Alumni

On paper, Brandon Mack ’06 has worked in the Office of Admission at Rice for 11 years, where he is currently an associate director. But he has been contributing to …
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To say Gilda Barabino ’86 wears a lot of hats is a gross understatement — she’s more like a one-woman haberdashery. After earning her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Rice, …
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I was in my final few months as a pharmacy resident at UT Southwestern Medical Center when we started to hear about the coronavirus. At first, we were told not …
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After graduating from Rice with a degree in civil engineering, Philip Huang ’82 earned an M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a Master of Public Health …
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As a young associate at the international law firm Mayer Brown, Ames Grawert ’06 helped a Chicago man convicted of murder challenge his conviction on the grounds of ineffective counsel. …
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A Haven in the Sun Five Stories of Bird Life and Its Future on the Texas Coast

B.C. Robison ’88 Texas Tech University Press, 2020 

More than 480 species of …
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Merinda Watkins-Martin ’91 and her husband, Reggie Martin, run Lemond Kitchen, a gourmet Southern cuisine catering and event business in Houston. Watkins-Martin learned her business acumen at the feet of …
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Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It’s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike Julie Gianelloni Connor ’73 Bayou City Press, 2020

Seekers of spiritual enlightenment have walked Spain’s Camino de Santiago for centuries, starting …
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In the plant lover community, Maria Failla ’11 is best known for her successful podcast, “Bloom and Grow Radio.” However, her beginnings at Rice might surprise you. “Broadway was always my dream,” Failla …
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Keith Haring’s Line: Race and the Performance of Desire Ricardo Montez ’97  Duke University Press, 2020

The work of pop artist Keith Haring, who began his career drawing chalk figures on …
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