Two studies led by University of Notre Dame professor Nora Besansky are featured on the cover of the most recent edition of the prestigious journal “Science.” The studies detail genome sequencing work that Besansky has done to better understand the disease-carrying capabilities of mosquitos.
The University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) will convene an advisory committee to create the first set of national measures for urban adaptation. This project will inform adaptation policies and investments that prepare people and their environment for a changed future.
The University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Haiti initiative recently launched its “Haiti Reads” project, an innovative literacy program in 52 Haitian Catholic schools...
On October 30th, 2014, the University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) welcomed key government stakeholders and corporate representatives to Washington, D.C. for the Global Impact Forum...
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) is one of six elite university programs selected for a grant awarded by the new U.S. Global Development Lab. The $219,000 grant awarded to NDIGD, with the potential for an additional $514,000 in the second and third years, is the first co-created project awarded by the Lab. The USAID | Notre Dame Global Development Fellowships will help expand USAID’s Research and Innovation Fellowship Program. The goal for the program is to create a global network of researchers addressing today's most pressing issues in the developing world...
Prefacing the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit convened by the U.S. Department of State this week, the Washington Fellows from Notre Dame and other host institutions came together last week for their own Presidential Summit in Washington, D.C.
A group of students and faculty from the University of Notre Dame completed research in a poor, underserved area of Uganda as a first step toward building a primary school there...
This week, 25 students from across Africa begin six weeks of training in business and entrepreneurship on the Notre Dame campus as part of the Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative.
NDIGD and ND-GAIN will work with faculty and staff from the Universidade Católica de Moçambique (UCM) to assess the impacts of early-warning systems for climate-related disasters...
When USAID announced winners of a new, nationwide competition for innovative projects in the field of democracy, human rights and governance last week, scholars associated with the University...
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies have received a $15,000 grant from AVSI-USA to provide technical expertise...
NDIGD successfully delivered and, with the help of local staff, installed a solar microgrid for the Université de Notre Dame de Tshumbe (UNITSHU) in January, 2014...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded a $445,000 grant to Blue Planet Network, who will lead a global partnership between NDIGD, Africa Ahead, and the International Lifeline Fund...
University of Notre Dame biologists Nicole Achee and Neil Lobo are leaders of an international $23 million research grant...
As part of its commitment to provide training and capacity building in the developing world…
As part of its commitment to provide training and capacity building in the developing world, the University of Notre Dame has partnered with the IBM Corporation...
As part of the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development(NDIGD), a group of collaborators at the University of Notre Dame has received a grant...
The University of Notre Dame Haiti Program has established a partnership with Carribex S.A., one of the largest food
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) was recently awarded a contract from Project Concern International
Under the terms of a new agreement between the University of Notre Dame and Ecuador’s