Consul general of Germany visits Berlin Wall at Rice

On German Unity Day (Oct. 3), Consul General Ricarda Redeker of Germany visited the Berlin Wall segment that stands outside Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Redeker was on campus to deliver a keynote address at the Baker Institute, where she talked about the opportunities for studies and research offered by DAAD, the principal German agency for international education, and Cultural Vistas, a nonprofit organization offering work-study experience in Germany and other regions in the world. Pictured (from left): John Boles, the William Pettus Hobby Professor of History; Ned Thomas, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering; Gabriella Skwara of DAAD; Redeker; Lora Wildenthal, professor of history; Carolina Solms-Baruth of Cultural Vistas; Uwe Steiner, professor and chair of German studies; and Sonny Lim, Rice’s special assistant for international collaborations in the Office of the President. (Photo by Tommy LaVergne)