Amber Dai

NEWS 3/8/17 11:48am

New college presidents take office

By Amber Dai and Shami Mosley

The Thresher reached out to the 10 newly elected — and one reelected — residential college presidents to ask about their background, plans for the year and more.

NEWS 11/15/16 11:22pm

Amid Rice’s rise to 15th in the nation in US News, students question methodology, usefulness of university rankings

By Amber Dai

When U.S. News & World Report released its 2017 National Universities Rankings, Rice University found itself four spots higher than the year before, rising from tied for No. 19 to tied for No. 15 with Cornell University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Notre Dame.

NEWS 10/19/16 3:30pm

Search begins for new college masters as terms come to an end

By David Yang and Sarah Smati and Amber Dai

Baker College The current Baker College masters Ivo-Jan and Rose van der Werff will be leaving at the end of the academic year, which marks their seventh year as masters.