Alumnus Justin Hadad named Carolina’s 53rd Rhodes Scholar

Posted Nov 22, 2021
University of North Carolina alumnus Justin Hadad has received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which funds study at the University of Oxford in England. Hadad ’21 majored in economics and applied physics and minored in Latin. At UNC, he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Honors Carolina laureate, and entrepreneur. (UNC.edu)

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