The University of Notre Dame received $222.7 million in research award funding for fiscal year 2021. This is more than $42 million over the previous record and the first time the University has surpassed the $200 million mark.
Michael Sweikar, Executive Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, joined members of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition to advocate for the United States to continue to play a global leadership role through development and diplomacy.
The Pulte Institute for Global Development congratulates Raymond C. Offenheiser, the William J. Pulte Director of the Institute and interim Director of the McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business, on his appointment as Professor of the Practice within the Keough School of Global Affairs.
Margaret Adomako, a master of global affairs student in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Raymond C. Offenheiser Fellowship for Active Citizenship.
In an article published by Washington Monthly, Michael Sweikar, executive director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, suggests the current system of providing short-term grants to non-profits, universities, and organizations for two to three years is "deeply flawed." According to Sweikar, "USAID could establish individual endowments with partner organizations, so that there will be more sustainable funding sources for our global priorities."…
Danice Brown Guzmán, associate director, evidence & learning at the Pulte Institute, has co-authored a paper, published in Reproductive Health, that assesses women’s user experiences and perceptions of quality of care during childbirth in Kenya.…
Over the next month, the Pulte Institute for Global Development within the Keough School of Global Affairs, and its partners will be working on an assessment looking at the market share, key characteristics, sustainability, quality, and accessibility of Low-Cost Private Schools (LCPS) in northern Ghana. This assessment is supported through the Institute’s USAID-funded Supporting Holistic & Actionable Research in Education…
The Pulte Institute for Global Development, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, is proud to announce its selection as an Institute Partner for the 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning June 21, the University of Notre Dame will virtually engage 25 of Africa's bright, emerging business leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
In a recent interview with the National Catholic Register, Tom Hare, senior technical associate at the Pulte Institute for Global Development offers thoughts regarding the new administration’s plan to address migration from Central America’s Northern Triangle northward to the US-Mexico border.…
A recent article for BRAC USA, co-authored by Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, discusses the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic and the need to address community health workers on the front lines as heroes.…
In a recent WFYI Indianapolis interview, Paul Perrin, evidence and learning director at the Pulte Institute for Global Development, offers insight regarding the global disparity in access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
"Where do you administer these vaccines? Is it in the health system? Well, what if they're people in remote areas? How do they present to the health system? And so it's not just as simple as saying, we're going to send vials overseas, and people will be vaccinated. There’s a whole series of steps that need to happen.”…
The Pulte Institute Student Fellowship program supported five students in a three-week virtual engagement with Social Entrepreneurship Corps and Centro Explorativo in Guatemala.
Everspring Inc., a leading provider of education technology and services to universities seeking to build or expand their online capabilities, has announced a partnership with the University of Notre Dame to build a series of professional education courses for the Pulte Institute for Global Development, part of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs…
Social entrepreneurship and innovation experts from the Pulte Institute and the McKenna Center will embark on a virtual teaching series examining social entrepreneurship and its relationship with poverty and the private sector.
In a recent Baltimore Sun op-ed, Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, highlights the need for democratic change in the White House.
Dr. Paul Perrin, Director of Evidence and Learning at the Pulte Institute, has co-authored a United States Institute of Peace report which focuses on the implementation of the Global Fragility Act.
With USAID’s support, Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Haiti and Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), in partnership with the Pulte Institute for Global Development, have begun work on Strong Beginnings: Leveraging the home, school and church to develop the whole child in Haiti.
Faculty and staff from across the University of Notre Dame work together to deliver alternative, virtual solutions for USAID's Rule of Law and Culture of Integrity in Paraguay program.
A new book, Honduras: Economic, Political and Social Issues, includes a chapter co-authored by Tom Hare, Senior Technical Associate with the Pulte Institute for Global Development.