Bard College Students Ixmucane N. Pereira ’26, João Melo ’26, and Moani Moreira-Laliberté ’27 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grants
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Yale senior receives Projects for Peace award
by YaleNews
Yale’s Christian Baca will use his Davis Projects for Peace grant to create an audiovisual memory initiative for young people in El Salvador.
Penn fourth-year awarded Davis Projects for Peace grant
College of Arts & Sciences student Hemza Tarawneh will lead an effort aiding women and children in two Jordanian refugee camps.
Trinity Students Awarded Two 2026 Projects for Peace Grants
Two Trinity College student-led teams have been selected to receive Projects for Peace grants for summer 2026, joining a long tradition of Trinity students designing community-based solutions for local challenges worldwide.
‘Meaningful change starts with empathy’
by Turna Barua
Turna Barua ’26 facilitates adult education classes in Bangladesh, supported by Projects for Peace grant
Planting Seeds of Hope
Named after the Armenian word for hope, Nana Hayrumyan’s project aimed to “catalyze personal, intellectual, and communal growth” among its 29 Artsakh refugee participants.
Empowering Women and Transforming Africa: Breaking the Gender Lens
“Capital is power. When women entrepreneurs gain access to capital, entire communities move forward and economies grow stronger.”
Two Pitzer Students Promote Environmental Education With Projects for Peace Award
2025 Projects for Peace awardees Sammy Basa ’25 and Zhané Moledina ’25 are creating a community-led education project to preserve Sibuyan Island, a beacon of biodiversity in the Philippines.
School of Health Student Reflects on Her Summer Working With Rohingya Refugees
Isra Satiar (H’26) is this year’s recipient of GU’s Thomas P. McTighe Prize, which is awarded to a student selected to address the opening convocation.