Stephen Butler – Driven to Discover
“Once you find a problem you are invested in, you have this constant obsession...
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Melinda Crane: Game Girl
In high school, Melinda Crane enjoyed playing video games like MapleStory in her spare...
Martin Zhou: Off the Beaten Path
Chao “Martin” Zhou isn’t afraid to take the road less traveled. The computer science...
Amarda Shehu on the Importance of PhD Advisers
All that Amarda Shehu (Ph.D. ’09) knew when she chose Rice University over other...
Shriram Krishnamurthi: Programming Languages and Algebra
When Shriram Krishnamurthi considered graduate schools in 1993, Rice’s computer science Ph.D. program was...
Dan Grossman Maps his own Trail
“I graduated from Rice in 1997 with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering,”...
Kathleen Foster: from Struggling CS Student to Scrum Master at GM
Kathleen Foster (B.A. ’13) applied early decision to Rice University after falling in love...
Mary Hall: “Women in CS” Pioneer and Advocate
One of the first Rice University graduates with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,...
Dan Vanderkam: CS in the City
“I’m primarily a software developer,” said CS alumnus Dan Vanderkam (B.A. ’06). He is...
Noah Zempsky: Starting Small
Noah Zempsky moved from a small private school in Connecticut to a small private...