The Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame has elected Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president, effective June 1. He will succeed Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., who…
The aim of Chapter 6 of the United Nations Charter is both broad and thoughtful. It requires countries with disputes that have the potential to lead to war to first seek solutions through peaceful methods. These include “negotiation,…
When Professor Laurie Nathan, director of the Kroc Institute Mediation Program, was a South African graduate student, he was engaged in the anti-apartheid struggle – and fiercely opposed to mediation. He believed that mediators should…
“We have heard the long-expressed hope – spoken with great passion by popes, bishops, and other Church leaders, especially in the West – that the future of the Catholic Church is in Africa,” said Rev. Kenneth Amadi, a Kellogg doctoral…
As the world tunes in to news coverage about the unfolding Israel/Palestine tragedy, Afghanistan shoulders the aftermath of a catastrophic natural disaster -- but without media fanfare. Late in the morning of Oct. 7, the first 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook Afghanistan’s Herat region. About…
When his family moved from the United States back to Bogotá, Colombia, Matthew Bocanumenth suddenly gained a front-row seat to a historic peacebuilding project. The administration…
Call it exercise for education. The annual ‘Fall Frolic,’ a 5k fundraiser hosted by the Montessori Academy at Edison Lakes, took place Saturday, Oct. 21 to raise money for the Montessori classroom at the Center for the Homeless in South Bend. The Montessori classroom is tailored to children…
The world watched in horror and disbelief as Israel/Palestine imploded on Saturday, Oct. 7. The following week saw one of the bloodiest, most violent episodes in the region’s history for both Israelis and Palestinians in their long standing battle, one that isn’t likely to end anytime soon. The…
The Peace Accords Matrix program, part of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has been invited to present to the United Nations’ Security Council at 10 a.m./ET on Friday, Oct. 20. The presentation…
Picture this: A group of intrepid second-year students, brimming with passion and commitment, poised to dive headfirst into a world of transformative experiences. These are the students of the Master of Global Affairs program, specializing…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, welcomes 15 new students pursuing a master of global affairs with a concentration in international peace studies (MGA-IPS). These students are part of…
The Legacy Project, an initiative of the Kroc Institute’s Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), was named the winner of this year’s Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society's…
The University of Notre Dame’s Master of Global Affairs students have been actively advancing gender equality and the rights of women and girls at the United Nations through field placements at UN Women in Geneva. In the past year,…
The two-day Business Horizons Workshop, set for Sept. 26-27, brings Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and Institute for International Business…
Five new students representing four disciplines have arrived to the Kroc Institute as part of its interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Peace Studies in fall 2023. Incoming students were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from around the world. These students join the Institute’s…
For the Kroc Institute’s faculty and staff, the end of the academic year isn’t just a time to relax and enjoy the warm weather. For many, summer brings the ability to travel, conduct research and attend or present at conferences. “Returning from a year of leave at Tantur, Jerusalem, and...