OISS Photo Competition

To celebrate International Education Week (IEW) 2023, OISS hosted a mini photo competition open to all members of the Rice international community. The winner was selected by a popular vote by the Rice international community, and was awarded lunch for two at the Rice University Faculty Club.

1st place!

View of dark night sky through the Skyspace. Orange light is reflected on the ceiling of the structure surrounding the window. A dark silhouette of the hill is in the foreground.

The winning photo was submitted by Joaquin Zaror Elte, Masters student from Chile.

2nd place

Evening sky with colors of dusk, surrounded by tree branches. A partial moon is visible in the center of the sky, and a lamp can be seen in the lower part.
Photo submitted by Anwar Khaddaj, PhD student from Lebanon

3rd place

Partial buildings on the left and right of the image with blue sky visible behind them. Shadow of the building on the right is reflected on the side of the building on the left.
Photo submitted by Yudi Xia, Masters student from China

Congratulations to the winners!

Here are the other competition photos, in the order in which they were submitted.

Side of the building with cloudy sky in the background. A partial poem is written on the wall.
Photo submitted by Aayushi Doshi, Masters student from India
Person is sitting in a dark empty classroom with back to camera, working on a laptop.
Photo submitted by Yufan Wang, Masters student from China
Parking lot seen through a bus window. Reflection of the inside of the bus on the window.
Photo submitted by Yufan Wang, Masters student from China
Body of water with rocks visible on the bottom. On the background there is a tree covered hill. A broken tree in the foreground.
Photo submitted by Krittika Choudhary, Masters student from India
Circular structure with columns surrounding a fountain.
Photo submitted by Shung-An Koh, PhD student from Taiwan
City view with ornate, bright light buildings. Water on the foreground with a lot of people sitting on the edge of the water.
Photo submitted by Anonymous
Light blue sky seen through the Skyspace. Pink light reflected to the ceiling around the window.
Photo submitted by Gabriel Sallum Pentagna Guimaraes, Academic Visitor from Brazil
Empty cloister outside of Herzstein Hall.
Photo submitted by Anonymous
A slightly out of focus woman dancing in profile, with her back arched and arms stretched behind her, Leaves falling next to her.
Photo submitted by Tao Li, PhD student from China
Series of images showing a progression of a solar eclipse from corner to corner.
Photo submitted by Tao Li, PhD student from China
Large green tree on green grass with a building partially visible in the background. A cat is sitting in front of the tree.
Photo submitted by Nikhil Chigali, Masters student from India
Ocean in the background, seen from inside a boat or balcony structure. On the foreground a sleeping cat can be seen on a chair.
Photo submitted by Nikhil Chigali, Masters student from India
Dark blue night sky with a roof of a building and chimney on the foreground. A partial moon is visible in a beam of light.
Photo submitted by Yudi Xia, Masters student from China
Trees a sidewalk viewed through a campus archway.
Photo submitted by Shubh Jignesh Vania, Masters student from India
A body of water with some small waves on the surface. Cloudy sky reflected on the water. Tree line and cloudy sky visible in the background.
Photo submitted by Mingzi Niu, PhD student from China
A metal fence with a Rice athletic owl seen behind the bars.
Photo submitted by Yelda Güngör, PhD student from Turkey
Lovett Hall with a large cloud behind it.
Photo submitted by Sage Lee, undergraduate student from South Korea
Buildings with their reflection in some water on the foreground. There is a rainbow in the sky behind them.
Photo submitted by Sage Lee, undergraduate student from South Korea

Thank you to all the participants and to everyone who voted!

For more information on International Education Week, please see https://oiss.rice.edu/iew.