The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1980 Page: 3 of 16
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Nitzsche, Patten, Quiocho win Guggenheims
by Anita Gonzalez
Three Rice professors are
among 276 national scholars,
scientists, and artists named as
recipients of the 56th annual John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Fellowship Awards last week.
Associate Professor of English
Jane C. Nitzsche, Professor of
English Robert L. Patten, and
Associate Professor of Bio-
chemistry Florante A. Quiocho
were chosen on the basis of
demonstrated accomplishment in
the past and strong promises for
the future.
The three, chosen from 3,000
nominees, represent half of the six
award-winners from Texas. Rice
was the only Texas institution with
more than one Guggenheim
awardee this year.
Nitzsche will use her fellowship
to help fund her study of medieval
commentary on the mythology of
Latin epic poetry.
According to Nitzsche, while
clerks and scholars in the Middle
Ages had a great deal of access to
the classical Roman works of
mythology, they interpreted the
mythical gods not as divine spirits
but as expression of vices and
virtues, or, later, as per-
sonifications of Christ. Nitzsche
plans to look at the commentaries
written during this period on Latin
mythology and develop a
chronological pattern of medieval
thought.
"I was very pleased because the
Guggenheim Fellowships are
probably the best in the
humanities," said Nitzsche.
Nitzsche, who started her
project last year in England with a
grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
hopes to complete a book on her
subject within a year.
The amount of money granted
to Guggenheim fellows varies
depending on the winner's
individual salary and anticipated
expenditures for their project.
Nitzsche, on sabbatical from Rice
next year, will receive funds
totaling half her salary plus travel
expenses.
Patten, a member of the Texas
Tutorial opinions sought
In response to complaints last
semester of inferior tutorials for
non-athletes, Rice's Office of
Student Advising is soliciting
student comments on how the
tutoring program can be
improved.
Director of Student Advising
H.C. Clark asked that students
designate up to three upper level
courses for which they would like
to see tutoring programs.
The Office of Student Advising is considering the expansion of the
tutoring program. As a first step, we would like to identify a limited
number of courses above the freshman level for which tutoring might
be useful as a pilot project. Please list courses at the 200, 300, or 400
level in which you think tutoring would have been helpful to you,
complete the questionaire with any additional comments you wish to
make, and send it to:
H.C. Clark
Office of Student Advising
Cloisters, RMC
Campus Mail
Course (department, number and title)
□ Type of tutoring needed (check preferences).
□ twice a week throughout semester
□ only once a week throughout the semester
□ only before tests
□ one on one
□ homework sessions
□ basic background
□ supplement lectures
□ test review
□ undergraduate student tutor
□ graduate student tutor
□ I would have attended the tutoring sessions if they had been
offered. j
Texas Renaissance Festii xil Auditions
Saturday' and Sw iday • - April 12 & 13 at id 26 &27
Beginning l:OOP.M. at the Festival Site
on the Japanese Village Stage.
Live Your Fantasies
U't' arc searching for kings, queens, grare robbers, beggars.
witclx>s, dwarfs, belly dancers, gun its, /esters, ji igglers,
acrobats, Robin Hood and bis Meny Men, madrigal singers,
heralds, comedia troops, bards, rope walkers, minstrels,
nymphs, mimes, wenches,,fire eaters, magicians,
snake charmers, Shakespearean troops.
cutpurses, puppeteen, etc., etc., etc
For Information Call: Texas Renaissance Festival 356-2178
Committee of Humanities and the
Cultural Arts Council of Houston,
plans to write a biography of
George Cruikshank with his
fellowship grant. Cruikshank,
who died in 1878, was a famous
graphic artist best known as the
illustrator of Oliver Twist.
"I'm absolutely deighted to have
the support to do this research,"
said Patten. "Support offered on
research time in the humanities is
almost nonexistent."
Patten, who feels the
Cruikshank's life has not been
seriously studied, will take a leave
of absence next year to work on his
project.
As the third Rice Guggenheim
recipient, Quiocho plans to
continue his study on protein
structure and function, he, too,
will be on sabbatical next year and
will conduct his research using x-
ray crystallography at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities in
England.
The Biochemist expressed
surprise and appreciation on
receiving the fellowship. He
believes his subject is one which
needs extensive attention.
Concluded Quiocho, "In order
to understand proteins, which are
essential constituents for cells, one
must determine their three-
dimensional structure."
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OF THE HOTTEST YOUNG
, WRITERS AROUND! WONT
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mr. brenner. mr. cavett.
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BARRYM0RES? or AM I THINKING
OF someone ELSE I MET AT RAUL
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HOW PECULIAR. NOMATTER.
NO, THANKS. USTEN.
SOME COUIV WE PICK THIS
MORE UP A LITTLE? I'M
SHERRY? BEGINNING TO
NOD OFF.
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Muller, Matthew. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1980, newspaper, April 10, 1980; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245438/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.