Hamden native named Rhodes Scholar

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A Harvard College student from Connecticut has been named a Rhodes Scholar.

Hamden native Julian Gewirtz was one of 32 Americans given the prestigious honor Sunday. They will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University in England.

Gewirtz is a senior history major at Harvard who has won prizes for his poetry and speaks fluent Mandarin. He is publisher of the Harvard Advocate, a columnist for the Harvard Crimson and writes about China-related issues for the Huffington Post.

He attended the private Hopkins School in New Haven.

Gewirtz intends to pursue a degree in modern Chinese studies at Oxford.

Seven students from Yale were also named Rhodes Scholars.