COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Baylor College of Medicine
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-bcm

An article mentions that Rice requires students to be tested every week to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Texan (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-tex

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Watch for the ‘Christmas Star’ as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted.
CNN (This article also appeared in MSN.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-hartigan
‘4 News Now — Good Morning Northwest’
KXLY-TV (Spokane, Washington)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-hartigan (This segment aired twice.)

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Sutton ends iconic, influential career with Howard Hughes
Alumnus Alex Sutton is featured, and alumnus Robert Heineman is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared on the front page of the Dec. 15 print edition of the Chronicle’s Woodlands Villager and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-sutton

Texas sees increase in number of residents picking Affordable Care Act plans
Ken Janda, adjunct professor of management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 15 print edition of the Chronicle’s Sugar Land Sun and a previous edition of Dateline.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-janda

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Inner Workings: Early Mars may have boasted a large ocean and cool climate
Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is quoted.
PNAS (This article also appeared in the Dec. 2 print and digital editions.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-siebach

Weak force has strong impact on nanosheets
An article features Rice research that found that the ubiquitous, ”weak” van der Waals force is sufficient to indent rigid nanosheets, which may help nanoscale optics or catalytic systems applications. Co-authors Matt Jones, the Norman and Gene Hackerman Assistant Professor of Chemistry and an assistant professor of materials science and nanoengineering, and graduate student Sarah Rehn are quoted.
Science Daily
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-jones

The 2020 sweat science holiday book list
A roundup features the book “Run the World,” authored by alumna and former Rice track and field athlete Becky Wade.
Outside 
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-wade

Houston Grand Opera presents ‘Live from the Cullen’ with Sasha Cooke
Alumna Sasha Cooke is featured.
Broadway World
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-cooke

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Florida photographic memories
An article mentions President John F. Kennedy’s “moon speech,” which was delivered at Rice Stadium Sept. 12, 1962.
Fort Myers Florida Weekly
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-kennedy

Scion of the Times: James Bommarito continues the Tony’s tradition in Clayton
Alumnus James Bommarito is featured in a Q&A.
St. Louis Mag
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-bommarito

SPORTS

Top 5 Conference USA players we missed in 2020
Rice football players Mike Collins and Treshawn Chamberlain are featured.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-collins-chamberlain

No. 6 Houston adds game against Alcorn State this weekend
An article mentions that the Dec. 12 basketball game between Rice and the University of Houston was canceled.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in a sports roundup in the Dec. 16 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-mbb
Men’s hoops faces Alcorn State at home Sunday
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-mbb
Houston to resume team practice on Tuesday
UHCougars.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-mbb

UTSA embracing new opportunity after shift to First Responder Bowl becomes official
An article mentions that Rice’s Nov. 7 game against the University of Texas at San Antonio was canceled.
San Antonio Express-News (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 16 print edition.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-express

Boys basketball: 4-star guard PJ Haggerty hopes to lead Crosby to state
Rice is mentioned.
Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.) 
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-hc

2020 early national signing day: See the long list of Dallas-area football players who will sign this week
An article mentions that Jaggar Hebeisen, D.J. Arkansas and Aidan Siano have committed to play football at Rice.
The Dallas Morning News 
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-tdmn

Southern Miss hires new defensive line coach. He may add 2 D-line transfers
Former Rice assistant football coach Brandon Lacy is featured.
Sun Herald
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-sh

CSJ 2020 Conference USA Championship Game preview — UAB at Marshall
An article mentions that Rice’s football team was defeated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham 21-16 Dec. 12.
College Sports Journal
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-rice-uab

RED RAIDER PREVIEW: vs. No. 5 Jayhawks
An article mentions the 2017 basketball game between Rice and Texas Tech University.
TexasTech.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-ttech

No. 10 Aggie women’s basketball takes down Sam Houston State
An article mentions that Rice’s women’s basketball team will play Texas A&M University Dec. 20.
KAGS Online (This article also appeared in KBTX Online and TexAgs.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-wbb

Lobo pack: Our Lady of the Lake game preview
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team was defeated by the University of New Mexico 72-61 Dec. 13.
SB Nation
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-rice-unm

Reviewing the 2011 Seattle Mariners draft picks by Jack Zduriencik
Former Rice baseball player Anthony Rendon is mentioned.
FanSided
http://dateline.rice/dec-16-rendon