Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor and director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, are featured on Houston Business Journal’s “5 Houstonians to know” list.
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Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum, the Malcolm Gillis University Professor and director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, are featured on Houston Business Journal’s “5 Houstonians to know” list.
Houston Business Journal
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Meet the new dean of Rice University’s Jones School of Business
Houston Business Journal
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Rice University scientist wins coveted MacArthur Fellowship
Houston Business Journal (This article appeared in the Sept. 26 issue of TMC Today.)
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This Rice professor’s life-saving technology earned her a MacArthur genius grant
Texas Standard (This also aired on 24 other stations.)
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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Complaints on Weibo predict Chinese air pollution
Residents of China’s megacities who post comments about air quality to social media can give environmental scientists a window into pollution levels there. A multidisciplinary study by Rice researchers showed that the frequency of key words like dust, cough, haze, mask and blue sky can be used as a proxy measurement of the amount of airborne particulate matter in the country’s urban centers at any given time. Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, and Daniel Cohan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, are quoted.
Futurity
http://bit.ly/2cFzARH
Scientists find social media provides proxy measurement of pollution
Phys Org
http://bit.ly/2daZgVV
CNN
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, discusses the presidential debates. Brinkley also discusses his book “Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America.”
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C-SPAN2
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A Trump victory ‘will be a disaster’ for Mexico, retired top US diplomat says
Tony Payan, the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the institute’s Mexico Center, is quoted about the 2016 elections.
Forbes
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Alberto Gonzales’ eventful and disappointing Washington adventure
Alumnus Alberto Gonzales ’79 is featured.
The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/2daXzri
Researchers aim to reduce ‘Erin Brockovich’ toxin in water
An article mentions that researchers from Rice are part of a team trying to create a water filter that should be easier to use and less expensive than reverse osmosis.
USA Today (This also appeared in KHOU.)
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KTAR
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Justin Cronin: The sci-fi superstar who outrated ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’
Best-selling author Justin Cronin, writer-in-residence at Rice, is featured and quoted about his new book, which concludes the trilogy that began with “The Passage.”
Stuff
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Tattoo that can save your life
A temporary tattoo to help control a chronic disease might someday be possible, according to scientists at Baylor College of Medicine who tested antioxidant nanoparticles created at Rice. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
Yorkshire Evening Post
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Drug tattoo could help control chronic diseases, including MS
Wakefield Express
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Temporary tattoo could ease chronic disease
TMC News (This article appeared in the Sept. 26 issue of TMC Today.)
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In ballots we trust: E-voting, hacking and the 2016 election
Dan Wallach, professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering, is mentioned.
Yahoo! Tech
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This is how tall women like their men to be … and it’s not good news for short blokes
A Rice study is mentioned.
The Sun
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HOUSTON/TEXAS
Cruz endorses Trump, whom he once called a ‘pathological liar’
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 about Ted Cruz’s endorsement of Donald Trump, Texas voter ID laws and the Sept. 26 presidential debate.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 24 print edition with a different headline, “Cruz’s flip on Trump seen as strategic.”)
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Clinton-Trump showdown set
KTSA
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http://bit.ly/2d48hPT (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
How Texas’ voter ID law landed it in federal court again
Celeb Café
http://bit.ly/2dmvVuT
WOAI
http://bit.ly/2d0JBfg (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
Feds: Colorado’s new pot laws a haven for Texas drug runners
Dean Becker, a nonresident research associate and member of the Drug Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted about marijuana laws.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 26 print edition with a different headline, “Drug rings find haven.”)
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Mexico could open shale fields to US drillers next year
Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, the Mexican secretary of energy, gave keynote remarks at a conference on Mexico’s energy reform at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Sept. 23.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Sept. 24 print edition with a different headline, “Mexican shale fields may open next year.”)
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Mexico could open shale fields to US drillers next year
Houston Chronicle’s “Fuel Fix”
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Oil downturn ‘huge blow’ to Mexico, says energy minister
Houston Chronicle’s “Fuel Fix”
http://bit.ly/2dw7QAK
It’s a time of reckoning for Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer of economics, is quoted in an article about the Clean Power Plan.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the Sept. 26 print edition with a different headline, “Clean Power’s reckoning.” This article previously appeared in Dateline Sept. 23.)
