Scholars

The 2025 cohort of George J. Mitchell Scholars has been announced. Named in honor of former U.S. ... Senator George Mitchell for his contributions to the Northern Ireland peace process, the scholarships cover the costs of a year of…

The 2024 class of Rhodes Scholars has been announced and will be headed to the University of Oxford ... next fall.getty The newest cohort of Rhodes Scholars from the United States was announced Saturday. This year’s class of 32 students…

The inaugural cohort of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Photo Credit: Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) recently announced the inaugural cohort of Freeman…

Seven Bay Area high schoolers have been named 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars, an honor awarded to only 161 students in the nation. Three were honored for general academic excellence: Annmaria K. Antony, San Jose, Harker School Elane Kim,…

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has named the first class of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars. The ... program is named in honor of the Freeman A. Hrabowski, President Emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County. (Photo by Marvin…

President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) established the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program in 1964.Bettmann Archive The 59th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars has been announced. This year’s group consists of 161 outstanding high school…

The Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University is the largest fully endowed graduate fellowship ... program in the world.getty The 2023 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University were announced this week. This is the…

Seventeen Bay Area students have been selected as semifinalists for the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the country’s highest honors for graduating high school seniors. Established in 1964, the awards recognize…

Emily Chamlee-Wright and Ryan Stowers Shot of colleagues celebrating during a meeting.Getty Images/iStockphoto/gradyreese A majority of Americans believe that a four-year college degree is not worth the cost. That’s the eye-catching…

The Truman Scholarship was created by an act of Congress in 1975 in honor of President Harry S. ... Truman.Bettmann Archive The 2023 class of Truman Scholars has been announced by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. This year’s…