In an interview with the Pulte Institute, Hellen Inyega, Ph.D., spoke about establishing an equal partnership with academics from the Global North, how she’s overcoming economic, social, and cultural boundaries, and how dynamic partnerships can enable research in complex contexts.
Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi development worker, researcher, academic, and micro-philanthropist, has joined the Pulte Institute for Global Development and the Eck Institute for Global Health as a visiting scholar from September 2023 to February 2024. Chowdhury is contributing to Notre Dame’s collective work to help all people access quality health services, safeguard them from public health risks, and protect all people from impoverishment due to illness or environmental factors.
By providing a more amenable environment for pests that destroy crops, climate change reduces agricultural yields and increases food insecurity. To combat the threat, farms often use excessive and ineffective chemicals that degrade the soil, further diminishing their output.
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Pulte Core Affiliated Faculty Daniel C. Miller, an associate professor of environmental policy, says the Pope's recent apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum "is a powerful affirmation that tackling climate change and caring for our common home cannot be sidelined."
The Pulte Institute conducted a ‘rapid systems’ diagnostic study in Uzbekistan to inform, in a timely manner, the design of new support programs to improve the quality of instruction for children with disabilities — and to proactively guide the process of developing inclusive and accessible classrooms, offerings, and teaching styles to further engage students and better meet their needs.
Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame alum Beatrice Schultz gave an Ignite Talk at the Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit in Washington, D.C., in August 2023.
Following her six weeks at Notre Dame, Schultz…