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Most expensive game of ‘Operation’ being developed by Rice University
This could be the best and most realistic version of “Operation” ever, but a system under development at Rice to help train doctors is no game. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million, three-year National Robotics Initiative grant to Marcia O’Malley, professor of mechanical engineering and director of Rice’s Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab, to create a haptic cueing system that will vibrate, rather than buzz, medical students to enhance their training as they learn to perform endovascular surgeries.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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KRLD
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Vice President Biden announces new measures to help cancer patients during a speech at Rice
Speaking to a packed house at Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse Sept. 16, Vice President Joe Biden discussed new measures to help cancer patients navigate the clinical trials process as part of the administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to speed new treatments to market.
TMC News (This article appeared in the Sept. 26 issue of TMC Today.)
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Graphene nanoribbons show promise for healing spinal injuries
Researchers in Korea have used graphene nanoribbons made with a process developed at Rice for their research into repairing spinal cord injuries. James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is quoted.
TMC News (This article appeared in the Sept. 26 issue of TMC Today.)
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Scientists restore ‘almost perfect motor control’ to rat with severed spinal cord
Futurism
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3 Texas universities ranked high for proportion of women STEM majors
Rice is No. 7 on a BestColleges.com list of universities with the highest proportion of women studying science.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
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Must-see TV for a Monday evening
The Rice University College Republicans will host a debate viewing party Sept. 26. Duncan College senior Sam Herrera is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Sylvester Turner calls Houston nation’s most diverse city
An article mentions a 2012 study by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research named Houston the most ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the nation.
Houston Chronicle
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Barbers Hill junior featured in Johns Hopkins magazine
An article mentions the Duke TIP program at Rice.
The Baytown Sun
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More ‘Strange’ stories on tap, including a Pulitzer winner’s own tale, in episode 2 of podcast
An article mentions that Jeffrey Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, co-authored the book “The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained.”
Dallas Morning News
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Can public transit and ride-share companies get along?
Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral research fellow at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, authored an op-ed about ride-share companies.
Rivard Report
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BROADCAST
‘Houston Life’
Alumnus Benjamin Krause ’14 is interviewed about being one of two winners of the Houston Symphony’s first composer competition.
http://bit.ly/2dbdC8N
‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Hidden Heroes’
Milton Boniuk, whose gift to Rice established the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, and a group of Rice students are featured.
WCBS (This also aired on 76 other stations.)
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KPRC
A broadcast mentions a Rice study on Houston’s pension problem.
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WAMU
Charles McConnell, executive director of Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative, discusses the Environmental Protection Agency and climate change.
http://bit.ly/2du1kYv (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.)
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Urbanism, Texas-style
Lars Lerup, the Harry K. and Albert K. Smith Professor of Architecture, and Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research are mentioned.
City Journal
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Scientists spot genes that make some sarcomas less aggressive
Duke Cancer Institute and Rice University researchers have identified a network of regulatory genes they believe are driving some sarcomas toward a different cell lineage — a condition that seems to predict better patient outcomes. Herbert Levine, the Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering, and graduate student Mohit Jolly are mentioned.
Science Daily
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Get lectured: Rice University, fall ’16
Rice’s School of Architecture’s fall lecture series is featured.
Archinect
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Developing nations will drive fossil fuel demand for decades, researcher says
Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and lecturer of economics, is quoted.
SNL
http://bit.ly/2cQcC86
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
A guide to writing recommendation letters that aren’t sexist
Research by Michelle “Mikki” Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology and professor of psychology and management, is mentioned.
Quartz
http://bit.ly/2dmwD78
Census issues not just black-and-white
Jenifer Bratter, associate professor of sociology, is quoted in a story about race in Texas.
San Angelo Standard-Times (This also appeared in the Lacrosse Tribune.)
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US uses white phosphorus in Iraq
James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.
ABNA 24
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National study debunks Helena smoking ban miracle (again)
Previous studies of tobacco policies aimed at reducing hospitalizations may have overestimated the benefits of bans on public smoking and underestimated the benefits of cigarette taxes, according to new research by experts at Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, Yale University, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at the Baker Institute and professor of economics, is quoted.
Reason
http://bit.ly/2db1sN0
Virginia Symphony welcomes new members for 96th season
Alumnus Everett Burns ’14 is mentioned.
WY Daily
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Frazier to be inducted in MSHoF
Alumnus Corey Frazier ’13 is mentioned.
