Thirty-Two American College Students Chosen as 2027 Rhodes Scholars

Thirty-two American students have been selected as 2027 Rhodes scholars, following an announcement made on Saturday. These winners come from a group of 238 finalists who emerged from more than 1,000 candidates endorsed by their colleges and universities.

University Details

The chosen students will attend the University of Oxford in England through the program, which grants over 100 scholarships worldwide each year for two to three years of graduate studies. Two schools secured their first-ever Rhodes scholars: Prairie View A&M University in Texas and The Citadel, which is the military college of South Carolina. Harvard University led all institutions with four scholars, while Yale University and Princeton University followed with three each.

Individual Profiles

The winners pursue a wide range of interests, including space debris, art history, bioelectronics, and water scarcity. Evan Garrison from Mississippi State University studies aerospace engineering and mathematics, focusing on methods to clean up orbital debris. Asuka Koda from Yale University majors in mathematics and philosophy and has researched artificial intelligence in healthcare. Michael Bueker from Dartmouth College focuses on biomedical engineering and biodegradable neural stimulators. Elizabeth Koenck from Georgetown University examines water scarcity problems in regions like the Middle East and the Colorado River Basin. Sabrina Soriano from Yale University studies art history with a focus on 19th-century French painting.

Context

Established at Oxford in 1903 and named after British imperialist and benefactor Cecil John Rhodes, the scholarship program currently has a global network of more than 8,000 alumni working across fields such as government, education, and social justice.