Gerson, the American secretary of the Rhodes Trust, said of the 32 American winners. “They are inspiring young leaders already, and we are confident that their contributions to public welfare nationally and globally will expand exponentially over the course of their careers in varied sectors and disciplines,” Elliot F.
More than 2,300 students - each of whom was endorsed by their colleges or universities - applied for the highly competitive scholarships. For the second year in a row, this year’s scholars were chosen in an entirely virtual process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rhodes Scholars are chosen for academic excellence, a commitment to making a positive difference in the world, their concern for the welfare of others, a consciousness of inequities, and for their promise of leadership. Of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes scholars, 22 are female. Over 100 scholars will be selected worldwide. The 43 American and Canadian recipients will join an international group of scholars chosen from more than 60 countries. Liam Elkind of Jonathan Edwards College, Mary Orsak of Pierson College, and Shreeya Singh of Timothy Dwight College are among the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars, and Kate Pundyk of Benjamin Franklin College is among the 11 Canadian recipients.
The scholarships provide all expenses for two to three years of study at Oxford University. She has supervised 90 graduate student theses and supervised and mentored over 200 undergraduate researchers.Four Yale seniors - three from the United States and one from Canada - have been selected as Rhodes Scholars, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious academic awards for graduate study. Newman is the author of Interactive Aerospace Engineering and Design, an introductory engineering textbook, and has published more than 300 papers in journals and refereed conferences, and holds numerous compression technology patents. Newman has been principal investigator (PI) on four spaceflight missions flown aboard the Space Shuttle, Russian Mir Space Station and the International Space Station, and is best known for her revolutionary BioSuit™ planetary spacesuit. Her research and teaching expertise include aerospace biomedical engineering, astronaut performance, advanced space suit design, leadership development, innovation and space policy. She served as NASA Deputy Administrator (2015-17), the first female engineer in this role, and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Dava Newman is the Director of the MIT Media Lab and Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Harvard–MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology faculty member.
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