Nkosana Masuku and Ludmila Mero, members of Notre Dame’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) 2021 class, were recognized at last week’s International Symposium on Climate Change and Governance in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the new startup…
“To reach universal access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene by 2030, the current rates of progress would need to increase fourfold,” the United Nations says. The Keough School’s Sustainability and Human Rights Initiative (SHRI) is working to achieve that goal.
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In 2021, the Pulte Institute was selected by the U.S. Department of State for a program facilitated by the U.S. Embassy in Algiers to accelerate the pace of STEM learning in the North African country. The goal was for the Pulte Institute, along with other Notre Dame partners, including the IDEA Center,…
Water scarcity now threatens the health and development of communities around the globe. And climate change intensifies the problem, pushing governments to find more innovative, collaborative ways to address water stress. That’s why we need new metrics to monitor and assess Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene or WASH interventions, says Pulte Institute Evidence and Learning Associate Director Danice Brown Guzmán.
It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror.” What the U.S. sold as a grim but necessary surgical strike for democracy and stability in the Middle East worsened the conditions in which women and children live.
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The devastating toll offers a stark reminder of the urgent need for global communities to strengthen infrastructure to withstand natural hazards like typhoons and earthquakes.
