Rhodes College’s Curb Institute Listed Among Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Business Schools

Rhodes College is proud to be recognized again as a top educator of the next generation of music industry leaders. For the fifth time in a row, the college’s Mike Curb Institute for Music has made Billboard’s annual list of Top Music Business Schools, which includes programs selected on factors including submitted information, industry recommendations, and alumni success.

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.