Dateline Rice for Oct. 15, 2019

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Crypto portfolio will analyze Twitter to gauge trader sentiment
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted in an article about the challenges of developing valuation metrics for cryptocurrencies.
Bloomberg (This article also appeared in Yahoo! Finance.)
https://bloom.bg/2OMqLZT

Houston’s pocket prairies: Natural solutions to unnatural flooding
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, is quoted. Blackburn authored an editorial in San Marcos Corridor News.
Christian Science Monitor (This article will appear in the Oct. 21 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2mTjlIF
Editorial: Our groundwater conservation district can, and must, protect all of us
San Marcos Corridor News
http://bit.ly/2IS9Dy2Bud Kennedy: Is Trump helping Texas Republicans or ‘killing us’? R’s brace for rally, secret audio.
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 or interviewed in numerous media outlets.
MSN (This article originally appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.)
http://bit.ly/2BgnGJD
Fort Bend County special election could prove bellwether in fight for control of Texas House
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/32k1xWv
HPM Local Newscast for 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 14, 2019
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://bit.ly/2VQPgGU
Heated Houston mayor race chills — for an hour
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 12 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://bit.ly/2MdfmAt
Long-simmering scandal could erupt this week at state Capitol
WOAI.iheart.com
https://ihr.fm/31egR5L
WOAI-AM (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/2OWk87v
KRLD-AM (Dallas)
http://bit.ly/2J83Zbp (This segment also aired twice on KLBJ-AM in Austin, Texas.)
With redistricting in the offing, battle for the Texas House heats up
Austin American-Statesman (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2VI74DU
‘KPRC Channel 2 News at 6 p.m.’
KPRC-TV (Houston)
http://bit.ly/2VIwpxw
Chau Grupo Lima y default, ¿qué preocupa a Wall Street?
La Nacion’s YouTube Channel (An English translation is not available.)
http://bit.ly/2oNxXKH

Why mathematicians just can’t quit their blackboards
A photo features the chalkboard of David Damanik, the Robert L. Moody, Sr. Chair in Mathematics.
The Guardian (This article appeared in the Oct. 14 print edition of The Guardian and the Oct. 13 print edition of The New Review. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://bit.ly/2q8Ybrf

Column: Amazon Care may be to health care what Amazon Prime is to shopping
Kirsten Ostherr, the Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English and director of Rice’s Medical Futures Lab, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 13 print edition of the Albuquerque Journal and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://lat.ms/2lzL6oY

Democratic debate: 5 things investors and Trump must watch out for
An article cites a Rice study that determined how stock market performance influenced county voters in presidential elections from 1992-2016.
Yahoo! Finance
https://yhoo.it/31e1eLz

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Ion innovation hub gets new organizational structure
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. President David Leebron is pictured in the Houston Chronicle slideshows. Allison Thacker, president and chief investment officer of Rice Management Co., is quoted in the first Houston Chronicle article. Ryan LeVasseur, Rice Management Co.’s managing director of direct real estate, is quoted in the second Houston Chronicle article.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.)
http://bit.ly/2VQzY4Y
http://bit.ly/31bfHbi
Rice’s Ion innovation hub reorganizes, adds new leadership
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2BhG04Q
Station Houston CEO to lead operations at The Ion
InnovationMap
http://bit.ly/2OOBQcQPanelists discuss economic reality of immigration in America
An article mentions that Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and director of the institute’s Center for the United States and Mexico, participated in a panel discussion on immigration at Texas Tech University’s Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication Oct. 14.
The Daily Toreador
http://bit.ly/2Mg2YjmBrown looking to defend controller position
Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice, is quoted in an article about the race for Houston city controller.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 13 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://bit.ly/2pikWIW

Despite energy market reforms, AMLO seeks to restore Pemex to dominant role
Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Oct. 14 print edition of the San Antonio Express-News. This story also appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/2VwTVNW

Tuesday letters: From #MeToo to campus assaults
A caption mentions an anonymous op-ed about a sexual assault that was published in the university’s student newspaper, The Rice Thresher, last month.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/31ieqPI

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announces new executive staff members
Alumnus Mike DeMarco, a graduate of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is featured.
Woodlands Online
http://bit.ly/32jAMS9

