The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 in recognition of its role in achieving the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Susi Snyder ’95 , ICAN President was in Oslo to celebrate the achievement of this historic treaty, noting it offers a powerful, much-needed alternative to a world in which threats of mass destruction are allowed to prevail and, indeed, are escalating.
