UNC graduate Peter Andringa receives Rhodes Scholarship

Posted Nov 22, 2020
University of North Carolina alumnus Peter Andringa has been selected to join the newest cohort of Rhodes Scholars. He was one of 32 Americans selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which funds study at the University of Oxford in England. Andringa is UNC-Chapel Hill’s 50th Rhodes Scholar since the program began in 1902. (UNC.edu)

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