<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - scholars</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/scholars</link><description>Newsvine - scholars</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:05:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:53:21 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Correction: Rhodes Scholars story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story Nov. 18 about Rhodes scholars, The Associated Press erroneously described the location of the KwaZulu-Natal region. It is in eastern South Africa, not western South Africa.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15254466-correction-rhodes-scholars-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15254466-correction-rhodes-scholars-story</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>south-africa</category><category>associated-press</category><category>west-african</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>oxford-university</category><category>thirty-two-american</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:18:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cubans denied US visas have record of engagement</title>
<description><![CDATA[The political hubbub over Washington's decision to grant a visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has eclipsed the fact the State Department simultaneously denied nearly a dozen other prominent Cubans permits to attend an academic conference in California, among them some of the island's most independent and open-minded scholars.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Orsi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Orsi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757485-cubans-denied-us-visas-have-record-of-engagement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757485-cubans-denied-us-visas-have-record-of-engagement</guid><category>us</category><category>cuba</category><category>state-department</category><category>world-news</category><category>scholars</category><category>away</category><category>turned</category><category>raul-castro</category><category>cb</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:05:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 Princeton U. students named Rhodes Scholars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four current or recent Princeton University students whose areas of study range from classics to mathematics to public health policy were named Rhodes Scholars for 2012, the Rhodes Trust announced Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8913038-4-princeton-u-students-named-rhodes-scholars</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8913038-4-princeton-u-students-named-rhodes-scholars</guid><category>nj</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>princeton-university</category><category>princeton</category><category>rhodes-trust</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen a Rhodes scholar</title>
<description><![CDATA[The son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8912501-son-of-mia-farrow-and-woody-allen-a-rhodes-scholar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8912501-son-of-mia-farrow-and-woody-allen-a-rhodes-scholar</guid><category>us</category><category>woody-allen</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholar</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>mia-farrow</category><category>farrow</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:51:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7cc6a144-d18c-473d-b5ba-d5bef4928381.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7cc6a144-d18c-473d-b5ba-d5bef4928381.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This June 19, 2006 file photo shows Ronan Farrow, son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and film director Woody Allen, during their visit to Berlin. Ronan Farrow has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. He is among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University, it was announced Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/96d27c85-7bd5-453c-9311-86c5c8a4155c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="354" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/96d27c85-7bd5-453c-9311-86c5c8a4155c.jpg" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2011 file photo provided by the United Nations Foundation, Ronan Farrow, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues, speaks during the Social Good Summit, in New York. Farrow, son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and film director Woody Allen, has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. He is among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University, it was announced Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/United Nations Foundation, Gary He)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>32 students from US named Rhodes Scholars for 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8907598-32-students-from-us-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/20/8907598-32-students-from-us-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2012</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>oxford-university</category><category>rhodes-trust</category><category>ronan-farrow</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:51:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7cc6a144-d18c-473d-b5ba-d5bef4928381.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7cc6a144-d18c-473d-b5ba-d5bef4928381.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This June 19, 2006 file photo shows Ronan Farrow, son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and film director Woody Allen, during their visit to Berlin. Ronan Farrow has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. He is among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University, it was announced Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/96d27c85-7bd5-453c-9311-86c5c8a4155c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="354" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/96d27c85-7bd5-453c-9311-86c5c8a4155c.jpg" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2011 file photo provided by the United Nations Foundation, Ronan Farrow, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues, speaks during the Social Good Summit, in New York. Farrow, son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and film director Woody Allen, has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. He is among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University, it was announced Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/United Nations Foundation, Gary He)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>32 US students named Rhodes Scholars for 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rhodes Trust says 32 American students have been named Rhodes Scholars and will enter Oxford University next October.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/21/5503368-32-us-students-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2011</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/21/5503368-32-us-students-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2011</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>oxford-university</category><category>rhodes-trust</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:13:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Muslim scholars critical of US policy can return</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two prominent Muslim scholars once accused of having ties to terrorism can reapply to travel to the United States now that the State Department has concluded they pose no danger to the country, federal spokesmen said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/20/3783434-muslim-scholars-critical-of-us-policy-can-return</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/20/3783434-muslim-scholars-critical-of-us-policy-can-return</guid><category>united-states</category><category>state-department</category><category>us-news</category><category>scholars</category><category>muslim-scholars</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2369af23-fc01-42c3-bcf9-dd58fd7c48c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="375" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2369af23-fc01-42c3-bcf9-dd58fd7c48c6.jpg" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Dec. 2, 2009 file photo, Islam expert Tariq Ramadan arrives for a meeting with a Parliamentary panel at France's National Assembly in Paris. Ramadan is one of two prominent Muslim scholars who has cleared the way for the return to the United States by the U.S. State Department, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 who was once accused of having ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. To share the good news, of course, but also to see whether she was a winner as well.