National and global news about Rhodes students and alums

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Throughout the fall semester, students grappled with and expanded their horizons through their interactions with city-based organizations that are combatting food inequalities.

Dr. Shana Stoddard, assistant professor of chemistry, and students in her research lab have co-authored articles recently published in two peer-reviewed journals—Molecular Informatics and PROTEINS: Structure, Function, Bioinformatics.

Chanelle Benz, assistant professor of English at Rhodes College, has been named one of the The Los Angeles Times “11 Authors to Watch in 2019.”