Chi Nguyen ’28 Awarded Prize in Cartography Competition

Chi Nguyen, a sophomore urban studies major from Hanoi, Vietnam, received second place in the Map Gallery Competition at the 24th annual Memphis Area Geographic Information Council Conference held Nov. 20-21. She presented her project titled “Examining Crosstown Mid-Autumn Festival and Vietnamese Cultural Impacts in Memphis.”

Watersports Experience Inspires Nick Parinella ’17 to Create Winning Invention

Rhodes senior Nick Parinella says tubing, or “floating the river,” is a popular pastime in his hometown of Austin, TX, but trying to keep up with keys or credit cards when on the water is always a big inconvenience. That fact became his inspiration for the Kangaroozie™, a can cooler (koozie) with a waterproof compartment to store valuables.