Media Releases

Ngan Bui and Elspeth Collard — have each received $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grants. Projects for Peace is an initiative supporting college students on grassroots projects designed to build peace.

Amara Ugochukwu, a University of Richmond junior from Essen, Germany, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support her project to combat youth unemployment in Nigeria.

Juniors Lexi Cobbs and McKenna Dunbar were selected as finalists for a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, the nation’s premier graduate fellowship for students pursuing careers as public service leaders.

Lina Tori Jan, a 2020 University of Richmond graduate from Kabul, Afghanistan, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support a series of podcasts showcasing the stories of refugees and immigrants from Afghanistan.

University of Richmond students McKenna Dunbar, a junior from Washington, D.C., and Indya Woodfolk, a senior from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant to support a project empowering minoritized peoples related to environmental justice.

Shamim Ibrahim, a University of Richmond junior from Nairobi, Kenya, received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant toward a project to support women’s reproductive health education in Kenya.

Throughout this academic year, the University of Richmond is celebrating 125 years of Spiders, a name that extends far beyond the mascot and refers to the entire community of UR alumni, faculty, staff, current students, and friends.

University of Richmond junior Mike Kitimet grew up in a Kenyan town with no library. Despite this obstacle, he received support from Equity Group Foundation, a non-profit in Kenya, which helps academically talented students apply to colleges around the world.

University of Richmond seniors Fabiana Ayala and Yasmine Karam have been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant for their proposal to support the economic empowerment of women in Bolivia.

Luka Klimaviciute, a University of Richmond senior majoring in international studies, has been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant, which will benefit refugees in her home country of Lithuania.

Projects for Peace has awarded a $10,000 grant to University of Richmond senior Jhewel Fernandez of Brooklyn, N.Y., to assist a library in Brazil print books, connect to the Internet and sponsor workshops for local citizens.

The Projects for Peace competition has awarded a $10,000 grant to Sherzel Smith, a University of Richmond senior from the Bahamas, to help revitalize community farms and provide health services in two villages in Ghana.