University of Notre Dame seniors Thanh Nguyen and Farah Khashman will be honored as the winners of this year’s Yarrow Award in Peace Studies. The award is given annually by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to an undergraduate student or students who demonstrate academic excellence and commitment to service...
Walking down Hastings Street in Vancouver, Canada, the air feels crisp. Honking horns, activated car alarms, and idling motors create a rhythmic hum and energy to the area, one decorated by expansive tent encampments. Commonly referred to as “Tent City,” this stretch of Hastings features a string of homes made...
For the first time ever, two graduate students have been tapped by the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame to receive the prestigious annual Hesburgh Global Fellowship simultaneously. Haleemah Ahmad, who graduates in May 2023 with a master’s in global affairs with a concentration in...
The fall 2023 semester at the University of Notre Dame will mark a homecoming of sorts for Tim Fort. A “double Domer” – Fort earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Notre Dame – he will teach his first course at the University, through the Kroc Institute for International Peace...
Report coincides with President Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland this week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
A new policy brief, released April 11 by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies…
A spotlight was thrown on the University of Notre Dame’s community engagement and its value to South Bend in a recent three-day workshop with local community leaders.
Organized by the City’s Division of Community Initiatives, the March 21-23 training focused on developing mediation competency and was led by…
The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, endowed by Joan B. Kroc and sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, is an annual gathering organized by students for students. Celebrating its 30th year, its mission is to provide space for undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities across...
Members of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies family – alumni, staff, faculty, graduate students, and visiting and faculty fellows – made their presence felt at the 2023 International Studies Association Conference…
The Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame announced the winners of two prestigious awards, the annual Hesburgh Global Fellowship and the inaugural Howard S. Brembeck Fellowship.
Sarah Nanjala, who graduated in December 2022 with a master of global affairs…
Notre Dame psychology professors Laura Miller-Graff and E. Mark Cummings have developed an intervention and support program to support Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza who are affected by ongoing conflict there. The two have worked in partnership with Palestinian organizations for years to develop a program...
What began as a professional friendship nearly 30 years ago has blossomed into a full-fledged academic partnership that spans the globe, many time zones, and several institutions.
Professor Laurie Nathan…
Citing the important work of previous popes and U.S. Catholic bishops over the past 60 years, Cardinal Robert McElroy, bishop of San Diego, led a discussion on the moral challenges of war and nuclear arms at the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday (March 1).
As part of the 2023 International Women's Day, Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, director of the Peace Accords Matrix at Notre Dame, has been recognized as one of seven outstanding women who are innovating in their fields to help the University become a powerful means for doing good in the world.…
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia from 2010 to 2018, will be the principal speaker and receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May 21.
Myla Leguro, M.A. ‘10, has been selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award, an annual honor that showcases Notre Dame peace studies graduates whose careers and lives exemplify the ideas of international peacebuilding. Leguro will receive this prestigious award in person on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at...
The Strategies for Sustainable Peacebuilding: Implementation and Policy conference was held on Nov. 14-15, 2022 at Yale University. A novel concept related to scholars, practitioners and peace accords took flight, thanks to the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the Jackson School of...
Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School and Concurrent Professor of International Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will be one of the distinguished speakers at the first international summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military...
As part of its ongoing commitment to advance and promote research and creative endeavors in the College of Arts and Letters, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA) recently awarded dissertation fellowships to twelve doctoral candidates. Among those selected were three current Peace Studies doctoral students at the...