Twenty-two ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ students have been selected for the highly competitive Class of 2024, including 12 students from Dyson College of Arts and Sciences. They represent only 5 percent of more than 52,000 applications accepted from students at 6,000 colleges and universities in 48 nations.
Students accepted into the UN ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ Fellowship program launch individual or group semester-long projects on their campuses or in their communities relating to one or more of the , 17 objectives focused on bettering our world through social impact projects relating to peace, justice, wellbeing, and sustainability.
Pace has developed a tradition of participation in the ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ Fellowship, and that tradition continues with this yearÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s class of Fellows working on projects that include: the right to know what is in oneÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s drinking water, viewing the Ukrainian war through childrenÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s eyes, reducing the carbon footprint of students in the residence halls, reproductive justice, addressing food insecurity for college students, and advancing human rights for refugees. Fellows will also connect with students around the world and attend enrichment sessions led by their peers and global leaders.
The Dyson students selected for the Class of 2024 include:
Jesse Ciron ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™26, Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media, is creating theater that reflects who we are and who we can become. Discover how this aspiring playwright is using storytelling to champion representation and social change.
WhatÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™s it like to make a full-length documentary in 14 weeks? Hear from Pace student filmmakers and professors as they discuss their journey on Sustain What?, featuring their latest documentary Viola da Terra.
Biology major Kelly Ng and Professor David Boerma are using 3D modeling and evolutionary theory to uncover how the structure of our limbs is shaped by the way we move. Their research explores surprising parallels between humans and Egyptian fruit batsÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ”and may even have implications for injury prevention and medical design.