Study in US: Brown University Senior Named One Of US 32 Rhodes Scholars

The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is granted to 32 recipients from the US annually to support their undergraduate study at Oxford University.

A Brown University senior Ariana Palomo has been selected as Rhodes Scholar Class of 2025. With the Rhodes Scholarship, she will pursue two master's degrees at Oxford, one in global governance and diplomacy and another in refugee and forced migration studies. She wants to make a career in immigration policy.

Palomo commented, “Being named a Rhodes Scholar is a result of the community that raised me and continues to shape me — my family, friends and mentors who have been so essential in my journey. As an immigrant myself, this represents a profound opportunity to continue my work with immigration.”

She is currently continuing to write her honours thesis at Brown University. Commenting about her experience at Brown University, she said, “The Open Curriculum has been invaluable to my experience. Brown’s approach to education facilitated me delving into transnational crime, governance and immigration policy in multiple departments outside of my concentration … I am so grateful to all of the professors that I have taken courses with and worked with outside of the classroom. They have served as salient mentors as I navigate my academics and professional aspirations.”  

Brown University Study On Parent's Health Connection With Children's Development

Brown University's Associate Professor of Epidemiology Annie Gjelsvik co-led a research team on a study which investigated how parental health affects children's development and well-being. The study was also led by Brock Polnaszek, MD, a physician and Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow at Women and Infants Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School.

“I’m thrilled to see research like this come out of the classroom. I generally focus on maternal and child health, so I was excited to collaborate on it. What was particularly interesting was how we approached the family as a unit, rather than looking at parents and children separately. That’s really where the idea took shape," Gjelsvik said.

The study found that there is a significant connection between parent's health and children's well-being.

“The main finding was that a parent’s reported health was associated with their children’s flourishing, specifically physical health. The overall association was clear. However, when we accounted for income, parents’ coping skills and education levels, the association was less pronounced. This suggests that factors like poverty and family resilience significantly impact both parental and child flourishing," added Gjelsvik.

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