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.
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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)
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.
Bard Student Grace Miller-Trabold ’26 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant
by Bard College
Miller-Trabold’s project will provide resources for youth workshops on Indigenous Oaxacan textile traditions.
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
Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22 named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar
by Julia Mongo
The MIT alumnus will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.
A Childhood Dream
Engineering student wins Project for Peace grant to establish technology center in Tanzania