Houston native Trey Edward Shults leads Cinema Arts film festival lineup
An article mentions that Rice Cinema will screen films as part of the 11th annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival, which runs Nov. 14-18, and that rapper Bernard “Bun B” Freeman, former distinguished lecturer at Rice, will be featured in a Q&A on opening night.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2pmMM6Z

Business calendar: Upcoming events in the area
A Houston-area business events roundup mentions that the “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Brexit: Implications for U.S. Private Enterprise” conference will be hosted by the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Oct. 16.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 14 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
http://bit.ly/31576qs

UH’s public art program angles for something new with ‘Mobius Houston’
Alumnus Marcel Merwin is mentioned in an article on the University of Houston’s public art program.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Oct. 13 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.)
https://bit.ly/329chae

Outside the Megaplex: Here are the Houston arthouse movies showing Oct. 11-17
A roundup of alternative Houston-area movie theaters mentions that Rice Cinema will screen “Wild About Houston: A Green Film Festival” Oct. 16 and present “Low-Fi,” a collection of unusual films from the Rice Cinema archive, Oct. 17.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://bit.ly/2Ml9TI9
Spring ISD board positions on ballotAlumna Deborah Jensen is featured.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/32gWoOZ

See how Texas universities’ enrollment has changed over five years
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Business Journal
http://bit.ly/2ORBxhh

BROADCAST

‘Reliable Sources’
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is interviewed in a television broadcast about public sentiment on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
CNN International (This segment aired three times.)
http://bit.ly/2ISHCq6The traditional American family dinner is over
Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor emeritus of sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, is interviewed about how and why the culture of “family dinners” has changed.
KPRC Online
https://ihr.fm/2nOxoQl
KTRH-AM (Houston)
http://bit.ly/33xJs7K (This segment aired twice.)WGCH-AM (Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut)
Research by Christopher Fagundes, associate professor of psychological sciences, is cited.
http://bit.ly/33CnyAq

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

If Citgo is lost, Maduro will win
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, authored an article in Foreign Policy, and he is quoted in Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.
Foreign Policy
http://bit.ly/31e4Vkt
Venezuelan oil output could be halved without Chevron waiver extension: Analysts
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
http://bit.ly/31j77Y6Malawi study confirms lasting impact of life-saving technology
An article focuses on NEST360°, an international collaboration between the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health and other institutions around the world aimed at developing critical neonatal technologies for low-resource environments. NEST360° co-founders Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Malcolm Gillis University Professor, professor of bioengineering and director of Rice 360º; Maria Oden, a full teaching professor in bioengineering, director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of Rice 360°; and Jennifer Carns, a Rice 360° bioengineer and research scientist in Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, are quoted.
Healthy Newborn Network
http://bit.ly/31gYaOZSynthetic cells make long-distance calls
Rice synthetic biologists design transcriptional circuits that allow single-cell microbes to form networks that spur collective action, even in large communities. The work could lead to engineered microbes that treat conditions in gut microbiomes or communicate with bioelectronics. Matthew Bennett, associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology, is quoted.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in Nanowerk and Science Codex.)
http://bit.ly/2MiC0HZOverlap allows nanoparticles to enhance light-based detection
Rice scientists have found revealing information where light from a molecule meets light from a nanoparticle. Christy Landes, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry and electrical and computer engineering, and Stephan Link, professor of chemistry and computer and electrical engineering and associate chair for graduate studies, are quoted.
Phys.org (This article also appeared in Science Daily.)
http://bit.ly/2BasVKV

Demonstrating a green route to H2O2
An article highlights Rice research that developed a reactor to make it easier and safer to produce hydrogen peroxide. Haotian Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, is mentioned. Wang is quoted in a DesignNews article about Rice research into the efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into pure liquid fuels, and the research is featured in Chemist Journal.
C&EN (A similar article also appeared in World Industrial Reporter.)
http://bit.ly/2pipC1r
New reactor turns carbon dioxide into green fuels
DesignNews
https://ubm.io/31ipaO2
This material can turn carbon dioxide into organic matter
Chemist Journal (This article also appeared in ScienceAlert.)
http://bit.ly/31e8AyJ

Utilities are promising net zero carbon emissions, but don’t expect big changes soon
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted.
InsideClimate News
http://bit.ly/32enrdQ

