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Author Q&A: Jim Bernhard ’59
Some authors’ deaths merit more than footnotes. There are the suicides of Plath, Woolf and Hemingway, as well as some that are equal parts bizarre and tragic, such as the mysterious demise of Edgar...
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The Art of Science Fiction
Dave Seeley ’82 has always been an artist — and a self-described science fiction fanboy. In his recent collection, “The Art of Dave Seeley,” he calls himself a lifelong “image junkie,” a collector of...
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The Forever Business
We are in a time when skepticism about higher education is widespread. One area that has sparked steady criticism over the last decade is how universities spend their endowments. Most recently, the...
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Caught Looking
It became something of a distraction at Reckling Park this season. Every time John Duplantier ’17 was scheduled to pitch, a parade of scouts lined up for the best seats. With Major League Baseball’s...
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Syllabus: Monster Mashup
BIOC/HUMA 368 Monster: Conceiving and Misconceiving the Monstrous in Fiction and Art, in Medicine and the Biosciences (Spring 2016) DEPARTMENT BioSciences and Humanities DESCRIPTION Monsters are...
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Writing Home: Greetings from Hanoi!
Xin chào tù’ Hà Nôi! It’s been almost a year since the hot and humid June day when I arrived in Hanoi for a stint as a Luce Scholar. After two months of intensive Vietnamese language study, I began...
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Common Ground
Photo by Jeff Fitlow Rice’s graduate students have a new place to relax and socialize, thanks to a renovation adjacent to Keck Hall. The Graduate Student Outdoor Commons features picnic tables and...
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Traditions: Will Rice College
Glibert “Doc C” Cuthbertson plays foosball with a student in the Will Rice game room. Photo by Tommy LaVergne THE CRAB NEBULA DEFENSE Will Rice College’s Beer Bike teams have had a good run in recent...
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Abstract | Spring 2016
THE ROSS ICE SHELF’S HISTORIC LESSONS Photo courtesy of Lauren Simkins The Ross Ice Shelf, almost as large as France, is the world’s largest ice shelf. Scientists, including Rice oceanographer John...
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Butterflying is Free
JEFFREY GLASSBERG’S book, “A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America,” helps amateurs identify nearly every butterfly on the continent, including this one, Strymon martialis, a Florida native that...
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