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.
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.
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.
Economics and computer science double major Desang Lhaki Tenzin ‘28 grew up in Bhutan, where many monasteries face significant resource challenges.
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)
Two Whitman students will use the $10,000 grant to increase computer access and literacy at a school in Nepal.
by Sonia Paul
Mount Holyoke College student Alexandra Mihailopol ’26 has been selected by Middlebury College as a recipient of a Projects for Peace grant. She will offer financial literacy education to women in rural Romania via her EmpowHER project.
by Penn Today
Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.
A Skidmore College alum who grew up in Anyama, Ivory Coast amidst a decade-long civil war returned to her hometown to open a library.