Graduate Student Wins Biomaterials Award
Graduate student Heungsoo Shin has won the 2002 Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Research from the Society for Biomaterials for a research paper about bone-tissue engineering.

Community Spirit Al Fresco
Texas history received another colorful interpretation this fall when Rice University sophomore Josef Sifuentes and his father, Jesse, completed a giant mural in East Houston.

Marshalling Her Resources
Laura Gardner has big plans for the future. She wants to pursue a Ph.D. in Victorian literature and one day become an English professor.

Rice Math Major Named Outstanding Male Undergrad
A lot of students scramble to make their mark. Third-year math major Adam Stubblefield unscrambles.

Senior Wins Scholarship for Commitment to Social Change
When MTV posted an application for the Fight For Your Rights Leadership Scholarship, it was downloaded by 30,000 students. Only five, though, were chosen, and one of them was Rice senior Audrey Etté.