Maanasa Yepuru ’26, a Rhodes senior from Memphis, has taken an innovative step toward a future in neural engineering by combining computer science with neuroscience to craft her own unique interdisciplinary major. Says Yepuru, “Rhodes’ unique offering of the self-designed interdisciplinary major afforded me the opportunity to develop interdisciplinary skills that align with neural engineering, where understanding the brain requires both computational tools and biological insight.”
Rhodes College Professor Launches Podcast on Human Population Trends
Dr. Jennifer D. Sciubba, the Stanley J. Buckman Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, has launched a new podcast about global population trends and implications.
July 11, 2018
Rhodes Featured Among Top Colleges in Annual Fiske Guide
Rhodes also made the guide’s listings of small colleges and universities strong in international studies and in business.
July 10, 2018
Summer Success Program Run By Rhodes Faculty and Students Is Changing the Narrative About Kindergarten Readiness
“Many pre-K camps are focused on one or two areas, but we are taking a very comprehensive approach that involves building emotional and social skills in addition to academic skills,” says Dr. Kiren Khan, camp director and assistant professor of psychology at Rhodes. The free program is located at the Porter-Leath Head Start center on American Way.
July 09, 2018
Rhodes Hosts History Teachers for Seminar on Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Charles McKinney, the Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and associate professor of history, is serving as lead scholar for the Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar on the Civil Rights Movement.
July 09, 2018
Caroline Boyd-Rogers Wins Research Award Presented by International Psychology Honor Society
She is the recipient of the 2017-18 Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant presented by Psi Chi.
July 09, 2018
Barret Library to Open New Exhibit on Life of Robertson Topp
A new exhibit about the life of prominent Memphis businessman Robertson Topp is set to open on Monday, July 9, at the Rhodes College Paul Barret, Jr. Library.
July 06, 2018
International Studies Students Travel Abroad to Study Migration Crisis
Ten Rhodes students have been traveling throughout Europe as part of a study abroad Maymester with the Department of International Studies since June.
July 05, 2018
Rhodes Is Largest Purchaser of Solar Renewable Energy Certificates Through New TVA/MLGW Project
On any given day, roughly 3,100 solar panels at the new Allen Natural Gas Plant capture the sun’s light so that it can be converted into usable electricity. Rhodes representatives recently got an up-close view of them because the college is the largest purchaser of the new RECs associated with the site’s solar generation.
June 29, 2018
Rhodes Students Learn in the Great Outdoors of Wyoming
Eleven Rhodes students participated this June in the Rocky Mountain Ecology Maymester through the Teton Science Schools in Kelly, WY. Students also got to meet alumna Mickey Babcock, who established the Rhodes-Teton Science Schools collaboration.
June 29, 2018
Rhodes College Alumna Amy Coney Barrett '94 on Shortlist for Supreme Court
President Trump has announced Rhodes College alumna Amy Coney Barrett ‘94 is being considered to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court.
June 28, 2018