When Snehil Mathur arrives at Rice University this fall to begin his graduate studies, it will be his first time setting foot on campus.

Photo of Me (Jae’la Solomon, back row second to right) and other attendees of the Reimagining Reproductive Health and Digital Care workshop at a closing rece

Photo Credit: Streams of Joy Houston (Google Map). Retrieved on July 17, 2025.

The 2025 Frédéric Bastiat Fellows and Mercatus Center Scholars. Brandon is spotted in the front row, gray suit.

You may know Rice as a beautiful campus, with gardens, tree-lined streets, and sidewalks surrounded by hedges on all sides.

I am excited that I presented my first international conference paper on “The Cultural Production of African diaspora identities across Social Spaces” in person at

Osinachi Okafor holding the almighty “White Paper” confirming her visa renewal approval at the American Embassy in Santo Domingo.

What do stained glass, pregnancy tests, and the energy crisis have in common? Gold nanoparticles!

Osinachi Okafor, holding her passport booklet at the Atlanta Airport. August 2023.