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Meet our 2025 Rhodes Global Scholars Elect, Karla Bayas and Wilhem Hector 🌟 Pictured here with Global National Secretary, Muloongo Muchelemba at the Global Scholarship selection weekend in Rhodes House.   Wilhem is a student from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His long-term goals are split between pioneering Haiti’s renewable energy infrastructure and expanding hands-on opportunities in the country‘s national curriculum. Outside studying, he enjoys planning events and playing basketball.   Karla shares: "I am the first Ecuadorian awarded the Global Rhodes Scholarship, enabling me to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Oxford and take pivotal steps toward my goal of becoming a judge dedicated to challenging systemic abuse, human rights violations, and environmental injustice." We can't wait to welcome you back to Rhodes House in 2025, Karla and Wilhelm! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who made #TechAndSociety2024 a powerful gathering of ideas, innovation, and inspiration✨   This year’s Forum explored how thoughtfully-developed technology can drive positive change, empower communities, and uncover opportunities to transform our shared future.   Together, our community—extending beyond Scholars and partners—gathered with curiosity and optimism, to envision a future where technology enhances societal well-being and global sustainability.   We hope you left feeling energised and motivated for what's ahead. What insights are you taking away from the day?   The Rhodes Forum on Technology & Society was made possible through the generous support of our donor Kevin Xu and our valued partners: Equitech Futures, Atlantic Fellows, and the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre. Sorina Campean, Patrick Pichette, Jeffrey Fasegha, Ahmed Achchak, Fola Adeleke, Francesca Bosco, Mike Sexton, Atharv Gupta, Heba Chehade, Olivier Desbiey, Maya Van Leemput, Abhilash Mishra, Judy Boniface-Chang, Samuel Darko, Alison Marshall, Dr Vuyane Mhlomi (MBChB, MBA, DPhil), Gruia Badescu, Cindy Frewen, FAIA, PhD, Dr Jo Morrison, Georgia Nicolau, Nicole M-M'Carthy, Christopher Luwanga, Erika Wagner PhD, Stephanie Wan, PMP, Mark Bautz, Eddie Mandhry, Leah Thompson, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Rachel Carrell, Georgie Thurston, Nayana Niji, Richard Hughes, Jaskirat D. #Technology #Innovation #Sustainability #Leadership #AI #SpaceExploration

The day is here! The Rhodes Forum on Technology & Society 2024 is about to kick off. We're looking forward to a day full of keynotes, panels, interactive sessions and the chance to meet and mingle with fellow changemakers. Our #RhodesScholars are ready to welcome delegates at Rhodes House! #TechAndSociety2024

Congratulations to the incredible Global Rhodes Scholarship 2025 Finalists! ✨ ⭐ Valerie Aguilar Dellisanti #Peru & Brown University ⭐ Karla Bayas #Ecuador & Universidad San Francisco de Quito ⭐ Mouna Chatt #Denmark & The University of Edinburgh ⭐ Mariam Habib Matta #Egypt & The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ⭐ Wilhem Hector #Haiti & Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⭐ Nino Nadirashvili #Georgia & Duke Kunshan University ⭐ Ruslan Peredelskyi #Ukraine & Bates College ⭐ Karina Piotrowska #Poland & Durham University ⭐ Ananda Santos Figueiredo #Brazil & Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⭐ Celestine Wenardy #Indonesia & Stanford University This week, ten outstanding young changemakers joined us at Rhodes House to interview for the Global Rhodes Scholarships - an opportunity to connect with each other, meet Rhodes Scholars and staff, and explore life at the University of Oxford. Sincere thanks to the universities that nominated these exceptional finalists and to the referees who supported their applications. It was a pleasure to meet each and every one of you, and we’re excited to see where your passion and talent will lead! The Global #RhodesScholarship offers a fully funded, transformative postgraduate education experience at the University of Oxford. It’s available to applicants from countries not covered by a Rhodes constituency, and to apply you must be nominated by your university. Applications for 2026 open on 1 June, learn more via our website: https://lnkd.in/dpksrAcd

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With only 3 days to go, we asked #RhodesScholars what they are most looking forward to at the Rhodes Forum on Technology and Society ✨ We can't wait to welcome speakers and attendees from around the world to Rhodes House and online on Saturday 2 November to explore the impact and potential of technology and innovation in a rapidly changing world 🌎 In-person registrations have now closed, but you can still register to attend online ➡ bit.ly/TechAndSociety2024 #TechAndSociety2024 Hatim Hussain

This International Internet Day, we're celebrating #RhodesScholar Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of The Algorithmic Justice League that works to challenge bias in decision-making software using art, advocacy and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligence. 🌐 In her book 'Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines', she reflects on where her search for truth began: "While my mother asked questions of colours, my father asked questions of cells. In the midst of their explorations, I began to ask questions about computers. (...) And so it was that, surrounded by art and science from a very young age, I was emboldened to explore, to ask questions, to dare to alter what seemed fixed, and also to view the artist's and the scientist's search for truth as common companions." ⚖️ 🔎 Learn more about the Algorithmic Justice League at www.ajl.org or read about Joy's journey at www.unmasking.ai 📷 Photo by Naima Green   #InternationalInternetDay #JoyBuolamwini #EthicsInAI #TechForGood #UnmaskingAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlgorithmicBias #HumanCenteredAI #TechEquity

💡 Announcing Anna Rosling Rönnlund as keynote speaker at this year's Rhodes Forum on Technology & Society.   Along with her husband Ola Rosling and father-in-law Hans Rosling, Anna co-founded Gapminder Foundation, an independent educational non-profit promoting a fact-based worldview. A visionary innovator and entrepreneur, she has invented new educational solutions to understand the world with facts instead of fiction at Gapminder, as Senior User Experience designer at Google, and as co-inventor of information visualiser software Trendalyzer.   #TechAndSociety2024 will bring together visionaries from science, technology, arts, and social innovation on Saturday, 2 November at Rhodes House in Oxford and online. In-person registrations are now closed, but you can find out more and book your online ticket here: bit.ly/TechAndSociety2024   #AnnaRoslingRonnlund #Gapminder #Innovation #DigitalTransformation #UserExperience #DataVisualisation #RhodesForum #Technology #Society #Oxford

Congratulations to all our #RhodesScholars who matriculated last weekend! 🎓🎊 Ewerechukwu A. Alexandra Wong Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen Samu/elle Striewski Magdalene Mawugbe Oliver Douglas Mothibi Mathivha

What do our upper year #RhodesScholars wish they'd known before coming to Oxford? ➡ Read their advice for our recently arrived Scholars. #RhodesHouse #RhodesScholar #RhodesScholarship #Scholarship #StudyAbroad #Oxford #OxfordUniversity