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.
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
Rhodes Students Expand Handyman Business to Nashville
Ben Siegel ’19, Parker Pell ’19, and Evan Deere ’16 started QuikFix in 2017 as a way to make money doing odd jobs and chores. The business connects skilled college students with homeowners looking for quality help that includes furniture assembly, loading and unloading, in-home moving, television and printer set-up, and outdoor cleaning and hauling.
February 01, 2019
Chloe Moore ’16 Among Memphis Flyer’s “20 Under 30” List of Memphians Shaping the City’s Future
The January 24th issue of the Memphis Flyer features its annual “20 Under 30” list of individuals helping to shape Memphis’ future. Among them is Rhodes alumna Chloe Moore.
January 31, 2019
Rhodes Students Seek Solutions to Food Injustice in the South
Throughout the fall semester, students grappled with and expanded their horizons through their interactions with city-based organizations that are combatting food inequalities.
January 30, 2019
Rhodes Named "Best Value College" by Princeton Review
Rhodes has been named one of the nation’s “Best Value Colleges” in The Princeton Review’s The Best Value Colleges, 2019 Edition. Only 200 schools were selected for the list, which evaluates academics, financial aid, career services, and more.
January 29, 2019