Dateline Rice for June 28, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering
James Sidbury, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, co-authored an article.
The Conversation (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-sidbury

Column: Razor blades in pizza dough? The hidden danger of product tampering
Utpal Dholakia, the George R. Brown Professor of Marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
http://dateline.rice/june-29-dholakia

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is coming to disrupt

Alumnus Brian Armstrong is featured.
Yahoo! News (This article also appeared in more than 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-armstrong

HOUSTON/TEXAS

County Commissioner Tom Moser to retire

Alumnus Tom Moser, the Kerr County Pct. 2 commissioner, is featured.
The Kerrville Daily Times
http://dateline.rice/june-29-moser

How Pride Houston pivoted during a global pandemic
An article mentions that the Rights of Human Conference was originally scheduled to be held at Rice last summer before transitioning to a virtual event.

Houston Business Journal
http://dateline.rice/june-29-hbj

Flexible remote work beating hybrid models, Austin's CA housing frenzy, Kinder housing insights and flaws, and more
A roundup cites studies by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research into the continuation of remote work and Houston housing.
Houston Chronicle
http://dateline.rice/june-29-kinder-studies

BROADCAST

'ABC News Radio'
Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is interviewed about Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border. A broadcast from Houston Public Media mentions that Jones will be a guest on "Houston Matters" June 30.
WINS-AM (New York)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-jones (This segment aired on 1,000 affiliate stations across the U.S. and Canada.)
'There isn't enough money': Experts weigh in on Texas-Mexico border wall construction process
KVUE Online (This segment also aired three four on KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-jones
KLBJ-AM (Austin, Texas)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-jones
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (June 29, 2021)
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-jones

'Buildings just don't collapse': Rice professor tied to team looking into Florida condo tower collapse
Provost Reginald DesRoches is quoted and interviewed.
KHOU Online (This segment also aired twice on KHOU-TV in Houston, and this article also appeared in NewsChant and KENS Online.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-desroches
Rice expert: Florida condo probe will be 'lengthy'
KHOU Online
http://dateline.rice/june-29-desroches

Texas' proposed plan to reduce haze in its National Parks falls short, critics say
Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted and interviewed.
Houston Public Media (This segment also aired on KUHF-FM in Houston.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cohan
Texas power grid faces summer having changed little from February freeze
Hart Energy
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cohan
Texas grid meets record June demand
Baystreet (This article originally appeared in OilPrice.com.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cohan
Insuficiente reserva electrica
El Mañana (An English translation is not available.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cohan

'Montana This Morning'
Douglas Schuler, associate professor of business and public policy at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is interviewed about companies making political donations.
KBZK-TV (Butte, Montana)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-schuler

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Researchers figure out how to build an artificial brain from the bottom up
An article mentions that Jacob Robinson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering, and collaborators have won a $1 million Keck Foundation grant to advance the team’s synthetic neurobiology efforts. The second article features collaborative research between Robinson, Omid Veiseh, assistant professor of bioengineering, and Kaiyuan Yang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, on developing a wireless, fully implantable device that can control the body's circadian clock.
News-Medical.net
http://dateline.rice/june-29-robinson
Setting sights on implantable living pharmacy
Today's Medical Developments
http://dateline.rice/june-29-robinson-veiseh-yang

AMD leads high performance computing towards exascale and beyond
Peter Rossky, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, is quoted.
HPCWire
http://dateline.rice/june-29-rossky

Graphene quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysis
Rice engineers have assembled what they say may transform chemical catalysis by greatly increasing the number of transition-metal single atoms that can be placed into a carbon carrier. Haotian Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, is quoted.
World of Chemicals
http://dateline.rice/june-29-wang

