COVID-19 PANDEMIC

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Jupiter and Saturn entering rare ‘double planet’ alignment
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted in an article about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn will appear so close to each other in the sky they will look like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages.
New York Post (This and similar articles also appeared in 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-hartigan
Best of Last Week: Jupiter and Saturn to form double planet, hacking robot vacuums and a COVID-19 nasal spray
Science X
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-hartigan
FIVEaa
South Australia Metro Radio
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-hartigan

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Sculpture + music equals Kinetic’s new project

BROADCAST

Brinkley: Trump will run shadow government with Rush Limbaugh
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is mentioned.
Rush Limbaugh (This segment aired on more than 400 affiliate stations across the U.S.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-brinkley
CNN pundit outrageously claims that Trump will form ‘shadow government’ and hold ‘counter-inauguration’
RT (This article also appeared in The Union Journal.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-brinkley

Houston native and Air Force veteran goes global with private jet company Jet It
Rice is mentioned.
ABC 13 Online 
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-abc13

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Scientists’ atomic resolution protein models reveal new details about protein binding
An article features collaborative Rice research into atom-scale protein sequence models that may offer clues to achieving better specificity for drugs. Co-authors quoted include Peter Wolynes, the D.R. Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science, professor of chemistry, of biochemistry and cell biology, of physics and astronomy, and of materials science and nanoengineering, and alumnus Mingchen Chen.
Science Daily
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-wolynes

Study says when to identify students who take longer to be English proficient
Students who begin elementary school and haven’t become proficient at speaking English after five years in school should be identified as what educators call “long-term English learners,” according to a new paper from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Daniel Potter, HERC associate director of regional research, and Lizzy Cashiola, HERC research scientist, are quoted.
Phys.org
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-potter-cashiola

Early, late stages of degenerative diseases are distinct, study shows
An article features Rice researchers who have summarized a decade’s worth of experimental findings in a simple diagram of cell degradation. Professors of biosciences Michael Stern and James McNew are quoted.
Medical Xpress
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-stern-mcnew

Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste
An article features Rice research that modified a method to make flash graphene to enhance it for recycling plastic into high-quality turbostratic graphene. Co-authors James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry and a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Wala Algozeeb are quoted.
PackagingPla.net (This article also appeared in Design News.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-tour

Perimeter medical imaging AI announces third quarter 2020 financial results
An article mentions the 2020 Texas Life Science Forum co-hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and BioHouston.
Investor Intel
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-rice-alliance

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

SPORTS

Around the FBS: Greenwich’s Johnson makes multiple trips to the end zone
Rice football player Mike Collins is featured.
Connecticut Post
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-collins

UH football still waiting to find out when it can resume practices
An article mentions that Rice’s Sept. 3 football game against the University of Houston was postponed.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Nov. 24 print editions of the Chronicle and San Antonio News-Express.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-hc

Katy ISD students celebrate early signing day
An article mentions that Graiden West has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Rice.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-hc

Conference USA Power Rankings: North Texas finally returns to action, MTSU gets revenge
An article mentions that Rice’s football team is slated to play Marshall University Dec. 5.
Daily News Journal (This article also appeared in KFGO Online and FanSided.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-rice-marshall

Breaking down conference championship races
A roundup mentions that Rice football’s record is 1-2 for the season.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-247

Adding more scorers leaves Foley optimistic
Rice’s women’s basketball program is mentioned.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-wbb

What we learned: A look back at the weekend for UNT, C-USA
Several articles mention that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of North Texas 27-17 Nov. 21.
Denton Record-Chronicle (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-rice-unt
Senior nose tackle wins C-USA Defensive Player of the Week
North Texas Daily
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-ntd
How North Texas commits played last week (Nov. 19-21)
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-247

Northwestern gains 247Sports Crystal Ball lead for DB target
Rice is mentioned.
247Sports.com
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-247

NEWS RELEASES

AI helps scientists understand brain activity behind thoughts
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice have developed a new model that can estimate thoughts by evaluating behavior. They then tested their model on a trained artificial brain where they found neural activity associated with those estimates of thoughts.
http://dateline.rice/nov-24-news-release-pitkow