Rice Alumni in Medicine

Congratulations to the 2023 RAM Scholarship winners:

Michael Zhu-
RAM Scholarly Activity/Research Award

Jayaker Kolli-
RAM Leadership Award

Congratulations to all the new RAM members for their acceptances into Medical/Dental/Optometry/Podiatry schools!

Don’t forget to pick up your pins at the Alumni office and welcome as new members of RAM.

Congratulations 🎉 to Pearl Fernandes, RAM LEADERSHIP AWARD recipient, 2021-2022!

Also 🎉 Congratulations to Aadith Vittala,
RAM SCHOLAR/RESEARCH AWARD recipient, 2021-2022!

Welcome to these 2 and all Rice graduates/new alums attending medical, dental, optometry or podiatry schools next fall. You are all new RAM members!

Congratulations to all! It’s a lot of hard work to get there, but you did it! 🎊🍾🎈🎉

Desiree Hopping, OD
Jones ‘77
RAM officer, 2021-2022

Mark your calendars for the Rice University 24-Hour Challenge on April 7, 2022!

Donations by 4,700 alums will unlock $250K matching donation! Donate to any cause on campus!

For reunion classes - this donation will also count towards your class reunion $$ gift & participation goals!!

📅 SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 24-HOUR CHALLENGE ON APRIL 7!

In just one month, Owls across the world will come together to be bold for affordability! This year, if 4,700 alumni and students make a gift, Chuck Whitten ’99 and Lori Rudge Whitten ’98 will donate $250,000 to support need-based scholarships for The Rice Investment!

Will you step up for scholarship support? Mark your calendar and join us for a historic day of giving:

Facebook: https://bit.ly/24HC22F
Google: https://bit.ly/24HC22G
Outlook: https://bit.ly/24HC22O

For Michelle Tran ’18, practicing medicine and activism go hand in hand. While she studies in the M.D./Ph.D. program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tran also spends her time helping the most vulnerable members of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities protect themselves against violent, racist attacks.

Last year, she co-launched Soar Over Hate, an organization that uses donations to purchase and distribute personal alarms, whistles and pepper spray to the most vulnerable members of the AAPI community — including the elderly and those who don’t speak English. Read more at magazine.rice.edu/winter-2022/justice-and-healing.

Photo by Michael Nagin.