University of Iowa senior named Rhodes Scholar

Rob Daniel
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City

A senior at the University of Iowa has been named a Rhodes Scholar and will study at the University of Oxford in England next year.

Renugan Raidoo, 20, a senior in chemistry and anthropology from Sioux Falls, S.D., was selected as one of 32 American college students for the award by the Rhodes Trust. A Rhodes Scholarship, which provides all expenses for two or three years of study at Oxford as well as a stipend for living expenses and transportation to and from England, is arguably the "most famous academic award available to American college graduates," according to a news release.

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