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.
Sam Hilley and SolSmart: Helping Cities Become Solar Friendly
This past summer, senior Sam Hilley worked as an intern for the Solar Foundation in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing solar energy use throughout the U.S.
October 26, 2016
Prof. Hughes Discusses the History of Country and Soul Music on Podcast
Dr. Charles Hughes recently appeared on The Road to Now podcast to discuss his research on the history of music in the studio towns of Memphis, Nashville, and Muscle Shoals.
October 26, 2016
Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen ’15 Publishes Senior Seminar Paper
Rhodes alumnus Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen has published his international studies senior seminar paper written at Rhodes in the Seoul National University Journal of International Affairs.
October 25, 2016
Building BRIDGES in the Community
The experiences that impact students in middle school and high school can significantly influence the perspectives they carry with them into college or throughout their careers. BRIDGES helps with these topics.
October 20, 2016
First-Year Students Pictured in National Civil Rights Museum Retrospective Slideshow
Students in Rhodes’ First-Year Experience program are being featured in The Commercial Appeal in a new retrospective slideshow illustrating high points in the history of the National Civil Rights Museum.
October 20, 2016
Prof. Hotz Interviewed About a Bicycle-Friendly Memphis
Rhodes' Dr. Kendra G. Hotz commutes 13 miles round trip to work!
October 19, 2016
(Home) Coming to a New Memphis
With Homecoming almost here, we thought we'd spotlight some some of the new, improved, or just different sites of Memphis today—places that some of our alums might not recognize from their time at Rhodes.
October 19, 2016
Seeing the World Through Someone Else’s Eyes: Prof. Haberman’s Course Includes Color Blindness Simulation
Dr. Jason Haberman, assistant professor of psychology at Rhodes, gives students in his Psychology 216-Sensation and Perception course an opportunity to temporarily experience color blindness.
October 18, 2016
Winn Decker Introduces Vice President Biden at an It’s On Us Event
Chemistry alumnus Winn Decker ’15 recently introduced Vice President Joe Biden to a group of members of the It’s On Us campaign.
October 18, 2016