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Initiative for Global Development launches new faculty fellows program with 100 committed

NDIGD has launched its new NDIGD Faculty Fellows program, with 100 interdisciplinary Notre Dame faculty committed to five-year terms through...

October 01, 2019
Notre Dame researchers’ article on resilience, cohesion, and violence involvement in Honduras published in Development in Practice

An article, co-authored in part by two NDIGD researchers, which examines the relationship between two social protective factors and violence...

September 24, 2019
Researcher's co-authored article on Mexican youth voter registration published in Coyuntura Demográfica

An article, co-authored by an NDIGD researcher, which examines the voter registration habits of young, newly eligible Mexican citizens, has...

September 12, 2019
NDIGD launches new podcast hosted by director Ray Offenheiser

NDIGD's new Global Pathways Podcast with Ray Offenheiser features leading policy-makers, academics, researchers, activists, entrepreneurs, and others working to address...

July 05, 2019
NDIGD executive director advocates for U.S. global leadership on Capitol Hill with USGLC

Michael Sweikar, the executive director of NDIGD, recently joined other U.S. global leaders on Capitol Hill to advocate for the...

June 20, 2019
NDIGD to bring leading global policy and practice experts to Notre Dame

NDIGD's new Paul G. Hoffman Policy and Practice Visiting Associates Program seeks to bring leading experts on global policy and...

March 26, 2019
NDIGD unveils new, five-year strategic plan focused on global poverty, inequality

The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) has completed a new, five-year strategic plan, which will be implemented between the...

December 17, 2018
Klau family gift establishes new NDIGD fellowship program, courses

Rick and Molly Klau have made a $1 million endowment gift to the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development for...

October 02, 2018
Notre Dame to bring Michiana organizations, Latin American entrepreneurs together for third year

The University of Notre Dame will welcome 14 new business and social entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean...

September 20, 2018
NDIGD researcher’s article on sachet water published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

An article, co-authored by an NDIGD researcher, which explores the results of a study on the quality of bagged sachet...

July 26, 2018
Social Science & Medicine publishes Notre Dame researcher’s co-authored paper on IDP mental health

An article, co-authored by Paul Perrin, the monitoring and evaluation director at NDIGD and a concurrent associate professor of practice...

July 11, 2018
Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., welcomes 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows to campus

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and some 100 guests from across the University and the...

June 25, 2018
Notre Dame researchers’ new violence risk assessment tool

An article, co-authored in part by two NDIGD researchers, which details the creation of a new violence risk assessment tool...

April 04, 2018
Executive director of NDIGD named concurrent faculty in the Keough School

Michael Sweikar, the executive director of the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), has received a concurrent faculty appointment...

April 02, 2018
NDIGD's researcher's co-authored paper on CHOICE program in Indonesia published in Maternal and Child Health Journal

An article co-authored by a researcher at the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), which examines the results of...

February 23, 2018
Two policy papers by NDIGD researchers appear in University of Minnesota's Reconsidering Development

Two policy papers, authored by researchers at the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), have been published by the...

February 14, 2018
Notre Dame awarded $1 million to increase research output of universities in the West Bank

The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development will host a number of residencies, which will bring Notre Dame and West Bank...

February 07, 2018
VIDEO: Fellow Final Thoughts, Xolani Ndlovu

Xolani Ndlovu, a financial market specialist from Zimbabwe and participant in the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame,...

October 16, 2017
VIDEO: Fellow Final Thoughts, Jacqueline Lawrence Mwakyambiki

Jacqueline Lawrence Mwakyambiki, a media owner from Tanzania and participant in the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Notre...

October 13, 2017
VIDEO: Fellow Final Thoughts, Aminu Yunusa Yusuf

Aminu Yunusa Yusuf, a a banker from Nigeria and participant in the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Notre...

October 09, 2017
Notre Dame to Host 10 New Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows

The University of Notre Dame will welcome 10 business and social entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean beginning...

October 02, 2017
VIDEO: NDIGD Fellow provides Final Thoughts

Stella Sata-Rukayi, a wealth consultant from Zambia and participant in the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Notre...

August 14, 2017
NDIGD Researcher’s Paper on Clean Cookstoves in Uganda wins Rural Sociological Society Competition

Lila Kumar Khatiwada, a monitoring and evaluation specialist at the University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), has...

August 02, 2017
25 Young African Leaders to Travel to Notre Dame for 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship

The University of Notre Dame will welcome 25 bright, emerging African leaders to campus beginning June 16 (Friday) for a...

June 09, 2017
Paulsen and Perrin Named Concurrent Faculty in Keough School

Melissa Paulsen, associate director of education and training programs, has been appointed concurrent assistant professor of the practice. Paul Perrin,...

June 02, 2017
VIDEO: Highlights from the 2017 Notre Dame Global Pathways Forum

On April 24, 2017, the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) gathered its partners from the private, government, and...

May 16, 2017
Notre Dame to send Students Abroad to Tackle Global Development Issues

The University of Notre Dame is sending nine students abroad to address pressing global development challenges through research as part...

April 04, 2017
Coca-Cola’s Curtis Etherly to deliver Keynote at 2017 Notre Dame Global Pathways Forum

Curtis L. Etherly, Jr., the director of federal affairs and international stakeholder relations for The Coca-Cola Company, will deliver the...

March 29, 2017
NDIGD to Lead Long-term Impact Evaluations of USAID Development Projects

Retrospective impact evaluations will be conducted across various sectors and regions, including environment and sustainability, education, health, agriculture and food...

February 24, 2017