: a holder of one of numerous scholarships founded under the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that can be used at Oxford University for two or three years and are open to candidates from the Commonwealth of Nations and the U.S.
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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.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Also among the 2026 Rhodes scholars is William Lieber, a fifth-generation Illinoisan who grew up in Springfield and graduated from Duke University in North Carolina in May.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Tania Fabo, MSc is an MD-PhD candidate in genetics at Stanford University, a Rhodes scholar, a Knight-Hennessy scholar, a Paul and Daisy Soros fellow, and a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project.
—Tania Fabo, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Elkind, who is completing a Ph.D. as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, is running to the right of Mamdani, with the backing of LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and several other high-profile NYC Dems.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
His father, Arthur, had been captain of the 1924 University of Missouri Tigers football team and a Rhodes scholar who headed the export division of his father-in-law’s fire brick factory.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The Harvard Law School graduate and Rhodes scholar, who never married, wrote the 5-4 majority decision in 2005 ruling that the display of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses unconstitutional.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Souter, who was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and afterward was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 May 2025
The rooftop Aviator Bar honors the great 1964 class, which produced astronauts, Rhodes scholars and 4-Star generals, while the lobby Thunderbird bar is named for the Cadet Squadron-27 Thunderbirds.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Also among the 2026 Rhodes scholars is William Lieber, a fifth-generation Illinoisan who grew up in Springfield and graduated from Duke University in North Carolina in May.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Tania Fabo, MSc is an MD-PhD candidate in genetics at Stanford University, a Rhodes scholar, a Knight-Hennessy scholar, a Paul and Daisy Soros fellow, and a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project.
—Tania Fabo, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Elkind, who is completing a Ph.D. as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, is running to the right of Mamdani, with the backing of LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and several other high-profile NYC Dems.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
His father, Arthur, had been captain of the 1924 University of Missouri Tigers football team and a Rhodes scholar who headed the export division of his father-in-law’s fire brick factory.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 14 May 2025
The Harvard Law School graduate and Rhodes scholar, who never married, wrote the 5-4 majority decision in 2005 ruling that the display of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses unconstitutional.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Souter, who was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and afterward was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 May 2025
The rooftop Aviator Bar honors the great 1964 class, which produced astronauts, Rhodes scholars and 4-Star generals, while the lobby Thunderbird bar is named for the Cadet Squadron-27 Thunderbirds.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Rhodes scholar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rhodes%20scholar. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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