Eight Yale students from the United States five undergraduates and three recent alumni will be studying in Britain and Ireland next year as either Rhodes or Mitchell Scholars.

Seven of the students were awarded 2013 Rhodes Scholarships for study in Britain. This is not only a record number of Yale students chosen in one year, but Yale boasts the highest number of U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2013.

In addition, a recent Yale graduate has received a George J. Mitchell Scholarship for study in Ireland.

Among the most prestigious awards for international study, Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 at the bequest of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes. The award provides all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England to those students who best exemplify "academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness and leadership potential." Each year, 83 students from over 20 countries are selected to receive the award, The 32 students in the 2013 American Rhodes Class were chosen from a pool of 838 applicants.

Jennifer Bright (Davenport 13)

Bright is an ethics, politics, & economics major who plans to pursue a masters degree in public policy at Oxfords Blavatnik School. She is interested in the legal, medical, economic, and political aspects of urban public health policy and has held internships related to that field, including a Liman Summer Fellowship. She is editor-in-chief of the Yale Undergraduate Law Review and president of the Yale Urban Collective.

David Carel (Pierson 13)

Carel is an economics major who plans to earn an M.Phil. in comparative social policy at Oxford. Fluent in Zulu and Hebrew and a leading advocate on issues relating to AIDS, Carel performs in a West African dance troupe and teaches Rukdan Israeli dancing. He has done community work in South Africa, the country of his parents birth. At Yale Carel co-founded a technology start-up, and he plans on a career in development.

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7 Rhodes + 1 Mitchell = 8 prestigious scholarship winners from Yale