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
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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
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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
1931–2023
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, Caroline
- 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.