Space explorers from around the world gather for Planetary Congress
An article about the weeklong conference “Celebrating Apollo, Inspiring the Future” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing mentions that a panel discussion will be held at Rice.
Daily Heralds (This article also appeared in News of the Day and Newsllive.com.)
http://bit.ly/2nOwRxP

Sexual misconduct at elite universities surveyed
An article mentions that Rice participated in the Association of American Universities’ survey on efforts to prevent sexual misconduct on college campuses.
Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/2prfALi

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

New Orleans almost won a victory for affordable housing — here’s what’s next
An article cites research by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Scalawag Magazine
http://bit.ly/2ISO3JY

SPORTS

Rice football: ‘We have to start winning at some point’
An article featuring Rice’s football program quotes head coach Mike Bloomgren and mentions assistant coach Jerry Mack and Owl Blaze Alldredge.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/35AY9J4Texas college football rankings: Time to pony up
Several articles mention that Rice’s football team will play the University of Texas at San Antonio Oct. 19.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in WOAI Online.)
http://bit.ly/33vLQvG
Frank Wilson previews Rice
UTSA Athletics (A similar article also appeared in Last Word on College Football.)
http://bit.ly/2ORSYhJ
UTSA to hold food drive sponsored by Whataburger prior to Homecoming Game
UTSA Athletics
http://bit.ly/2MkFxp3
UTSA quarterback Frank Harris to miss rest of season because of injury
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 15 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/32kaajQ
UAB pulls away late to take down UTSA
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Oct. 13 print edition.)
http://bit.ly/2OOUYra
‘Eyewitness News at 10 p.m.’
KENS-TV (San Antonio)
http://bit.ly/2MKf1UVCinco Ranch four-year starter Courtley headed to Rice
An article featuring Danyle Courtley mentions that she plans to play volleyball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://bit.ly/33z3te0Milestones in Miami: WKU soccer program picks up win No. 200
An article mentions that Rice’s soccer team will play Western Kentucky University Oct. 20.
College Heights Herald
http://bit.ly/2nN3ThH

WKU volleyball: Lady Tops break into Top 25 rankings at No. 24
An article mentions that Rice’s volleyball program is ranked No. 19 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches Poll. The Owls will play Western Kentucky University Nov. 10 and compete in the Conference USA tournament Nov. 22-24.
WNKY Online (This article also appeared in KHON Online and the Denton Record-Chronicle.)
http://bit.ly/2VI3aee
WKU volleyball ranked No. 24, 2 players collect C-USA weekly honors
College Heights Herald
http://bit.ly/2VLuad2

Texas A&M baseball finalizes 2020 SEC schedule
An article mentions that Rice’s baseball team will play Texas A&M University March 10, 2020.
KAGS Online (This article also appeared in KBTX Online.)
http://bit.ly/2MhuwVl

Second year of Arturo Barrios Invitational features 32-team field
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams will compete in the Arturo Barrios Invitational Oct. 19 in College Station.
KBTX Online
https://bit.ly/2nMoMJS

NEWS RELEASES

Hotly anticipated release of secret recording slated for today, so what’s next for Texas Speaker Dennis Bonnen?
Michael Quinn Sullivan, head of the ultraconservative advocacy group Empower Texans, has released the secretly recorded audio of a conversation that threatens to topple one of the most powerful politicians in Texas. Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice, is available to weigh in.
http://bit.ly/32iraa9Mideast energy subsidy reforms succeed against the odds, says Baker Institute expert  
As government reforms of energy subsidies trigger chaos in OPEC-member Ecuador, similar reforms are quietly succeeding in other oil-exporting countries. Large increases in prices that have been fixed, in some cases, for more than 50 years challenge academic theories that model governance in the region, according to a new research paper by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
http://bit.ly/2BaX8cKRice U. finance expert: When stocks are up, shareholders vote for the incumbent
The stock market has a measurable influence on how people who own shares vote — potentially a big one — according to a new study by finance experts at Rice and the University of Pittsburgh.
http://bit.ly/32jntkKAs impeachment battle continues, Rice experts available for comment
As the formal impeachment inquiry launched by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against President Donald Trump continues, Rice experts are available to comment on what happens next. Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science at Rice, and Joe Barnes, the Bonner Means Baker Fellow at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, are available to comment.
http://bit.ly/2MfXg0S

About Stefan De La Garza

Stefan De La Garza is a news analyst in Rice University's Office of Public Affairs.