rounded snacks on a stick painting
The Foods That Bind Us - 1

“Puff”! is how that slimy, stretchy, yeasty batter goes when scooped and dropped into a hot, sizzling oil.

Sourdough
Sourdough Sociologists

You might be wondering: why sourdough and sociology? What do baking and academia possibly have in common?

Osinachi Looking at Art work on a wall
The Weight They Cannot See

One random lazy weekend, as I scrolled through my Facebook page, I caught a glimpse of an old Nigerian friend advertising a group art exhibition he was a part of

Encontrar Vivienda como Estudiante de Posgrado en Houston
Encontrar Vivienda como Estudiante de Posgrado en Houston

Por Osinachi Okafor.

The Price of Following a Dream: An International Student Perspective
The Price of Following a Dream: An International Student Perspective

A few years ago, I had a dream. I dreamed of new cities, new cultures, and taking that giant leap in my professional career.

Picture taken from Rice photoshelter
Learning Languages at Rice as a Grad Student

Introduction

From Campus Housing to Your First Lease
From Campus Housing to Your First Lease

For many international graduate students at Rice University, the second year is the moment when apartment hunting becomes unavoidable.

Daziyah Sullivan in the Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab at Rice University
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate explores how touch technology can support mental health

Finding the right resources in graduate school can shape more than academic success — it can influence a student’s wellbeing, leadership path and sense of belong

An overhead view of Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum draws nearly 700 to signature graduate recruitment event

Nearly 700 prospective graduate students, current scholars, faculty and staff gathered at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for Rice University’s annual Nigh

pear fruit hanging on a branch
Living Outside of the Loop: Pearland

When I first decided to move to Houston, I went all in on research.