Sallyport - The Magazine of Rice University - Winter 2002

Through the Sallyport
Sloan Professional Master’s Programs New for 2002
People in today’s workforce often need disciplinary and practical scientific
training that goes beyond a bachelor’s degree. And modern industry also demands
enhanced management and communication skills of its employees. One
increasingly effective solution is the professional master’s degree, which provides
a greater level of career-specific education than a bachelor’s degree and imparts
valuable expertise in other areas that employers emphasize.
Thresher Honored
The Rice Thresher won first place in the Four-Year Newspaper
(weekly or less frequent) category at the 2001 Associated
Collegiate Press journalism conference, held in Washington, D.C.,
in August.
The Eyes Have It
When a new window or webpage pops up on your computer screen, what do you
look at first? Michael Byrne, assistant professor of psychology at Rice, might be
able to tell you. He has developed a model of human thinking and performance
that can predict how well people locate and select various options on a computer
screen.
Language Learning Receives Boost
It is often said that immersion is the only real way to learn another language. In
1999, Rice’s Language Resource Center (LRC) took that philosophy to heart,
developing ExTemplate, Internet-based language-learning software that
incorporates audio, video, and Web links as well as text to immerse students as
fully as possible in the language they are studying.
Rice Named a “Best Buy”
Rice University has been named a “best buy” in the 2002 edition
of the Fiske Guide to Colleges for offering “remarkable
educational opportunities at a relatively modest cost.”
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