Two college students from New York have won prestigious Rhodes scholarships that will take them to Oxford, England, for two years of special studies.
Paolo Singer is a Harvard University senior from the Bronx. He says he's interested in finding solutions to urban poverty -- especially in the developing world. Last year, he worked as a White House intern.
The other New York winner is Isabel Beshar, from Rye, in Westchester County. Beshar is a senior at Yale University, where she is studying biology and the history of science and medicine. At Oxford, she plans to pursue a master's degree in medical anthropology. She has worked as a medical volunteer in Panama and Ecuador, and has published papers on diabetes research.
Thirty-two U.S. Rhodes Scholars were announced Saturday.
