Rhodes Scholars

Recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship are selected based on scholarly achievement, character, commitment to the public good, and leadership potential. The scholarship provides funding for one to three years of graduate study at Oxford.

Visit the Rhodes Trust and United States Rhodes Scholarships sites to learn more.

Left to right: Jack Cook, Matthew Kearney, and Jupneet Singh Photo: Ian MacLellan

Three from MIT named 2023 Rhodes Scholars

Jack Cook, Matthew Kearney, and Jupneet Singh have been selected for the 2023 cohort of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. They will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. Each year, Rhodes awards 32 scholarships to U.S. citizens plus additional scholarships for citizens from non-U.S. constituencies.

Read more at MIT News.

 

Carina Hong Photo: Ian MacLella

Carina Letong Hong named a 2022 Rhodes Scholar for China

Carina Letong Hong from Guangzhou, China, is a winner of the Rhodes Scholarship (China Constituency). As a Rhodes Scholar, she will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at Oxford University. At MIT, Hong is a junior double-majoring in mathematics and physics. She hopes to become an academic and devote her life to solving conjectures and building communities.

Read more at MIT News.

Two MIT students named 2021 Rhodes Scholars

Ghadah Alshalan and Danielle Grey-Stewart have been selected for the 2021 cohort of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. They will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. Each year, Rhodes awards 32 scholarships to U.S. citizens in addition to scholarships reserved for non-U.S. citizens.
Learn more at MIT News.

AWARD HISTORY

2023

  • Cook, Jack
  • Kearney, Matthew
  • Singh, Jupneet

2022

  • Hong, Carina Letong (for China)

2021

  • Alshalan, Ghadah
  • Grey-Stewart, Danielle

2020

  • Andersen Woltz, Vilhelm L.
  • Daher, Ali
  • Halloran, Claire E.
  • Vasconcelos, Francisca
  • Yamoah, Megan A.

2019

  • Tress, Sarah

2018

  • Beytagh, Mary Clare
  • Chun, Matthew

2015

  • Akama-Garren, Elliot H.
  • Angrist, Noam
  • Gururaj, Anisha N.

2014

  • Mikhael, John

2012

  • Lin, Stephanie

2011

  • Lai, Jennifer

2010

  • Amadi, Ugwechi
  • Huang, Carolin
  • Mo, Steven

2009

  • Gethers, Matthew L.
  • Whitney-Johnson, Alia

2008

  • Anahtar, Melis

2005

  • Lee, Laurel Yong-Hwa
  • Masiello, Elizabeth
  • Samuel, Javed

2002

  • Basu, Sanjay
  • Njoroge, Paul K. (for Kenya)

2001

  • Brunskill, Emma P. (endorsed by University of Washington)

2000

  • Mierau, Susanna B.

1999

  • Poyneer, Lisa Ann
  • Douglas, Christopher L.

1997

  • Sabeti, Pardis Christin

1996

  • Ayer, Tobias

1994

  • Brooks, Eileen L.

1993

  • Lundstrom, Mark E.

1991

  • Prather, Darcy D.

1990

  • Monroe, Burt L. (endorsed by University of Louisville)

1983

  • Scofield, Jerri-Lynn

1982

  • Chan, Yolande E. Brown (for Jamaica)

1980

  • Nalebuff, Barry J.

1979

  • Eliot, Charles

1977

  • Adams, James Eli

1970

  • Smith, Stephen D.

1966

  • Tsien, Richard

1964

  • Gerrity, Thomas P. Jr.

1961

  • Ness, David Norman

1959

  • Von Hippel, Frank

1958

  • Dirks, Leslie C.

1956

  • Johns, Oliver

1955

  • Strang, Gilbert

1952

  • Wasserman, Arthur Allen
  • Shiffman, Carl A.

1951

  • Barcus, William D.

1950

  • Skolnikoff, Eugene B.
  • Benington, Herbert D.

1948

  • Macdonald, J. Ross

1947

  • Raisbeck, Gordon

1939

  • Lippitt, Vernon G.

1935

  • Stockmayer, Walter Hugo

1933

  • Getting, Ivan A.

1931

  • Shaffer, Morris F.
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