News

6/18/2013 Prof. Jonathan Fitz Gerald Awarded National Science Foundation Grant for Genetics ResearchThis grant includes funds for 12 summer research opportunities for Rhodes students and nine fellowships during the fall/spring semesters.  »

6/3/2013 Tina Dao ’15 Awarded Microbiology FellowshipShe is conducting research with Michael Johnson, Ph.D. and Jason Rosch, Ph.D. in the Infectious Diseases Department of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. »

5/29/2013 Award Created for Rhodes Student After Her Biology Presentation at Vanderbilt UniversityEllen Dahl ’14 received an Outstanding Presentation Award. »

5/24/2013 Rhodes Arboretum Receives Rare American Chestnut Trees Should they flourish, Rhodes will contribute to the comeback of the chestnut tree which has faced extinction starting in the early 1900s due to a fungal disease. »

5/23/2013 Physics Alumnus Named Teacher of the YearHe is Bryant Haynes ’85 who teaches at Chattanooga′s Girls Preparatory School. »

5/17/2013 Jessica Brown ’14 Selected as NFCA Second Team All-AmericanBrown cemented her place in Lynx history by becoming the softball program’s first All-American. »

5/2/2013 Rhodes Alumnus Becomes University of Arkansas Med School DeanHe is G. Richard Smith, M.D. »

4/26/2013 Rhodes Physics Students Compete in NASA′s Great Moon Buggy Race Students are competing in heats today (April 26) and tomorrow at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.  »

4/19/2013 Rhodes Seniors Recognized As Most Valuable AthletesThey are Lindsey Svehla, Katie Faucher and Andrew Galow. »

4/17/2013 Taylor Sieben ’15 Earns Honorable Mention In Udall National Scholarship Competition“Taylor is the first Rhodes environmental science student to be recognized by the Udall foundation,” says Judith Haas, codirector of postgraduate fellowships at Rhodes. »

3/19/2013 Chemistry Honor Society Welcomes 52 New Students Induction into this society recognizes especially outstanding students in chemistry. »

3/15/2013 Lauren Avant ’14 Named WBCA All-America Honorable MentionShe is one of only 40 women′s basketball players nationwide to be placed on either the WBCA All-America or Honorable Mention Teams.  »