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Reitz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephanie Reitz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/22/3530388-swimmers-poets-among-2010-rhodes-scholars-from-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/22/3530388-swimmers-poets-among-2010-rhodes-scholars-from-us</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>when-henry-spelman</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:10:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4cf969cf-f49d-4a3c-8f95-7c1e093e9857.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="444" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4cf969cf-f49d-4a3c-8f95-7c1e093e9857.jpg" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Beau Longino shows Libby Longino, who was named a Rhodes Scholar on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.  (AP Photo/Courtesy Beau Longino)  NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7db5569d-09ff-4467-9396-5209c129015c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7db5569d-09ff-4467-9396-5209c129015c.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Steven Mo shows Mo, who was named a Rhodes Scholar Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo) NO SALES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/face9304-9abc-4bbf-85d0-3bc3ce764c1d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/face9304-9abc-4bbf-85d0-3bc3ce764c1d.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 18, 2009 photo provided by the University of Arizona shows Justine Schluntz. The University of Arizona student from Albuquerque, N.M., is among the 32 men and women from across the nation who have been selected as Rhodes scholars for 2010. Schluntz, a 22-year-old grad student in mechanical engineering and a nine-time All-American in swimming, will get all expenses for two to three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. Winners were chosen from 805 applicants endorsed by 326 different colleges and universities. (AP Photo/University of Arizona)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas pulls out of merit scholarship program</title>
<description><![CDATA[The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Root]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jay Root]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3214431-texas-pulls-out-of-merit-scholarship-program</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3214431-texas-pulls-out-of-merit-scholarship-program</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>us-news</category><category>scholars</category><category>merit</category><category>national-merit-scholarship-program</category><category>national-merit-scholars</category><category>merit-scholars</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Anthropologist, football star among Rhodes winners</title>
<description><![CDATA[A University of Pennsylvania student who organized an exhibit about Lenape Indians living quietly in the state is among this year's winners of Rhodes Scholarships.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Robrish]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Robrish]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/23/2141365-anthropologist-football-star-among-rhodes-winners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/23/2141365-anthropologist-football-star-among-rhodes-winners</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><category>lenape-indians</category><category>rhodes-scholarships</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:58:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8d974375-2428-4f6f-8437-a1fc0025579d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8d974375-2428-4f6f-8437-a1fc0025579d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Florida State safety Myron Rolle reaches over to hug one of the children who won a health and fitness challenge at the Brighton Reservation School during half time of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, in Tallahassee, Fla. He might not be the best football player in the country, but he's certainly among the smartest. Florida State's Myron Rolle will interview Saturday for a Rhodes Scholarship, just hours before the Seminoles play a key game against Maryland. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fulbright scholarships restored to 7 Gaza students</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, the State Department said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Lavie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Lavie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/30/1522214-fulbright-scholarships-restored-to-7-gaza-students</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/30/1522214-fulbright-scholarships-restored-to-7-gaza-students</guid><category>gaza</category><category>united-states</category><category>associated-press</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>state-department</category><category>world-news</category><category>scholars</category><category>fulbright-scholars</category><category>hadeel-abu-kawik</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:36:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6a0d290e-0591-49a4-8fbb-608a05853b98.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6a0d290e-0591-49a4-8fbb-608a05853b98.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian student Hadeel Abu Kawik holds an academic letter from her university at her home in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2008. Abu Kawik was supposed to spend next year in the United States on the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program, but now it appears she will remain where she is now &amp;#8212; trapped in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli blockade. Word that the U.S. State Department was canceling her scholarship came after Abu Kawik, 23 and a computer engineering student, went through a lengthy process that included interviews, exams and an English test. &quot;I was building my hope on this scholarship,&quot; she said Friday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c7a58e5-cd98-4e1c-876d-984e5dd479f2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c7a58e5-cd98-4e1c-876d-984e5dd479f2.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian student Hadeel Abu Kawik is seen at her home in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2008. Abu Kawik was supposed to spend next year in the United States on the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program, but now it appears she will remain where she is now &amp;#8212; trapped in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli blockade. Word that the U.S. State Department was canceling her scholarship came after Abu Kawik, 23 and a computer engineering student, went through a lengthy process that included interviews, exams and an English test. &quot;I was building my hope on this scholarship,&quot; she said Friday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rhodes Scholars' Accomplishments Impress</title>
<description><![CDATA[A translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a boxer from the Bronx and an ultimate Frisbee player were among 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Tarm]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/18/1106419-rhodes-scholars-accomplishments-impress</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/18/1106419-rhodes-scholars-accomplishments-impress</guid><category>guantanamo-bay</category><category>us-news</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:08:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rhodes Scholars Named for 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/18/1105397-rhodes-scholars-named-for-2008</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/18/1105397-rhodes-scholars-named-for-2008</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>rhodes-scholars</category><category>scholars</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:35:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>