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This September 2018 photo provided by Louis-Henri Merino shows Alaleh Azhir in Los Angeles. Azhir, a 21-year old senior at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, is among the latest crop of American Rhodes scholars, which has more women than any other single class. The New York City resident who emigrated from Iran when she was 14 years old, hopes to eventually become a doctor and will be studying women's and reproductive health at Oxford. (Louis-Henri Merino via AP)

Rhodes scholar class features plenty of women, immigrants

By PHILIP MARCELO and DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

This August, 2012 photo provided b Jodie Szablowski shows Evan Szablowski at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. Szablowski, of Bakersfield, Calif., is among 32 Americans named as Rhodes Scholars Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. The award provides all expenses for up to four years of study at Oxford University in England. Szablowski, of Bakersfield, Calif., is a senior at the USMA, where he majors in mathematics. He has also studied at Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco, and worked on projects encouraging entrepreneurship in Ethiopia, and on emerging markets in the Czech Republic. Evan is also a triathlete, conducts a West Point choir, and was a member of the first American team ever to win the Sandhurst military competition. At Oxford, Evan plans pursue a Masters in Science in mathematical modeling and scientific computing. (AP Photo/Jodie Szablowski)

New class of Rhodes scholars excited by honor

By Ron Todt - Associated Press