With heavy hearts, we remember Andrew J. McKenna Sr., a 1951 Notre Dame graduate who generously supported the McKenna Center and its ‘South Bend Entrepreneurship and Adversity Boot Camp’ for budding entrepreneurs.
At the Pulte Institute, we’re focused on identifying and resolving the systemic causes of the border crisis — versus just dealing with its effects.
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On November 18th, The Pulte Institute for Global Development, in partnership with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, hosted a book talk for “Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty.”
Five Notre Dame experts, including three from the Keough School, recently presented new research at the United Nations that offers guidance on how industries can sustainably manage water resources and preserve human access to safe, clean water.
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” – Plutarch
A recently published article, titled “Behavior of Private Retailers in a Regulated Input Market: An Empirical Analysis of the Fertilizer Subsidy Policy in Nepal” has been co-authored by Shriniwas Gautam, evidence and learning associate with the University of Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development.
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.
In an article published by USA Today, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Acting Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development and engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame, remarks on hurricane recovery efforts and the role that building codes play in damage mitigation.
In an article published by Newsweek, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Acting Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development and engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame, shared her team’s findings on how buildings that were up-to-date on building codes weathered Hurricane Ian better than those which were out-of-date.
In an article published by WalletHub, Paul Perrin, Evidence and Learning Director at the Pulte Institute for Global Development, remarks on the roles of—and possible steps for—local authorities, the media, and educational institutions in the struggle to increase vaccination rates in the US.
On August 24, 2022, legal, governance, and water experts from the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with BHP—an Australian-based multinational mining company—presented an actionable framework for the proactive implementation of the right to water during World Water Week.
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.
Dr. Paul Perrin, Evidence and Learning Director at the Pulte Institute, recently joined USAID’s Agency Chief Scientist Dr. Ticora V. Jones in an installment of the “Conversations at the Intersection: Leveraging Scientific Research to Strengthen the Development Evidence Base” seminar series.
The associate professor will discuss the People’s Republic of China’s strategies for asserting party control over religion, especially through sinicization, which calls on religious believers to integrate party loyalty into all aspects of religious life. She'll offer recommendations for how Congress and the Biden administration can effectively advocate for freedom of religion in China.
Four researchers from the Pulte Institute recently presented at USAID's Higher Education Global Evidence Summit, which aims to improve higher education systems’ support of socio-economic development worldwide by focusing on three themes: Innovation, Employability, and Private Sector Engagement.
Kenya’s 2013 Basic Education Act expanded the number of national schools and increased student body diversity quotas based on the act’s guiding principles: the “promotion of peace, integration, cohesion, tolerance, and inclusion,” and the fostering of “the spirit and sense of patriotism, nationhood, unity of purpose, togetherness, and respect.” This change in the policy made it possible for researchers with the Ford Program in Human Development and Solidarity to explore the effects of increased student body diversity on selected principles of trust and tolerance.
A team of civil and environmental engineers at the University of Notre Dame is racing against time to create a new framework for community recovery from natural disasters, educate homeowners on risks and encourage incentives for climate-resilient homes before the next extreme event hits.
Proposals were awarded in four tracks: Convening, Research Accelerator, Infrastructure & Services, and Partnerships. After a substantial review process, the Institute funded 13 projects that involve collaboration among all colleges and schools and are intended to generate translational value for societal benefit.
The Pulte Institute was honored to welcome 25 emerging professionals from 17 African countries to the University of Notre Dame for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program. This was the first in-person version of the Fellowship since 2019, and Fellows and staff alike were thrilled by the opportunity to create connections face to face.
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.