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College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
When Yuvraj Shah’s (United Kingdom, Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong, Middlebury ’26) grandfather migrated from India to Kenya in 1895, he joined more than 35,000 Indians who helped build East Africa’s infrastructure.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Business & Economics, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
When Rosalia Mwidege (Tanzania, UWC East Africa, Princeton University ’26) arrived at Princeton from Mbeya, Tanzania, she intended to major in economics.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Business & Economics, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
As the 5-Colleges Campus Director of the Hult Prize in 2024, Prince Bashangezi (Zimbabwe, UWC Southern Africa, Pomona College ’27) supported students across the Claremont colleges in applying for start-up funding through a competition partnering with the Clinton Global Initiative.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Politics & Law, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
From Réunion, a French island near Madagascar, Maellynn Karuranga’s (France, UWC Mahindra, Earlham ’26) path to international law began with a chance conversation.
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Gabriela Sarahi Martinez Rodriguez (Mexico, UWC Mostar, Barnard College ’28) has built a record of empowering others through education and storytelling.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
A biophysics and critical diaspora studies double major, Eli Lesher (USA, UWC Thailand, Johns Hopkins University ’27) has immersed themself in humanitarian aid research at Johns Hopkins.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Politics & Law, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
As his family endured two months of Russian occupation in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, “hearing explosions and constantly fearing for their life,” Ivan Dudiak (Ukraine, UWC East Africa, Harvey Mudd ’26) began to wonder if drones could be used to safely scan his homeland for landmines.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
Strongly interested in how today’s nations are shaped by their history, Amherst senior Shreya Joshi ‘25(India, UWC Mahindra College) has put her curiosity to work in a number of archival research projects, both on campus and abroad.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
A research fellow in cardiology for the past three years at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, Raheem Khadour (Syria, UWC Mahindra College, College of the Atlantic ’25) has been chosen to present his work at two national science conferences, and is a contributing author to a paper published in the Journal of Immunology.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
For an eight-minute speech to her college community last fall, first-year student Nana Hayrumyan ’27 (Artsakh/Armenia, UWC Dilijan) shared what she had learned from an experience that is hard even to imagine.
