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The onset of spring has brought numerous awards for peace studies doctoral students at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute.

Bill McKibben, a prominent author, professor and environmentalist, will deliver the 22nd annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics & Public Policy on April 12 (Tuesday) at 4 p.m. in the McKenna Hall Auditorium at the University of Notre Dame.

The University of Notre Dame’s 2016 Student Peace Conference will take place on April 8–9, 2016, at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. 

Notre Dame sophomore Rebecca Blais (political science and peace studies) has been elected undergraduate student body vice president for the 2016-17 academic year.

Garrett FitzGerald, a first-year doctoral student in Peace Studies and Political Science (Political Theory), has been named the John and Judy Scully Fellow in Peace Studies.

Two scholars specializing in conflict, peace, and religion have joined the Kroc Institute as Visiting Research Fellows for the Spring 2016 semester.

Matthew Chandler, a Notre Dame doctoral student in sociology and peace studies, has been named the Steven D. Pepe Ph.D. Fellow in Peace Studies for the 2015–2016 academic year.

Emily Maiden (right) is earning a Ph.D. in political science and peace studies and Kathryn Scrafford (left) is pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology and peace studies.

Professor Hooker is an experienced mediator, facilitator, and peacebuilder who has worked with communities, governments, and international NGOs and civil society organizations.

Tanisha Fazal has been awarded a research grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation to investigate the human and financial costs of war. Those costs are escalating, she says, despite a reduced fatality count.

Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded to juniors for work related to the research themes of the Kellogg Institute or the Kroc Institute.

The Kroc Institute wishes you peace and good cheer during this holy season and in 2016.

Led by Prof. George A. Lopez, "Teaching Peace in the 21st Century" will be held June 13-17, 2016, at the University of Notre Dame.

The student peace conference committee seeks submissions from undergraduate and graduate students. Early submission deadline for papers is December 22, 2015.

After arms are laid down, what determines if peace is to last? Peter Wallensteen's Quality Peace sets out to answer this question.

The University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies invites applications to its Ph.D. Program in Peace Studies.

The 2015 Prize, awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, is a "surprising choice," Wallensteen says, that highlights the work of civil society in the midst of a national crisis.

The doctoral program is a partnership with the Notre Dame Departments of Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology and Theology.

Three scholars specializing in conflict and peace have joined the Kroc Institute as Visiting Research Fellows for the 2015-16 academic year.

Fall semester classes are now underway at Notre Dame. Here's a sampling of the more than 60 peace studies courses offered this fall.