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Ernesto Verdeja has been appointed director of undergraduate studies at the Kroc Institute.

Kroc professor Asher Kaufman has been appointed director of doctoral studies.

The latest issue of Peace Policy, Kroc's online journal, makes the case for a new approach to security in Afghanistan that includes strong support for Afghan women.

The university community is hosting a peace rally and day-long basketball tournament to show support for sustainable peace in Sudan.

Kroc professor Peter Wallensteen's new book offers lessons for mediators and researchers alike.

"Contending Modernities" focuses on how religious and secular individuals and institutions engage with each other in the modern world.

Kathrin Kranz and Shinkyu Lee are pursuing doctorates in political science and peace studies.

The Kroc Institute is accepting applications for graduate programs that begin in fall 2011.

This volume includes essays from leading theologians, ethicists, and scholar-practitioners.

Bishops from the Great Lakes Region of Africa met in Burundi Oct. 19-21.

Faculty focused on the challenges of teaching peace in the midst of violent conflicts.

New research led by David Cortright highlights the concerns of Afghan women.

A major new research project focuses on Catholic, Muslim, and secular interaction.

Kroc professor Jason Springs has written a new book about theologian Hans Frei.

International law and time-honored ethical traditions prohibit the targeting of civilians in wars. Yet in most recent conflicts, more civilians — women, children, elderly people, and noncombatant men — have been killed than soldiers.

Larissa Fast will travel to Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda for field research.

On Sept. 28, Kroc will screen a new film that follows three men of different faiths in Israel and Palestine.

Applications are now being accepted for doctoral students seeking to begin in fall 2011.

Join us on Sept. 21 to hear U.S. Asst. Sec. of State Rose Gottemoeller, chief negotiator of the New START.

Sixteen new students are pursuing master's degrees in peace studies at Notre Dame.

Charles Villa-Vicencio is this year’s lecturer for the Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace.

Building on themes in a new requiem for victims of terrorism, professors and community members of different faiths will reflect on finding hope in the midst of tragic loss.

More than 40 peace-related classes in disciplines ranging from anthropology to economics await peace studies students this fall.

Online materials for university classes on Islam, peace studies, and terrorism are freely available through Notre Dame’s OpenCourseWare initiative.

Christian peacemakers from across North America will gather on July 28-31 at the Peace Among the Peoples conference in northwest Indiana.

The concept of reconciliation, with its deep roots in many religious faiths, offers fertile ground for scholarly research and rich resources for peacebuilding, says Daniel Philpott.

More than 60 faculty from 19 institutions are attending the Kroc Institute's Summer Institute for Faculty from June 13-18.

New measures adopted by the U.N. Security Council won't build the cooperation with Tehran that will be necessary to resolve the dispute, says David Cortright.

John Paul and Angela Lederach's new book challenges traditional ideas about healing and reconciliation after violent conflict.

Today is the 93rd birthday of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of Notre Dame.