepreneurial campus officially opens in west Houston
Houston Business Journals
http://bit.ly/32OGex1
Turnkey, TrustRadius, Homeward, Geekdom, Ion, GasMob and more TX tech 
Xconomy 
http://bit.ly/30Zpv8J
The Ion: The place where venture capitalists will come to find Houston’s next promising startup
Bisnow
http://bit.ly/32YAOzM
Texas tech: CBRE report says Houston trails Austin and Dallas in tech workforce
Realty News Report
http://bit.ly/30RTcbA

Ed Emmett partners with Bilfinger as advisory board consultant
Alumnus Ed Emmett ’71, senior fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is featured and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) 
http://bit.ly/32N4Sya
http://bit.ly/32Plhly

Democrat Hegar taps donors in Hollywood and the Texas suburbs for quick start in Senate race 
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/32YDT2O
El discurso racista podría jugarle en contra a Trump en su campaña de reelección
AA.com.tr (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/32LCI6A

As tensions with Iran rise, oil supply fears rise anew
Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.) 
http://bit.ly/32NOrld

Tarrant County is moving forward with countywide voting. Here’s what it means for you.
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (This article appeared in the July 24 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2YHGpYs

Are employee naps good for business?
An article features a Rice study that determined that people with nonvisible stigmas who live openly at work are happier with their overall lives and more productive in the workplace. Eden King, associate professor of psychology, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/32QdC6q

Dan Haar: Pelli’s 50-year collaborator recalls a humble giant
An article mentions that architects César Pelli, who died July 19 at 92, and Fred Clarke were commissioned in 1984 by Rice.
Houston Chronicle (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/32Pkcu0
Cesar Pelli
The Herald (This article also appeared in the July 24 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/30XMKzZ

Democrats interested in Sugar Land congressman’s post
Alumnus U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, is mentioned and pictured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the July 24 print editions of the Chronicle’s Pearland Journal and Sugar Land Sun, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2XZ2ocd

BROADCAST

‘It definitely would hit Texas’: Local food banks worry about proposed SNAP cuts
The 38th annual Houston Area Survey issued by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is cited.
KHOU Online (This article also appeared on KENS Online, and the video segment aired on KHOU-TV in Houston and KENS-TV in San Antonio.)
http://bit.ly/32N6Q1t

‘KPRC Channel 2 News at 5 p.m.’
A first-of-its-kind study at Rice that will seek to improve braille literacy by exploring questions about how it’s taught is featured. Robert Englebretson, associate professor and chair of linguistics, and Simon Fischer-Baum, assistant professor of psychological sciences, are quoted in Mirage News.
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/30ZKTKZ
Study seeks to improve braille literacy
Mirage News
http://bit.ly/32NPvWf

KUT-AM (Austin, Texas)
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is interviewed.
http://bit.ly/30UyNTq

Harmful bacteria and cancer’s worst nightmare may be a microscopic drill
An article features an international team of scientists, including experts from Rice, that is developing molecule-sized motors that drill through the surface of cancer cells.
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 quoted.
Voice of America (This segment aired on CMTV in Jamaica and appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2lmkG9J

Bold students invent wearable EpiPen for friend
An article features undergraduate Rice research to develop a wearable device for allergy sufferers. Quoted are Deirdre Hunter, lecturer at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Martel College senior Justin Tang and Sid Richardson senior Albert Han.
WNDU Online (This segment also aired on WFMZ-TV in Philadelphia and WKBT-TV in La Crosse, Wisconsin.)
http://bit.ly/32otXPU

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

The week of July 22, 2019
A government news roundup mentions that 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, was a witness at a July 22 House Science Committee hearing.
American Institute of Physics
http://bit.ly/32LybB8 (Scroll down to “Houston hearing to examine hurricane resiliency.”)

How managers reject suggestions affects psychological safety at work
A new study by Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychology at Rice, which explains how leaders can use language that encourages workers to offer more ideas in the future, is featured.
The Horizons Tracker (A similar article also appeared in HR Reporter.)
http://bit.ly/32Q9zqL

Defect turns to groundbreaking innovation: MOF tackles stubborn pollutants
Rice researchers determined that the right-sized defects helped a molecular sieve soak up more perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in less time. Quoted and pictured are 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.
Chemicals Market Report
http://bit.ly/32JizOF

Radio beacon-guided drone has a nose for toxic gases
An article mentions that scientists from Rice and NASA have also developed gas-sensing drones.
New Atlas
http://bit.ly/32L33lr

