Two Columbia Students Named 2025 Projects for Peace Fellows
Congratulations to Nina Kornfeld (CC’26) and Gulnazik Bakhramova (GS’26) on being named 2025 Projects for Peace recipients!
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Bringing Financial Education to Women via Projects for Peace
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.
Bridge2Rwanda Fellow, Bienfait H. Mugenza, Promoting Peace Through Entrepreneurship in the DRC
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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.
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.
Bard College Student Aleksandar Vitanov ’25 Named a Schwarzman Scholar
by Bard College
Projects for Peace alum Aleksandar Vitanov ’25 has been announced as a recipient of a prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship for 2025-26
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.
Steven Mukum ’26 Receives Two Awards Geared to Students at Forefront of Social Change
Projects for Peace alum Steven (Tuti) Mukum has received both the John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship and The Diana Award
Pratyush Seshadri (UNC ’25) Named Marshall scholar
The Projects for Peace alum and Morehead-Cain scholar will continue his studies in economics at the University of Oxford.