/ en /projects-peace/school-health-student-reflects-her-summer-working-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. 2025-11-03T10:32:30-0500 Heather Wilpone-Welborn 23531 /projects-peace/wl-student-empowers-her-community-through-davis-projects-peace Anshika Patel ’26 spent her summer scaling up an initiative offering public health education and vocational training in her community. 2025-08-27T10:33:35-0400 Kelsey Goodwin 23425 /projects-peace/two-colgate-students-lead-projects-peace-abroad The students’ projects address issues of substance abuse, mental health, and women’s health internationally. 2025-08-27T10:21:32-0400 Tate Fonda 23424 /projects-peace/three-luther-college-students-empower-youth-timor-leste-and-bangladesh-through Da Silva and Nguyen’s project, “Empowering Timorese Youth through Enhanced Education: Building a Future of Change and Progress,” focuses on education, leadership training and civic engagement for high school students living in rural areas. 2025-07-28T11:51:51-0400 Luther College 23331 /projects-peace/reed-announces-2025-projects-peace-grantees 2025-06-17T10:38:55-0400 Bennett Campbell Ferguson 23224 /projects-peace/wls-anshika-patel-26-receives-davis-projects-peace-grant Patel plans to expand the reach of Wings of Women, the community-driven initiative she founded in her home country of India. 2025-05-10T07:02:37-0400 Emily Innes 23146 /projects-peace/unc-students-focus-grant-native-american-skin-cancer-prevention-efforts Two UNC students, junior Urvi Patel and sophomore Khizra Ahmad, recently received a $10,000 grant from Projects for Peace for their research in skin cancer prevention in Native American communities.  2025-05-09T11:05:25-0400 Anthony Locklear 23140 /projects-peace/desang-tenzin-28-awarded-projects-peace-grant-improve-monastery-living-conditions Economics and computer science double major Desang Lhaki Tenzin ‘28 grew up in Bhutan, where many monasteries face significant resource challenges. 2025-05-09T10:58:58-0400 Meghan O'Toole 23139 /projects-peace/dominic-needham-umaine-2025-co-salutatorian The Projects for Peace alum is a microbiology major and member of the Honors College 2025-05-09T10:51:46-0400 The University of Maine 23138 /projects-peace/portfolio-building-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) 2025-05-09T10:35:16-0400 Nosipho Vilakazi 23137