Buckyball sculpture installed at new Stanford Hospital
An article mentions that buckminsterfullerenes, or “buckyballs,” a new form of carbon, were discovered by nanotechnologists at Rice in the 1980s.
Stanford Medicine’s Scope (This article also appeared in Medical Health News and Agenparl.)
https://stan.md/32NDbFg

Installation, performance artist Trey Duvall to exhibit at UW art museum
An article featuring Trey Duvall mentions that his artwork has been exhibited at Rice.
University of Wyoming News
http://bit.ly/30Uc7mc

Como um conflito no Golfo Pérsico afetaria as commodities
Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
BrasilAgro (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30XOgBR

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Device channels heat into light
An article features Rice research that suggests carbon nanotubes may make solar panels more efficient. Co-authors Gururaj Naik, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering, of physics and astronomy and of materials science and nanoengineering, are quoted.
Mirage News
http://bit.ly/30QwsIY

Wednesday ‘Music at Noon‘ features pianist Junko Ueno Garrett 
Alumna Junko Ueno Garrett, a graduate of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, is featured and pictured. John Perry, former professor of piano, is mentioned.
Pasadena Now
http://bit.ly/30Ug1vm

This Facebook VR wristband lets you ‘touch’ virtual objects
An article about a wrist-worn haptic virtual reality/augmented reality device called Tasbi mentions that a graduate student intern was a member of the design team.
Blogarama (This article also appeared in Realite Virtuelle.)
http://bit.ly/30ZAXkF

Use a 3D printer to print one pill combining all of your prescriptions
Rice research developing techniques to 3D-print living tissues is mentioned.
Blogarama
http://bit.ly/30ZzOcV

38 things you don’t know about me
The author of a blog post mentions that she met her husband while both were attending Rice.
Cute & Little Blog
http://bit.ly/30SNNB6

Rabbi Strauss: How the Rebbe inspired me
Rice is mentioned.
Jewish Herald-Voice
http://bit.ly/32RxIh0

Former Grant Union student offers web development, design
Rice is mentioned.
Blue Mountain Eagle
http://bit.ly/32Q44Z9

Kilos de más y aparatos digitales: Estudio
An article features Rice research that indicates mindless switching between digital devices is associated with increased susceptibility to food temptations and lack of self-control. Postdoctoral research fellow Richard Lopez is quoted.
Post Latino (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30TXU8E

Como dizer ‘não’ aos filhos sem dizer ‘não’ o tempo todo
Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Correio 9 (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30ZI5NX

Este artículo fue hecho gracias al esfuerzo de trabajo de un periodista profesional. 
Alumna Carolina Tchintian ’13 is featured and pictured.
El Cronista (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/30WaXqh

SPORTS

Rice coaches discuss upcoming season at THSCA convention
Two articles feature the Rice football program. The Houston Chronicle mentions that head coach Mike Bloomgren and assistant coaches Jerry Mack, Brian Smith and Drew Svoboda spoke at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2YbCjGX
http://bit.ly/30MxBBo
2019 NCAA Division I college football team previews: Rice Owls
College Sports Journal
http://bit.ly/32QxZjW

Horns down! Podcast and text transcript for our chat with ESPN’s Dave Wilson
Former Rice head baseball coach Wayne Graham is mentioned.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/30TM7qU

Parker Braun, Zach Shackelford land on Outland Trophy watch list
Former Rice football player Calvin Anderson is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://bit.ly/30P7KZm

Countdown to kickoff (36): Previewing BYU’s running backs
Former Rice football player Emmanuel Esukpa is mentioned.
SB Nation
http://bit.ly/30QBCEQ

Report: Arkansas, TCU to meet in Big 12/SEC Challenge
An article mentions that the University of Arkansas men’s basketball team will host Rice Nov. 5.
Whole Hog Sports  
http://bit.ly/30Mw8Lo

Anderson named C-USA Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
An article mentions that Conference USA’s Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship mention that the prize is named after the late former Rice faculty member and coach.
Sturgis Journal
http://bit.ly/30QB0iw

College football win totals: Best bets in the Big 12
An article mentions that Rice’s football team will play Baylor University on Sept. 25.
Sports Illustrated (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Sports.)
http://bit.ly/30QD1LC
Previewing the most intriguing 2019 Baylor football matchups
KWTX Online
http://bit.ly/312GdEf

NEWS RELEASE

Rice’s Kinder Institute will expand urban data work with $2.25M grant from Houston Endowment
Thanks to renewed funding from Houston Endowment, Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research will be able to expand its data-driven work in the public, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. The new $2.25 million, three-year grant follows a previous Houston Endowment grant that supported several Kinder initiatives, including the Urban Data Platform.
http://bit.ly/32LmTNr