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Katherine Ross | Thursday, September 9, 2021
A panel of scholars convened over Zoom Wednesday to speak about the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the severity of climate change and how humanity can adapt to a reality of extreme weather. The scholars called for a change in behavior for the future while humans still have the chance to prevent
Trevor Lwere | Monday, October 12, 2020
Exactly 75 years ago, as World War II raged on, leaders of the Allied Powers and their allies met in San Francisco to design a post-war world order. The United Nations (U.N.) was, thus, born with the primary aim of maintaining international peace and stability. In the 75 years since its founding, there has not
Observer Staff Report | Sunday, May 3, 2020
Emeritus political science professor Gilburt Loescher died Tuesday of heart failure at 75, Notre Dame announced in a press release. Loescher survived a terrorist attack in Baghdad in August 2003, when he traveled to meet with U.S. ambassador Paul Brenner at the U.N. headquarters at the Canal Hotel. Minutes after Loescher arrived, a suicide bomber detonated
Oliver Ortega | Tuesday, September 24, 2019
When it comes to climate change, Greta Thunberg doesn’t play. The 16-year-old Swedish activist spent last week chastising lawmakers in Washington for their inaction before leading a global climate strike by millions of young people Friday — after sailing across the Atlantic in August on a zero-emissions yacht, deliberately foregoing air travel because of its
Max Lander | Thursday, March 21, 2019
Rachel Kyte, CEO of nonprofit organization Sustainable Energy for All and special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and co-chair of UN-Energy sat down with Ted Fox, executive administrator in the Office of the Provost and host of Notre Dame podcast “With a Side of Knowledge,” on Wednesday evening in the McKenna Hall Auditorium for
Gina Twardosz | Wednesday, September 21, 2016
On Tuesday, several Saint Mary’s students and faculty participated in activities celebrating the International Day of Peace. Campus minister Emily Sipos-Butler said the Day of Peace is a way to commemorate and strengthen acts of peace and nonviolence within the community. “It shines a light on the practice of peace and calls all of use to
Katherine Smart | Monday, April 4, 2016
In 2000, Peru’s president was removed from office and an international commission was put together in order to uncover the truth about the violence that had been occurring since 1980 by both terrorist organizations and Peru’s own government. Unfortunately, since strong enough reparations did not follow the report’s release, the Peruvian government and people have
Aidan Lewis | Friday, April 1, 2016
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity for the United Nations Human Rights Council Virginia Dandan spoke about the importance of international solidarity in a lecture Thursday afternoon sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Dandan said the goal of international solidarity is to allow local issues to be solved on an international
Kelly McGarry | Monday, August 31, 2015
On August 26, Burger King put out a very flashy and public proposal to McDonald’s. BK invited McDonald’s to “create something special — something that gets the world talking about Peace Day.” That creation: The McWhopper. BK launched an entire website to present their master plan of a Big Mac/Whopper hybrid. The website is complete with
Clare Kossler | Sunday, March 29, 2015
Students and faculty who attended this year’s Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, an annual, student-run event, gathered Friday in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium to hear the keynote address from Gillian Kitley, the senior officer in the United Nations (UN) Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect. Kitley said despite receiving increased support from the