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The Kroc Institute announces seniors Alexis Doyle and Leah Landry as the recipients of the 2017 Yarrow Award in Peace Studies.

Asher Kaufman, professor of history and peace studies, has been appointed the John M. Regan, Jr. Director of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, effective July 1, 2017.

  Caleb “C.J.” Pine will present the valedictory address during the 172nd University Commencement Ceremony on May 21 (Sunday) at Notre Dame Stadium.

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

Atalia Omer, associate professor of religion, conflict and peace studies, and David Campbell, Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, will each receive $200,000 toward the funding of significant research and writing.

A new book by Emmanuel Katongole investigates the theological notion of lament as a way to account for the resilience, agency, and innovation of Christian social activists for non-violent change in East Africa.

Junior Rebecca Blais, a political science major and peace studies minor from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has been named a 2017 Truman Scholar.

Each author of the seven articles the International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution are students in the Kroc Institute’s entering Ph.D. class of fall 2013, now in their fourth year.

The University of Notre Dame is sending nine students abroad to address pressing global development challenges through research as part of a grant with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), managed by the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD).

Emmanuel Katongole, Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, has been named a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 2017-2018. 

Orson Sargado, the Head of Office of CRS-Philippines, is spending two months at Notre Dame as a Kroc Institute-CRS Fellow.

On February 17, the Kroc and Kellogg Institutes conducted an intense day of meetings with administrators and faculty from seven Colombian universities from the Bogotá region.

George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies for the Kroc Institute, was honored with the PEACE Distinguished Scholar award during a special ceremony at the International Studies Association (ISA) 58th Annual Convention in Baltimore.

Meet the co-chairs of the Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, an annual event organized by students for students, where they can share their research and network with peers who share their personal passion and academic interest in peace.  

Two scholars have joined the Kroc Institute as Visiting Research Fellows for the Spring 2017 semester.

From Syria to Notre Dame… human rights activist, former political prisoner and current student Majd Alshoufi uses his past experience to create life-changing programs for his fellow Syrians.

Obi Anyadike, M.A. ’97, will receive the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

In his Nobel Peace Prize speech on Dec. 10, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos mentioned the Kroc Institute, which has served as an academic partner in the Colombian peace process and is now engaged with the commission charged with implementing the peace agreement through the Peace Accords Matrix project.

The faculty, staff, and students of the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies wish you peace and good cheer during this holy season and in 2017.

David Cortright, director of the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Special Advisor at the Keough School of Global Affairs, has received Notre Dame's "Media Legend Award.”