Brian Barr, a Brown College senior majoring in chemical engineering, has a passion for bikes and design. He found organizations that fueled his interests through Rice Bikes, a student-run business, and Data Design Co_, a product design firm creating data-inspired home goods.
“I’ve always been a creative individual, but I don’t think I realized how that intersected with other areas of my life until I got here,” said Barr. “Rice expanded my world view— you end up in a different place than when you came in.”
After graduation, Barr will join Incoming Venture for America, a fellowship program that places recent graduates at startups in cities with emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems.
“People I talked with said that the smartest people they know went to Rice and had a great time and that felt like a pretty ringing endorsement,” Barr said.
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