Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English and executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Rhodes College, has been awarded a four-year grant from the State Research Agency of Spain. This award will support his scholarship on the multilingual heritage of early modern English across legal, religious, political, and literary discourses. Newstok’s project was one of 37 funded among 254 applications; in the three-year history of Spain’s research program, he is the second recipient who works in the humanities, and the only recipient from a liberal arts college.
Prof. Cullen Editor of New Book on Democracy and Education
Dr. Daniel Cullen, Professor in the Department of Political Science, is the editor of a new book, Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education.
January 17, 2017
Prof. Mark Pohlmann Discusses the National Debate on the Electoral College
Dr. Mark Pohlmann of the Department of Political Science was interviewed on WREG News Channel 3.
January 17, 2017
Rhodes Receives Major Grant to Expand Partnership with National Civil Rights Museum
Rhodes College is the recipient of a $600,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM).
January 12, 2017
Former Biology Student Names New Worm Species In Honor of Prof. Collins
Not everyone thinks about having his or her name listed among parasitic worms, but Dr. Michael Collins, associate professor of biology, now has bragging rights.
January 12, 2017
Prof. Jonathan Judaken Publishes New Article on Huffington Post
Dr. Jonathan Judaken, the Spence L. Wilson Chair in the Humanities, has published "A Nice Jewish Boy's Christmas in Israel/Palestine" on Huffington Post.
January 11, 2017
Matthew Huber ’18 Wins Best Poster Award at Physics Congress
Physics major Matthew Huber was awarded the highly competitive Optical Society of America Best Poster Award for his presentation at the recent Quadrennial Physics Congress held in San Francisco, CA.
January 11, 2017
2017 Business/Econ International Interns Named
Seven students have been selected the 2017 recipients of international internship scholarships awarded by Rhodes’ Department of Economics and the Department of Business.
January 11, 2017
A Conversation with Erica Hadley '17, President of the Social Regulations Council
Erica Hadley ’17 is an international studies major from Snohomish, WA, who serves as the president of the Social Regulations Council (SRC) at Rhodes.
January 11, 2017
Prof. Tait Keller Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Environmental History Research
Dr. Tait Keller has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to continue research on the wide-spread and long-lasting environmental effects caused by World War I.
December 19, 2016
Announcing the 2017 Mertie Buckman Interns
In 1994, the Mertie W. Buckman International Internship Program was initiated to provide outstanding international studies majors at Rhodes opportunities to work outside the US during the summer months. Rhodes is proud to announce the 2017 Mertie Buckman Interns, who are all juniors this year
December 19, 2016