NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

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.
The Washington Post (Subscription is required. Below is a sampling of articles that appeared in more than 200 media outlets around the world.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hartigan
Just in time for Christmas, Jupiter and Saturn will come closer than they have since the Middle Ages
CNN
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hartigan
Jupiter and Saturn will come within 0.1 degrees of each other, forming the first visible ‘double planet’ in 800 years
CBS News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hartigan
Worlds align for rare ‘Christmas star’: Look for Jupiter, Saturn in skies this December
USA Today
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hartigan
‘Christmas star’ will form when Jupiter and Saturn align for first time in 800 years
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-hartigan
‘Good Morning Texas’
WFAA-TV (Dallas)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-star
‘Market Day Report’
RFD TV 
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-star

Wealthy BLM protester Clara Kraebber arraigned on a graffiti charge
Rice is mentioned.
New York Post (This article also appeared in the Dec. 4 print edition, and it appeared online in Sports Grind Entertainment and Report Door.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-nyp

HOUSTON/TEXAS

BROADCAST

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Yemen: Is there hope for the world’s worst humanitarian crisis?
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow for the Middle East at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted.
The Boar
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-ulrichsen

2021 virtual oil and gas HPC conference opens call for participation
An article mentions that the 14th annual Oil & Gas High Performance Computing Conference, hosted by Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute, will meet virtually March 5.
HPCWire.com
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rice-ken-kennedy

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

In the spirit: Advent in a very unusual year
An article cites Anthony Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, professor of religion and founding director of Rice’s Center for African and African American Studies.
The Daily News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-pinn

Opinion | Rufus Woods: Our valley was once home to violin virtuoso Camilla Wicks
An article featuring Camilla Wicks, who died recently at 92, mentions she formerly taught at Rice.
The Wenatchee World
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-wicks

SPORTS

Fiedler, Olivari lead Rice past LeTourneau 94-74
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team defeated LeTourneau University 94-74 Dec. 3. Owls Max Fiedler, Quincy Olivari, Tre Clark, Chris Mullins and Travis Evee are mentioned.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets, and a similar article appeared in the Dec. 4 print edition of the Houston Chronicle.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-owls

WBB: Nov. 30 Players of the Week
An article features Rice basketball player Nancy Mulkey, who was named the Conference USA Player of the Week.
Conference USA 
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-mulkey

UTEP football moving forward after receiving additional negative tests
An article mentions that Rice’s football game against the University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 28 was postponed. Chuck Pool, assistant athletic director for sports information, is quoted by KTSM.
KTSM (This segment also aired three times on KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-pool 
C-USA has only itself to blame for disastrous football season
KROD Online
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rice-utep

UConn women’s basketball: National recruiting director Shane Laflin joins Hearst CT Media podcast
Former assistant women’s basketball coach Shane Laflin is featured.
The Connecticut Post (This article also appeared in more than 30 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-cp

La. Tech plays for 1st time since Halloween, tops North Texas
An article mentions that Rice’s Nov. 14 football game against Louisiana Tech University was postponed.
The Associated Press (This article also appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-rice-unt

Monterey football primed for winner-advances-to-playoffs game with Palo Duro Dons
An article mentions that M.J. Singleton has committed to play football at Rice.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Subscription is required.)
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-laj

No. 10 Houston set to start seasonlong homestand
An article mentions that Rice’s men’s basketball team is slated to play the University of Houston Dec. 12.
University of Houston News
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-mbb

NEWS RELEASES

Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
In his first year of graduate school, Zachary Wright discovered something hidden inside a common piece of cellular machinery that’s essential for all higher order life from yeast to humans. “This is, without a doubt, the most unexpected thing our lab has ever discovered,” said study co-author Bonnie Bartel, Wright’s Ph.D. adviser.
http://dateline.rice/dec-4-news-release-wright-bartel