University of Michigan student Yumna Dagher has been named a 2025 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University.
A recent graduate with double majors in English and the Environment, she became the 33rd U-M Rhodes Scholar since the awards were established in 1902.
“I have always wanted to pursue graduate studies, but found myself at a juncture—the possibility of a fully funded graduate education seemed far away,” Dagher said. “Now, heading to Oxford, I hope to gain the theoretical grounding and interdisciplinary training necessary to build projects that honor the kinds of relational practices I witnessed on campus and within Detroit environmental spaces, where stewardship becomes a vessel for building collective climate futures.”
The Rhodes Scholarship is a prestigious award that provides complete financial support for outstanding students from around the world to study at the University of Oxford. Its purpose is to develop leaders who are committed to public service and international understanding, promoting peace through a diverse, global community of scholars.
The 32 Rhodes Scholars selected this year will begin their graduate studies in October 2026. They will join dozens of international Rhodes Scholars from around the world. Many of those international scholars also studied at U.S. colleges and universities but, as non-U.S. citizens, applied through their home countries.
Dagher will pursue graduate degrees in both nature, society and environmental governance and in visual, material and museum anthropology.
Source : umich.edu