The Dispatch
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‘Trios for 2’ dazzles with multi-instrumentalism
Alumna Molly Gebrian ’10 is mentioned.
The Lawrentian
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Wagner Wealth Management expands to Atlanta
Alumnus Robert Goggin ’84 is mentioned.
Palmetto Business Daily
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Berry College will host baritone opera singer for concert
Alumnus Christopher Holloway ’98 is mentioned.
Rome News-Tribune
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Rebels with a cause
Alumni Tracy Jacobson ’10 and Garrett Hudson ’10 are mentioned.
The Herald-Palladium
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The Russian solution
Rice alumnus Gwynne Dyer ’66 authored an article.
Thompson Citizen
http://bit.ly/2dlA2XF
SPORTS
North Texas mounts comeback to take down Rice in double overtime
Rice football fell to the University of North Texas 35-42 in double overtime.
Head coach David Bailiff and players Darik Dillard, Tyler Stehling, Zach Wright, Robby Wells, Nate German, Trey Martin and Emmanuel Ellerbee are mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This also appeared in My San Antonio.)
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North Texas rallies from early deficit to beat Rice in double overtime
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Rice sees prime opportunity as C-USA play revs up again
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Gameday Central: College football, week 4
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Football preview: Rice versus North Texas
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Sept. 24: North Texas 42, Rice 35 (2OT)
Houston Chronicle
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North Texas sneaks by Rice 42-35 in 2OT
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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C-USA team leaders
Houston Chronicle
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C-USA individual leader
Houston Chronicle
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Southern Miss Golden Eagles versus Rice Owls — Oct. 1 college football pick, odds and prediction
Rice football will play the University of Southern Mississippi Oct. 1.
Sports Chat Place
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Athletes’ protest and the reaction is healthy for US, but exposing wrongdoing should be the goal
Rice football fell to Baylor University 10-38. Articles and editorials report on the Marching Owl Band’s halftime show during the game.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Ken Starr: Sexual assault at Baylor not ‘an endemic problem’
Houston Chronicle (Subscription required.)
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Rice University band, defending Baylor, kneeling, North Carolina
Dallas Morning News
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Key matchups for the Seahawks’ week 3 game versus San Francisco
Former Rice football players Vance McDonald and Luke Willson are mentioned.
Seattle Seahawks
http://bit.ly/2cFwhtU
Weekend recap: Soccer, football, tennis teams earn victories
The Rice Invitational is mentioned. Lovett College junior Savanna Durkin is mentioned in the Hook ’em article.
The Daily Cougar
http://bit.ly/2dmbOgi
Texas freshman Petra Granic wins singles title at Rice Invitational
Hook ’em
http://bit.ly/2cwsqvD
Aggie Dave Elmendorf going into SWC Hall of Fame on Monday
Alumna Valerie Tulloch Cramer ’96 is mentioned.
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/2cPV5wR
Herman, Fisher only 2 names that matter in LSU’s HC search
An article mentions former Rice coach Tom Herman.
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2cX7yRv
Miners drop 5-set heartbreaker to Owls
Rice volleyball is mentioned.
El Paso Proud
http://bit.ly/2dtWgTQ
Texas HS football week 5: Stats across Texas
A Rice commit is mentioned.
247Sports
http://bit.ly/2dedqXK
WKU soccer posts another shutout, beats Southern Miss 1-0
Rice soccer will play Western Kentucky University Sept. 30.
WBKO
http://bit.ly/2cynY4H
Aggie men, women’s Karis Jochen defend titles at home cross-country team
Brown College senior Abigail Cartwright is mentioned.
Aggie Sports
http://bit.ly/2cFMn6w
NEWS RELEASES
Rice planetary geophysicist available to discuss Europa discovery
Rice University planetary geophysicist Adrian Lenardic is available to discuss the latest scientific discovery about Jupiter’s moon Europa following the announcement of the new findings at a NASA news conference today at 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.
http://bit.ly/2du7nMr
Social media posts reveal bad-air days in Chinese cities
Residents of China’s megacities who post comments about air quality to social media can give environmental scientists a window into pollution levels there. A multidisciplinary study by Rice University researchers showed that the frequency of key words like dust, cough, haze, mask and blue sky can be used as a proxy measurement of the amount of airborne particulate matter in the country’s urban centers at any given time.
http://bit.ly/2dwLMpo
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