Seven Harvard students named Rhodes Scholars
They represent nine of Harvard’s 12 undergraduate Houses and will take on a range of subjects from intellectual history to animation, conflict transformation to pharmacology, as winners of two of the most prestigious scholarships available to American college students. Seven Harvard seniors — Neil Band, Kristine Guillaume, Olivia McGinnis, Luke Melas-Kyriazi, Lauren Spohn, Sai Shanthanand S. Rajagopal, and Constance M. Bourguignon — were among the students named Rhodes Scholars this past weekend. These five Americans and two Canadians will join 100 others from across the world to begin their studies at Oxford in October. This brings the ranks of Harvard’s American Rhodes Scholars to 369. In addition to the Canadian Rhode Scholars confirmed this weekend, a complete list of International Rhodes Scholars will be forthcoming. Sai Shanthanand S. Rajagopal and Constance M. Bourguignon were named Canadian Rhodes Scholars. Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Additionally the U.S.-Ireland Alliance on Monday named two Harvard seniors, Kalia...