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Nation & World

November 21, 2011

1 from Mich. named Rhodes Scholar

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NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Rhodes Scholars include an aspiring anthropologist and a fluent Arabic speaker who works with orphans in Egypt, though another comes from an already famous pedigree: Ronan Farrow.

The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2012, listed by geographical region:

The awards announced early Sunday provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the prestigious university in England. The winners were selected from 830 applicants endorsed by 299 different colleges and universities. The scholars will enter Oxford next October.

District 1:

Helen E. Jack, Hanover, N.H., Yale University

Emma F. LeBlanc, Manchester, N.H., Brown University

District 2:

Elizabeth W. Butterworth, Auburn, Mass., Princeton University

David S. Poritz, Amherst, Mass, Brown University

District 3:

Miriam Rosenbaum, Bronx, N.Y., Princeton University

Brett A. Rosenberg, Chappaqua, N.Y., Harvard College

District 4:

Nina R.W. Cohen, Newton, Mass., Bryn Mawr College

Cory J. Rodgers, Somerset, Pa., Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh

District 5:

Ronan S. Farrow, Washington, D.C.. Yale Law School and Bard College

Brandon E. Turner, Winston-Salem, N.C., Wake Forest University

District 6:

Ishan Nath, Atlanta, Ga., Stanford University

Nabeel N. Gillani, Glen Allen, Va., Brown University

District 7:

Joshua D. Carpenter, Florence, Ala., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Carrie H. Ryan, Sewanee, Tenn., Sewanee: The University of the South

District 8:

Aysha N. Bagchi, Austin, Texas, Stanford University

Anand R. Habib, Houston, Stanford University

District 9:

Mohit Agrawal, West Lafayette, Ind., Princeton University

Victor Yang, Lexington, Ky., Harvard College

District 10:

Sarah N. Smierciak, Lemont, Ill., Northwestern University

Spencer B.L. Lenfield, Paw Paw, Mich., Harvard College

District 11:

Alexis K. Brown, Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Astrid E.M.L. Stuth, Hubertus, Wis., Princeton University

District 12:

Kelsey R. Murrell, Kearney, Mo., University of Kansas

Katherine Niehaus, Columbia, S.C., Stanford University

District 13:

Zachary A. Crippen, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., United States Air Force Academy

Samuel M. Galler, Boulder, Colo., Harvard College

District 14:

Byron D. Gray, Post Falls, Idaho, University of Washington

Cameron W. Turtle, Pullman, Wash., University of Washington

District 15:

Brianna R. Doherty Carmichael, Calif., Brown University

Tenzin Seldon, Albany, Calif., Stanford University

District 16:

Stephanie Bryson, San Diego, Calif., California State University, Long Beach

Stephanie Lin, Irvine, Calif., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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