OXFORD BOUND: Oeindrila Dube and Nico I. Slate are among the nation’s 32 Rhodes scholars headed across the pond this year. Dube, ’00, plans to research women’s education in developing countries, and Slate, ’01, will study environmental change and management. In addition, Vipin Narang, ’01, received a Marshall scholarship to study chemical engineering and international relations at Oxford.
THE WRITE STUFF: Journalist and author Stanley Karnow received the first annual Shorenstein Award, presented jointly by Stanford and Harvard universities. The award, which carries a $10,000 prize, honors lifetime achievement in helping U.S. readers better understand Asia.