NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Pregnant women discriminated against
Research by Rice on the difficulties faced by job-seeking pregnant women is cited in an article. Mikki Hebl, associate professor of psychology and management, co-authored the study.
United Press International (Similar articles appeared on IBNLive.com and Yubanet.com.)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/05/08/pregnant_women_discriminated_aga
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BROADCAST/WEBCAST

KPRC-TV
Roberta Anding, lecturer in kinesiology, is quoted in a Channel 2 report on America's least-healthy restaurant food.
http://www.criticalmention.com/components/url_gen/play_asx.php?clip_info=537492914
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TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Nansen Saleri on peak oil and the future of energy
Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, is mentioned as a participant in a recent panel discussion on peak oil at Rice. Rice's student chapter of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists is also mentioned.
PeakOil.com
http://peakoil.com/article38234.html

RPSEA selects deepwater research projects
An article mentions that a project at Rice, "Robotic Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) Sensor for Monitoring and Inspection of Deepwater Risers Graduate Student Design Project," is among eight proposals for negotiation leading to an award under the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America's Ultra-Deepwater program.
EnergyCurrent.com
http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=2&storyid=10438

SPORTS

Rotary Club honors THS scholars
An article mentions that Craig Naivar, assistant football coach, spoke at a Taylor Rotary Club Rotary Scholars banquet for Taylor High School students.
Taylor Daily Press
http://www.taylordailypress.net/articles/2008/05/07/news/features/news01.txt