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Join Careers, Life, and Yale for an informal conversation with three Yale seniors whose academic excellence and community service have earned them Rhodes Scholarships for next year! Moderated by Yale College Class of 1974 Rhodes Scholar, Michael Oristaglio, the discussion will be focused on the students’ community work, their Oxford plans, and ways the scholarship has changed over the years. The Rhodes Scholarship was established in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes. To date, 3,610 Americans have won Rhodes Scholarships, representing 327 colleges and universities. This year’s American winners include 16 women and 16 men.

Panelists

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Sophie Huttner ’23

Sophie Huttner, of Sarasota, Florida, is majoring in global affairs at Yale, where much of her academic work and service activity has focused on issues of gender, violence, and forced migration, with a concentration on Latin America. She has worked as a volunteer interpreter for asylum seekers and has been active in community service in New Haven, working as an English teacher for Yale’s Bridges ESL (English as a Second Language) program and as a teacher last summer for the Ulysses S. Grant Program at Dwight Hall. She is the president of the Yale Interpretation Network, in which she helps to provide pro bono interpretation and translation services to nonprofits across New Haven. In her free time, Huttner enjoys learning languages and participating in Jewish life on campus. She plans to complete the M.Sc. degree in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at Oxford.

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Henry Large ’23

Henry Large, of Washington, D.C., is majoring in history and Spanish. He is captain of the Yale Men's Rugby team. Much of his academic and volunteer work is focused on issues related to Latin American migration crises, and he has translated for asylum seekers in Maryland, Connecticut, and California. Large traveled to Peru to conduct research for his senior thesis about the legacy of Hiram Bingham III, a Yale history professor known for his now-controversial excavations at Machu Picchu. He spent last summer interning for a USAID-funded nongovernmental organization in Guatemala City and training with the Guatemalan national rugby team. Large will complete a M.Phil. degree in Latin American studies at Oxford and afterwards plans to serve as an officer in the Marine Corps.

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Veer Sangha ’23

Veer Sangha, of Columbia, Missouri, is majoring in computer science. His academic work focuses on the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to improve healthcare globally. As a researcher at the Cardiovascular Data Science Lab at Yale, Sangha has played a key role in the development of novel AI-enabled technologies that make the detection of cardiovascular disease more accessible in resource-limited settings across the world. He is a recipient of the American Heart Association’s prestigious Elizabeth Bartlett-Connor Research Award. On campus, he is involved in student-led cardiovascular preventative-care efforts. He will pursue a D.Phil. degree in health data science at Oxford. 

Moderator

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Michael Oristaglio ’74

Michael Oristaglio is the co-founder and inaugural director of the Energy Studies Multidisciplinary Academic Program at Yale and a research scientist and lecturer in the fields of energy geoscience and geophysical remote sensing. He also works as a manager for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists on projects designed to advance the science of applied seismology for public benefit. Before coming to Yale in 2009, he spent 25+ years as a scientist and research manager in the geophysical services industry with Schlumberger.

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