Reader Response: Fall 2020
By Lynn Gosnell
Our Fall 2020 issue, launched mid-semester during the pandemic, drew fewer responses than in recent issues. Here is a sampling of reader responses drawn from emails, an online survey and Google Analytics.
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“20 in Their 20s”
We featured 20 alumni in their 20s who are each clearing a particular path — via music, public health, medicine, architecture, journalism, law, social justice advocacy, visual arts, engineering or biology — toward a better, more just world.
“We’ve Been Here Before”
What does the history of the yellow fever epidemic tell us about the politics of disease today? Historian Sean Morey Smith ’05 explains.
You Enjoyed
“Flex Space”
New tents provide room for classes and clubs to meet safely.
“The picture of the COVID-19 tents [‘Flex Space’] instantly reminded me of the Quonset huts that housed the media center and art department when we were at Rice. I’m sure these [structures] are better, but the resemblance was too striking!” — Jan Koenig Philpy ’73
“High Scores”
Composer Germaine Franco ’84 moves audiences and creates opportunities for young people in her community.
“So impressed. Had just re-watched ‘Coco’ with one of my kids so was relevant to us.”
“LOVED this article about a very successful and interesting Latinx Rice graduate.”
“I am thrilled to see the intellectual diversity represented by Rice grads.”
“A Passion for Justice”
Elizabeth Baird Saenger ’64 has dedicated much of her life to fighting for the civil rights of others.
“So impressed with how people make a difference where they can.”