Shiyu Miao

FEATURES 2/29/20 8:42pm

Senior Spotlight: Debora Kim finds home in Houston

By Shiyu Miao

When Debora Kim arrived at Rice’s international student orientation in 2016, it wasn’t her first rodeo. Although she grew up in South Korea, the Sid Richardson College senior was born in Houston while her parents were doing research right across the street at Texas Medical Center. 

FEATURES 2/4/20 9:04pm

Owls fly the nest: students discuss study abroad experiences

By Shiyu Miao

When Serra Sozen decided to study abroad at University College London, she expected the experience to be different from her time at Rice. The enrollment at UCL is about 31,500, they offer a wide variety of courses and the university is all the way across the Atlantic. But there was one difference that Sozen didn’t expect: the clubs. 

FEATURES 11/5/19 10:14pm

Students study abroad as part of Latin American Studies major

By Shiyu Miao

José Aranda’s office looks like a typical professor’s workplace, filled with books and personal knickknacks. But on his bookshelves sit two Latin American-style wooden statues. This is fitting, because Aranda is a professor of Latin American studies.

FEATURES 9/10/19 9:22pm

In ancient civilizations, we see the present

By Shiyu Miao

McMurtry College junior Jackson Richard White came into college wanting to study astrophysics, but he said he found an affinity for classical studies after his first-year writing-intensive seminar,  “Propaganda in the Roman Empire.”