Rhodes College has been awarded a $500,000, three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand and enrich its innovative Liberal Arts in Prison Program. The Rhodes program began in 2016 with a weekly Great Books Reading Group at the Women’s Therapeutic Residential Center, a state prison in Henning, TN.
Madison Perchik ’19 Publishes Research Showing Promise for Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
She works in the lab of Prof. Mauricio Cafiero, and her paper based on her research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.
February 26, 2019
Granolagrrl: Rhodes First-Year Uses Food Blog to Connect with Students
For Madeleine O’Toole ’22, healthy eating has long been a passion. A native Memphian, O’Toole created the Instagram account and online blog granolagrrl to spotlight local restaurants, share recipes, and to emphasize that healthy food can be accessible to all.
February 25, 2019
Student Mentor Profile: Issy Tschurr ’20 Helps Students Navigate the First-Year Experience
Through both her student employment and the student organizations she has joined, the Rhodes junior has found herself in leadership and mentoring roles that help students feel at home on campus and inspire their confidence and growth.
February 25, 2019
Rhodes Women's Basketball Defeats Oglethorpe to Win the 2019 SAA Tournament Championship
The Rhodes women's basketball team completed one of the biggest runs in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women's Basketball Tournament history by winning the league title over defending champion Oglethorpe, 56-41, Sunday inside the Hangar Dome on the campus of Millsaps College.
February 25, 2019
Rhodes Professor Appears on C-SPAN This Weekend
Dr. Tim Huebner will discuss the history of political influence on the Supreme Court and how Abraham Lincoln changed the court during his presidency.
February 22, 2019
Joe Angelillo ’20 Brings Back Best Undergraduate Paper Award from Regional History Conference
He and Tim Nelson ’20 from Rhodes both presented papers at the recent Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference held at Arkansas State University.
February 20, 2019
Econ Professor Marshall Gramm Profiled As One of the Best In the World at Handicapping Horse Races
He finished ninth place in the National Horseplayers Championship. A recent article in The Commercial Appeal goes on to talk about how Prof. Gramm teaches a racetrack wagering course at Rhodes in addition to teaching intermediate macroeconomics.
February 18, 2019
Rhodes Students Win Outstanding Poster Awards at Regional Chemistry Conference
Chemistry research students Sakura Horiuchi ’19 and Emily Sanders ’20 won the awards at the 51st Annual Southeastern Undergraduate Research Conference recently held at the University of Tennessee at Martin. A total of 19 Rhodes students participated.
February 14, 2019
McCoy Theatre Presents New Adaptation of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
The Rhodes production of the once longest-running off-Broadway musical features a newly updated script, which charts the ups and downs of partnerships between people of all genders and includes revisions that reflect changing norms of human intimacy in our increasingly technologically-mediated world.
February 14, 2019
Prof. Shaolu Yu Awarded Early Career Researcher Prize by Academic Journal Urban Geography
Her teaching and research focuses are race/ethnicity, space and place, mobility, and GIS applications. Prof. Yu says the early career research prize is an incredible honor, which encourages her to move forward with more exciting projects and articles to come in the field of urban geography.
February 13, 2019