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Each year, Tufts University grants the Presidential Award for Civic Life to students who demonstrate both academic excellence and civic impact. Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students, the award constitutes the highest recognition for service, leadership and civic engagement at Tufts.
The Henry Luce Foundation hopes to enhance understanding of Asia by offering work opportunities across Asia for future American leaders. UK graduate Taylor Hamilton’s field of interest will be in community development and urban resilience.
Emory College alumna Layan Ibrahim has been named to the 2023-2024 cohort of Luce Scholars. She will expand her research into neuropsychiatric disorders and the role religious cultures place in diagnosis and treatment.
The Luce Scholars Program provides a year’s internship in an Asian country related to the scholar’s interests. The program is designed to provide an extended period of exposure to an Asian country for highly qualified young Americans who lack extensive knowledge of Asian affairs and who would not gain this knowledge through their normal career…
COURTESY OF NIHAAL RAHMAN Rahman aims to become a pediatrician. Senior Nihaal Rahman was one of 18 students to be named a Luce Scholar last month. Founded in 1974, the prestigious scholarship is awarded annually by the Henry Luce Foundation to provide students with professional training to elevate their understanding of Asia. Each scholar is assigned to work with an organization somewhere in Asia based on their interests. This year’s program will last from August 2021 to July 2022. Rahman transferred from the University of Virginia to Hopkins as a sophomore. Though he entered college as a...