Bridging the Gap: Self-designed Major Propels Maanasa Yepuru Toward Career Goal

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.”

Art Senior Seminar Students Gain Professional Insights from Visiting Artists and Faculty Critiques

In a process unique to art majors and minors, Senior Seminar students recently had the first of two formal, and very public, critiques of their work at the Evergreen Art Studios. Visiting critics included Memphis artist Terry Lynn and Patricia Lee Daigle, assistant professor of art history at the University of Memphis and director of the Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art. Rhodes art and art history faculty also joined the students for the critique.

Summer 2016

Stories about Rhodes College students and faculty in Summer 2016.