Penn Senior Rutendo Chigora Awarded non-U.S. Rhodes Scholarship

Rutendo Chigora, a University of Pennsylvania senior from Harare, Zimbabwe, has been named one of Zimbabwe’s two recipients of a Rhodes Scholarship which will fund two or three years of study at Oxford University in England. At Oxford, Chigora will pursue a master's degree in public policy.

Chigora, a College senior, is a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and Penn World Scholar pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in international relations and political science, with concentrations in international development and political economy.

“Rutendo is a great representative of the outstanding and dynamic students at Penn,” said Andrew Binns, vice provost for education in Penn’s Office of the Provost. “We are very proud of her success, and we are grateful to the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and to all the faculty and staff who supported her work.”

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