Two Macalester Students Awarded Project for Peace Grants
Both students will travel to their home countries this summer to lead community-based programs centered around youth engagement and education.
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Mariah Jackson ‘27 to Honor her Mother’s Legacy as Union’s Latest Projects for Peace Winner
Jackson’s project aims to address the disproportionality in discipline rates between student groups in the school district and the correlation of suspensions with increased dropout rates and involvement in the legal system.
W&L’s Anshika Patel ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant
by Emily Innes
Patel plans to expand the reach of Wings of Women, the community-driven initiative she founded in her home country of India.
Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries
Ruth Olujobi ’25 and Victor Souza ’26 have each received a Projects for Peace grant to work on self-designed initiatives in Nigeria and Brazil.
UNC students' focus grant on Native American skin cancer prevention efforts
Two UNC students, junior Urvi Patel and sophomore Khizra Ahmad, recently received a $10,000 grant from Projects for Peace for their research in skin cancer prevention in Native American communities.
Desang Tenzin '28 Awarded Projects for Peace Grant to Improve Monastery Living Conditions
Economics and computer science double major Desang Lhaki Tenzin ‘28 grew up in Bhutan, where many monasteries face significant resource challenges.
Dominic Needham: UMaine 2025 Co-Salutatorian
The Projects for Peace alum is a microbiology major and member of the Honors College
From Portfolio Building to Peacebuilding
The Lekelela Initiative aims not only to create peace but also to address the roots of its absence: the lack of educational support that can alter the trajectory of young lives. (1856)
Narjis Nusaibah ’26 Receives Projects for Peace Grant Funding Breast Cancer Screenings in Bangladesh
Nusaibah is majoring in chemistry and economics at Carleton.