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	Students' Solar Decathlon house installed in Houston's Third Ward Homecoming isn't until next weekend, but this week Rice welcomed home ZEROW HOUSE, the 800-square-foot dwelling designed and built by Rice University students for the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.
	Fondren Library celebrates its 60th with friends, cake and stories Fondren Library's 60th had all the elements of a great birthday party: friends, cake and countless stories about the guest of honor's glory days. On Nov. 4, the Rice community gathered to celebrate the campus institution's first six decades and look toward the many decades to follow. But instead of recounting facts and figures, people talked about their personal experiences in Fondren and how the library impacted the course of their lives and careers.
	Rice remains among top five best-value schools Rice University is No. 4 -- same as last year -- on Kiplinger's Personal Finance's list of 100 best values in private colleges for 2009-10.
	EthicsLine available to report unethical behavior confidentially As part of Rice University’s commitment to maintaining an environment of ethical behavior and compliance with law and university policies, Rice offers an anonymous way for employees and others to voice their concerns about behavior in the workplace that may be unethical or improper.
	United Way campaign a third of the way to goal It's week No. 3 in Rice's 2009-10 United Way campaign, and the Rice community has achieved 35 percent of the $125,000 campaign goal. Pledges and contributions have ranged in size from $5 to $1,000. With seven weeks remaining in the campaign, the President/Provost Division leads the campus in funds raised with $8,158, and the Investments Division leads in participation, with 60 percent.
	Rice celebrates homecoming Nov. 13-15 Alumni and friends will descend on campus for parties, lectures, performances and, of course, football Nov. 13-15 for Rice Homecoming and Reunion 2009.
	Campbell lectures explore “Who owns museums – the public or nations?” James Cuno, president of the Art Institute of Chicago, believes that the encyclopedic museum has the matchless ability to draw parallels among art of different civilizations, partly because its vast collection encompasses similar art forms from different eras and comparable art objects fashioned by unrelated cultures.
	Y. Ping Sun to be honored at Arrival Awards Rice University Representative Y. Ping Sun will be one of three recipients of the 2009 Arrival Awards, created by the University of Houston Law Center to recognize the achievements of immigrants.
	Rice professor's first book nabs top prize In his book "Captives and Voyagers," Rice's Alexander Byrd tells the story of British colonialism by examining the colonial world's intersection with the African diaspora. When others tell the story of the book, they'll have another plot point to add: It was awarded the 2009 American Historical Association Wesley-Logan Book Prize.
	Brochstein Pavilion earns another award Rice's Brochstein Pavilion added another honor to its collection of awards with a 2009 IDEAS2 Merit Award.
	Rice-developed 'CSI: The Experience' wins interactive gaming award Rice's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning has a new notch in its gun. The department's "CSI: The Experience," the latest in a series of educational "Web Adventures," has earned an outstanding achievement award from the Interactive Media Council, a nonprofit organization of Web professionals.
	Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity A painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope with redundancies arising from duplicate genes.
	Grand Opportunity grant funds rapid saliva test using lab-on-a-chip The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers in Rice University's new BioScience Research Collaborative a $2 million Grand Opportunity grant to develop a fast, inexpensive test for oral cancer that a dentist could perform simply by using a brush to collect a small sample of cells from a patient's mouth.
	Rice pioneers method for processing carbon nanotubes in bulk fluids Rice University scientists this week unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics.
	Rice evolutionary biologists Queller, Strassmann redefine the meaning of 'one' What if your foot refused to work with your leg? Or your heart just wouldn't play well with your liver? All kinds of bad things could happen, but the fact that all your parts mesh is no accident. The cooperative of cells that makes up our bodies makes us whole.
	Class blog breaks down classroom walls As conversation has become a hodgepodge of e-mails, tweets and tags, public discourse has moved from town halls and newspapers to computer screens and Facebook walls. So the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality 101 class took to the World Wide Web to share their research into gender issues.
	Rice Architecture alum's Ice House project will raise awareness of urban woes An economic frost settled on Detroit long ago, but one house will get colder than usual this winter when a graduate of the Rice School of Architecture sets out to make a point. Matthew Radune '05, a New York architect and artist, is working with photographer Gregory Holm, a New York photographer who was raised in Detroit, to put the big chill on one building to highlight the devastation the economic slump has brought to Motor City, where 20,000 homes now stand vacant.
	Four Owl seniors earn Conference USA All-Academic honors in soccer Four Rice seniors -- Alexa Coralli, Katelyn Ostendorf, Erin Scott and Shelley Wong -- were named to the 2009 Conference USA Women's Soccer All-Academic Teams, the league office announced this week. Rice's four honorees are the most from the conference's 12 schools.
	Rice women's cross country team takes 3rd in C-USA championship The Rice women’s cross country team placed third at the Oct. 31 Conference USA Cross Country Championship at Bear Branch Sportsfields in The Woodlands.
	Sadat's widow to speak on vision for Middle East peace at Baker Institute Nov. 12 When Egyptian President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, his wife, Jehan Sadat, devoted her life to continuing her husband’s mission of peace in the Middle East. She maintains his legacy through her writings and public appearances and as the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. On Nov. 12, she will deliver a lecture titled "My Hope for Peace" at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
	Symposium to connect health care and business worlds Rice's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business will host the symposium "Patient-Focused Health Care Management" from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Anderson Family Commons, Janice and Robert McNair Hall.
