
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
Los Angeles County sees significant uptick in norovirus cases, officials say - 2
Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood's procession excluded them - 3
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket landed its booster on a barge at sea – an achievement that will broaden the commercial spaceflight market - 4
Danish warship sunk by famed British admiral discovered after 225 years - 5
How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty
The Main 10 Natural life Protection Associations
7 Popular Vacation destinations In China
King Charles III says he is reducing cancer treatment schedule in 2026
Favored Vehicle for Seniors: Make Your Determination
A Manual for Nations to Head out To
PHOTO ESSAY: Scientists trying to unravel one of the body's biggest mysteries
vote in favor of Your #1 kind of climate
See tonight’s solar storm unfold across the world
Florida has quietly become America's execution capital













