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Ekta Shaikh `24 said that the first memory she has of Grinnell is of snow. Originally hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, she said, “It was a bit unreal because I was coming from Karachi, and the first thing I see is snow, just sheets of snow, like white, thick snow everywhere. And that’s how I remember...

The Davis Project for Peace grants offer funding for innovative projects that address critical issues such as health care, education, and human rights.

MIT alumnus Ayomikun “Ayo” Ayodeji ’22 from Lagos, Nigeria, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar for West Africa. He will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall.

Joao Freitas' journey from Brazil to the United States culminated in his decision to embark on a new chapter by going abroad to explore the limitless architectural possibilities that awaited him in the United States.It's

A Wartburg College student has received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to carry out a summer humanitarian effort teaching young girls in Lusaka, Zambia how to make and sanitize

Last year’s unprecedented floods are still haunting people. Though water has receded from most parts of the flood affected areas, a lot has to be done in terms of restructuring. According to reports, floods are estimated to have affected at least...

With impact projects like ours, we believe we can achieve this reality for every young woman in Liberia, across Africa, and in the larger world.

The project, titled “She Codes for Peace – Girl Empowerment through Coding,” used computer coding to connect young women, in Angola and beyond, so they can learn what is possible.

Idaho College students are working on innovative, community-centered and scalable responses to our world's pressing issues by participating in the Davis Projects for Peace.

Courtesy of Charmaine Chau ’24 To kick off Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month earlier this year, two juniors began their prestigious fellowship projects centered around Asian American art and culture. Charmaine Chau ‘24 was awarded $5,000 from the Minor Myers Jr Research Fellowship to travel to Chinatowns across America and film a documentary …