Maranda Joyce, graduate student ambassdor and PhD candidate at Rice University
Maranda Joyce

Home Country: USA 🇺🇸 | Program: Political Science

Lul Sharif, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Lul Sharif

Home Country: USA 🇺🇸 | Program: Chemistry

Manuel Carmona Pichardo, Ph.D. student and graduate student ambassador at Rice University
Manuel Carmona Pichardo

Home Country: Mexico 🇲🇽 | Program: Chemistry | Languages: Spanish, English

Lego Shakespeare ponders the grad school experience.
To Grad School or Not to Grad School: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Jun. 21, 2023

To grad or not to grad, that is the question that, at some point during undergrad, many of us have faced.

The Graduate Student Ambassadors go bowling! Rice University grad student Chun-Ying Chao is pictured.
From strangers to friends: making connections in grad school

Jun. 21, 2023

I still remember the night I received the graduate school admission offer. It was midnight in Taiwan, and I was too excited to sleep.