Rhodes College graduates have been admitted to some of the nation’s top medical schools in 2018. The national liberal arts college has one of the top medical school acceptance rates in the nation. Eighty-six percent of Rhodes graduates with a GPA greater than 3.4 and an MCAT score greater than 57 percent have been accepted to medical school over the last five years.
National and global news about Rhodes students and alums
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Hook ’11 Brings NASA Science Down to Earth
Elizabeth Hook ’11 works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where she uses her Rhodes physics degree to communicate scientific ideas to non-scientists. She recently won the NASA Earth Science Atmosphere Labs Award for Outstanding Performance in Outreach & Mentorship and is currently helping to develop a training program on responding to natural disasters.
October 09, 2018
Book by Prof. Charles McKinney to be Focus of Online Forum Hosted by Black Perspectives
An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee will be featured Oct. 8-12 by the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. Dr. Charles Hughes and Dr. Anthony Siracusa also will take part in the online forum.
October 03, 2018
Alumni Spotlight: Steve Ash ’06 Develops Technology for Good
After graduating with a degree in computer science at Rhodes College, Steve Ash ’06 earned an M.S. and Ph.D. and now works at Amazon in Seattle. He recently was one of sixty-five professionals who participated in the Tegan and Sara Foundation's Queer Health Hackathon, one example of his belief that technology can be used for good.
October 03, 2018
Professor Wu Receives Scholar Grant to Complete Book on Taiwan
Dr. Chia-rong Wu, associate professor of Chinese studies, has been awarded a 2018 Scholar Grant by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
September 27, 2018
Seniors Shine at Summer Start-Up Competition
Over the summer, Andrea Hargrove ’19 and Seabelo John ’19 participated in an entrepreneurial competition at The University of Memphis known as Imagine U. Backed by a collegiate and community partnership, Imagine U is an 80-day start-up accelerator.
September 24, 2018
Sakura Horiuchi '19 Awarded BlueCross Diversity Scholarship
Sakura Horiuchi ’19, a chemistry major at Rhodes College, was recently selected as a 2018 recipient of the BlueCross Power of We Scholarship. The scholarship awards $10,000 each to three outstanding minority students pursuing careers in the health care field.
September 11, 2018
Rebecca Evans ’19 Publishes Chemistry Research Related to Parkinson’s Disease
She works in the lab of Prof. Mauricio Cafiero and has published her manuscript in the peer-reviewed journal Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.
September 04, 2018
Professor Michael LaRosa Publishes Second Edition of Book on Latin American History
He teamed up with Colombian historian Dr. Germán Mejía to publish the book, which provides topical overviews of the key developments and movements in Latin American history, ranging from the earliest human settlement to the present day.
August 21, 2018
Tailor-Made Fellowship Takes Music and History Major Chandler Hall Across the Pond
Chandler Hall '19 spent part of his summer in Kettering, England, interning under a Department of Music Archival Fellowship designed especially for him.
August 14, 2018