University of Michigan alum Yumna Dagher has been named a 2025 Rhodes Scholar, one of 32 Americans chosen to win scholarships to Oxford University. A recent graduate with double majors in English and in the Program in the Environment, she became the 33rd U-M Rhodes Scholar since the awards were established in 1902.
“I have always wanted to pursue graduate studies, but found myself at a juncture—the possibility of a fully funded graduate education seemed far away,” Dagher said. “Now, heading to Oxford, I hope to gain the theoretical grounding and interdisciplinary training necessary to build projects that honor the kinds of relational practices I witnessed on campus and within Detroit environmental spaces, where stewardship becomes a vessel for building collective climate futures.”
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