As a college with a long and storied history, Rhodes is home to a wide range of traditions. Some date back for a century; other traditions, however, are of a more recent, and definitely less serious, origin.
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
Prof. Michael Nelson Publishes New Book on President Trump’s First Two Years
It provides a nonpartisan analysis of Donald Trump’s first two years as president, starting with his election and transition in 2016, as well as offers an up-to-date assessment of this still unfolding story.
February 12, 2019
Student Leader Alex Schramkowski ’20 Elected Chairman of Tennessee College Republicans
An international studies major from Brentwood, TN, he serves as president of the Rhodes College Republicans and has held offices in the Rhodes Student Senate.
February 11, 2019
Alumni Spotlight: From Rhodes to Harvard to a Federal Clerkship, Sarah Bacot ’13 “Agitates for Justice”
Sarah Bacot '13 was awarded the Watson Fellowship, graduated Harvard Law, and has now returned to Memphis for a one-year federal clerkship where she hopes to hone her skills in the law so that she can draw attention to injustice and help her clients navigate a system she can now work within.
February 05, 2019