A college student from Minnesota is among the 32 Americans who have been chosen as Rhodes Scholars and will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University in England.
Ahmed M. Ahmed, of Rochester, will pursue a master's degree in research in organic and medical chemistry at Oxford. The Rhodes Trust announced the scholars-elect for 2017 Sunday.
Ahmed is a senior at Cornell University majoring in biology. He has tutored students in organic and general chemistry and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. He is a first-generation Somali immigrant whose family emigrated to the U.S. from a Kenyan refugee camp.
http://www.kare11.com/news/local/student-from-minnesota-chosen-as-rhodes-scholar-for-2017/354245317
Ahmed M. Ahmed, of Rochester, will pursue a master's degree in research in organic and medical chemistry at Oxford. The Rhodes Trust announced the scholars-elect for 2017 Sunday.
Ahmed is a senior at Cornell University majoring in biology. He has tutored students in organic and general chemistry and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. He is a first-generation Somali immigrant whose family emigrated to the U.S. from a Kenyan refugee camp.
http://www.kare11.com/news/local/student-from-minnesota-chosen-as-rhodes-scholar-for-2017/354245317
