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Penn Fourth-Year Annabelle Jin Named 2025-26 Luce Scholar
by Penn Today
Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Skidmore Grad Opens Library in Ivory Coast
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.
Sharing Educational Opportunities To Build a Brighter Future
by Mia Lumsden
Two WPI juniors get youth in their hometown excited about STEM.
A STEM Grows in Ghana
Projects for Peace participants Eleanor Goddard ’25 and Stephen Amankonah Sekyere ’27 bring technology—and hope—to middle-schoolers in West Africa
RMC Alumna Aims to Boost Literacy in Liberia Through Project for Peace Library
Through a $10,000 Project for Peace grant, Birch spent the summer after her graduation helping create a library at Leap of Faith Academy, an elementary school in Liberia’s capital city of Monrovia.
A Childhood Dream
Engineering student wins Project for Peace grant to establish technology center in Tanzania
Recent Grads Win $10K Grant For Project on Peacebuilding in Language Classrooms
Peacebuilding is not just for world leaders and diplomats. In fact, it’s something that educators can and frequently do in their classrooms—especially language educators.
Peace in Russia and Ukraine: Johnnies Build Bridges Between Home Nations via St. John’s-Style Seminar
St John’s students spend summer promoting peaceful dialogue among citizens of feuding nation through seminar-style classes.