Press

Mentions, features, and recognition. The full awards table is on the résumé.

Mentions

2018

Ken Ruto '20 Named Second Runner-Up in Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge ↗

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Profile on Flux and the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge win, with direct quotes on what inspired the project.

2019

Summer Centered: Ken Ruto '20 Confronts the Water Crisis ↗

Haverford College

On the Center for Peace & Global Citizenship fellowship summer building Flux in Nairobi, and "Distro," the geospatial mapping toolkit that led into MapWASH.

Awards & recognition

AwardOrganisationYear
UN Best Innovation Award Global Handwashing Day 2020
Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winner ↗ Cisco 2018
Social Shifters STEM Global Winner Social Shifters 2021
Haverford Innovation Fellow Haverford College 2018, 2022
Center for Peace & Global Citizenship Fellow Haverford College 2019
Initiative for Longtermism in Africa Research Fellow ILINAF Foundation 2022
Nominated Member, Sigma Alpha Pi National Society of Leadership & Success
William P. Jeffcock Scholar Haverford College
The Bruce D. Gorchow Scholar Haverford College
Sondra Lee Spar International Scholar Haverford College