1980s, 1990s, Alumni, Product, Research, Startups, Undergrad Students, Women Engineers Kathi Fletcher on Product Development and FATE Author Carlyn Chatfield Date July 13, 2020 Before events in 2020 challenged historical thinking about race and cultural integration around the...
1980s, Alumni, CEO/CTO/Founder/President/VP, Entrepreneurs, Startups, Undergrad Students Larry Ciscon: a Serial Entrepreneur in Houston Author Carlyn Chatfield Date March 23, 2020 Larry Ciscon only sent out his resume once. “It was for a summer internship,”...
1980s, Alumni, CEO/CTO/Founder/President/VP, Grad Students, Interns & Employment, Leadership, Startups, Undergrad Students Vinay Pai: CS, Leadership, and Opportunity Author Carlyn Chatfield Date January 6, 2020 Vinay Pai applied to Rice University early decision in the fall of 1983, but...
1980s, Alumni, Courses, Interns & Employment, Startups, Undergrad Students Evan Wetstone on Startups, Sesquinet, and Sales Engineering Author Carlyn Chatfield Date December 20, 2019 “There were no limits, no restrictions. If something had to get done, we did...
1980s, Alumni, Courses, Hacking, Interns & Employment, Undergrad Students Syd Polk Returns to Software Engineering Author Carlyn Chatfield Date October 21, 2019 Syd Polk is a senior software engineer with Indeed.com, but halfway through his career,...
1980s, Alumni, Interns & Employment, Undergrad Students Bob Swanson: CS and the Traveling Salesman Author Carlyn Chatfield Date September 26, 2019 “In 1978, I thought computers were already old-fashioned and I was rebelling against what...
1980s, Alumni, Diversity, Grad Students, Hacking, Interns & Employment, Women Engineers Sharon Goza: Computer Graphics and Gamification Author Carlyn Chatfield Date September 13, 2019 Rice University alumna Sharon Goza (MCS ’89) recalls showing up for her first co-op...
1980s, Alumni, CEO/CTO/Founder/President/VP, Courses, Entrepreneurs, Grad Students, Undergrad Students Bill LeFebvre: Unix, Open Source, and the World Wide Web Author Carlyn Chatfield Date September 5, 2019 At age 12, he was a bit of a bookworm with a nondiscriminatory palate....
1980s, Alumni, CEO/CTO/Founder/President/VP, Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Startups, Undergrad Students, Women Engineers Monica Pal: The Journey is the Reward Author Carlyn Chatfield Date August 12, 2019 Rice University’s Department of Computer Science is proud to include this guest blog among...
1980s, Alumni, Interns & Employment, Leadership, Undergrad Students Pete Olson’s Uncommon Career Path Author Carlyn Chatfield Date July 29, 2019 “When I arrived at Rice in 1981, I was overjoyed! I went there to...