What do you consider to be a “life-changing” moment? For Ambrose Kamya of Uganda, it was the moment he was accepted into the Mandela Washington Fellowship program and placed at the University of Notre Dame.
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Professor of Civil Engineering and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the acting William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development for the 2022-2023 academic year. She will serve in this role while Ray Offenheiser, the William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, is on leave.
The University of Notre Dame has celebrated the completion of its first online certificate designed to promote a culture of data use across development organizations. The Data for Development course enrolled a total of 202 learners split into four cohorts between January and May.
The Pulte Institute for Global Development — part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame — has launched the Central America Research Alliance (CARA): a network focused on delivering evidence-based advocacy by amplifying the work of Central American scholars and practitioners.
Danice Guzmán presented at the inaugural meeting of the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership For Peace Act (MEPPA) Partnership for Peace Fund (PPF) Advisory Board on Wednesday, April 13.
In an article published by Voices of America, Michael Sweikar comments that the global nature of the war on Ukraine makes it especially challenging for aid groups looking to deliver relief.
On February 2, the Pulte Institute’s Education and Entrepreneurship Division met with three Indiana legislative offices to share the importance of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
The tool created for USAID by the Pulte Institute’s Evidence & Learning Division, Purdue University, and Catholic Relief Services has been named a top resource for 2021 by the USAID-supported Marketlinks platform.
The Pulte Institute celebrates the often untold story of the Peace Corps and Notre Dame. Alumni and staff share their unique experiences with the Peace Corps, Father Hesburgh, and their career paths to global development.
The Pulte Institute's Tom Hare and María Estela Rivero Fuentes have co-authored an op-ed in The Hill about the waning democracy in Central America.
Students and staff explain how experiential learning can advance social entrepreneurship teaching and post-graduation success.
“Beyond the Border: The Realities of Migration from Central America” is a three-part series hosted on the ThinkND platform; sessions will be held on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. EDT beginning Sept. 29 and ending Oct. 13.
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.
The Pulte Institute Student Fellowship program supported five students in a three-week virtual engagement with Social Entrepreneurship Corps and Centro Explorativo in Guatemala.
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.
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.
A group of Notre Dame researchers have played a key role in developing MERL Tech’s State of the Field Series, which was launched in July 2020.
In a recent publication of the Latin America Advisor, a daily publication of The Dialogue, the Pulte Institute's Tom Hare answer's the featured question about the best way for El Salvador to handle gangs.
VIDEO: Ray Offenheiser speaks at a Mass Technology Leadership Council (Mass TLC) event focused on the future of higher ed and work in light of COVID-19.
When the coronavirus canceled their plans, these Notre Dame students chose to pursue experiential learning through the Virtual Social Entrepreneur Corps Program: an internship program designed to sustain livelihoods and create opportunities in Guatemala and Ecuador.
Theresa Puhr, 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. Puhr is the second individual to receive the award, which was created in honor of Ray Offenheieser, director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, an integral part of the Keough School.
USAID has partnered with the Pulte Institute to find solutions to making evidence-based, informed decisions when engaging the private sector. The result was the development of a unique new tool called the Private Sector Engagement Evidence Gap Map.
In a recent Chronicle of Philantropy op-ed, Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on America’s food system and proposes policy changes to ameliorate the crisis.
Pulte Institute Executive Director Michael Sweikar joined the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition to advocate for the U.S. to continue to play a global leadership role through development and diplomacy during the pandemic.
A co-authored article documents the partnership between Notre Dame and Catholic Relief Services as they seek to fight poverty and inequality worldwide.