
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
The Most Famous Virtual Entertainment Powerhouses of the Year - 2
Astronauts welcome arrival of new crewmates | On the International Space Station this week Nov. 24-28, 2025 - 3
Opening Innovativeness: Moving Thoughts and Tasks - 4
Sophie Kinsella, 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' author, dies at 55 after battle with cancer - 5
Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says
Netflix's 'Lord of the Flies' show blends 'Adolescence' and 'Yellowjackets'
What is the Insurrection Act? Can Trump really use the military to 'put an end' to Minneapolis ICE protests?
Will your baby get a hep B vaccine? What RFK panel's ruling means.
Looter indicted after pretending to be emergency worker at Dimona rocket crash site
Putin says Russian forces will seize capital of Zaporizhzhya
Middle East hotels hit pandemic-era lows amid Iran war
Humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic coast frees itself
Move. Cheer. Dance. Do the wave. How to tap into the collective joy of 'we mode'
My daughter is in the #1 movie in the country. She still has to finish her math homework.













