
Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 American winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars.
The group includes students focused on housing, health outcomes, sustainability and prison reentry programs. They include:
Alice L. Hall of Philadelphia, a varsity basketball player at MIT who also serves as student body president. Hall, who has collaborated with a women’s collective in Ghana on sustainability tools, plans to study engineering.
Sydney E. Barta of Arlington, Virginia, a Paralympian and member of the track team at Stanford University, who studies bioengineering and sings in the Stanford acapella group “Counterpoint.” Barta plans to study musculoskeletal sciences.
Anirvin Puttur of Gilbert, Arizona, a senior at the U.S. Air Force Academy who serves as an instructor pilot and flight commander. Puttur, who is studying aeronautical engineering and applied mathematics, also has a deep interest in linguistics and is proficient in four languages.
The students will attend the University of Oxford as part of the Rhodes scholar program, which awards more than 100 scholarships worldwide each year for students to pursue two to three years of graduate studies.
Named after British imperialist and benefactor Cecil John Rhodes, the scholarship was established at Oxford in 1903. The program has more than 8,000 alumni, many of whom have pursued careers in government, education, the arts and social justice.
LATEST POSTS
- 1
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots - 2
6 Web-based Lawful Administrations: Extensive Surveys and Elements - 3
Bolsonaro briefly leaves Brazilian prison for medical tests after a fall from his bed - 4
Motivational Travel Objections for History Buffs - 5
Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
The Tradition of Stone: A Gander at Notable Structures Through the Ages
People are getting their news from AI – and it’s altering their views
NASA will bring space station crew home early after medical issue
Defense Minister Katz finally condemns Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians
The powerful new Rubin Observatory just found 11,000 new asteroids and measured 'tens of thousands more'
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 203 — China Rising
How to watch NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts launch to the moon on April 1
Czech Republic caps fuel prices amid Iran war energy crisis
NASA study shows how satellite 'light pollution' hinders space telescopes