RAMBO speeds searches on huge DNA databases
An article features collaborative Rice research developing RAMBO, short for "repeated and merged bloom filter," which may be used to drastically reduce the wait times for researchers using enormous DNA databases. Co-authors quoted or mentioned include Todd Treangen, assistant professor of computer science; Anshumali Shrivastava, assistant professor of computer science; graduate students Gaurav Gupta, Minghao Yan, Tharun Medini and Benjamin Coleman; software engineer Bryce Kille; and NIH postdoctoral fellow Leo Elworth.
ScienceDaily (This article also appeared in 10 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-treangen-shrivastava

Solar energy collectors grown from seeds
An article features Rice research that created microscopic seeds to grow crystals that are highly efficient at converting sunlight into electricity. Co-authors Amanda Marciel, the William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair and assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Aditya Mohite, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, are quoted.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
http://dateline.rice/june-29-marciel-mohite

Fracking, wastewater and seismic activity: The chain reaction that worries environmentalists and the US oil industry
An article cites a study by the Baker Institute for Public Policy into proposed federal regulations reclassifying wastewater from fracking as hazardous waste.
MarketResearchTeleCast.com
http://dateline.rice/june-29-baker-study

Surprise! Competitive generation outperformed regulated monopolies during the Texas winter storm
Rice is mentioned.
R Street
http://dateline.rice/june-29-baker-study

National Statistics Day 2021: Know career options and courses in statistical science
A roundup mentions that Rice is offering Business Statistics and Analysis Specialization on Coursera.
Career India (This article also appeared in News 18.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-ci

Four educator-recommended approaches for teaching English-language learners
Alumna Jenny Vo authored a response to a "question of the week."
EducationWeek
http://dateline.rice/june-29-vo

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

'Head Above Water' inspires students
Rice is mentioned.
The Daily Courier (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-dc

Kornbluh assumes role as Wayne State University provost
An article mentions that Mark Kornbluh formerly held an administrative position at Rice.
Wayne State University News
http://dateline.rice/june-29-ws

SPORTS

The Longhorns' wild College World Series run comes to an end
An article features former Rice assistant baseball coach David Pierce and mentions former head coach Wayne Graham.
Texas Monthly
http://dateline.rice/june-29-graham

Jay Greeson: 5-at-10: Weekend winners (Harris and Shohei) and losers and, of course, the NCAA gonna NCAA

An article mentions that Rice's volleyball team was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament this year because of COVID-19 protocols.
Yahoo! News (This article originally appeared in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-yn

Top Mariners draft pick from every season
A roundup features former Rice baseball player José Cruz Jr.
MLB
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cruz

Cingrani, Beggs have contracts purchased by MLB teams
Former Rice baseball player Tony Cingrani is featured.
WKYT Online (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cingrani
Cubs roster moves: Nance down, Megill up and more
OnTapSportsNet.com
http://dateline.rice/june-29-cingrani

Excel Sports Management signs Trey Murphy III
Former Rice basketball player Trey Murphy III is featured.
Sports Agent Blog
http://dateline.rice/june-29-sab

Section 7: Kylan Boswell and Centennial deliver, Miles Byrd and Sunday notes
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/june-29-247

NEWS RELEASES

Reversal speeds creation of important molecule
Rice synthetic chemist K.C. Nicolaou and his lab reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society their success in simplifying several processes used to make halichondrin B and its variations.
http://dateline.rice/june-29-news-release-nicolaou

Flood relocation programs more disruptive to those who don't live in white or affluent neighborhoods
A government policy that removes homeowners from flood-prone areas disproportionately disrupts the lives of residents from less white and affluent neighborhoods, according to collaborative Rice research by James Elliott, professor and chair of sociology, and graduate fellow Phylicia Lee Brown.
http://dateline.rice/june-29-news-release-elliott-brown

Fungi embrace fundamental economic theory as they engage in trading
New research from Rice economist Ted Loch-Temzelides, a professor of economics and the George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development, suggests certain networks of fungi embrace an important economic theory as they engage in trading nutrients for carbon with their host plants.
http://dateline.rice/june-29-news-release-temzelides

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