	Mexican filmmaker to offer thoughts on border at Baker Institute Views of the U.S.-Mexico border depend on the observer's perspective. The noted Mexican writer and filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga will discuss the influence of border issues on his work Nov. 12 at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
	Rice to honor veterans with ceremony Nov. 11 Across the country on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Americans will honor and remember the men and women who have served in the military. On campus, Rice University will honor the more than 100 veterans among its faculty, staff and students at an 11 a.m. ceremony at Rice Memorial Center's Ray Courtyard.
	From the Web to the cell, Nov. 10 Scientia to exam network systems Physicist and author Albert-László Barabási, an expert in the science of networks, will present the Scientia's annual Bochner Lecture Nov. 10. Titled "Networks and the Architecture of Complexity: From the WWW to the Cell," the lecture will be at 7 p.m. in McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall.
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Recent mentions of Rice University in the news media:
	Solar Decathlon advances affordable sustainability Rice's ZEROW HOUSE is featured in an article about the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. David Dewane, a graduate student in architecture, is quoted. AIArchitect
	Tight race for Houston mayor, with history on line Alumna Annise Parker '78 is quoted in an article on Houston's mayoral race. New York Times (This article also appeared in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, the Ocala Star-Banner, the Lakeland Ledger and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.)
	Brewing to return to Houston's center Alumnus Brock Wagner '87 is quoted in an article reporting that Saint Arnold Brewery will open a downtown brewery to the public. Stephen Fox, lecturer of architecture, is also quoted. Dallas Morning News (This Associated Press article also appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Charleston Daily Mail, the Syracuse Post-Standard, KTRK.com, KHOU.com, KRISTV.com [Corpus Christi, Texas] and nearly 10 other publications, TV and radio stations.)
	KTRH-AM Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted in an article on attack ads in the Houston mayoral race. Alumna Annise Parker '78 is mentioned.
	Front-row seat An editorial in the Houston Chronicle encourages readers to listen to the discussions at the Baker Institute Friday evening that will involve key diplomats active in the unification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. James A. Baker III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute, is mentioned as one of the participants. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in the Baker Institute, will moderate the panel discussion. Houston Chronicle
	Get Ivy League smarts -- free Joel Thierstein, executive director of Connexions, is quoted in an article on free course materials offered by universities. CNNMoney.com
	Providing cures for the world's needy James Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry, and Wiess College junior Erin Walsh are quoted in an article on the establishment of Rice's Cure for Needy Project. Wiess College senior Zach Strickland is mentioned. This article was authored by Mike Williams, senior media relations specialist at Rice. Bellaire Examiner (This article also appeared in the River Oaks Examiner.)
	Research project looking at nanotechnology to improve drilling muds James Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry, is quoted in an article about research on a new process to use nanotechnology in oil extraction. Journal of Petroleum Technology
	Is the US stimulus spending on energy dangerously late? John Diamond, adjunct assistant professor in economics and the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Tax Policy at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article on the government stimulus package. Financial Times (U.K.)
	Detroit 'ice house' to spotlight foreclosure crisis Alumnus Matthew Radune '05 is quoted in an article on his plans to freeze a Detroit house to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region. MSNBC.com (This Associated Press article also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Arizona Republic, Yahoo! News, the North County Times, the San Luis Obispo Tribune, FoxToledo.com [Toledo, Ohio], WCBSTV.com [New York], CBS4Denver.com [Denver] and nearly 100 other publications, TV and radio stations.)
	The Pickens power play Ken Medlock, the James A. Baker III and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and adjunct professor of economics, is quoted in an article on T. Boone Pickens' alternative energy plan. Business Mirror
	Ex-guerrilla just shy of outright win in Uruguay Mark Jones, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, is quoted in an article on Uruguay's presidential election. CBSNews.com (This Associated Press article also appeared in the Boston Globe, the Auburn Citizen, Salon.com, the Tacoma News Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, WMCTV.com [Memphis, Tenn.], ABC3340.com [Birmingham, Ala.], WAAYTV.com [Huntsville, Ala.] and nearly 100 other publications, TV and radio stations.)
	Republican Party in need of makeover? Paul Brace, the Clarence L. Carter Professor of Political Science, is quoted in an article on the need to revitalize membership of the Republican Party. KTRH.com
	Longtime Shell executive Bill Arnold energizes Rice MBA program An article reports that Shell Oil executive Bill Arnold has been appointed Rice's first full-time energy professor. Arnold is interviewed in the article. Houston Business Journal (subscription required)
	Obama: Twelve months on, the star falls back to Earth Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article evaluating President Barack Obama's performance one year after his election. Brinkley is also interviewed by Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on poll results indicating lessening support for Obama. The Independent (U.K) (This article also appeared in the Malaysian Insider.)
	Surging oil has companies drilling again Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article on renewed drilling activities by oil companies due to higher oil prices. The Namibian
	After an interview, being prepared for all outcomes Alumna Kerry Sanderson '00 authored this op-ed on managing personal expectations during a job search. Wall Street Journal
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