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Visiting Scholar Mushtaque R. Chowdhury — former Vice-Chair of BRAC, one of the world's largest NGOs — was the featured expert at a panel discussion on how Bangladesh has translated research evidence to policy and action to reduce health disparities. The South Asian country has emerged as a shining example of a nation making a significant difference in addressing food security challenges to reduce poverty.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week is dedicated to celebrating, recognizing, and empowering entrepreneurs in communities worldwide. During this week, people from around the world come together for local, national, and global events to encourage global economic growth.

One of the most common questions from Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation (SEI) minor students is, "What can I do in social impact after graduation?" To help answer that question and to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week here on campus, the SEI Minor will host two events on November 16th.

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Education can change lives by empowering individuals from marginalized countries — including in Uganda, where Pulte Institute research is being used to lobby for subsidies for low-income learners through tax exemptions for non-state schools.

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The Pulte Institute is working with Philippine partners to conduct a root cause analysis to determine if being taught in the mother tongue when starting school improves or impairs learning outcomes to inform the country’s language of instruction policy — or the official language used in educational institutions. In multilingual countries, such as the Philippines, the choice of the language of instruction is often a complex and sensitive issue.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Growing practices…

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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."

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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.

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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…

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Sept. 30 marks Canada’s 3rd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Pulte Institute’s inaugural director, Ray Offenheiser, reminds us that reconciliation requires the cooperative building of concrete development opportunities, not simply nice words and public spectacle. It also means economic justice.

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Within the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Pulte Institute stands at the nexus of research informing policy on issues such as poverty, sustainability, education, and global development, translating knowledge into practical, evidence-based tools to make a tangible, positive impact on vulnerable…

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The Keough School, in partnership with the Pulte Institute, recently hosted its i-Lab Showcase. The annual event was an opportunity for Master of Global Affairs students to present their summer fieldwork and internships, research and creative activities, conducted in conjunction with partners across the world as part of the i-Lab's Global Partner Experience — a learning-by-doing approach that allows MGA students to work at the front lines of today’s most pressing challenges.

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Communities most vulnerable to climate change are at risk for higher disaster impacts. The increasing threats made the Pulte Institute’s research approach useful to an organization striving to identify the best interventions.

In 2022, Global Ministries,…

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Gautam's article assesses the extent of COVID-19 pandemic disruptions in Nepal on the availability and access of agricultural inputs and the impact on agricultural production and food security. Read full article.

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The Pulte Institute recently welcomed eight new core affiliated faculty members whose work is distinguished by an emphasis on poverty and inequality, and the social dimensions of environmental issues.

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Rivero and Hare's article argues that the association between street code values and delinquency, substance use, and bullying perpetration in Central American youth is not as direct as previous scholarship suggested. Read the article here.

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In June 2023, Pulte Institute researchers visited Capitol Hill to brief Senate Foreign Relations staff and the offices of Indiana’s Sen. Mike Braun and Sen. Todd Young on the impact of the USAID-funded LASER (Long-term Assistance and Services for Research) PULSE (Partners for University-Led Solutions…

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