Two Students From Dallas Awarded Rhodes Scholarships
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Two scholars from Dallas, will continue their studies at the University of Oxford in England next year as recipients of coveted Rhodes scholarships.
Melissa McCoy and John Mikhael, were among 32 Americans announced as winners Saturday by The Rhodes Trust.
McCoy, who graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012, will pursue a master of science in environmental chemical engineering at Oxford. At Georgia Tech she co-founded an organization focused on the problem of post-disaster water scarcity, a pilot of which was run with the Red Cross in a Chilean town destroyed by an earthquake. McCoy more recently studied at Singularity University at NASA Ames Research Park in California.
Mikhael, a 2013 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he researches cognitive neuroscience, will pursue a doctorate in neuroscience. At MIT, Mikhael majored in mathematics and focused he research on the algorithms that "underlie our ability to perform functions such as language and social perception," according to The Rhodes Trust. He holds U.S. and Lebanese citizenship and worked as a tutor and lecturer in Syria and Lebanon.
Rhodes scholarships cover all expenses for two or three years of study at Oxford. They are awarded to students based on academic achievement, character, unselfishness, respect, potential for leadership and physical vigor. About 1,750 students sought their university's endorsement for the prize this year.
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