NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Research by Rice on the difficulties faced by job-seeking pregnant women is cited by several media outlets. Mikki Hebl, associate professor of psychology and management, co-authored the study.
Pregnant women face hostile reception
Daily News and Analysis India (This article also appeared on WebIndia123.com and Huliq.com.)
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1163074
KMSP-TV (Minneapolis)
http://www.criticalmention.com/components/url_gen/play_asx.php?clip_info=536562600
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Managing unprofitable customers
Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Management, is mentioned in an op-ed on reasons why businesses terminate relationships with end users.
Daily Independent (Bangladesh)
http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=81911
LOCAL/STATE
Sex at Rice University
Wiess College junior Rachel Solnick is quoted in an article on the new literary sex magazine at Rice, Open, of which she is editor in chief.
Houston Press
http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-05-08/news/sex-at-rice-university-indicted-politicians
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BROADCAST/WEBCAST
KHOU-TV
Bill Llope, senior faculty fellow in physics and astronomy, is quoted in a story on the presence of radiation in granite countertops.
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080507_jj_countertopdangers.da1f6698.html
TRADE/PROFESSIONAL
Countdown to carbon cut date
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 cutting world carbon emissions.
OilOnline.com
http://www.oilonline.com/news/headlines/internet/20080507.Countdow.23057.asp
50 under 45
Alumnus Charles Walker '92 has been named one of the "Top 50 under 45" by IP Law & Business Magazine.
IP Law & Business (This article also appeared on Law.com.)
http://www.iplawandbusiness.law.com/display.php/file=/texts/0508/50under45
SPORTS
Rice's pitching too much for Oklahoma St.
A recent baseball game between Rice and Oklahoma State University is recapped.
Houston Chronicle (Similar articles appeared in the Associated Press and the Tulsa World.)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5763060.html
Rice back in NCAAs
An article reports that the Rice men's tennis team has qualified for the NCAA Division I bracket for the sixth consecutive year.
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5762668.html
Houston-area athletes pile up wins
An article mentions the performance of former Martel College senior Pablo Solares and Rice standout Adam Davis at the John McDonnell Invitational track meet. Jon Warren, head men's track and field coach, is mentioned as their trainer.
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5762666.html