47 Items
Alumni, College/University Partners, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
As she researches China’s green investments in the Middle East for her master’s thesis as a Schwarzman Scholar at China’s Tsinghua University, Aya Al-Shakarchi (Iraq, UWC Robert Bosch College, Concordia ’23) is looking toward the years just ahead.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
Brandon Villalta Lopez (Nicaragua/Costa Rica, UWC Changshu China, Bates ’25) isn’t afraid to perform before an audience—or to examine mysteries of the universe.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Technology, Interview/Profile
After graduating from Ringling College in 2016 with a degree in computer animation, Vladimir Stanishevskii (Russia, UWC Adriatic) returned with his family to Ringling to “teach animation with a kind heart.”
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Interview/Profile
Rojay Robert Bryan (Jamaica, UWC Southeast Asia, Bennington College ’22) chose to matriculate to Bennington because of its open curriculum, and the freedom to design his own path of study. That allowed him to combine his interests in policy, agriculture, and sustainability.
College/University Partners, News Item
Our co-founder Phil Geier was awarded an honor degree by St. Olaf College at this year’s Honors Day Convocation. Geier was on hand to receive the degree and deliver remarks.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Social Impact, Technology, News Item
Connecticut College senior Sophie Demaisy ’24 (Canada, Pearson UWC) will travel to Costa Rica, Brazil, Kenya, Madagascar, and Indonesia to explore sustainable agriculture through coffee production.
College/University Partners, News Item, Program Update
For the tenth time in the past 11 years, the University of Oklahoma has been awarded the Davis Cup in recognition of its enrollment, the largest in the nation, of first-year Davis United World College Scholars.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, News Item
Angel-lee Randone (Thailand, UWC Thailand, Rochester ’24) works as a researcher investigating the long-term effects of repeated concussions on athletes at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Melvin Osei Opoku ’26 (Ghana, UWC-USA) works in a lab at the University of Florida where he helps investigate how certain bacteria can produce organic chemicals called terpenoids.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
Zakia Maryam Najafizada ’24 (UWC Red Cross Nordic) responded to the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of her country, and its resulting barriers to higher education for women, by developing an online English-learning application for Afghan females.
