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22 posts tagged "peace"

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From the Future: Interdisciplinary paths to peace

Spencer Kelly | Monday, March 6, 2023

The issues of peace that dominate the headlines tend to focus on graphic displays of violence: war, shootings, assault. These issues are important. Still, the pursuit of world peace goes beyond addressing immediate, obvious violence. The Notre Dame Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, a leading peace research center, notes that peace studies is an

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Cardinal discusses ‘atrophying’ just war framework at Notre Dame Forum event

Peter Breen | Thursday, March 2, 2023

A cardinal, an imam, a general and a lawyer together contributed to Wednesday’s Notre Dame Forum event in McKenna Hall titled “New and Old Wars, New and Old Challenges to Peace!” Following an introduction by the evening’s moderator, Kroc Institute’s director of Catholic peacebuilding studies Gerard Powers, University President Fr. John Jenkins explained his decision

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University flash panel discusses potential outcomes of Russia-Ukraine war

Liam Kelly | Thursday, January 26, 2023

“The only solution is to defeat Putin sooner rather than later,” Taras Dobko, vice-rector of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) said during a virtual flash panel on the war in Ukraine hosted by the Nanovic Center for European Studies Wednesday afternoon. Dobko was joined by Law School professor Mary Ellen O’Connell and political science professor Michael

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The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s education

BridgeND | Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Mahatma Gandhi once said,“If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children.” If we are to begin with the children, we are to begin with their education. A quality education contributes not only to socioeconomic progress, but also to the holistic development of the individual. I

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Former Colombian president discusses climate, peace in Keough panel

Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Former Colombian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos headlined a panel on environmental protection and peacebuilding at the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Washington, D.C. office Tuesday. He and other panelists discussed the relationship between climate change and international conflict, advocating for action on environmental risks to foster peace in climate-vulnerable countries.

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What we can learn from Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq

Vince Mallett | Friday, March 12, 2021

Last week, Pope Francis became the first Catholic pope to visit Iraq. Throughout his visit, he gave a series of remarks that repeatedly emphasized one theme: peaceful fraternity between different religious groups. The Pope pulled no punches and made no equivocations about the absolute need for peace in the search for justice, remarking in his

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Gender studies professor speaks on women’s roles in fight for peace

Genevieve Coleman | Thursday, October 22, 2020

The Saint Mary’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) hosted Notre Dame gender studies professor Ashley Bohrer who spoke in a presentation titled “Disturbing the Peace: A Feminist Defense of Conflict in a Time of Rebellion“ on Wednesday as a part of International Education Week. The talk was co-sponsored by the gender and women’s studies

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Kroc Institute monitors implementation of Colombia peace deal

Tom Naatz | Friday, November 1, 2019

In 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist rebel group. The accord ended a five-decade long civil war in the South American country in which 220,000 Colombians died. While many groups have a hand in overseeing the accord’s implementation, one such group working on

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Kroc Institute helps Colombia implement milestone peace accord

Alexandra Park | Monday, September 17, 2018

Notre Dame prides itself on being a research institution and one of its research projects is having a direct, real-time impact on international peace affairs. The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has been using its academic research on peace accords to work with the nation of Colombia to monitor and track the implementation of

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Architecture students aim to reconstruct Aleppo

Teagan Dillon | Tuesday, March 6, 2018

As part of their design studio, nine architecture students are engaging in a semester-long project aimed towards reconstructing Aleppo, Syria, a city destroyed by years of civil war. Associate professor of architecture Lucien Steil, who leads the project, said it aligns with the University’s mission of using architecture to create a better world. “Taking a

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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