Impact Stories
UWC is about people - students, teachers, alumni, donors, parents, and many more - who are making an impact to the world: from the most glamourous initiatives to the smallest acts of kindness, here are their stories.
Alumni (84) Arts (26) Education (16) Entrepreneurship (1) Gender (4) Giving Back (4) Medicine (11) Politics (24) Profile (58) Refugees (24) Short Courses (1) Students (18) Sustainability (25) Teacher (7)
- Palliative Care Doctor is Expert in Compassion
- On Peace-Building and Cultural Competency in Emergency Medicine
- Using Genetics to Make a Difference
- Refugee Alum Making Change Through Engineering
- Enhancing Emergency Medicine Education
- Transforming Global Health Research
- Saving Lives at Sea
- The never-ending Extended Essay: UWC Alumnus on his way to curing Parkinson’s Disease
- Fighting Health Care Access Inequality
- Creating Change through Medical Relief Work
- Inspired Alumna Runs for Office in New Mexico
- UWC Alumni Featured at Gates Foundation Event