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 Global Breakthrough Award. The $1,000 win celebrates the research achievements of Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, director of PAM and principal investigator for The Legacy...
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, three graduate students from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and its Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) team have a powerful presence at the inaugural conference for the ISA Latin America and the Caribbean Region (ISA-LAC). Participants include a mix of staff members, faculty, students and alumni of the Institute who will take part...
The two-day Business Horizons Workshop, set for Sept. 26-27, brings Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and Institute for International Business together with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, to focus on bridging the gap between business and peace studies. The first day...
Research fellows and scholars from around the world are arriving at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to begin their terms as visiting research fellows on campus for the 2023-24 academic year. The Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University...
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 26 other doctoral students, for...
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...
Conal Fagan ’21, the first Irish native to serve as the official Notre Dame leprechaun, returned home to Ireland to continue his mission of using sports as a means for social change.
Kellogg Institute Doctoral Student Affiliate and Kroc Institute Ph.D. student Isabel Güiza-Gómez is one of nine women to have been awarded a national fellowships by Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) this year. Every year, GWIS National Fellowship Program recognizes women who are performing hypothesis driven research in STEM and social...
Six University of Notre Dame faculty members garnered seven book awards, including three first-place honors, from the Catholic Media Association. Fr. Dan Groody, C.S.C., professor of theology and global affairs and vice president and associate provost for undergraduate education, took top honors in the Theology–History of Theology, Church Fathers and Mothers...
One month after Russian forces invaded his home country of Ukraine in February 2022, Oleksii Kovalenko MGA ’19 joined Voice of America as an international media journalist based in Washington, DC. Since that time, Kovalenko has worked as part of a team of 30 journalists that produces in-depth coverage of...
After five years of being primarily online, the 2023 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference returned to its former glory this spring, bringing together students from around the world to share their passion for peace studies. The conference, a signature event of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International...
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...
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies celebrates the graduation of its undergraduate seniors who completed either a supplementary major or minor in peace studies, undergraduate students who completed the supplementary major in global affairs with a concentration in international peace studies, Kroc scholars who completed the master of global...
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.
