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Dr. Salar Rafieetary, a vitreoretinal surgeon at the Charles Retina Institute and a member of the Rhodes College Class of 2012, recently performed a first-of-its-kind surgery in Tennessee to treat macular telangiectasia type 2.
With a deep well of Memphis musicians to draw on, there aren’t many better places for aspiring musicians to get their start, and the Department of Music at Rhodes is always ready to shepherd students from the classroom to the stage.
Dr. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Mertie Buckman Chair and professor of international studies at Rhodes College, has assumed the role of co-president of the South region of the International Studies Association. The term is from January 2026 to December 2026.
Rhodes College has been recognized as one of the Top Producing Institutions of accepted applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2025-2026 academic year.
At Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, several Rhodes faculty, alumni, and students watched with bated breath as a rocket prepared for launch. If all went well, the day would mark a successful initial step for the college’s first-ever space mission.
The Memphis Public Interest Law Center, Research for Action Lab at Rhodes College, and Dragonfly Studio have released a report titled “Haunted Housing 2025: The Reality of Being a Renter in Memphis,” highlighting renter experiences and challenges.
A new exhibition celebrating the work of Dr. David McCarthy, professor of art and art history at Rhodes College, will be on display from Jan. 30 through March 28 in the college’s Clough-Hanson Gallery.
Dr. Gretchen E. Henderson’s new exhibition, Dear Body of Water, runs through May 2, 2026, at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Henderson is the Spence L. Wilson Distinguished Professor in Humanities.