Ria Gupta

New Delhi

Writer at Freelance

Independent Writer | Travel, Culture, Lifestyle Published: CNTraveller, Nat Geo Traveller, Amusing Planet, Vogue

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MSU students organize drag show as part of documentary project

1 week ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

The Alumni Memorial Chapel is often touted for its stained glass windows and as the preferred spot for MSU alumni weddings. On Sunday evening, however, the chapel’s pews were filled with students adorned in pride colors as pop music played from the overhead balcony. Where a pastor usually stood at the altar, there was instead journalism senior Emma George-Griffin.
MSU students host second annual Race for Humanity event; raise funds for Gaza

1 week ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

Green cones marked the course, starting from Conrad Hall before looping at Fee Hall along the Red Cedar River. Over 88 people took part in the race with 200 registered; some were given the option to participate virtually on their own time. A few of the participants ran while wearing the provided shirt while others donned keffiyehs as well as other racing gear.
MSU joins amicus brief in support of international students amid visa revocations

1 week ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

In a campus letter emailed to students Wednesday, MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz pushed back on the visa terminations by reaffirming his commitment to ensuring the presence of international students and scholars on campus. This legal brief marks a further step by the university to contest the Trump administration’s policies regarding the legal status of international students.
The 11 oldest trees in the world

4 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Ria Gupta

If you spend a minute observing, so much about a tree can reveal the secrets of its life: the wood, its crevices and carvings, even the way its branches bend. Its years are etched into the design and details, with its patterns, surfaces, interior, and the roots below revealing all that the tree has withstood, from climate change and human curiosity to natural rot and even the test of gravity.
Muslim Student Association hosts Iftar in Multicultural Center, focuses on community

4 weeks ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

To celebrate Ramadan at Michigan State University, the Muslim Student Association hosts Iftars for the Muslim community on campus. This year, the organization hosted three Iftar events, each dedicated to a different community within the Muslim faith. Wednesday's event was co-hosted by Spartan Zubaan, the Somali Student Association and the Sudanese Student Association, with MSA providing catering from My Thai.
MSU students host first 24-hour Designathon event

1 month ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

The Designathon was co-directed by experience architecture seniors Lisa Chai and Julius Patto. Chai and Patto are also co-presidents of MSU’s UX club. The two were inspired by the lack of a “big design community” at MSU and wanted to create a space for designers in order to help it grow, Patto said. While MSU provides opportunities to attend hackathons and remote designathons, Chai said the focus was on providing something that was “live and engaging” for designers specifically.
MSU students host first 24-hour Designathon event

1 month ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

The Designathon was co-directed by experience architecture seniors Lisa Chai and Julius Patto. Chai and Patto are also co-presidents of MSU’s UX club. The two were inspired by the lack of a "big design community" at MSU and wanted to create a space for designers in order to help it grow, Patto said. While MSU provides opportunities to attend hackathons and remote designathons, Chai said the focus was on providing something that was "live and engaging" for designers specifically.
Columbia professor speaks on 'nuclear threat,' war in Ukraine at MSU event

1 month ago | statenews.com | Ria Gupta

In the summer of 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin published a treatise denying Ukraine’s statehood. Columbia University professor and MSU graduate school alum Peter Clement, who had just abandoned his wife’s birthday celebrations to immediately read the treatise, became convinced that Russia would invade. His colleagues at Columbia University disagreed. Nearly a year later, on Feb.
Memories of Punjab find a home in this new Ahmedabad restaurant

1 month ago | architecturaldigest.in | Ria Gupta

Concision is an art — an especially tricky one when you’re tasked with commemorating a lifetime into a 1,300-square-foot space. But at a new Ahmedabad restaurant, Studio Poche managed the task beautifully. Chenab by Bhullar’s, which opened doors in February, pays homage to its owner’s entrepreneurial journey from Lahore to Ahmedabad.
This 35,000-square-foot home in Bengaluru tastefully incorporates ‘black’ elements

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ria Gupta

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