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Amartya Sen to Receive Notre Dame Award
The Nobel Prize–winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen will receive this year’s Notre Dame Award for International Human Development and Solidarity at a campus ceremony on April 17.
 Javeline Draws Lessons from Aftermath of Beslan Violence
Anger and political alienation may be motivating forces for peaceful activism, says Faculty Fellow Debra Javeline, who is studying why victims of horrific violence in Beslan have not retaliated in kind.
 Carozza Named Director of CCHR
Faculty Fellow Paolo Carozza has been appointed the new director of the Law School’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR).
Kellogg Hosts IFE-Sponsored Forum for Mexican Political Party Leaders
In the first-ever event of its kind, the presidents of Mexico’s seven major political parties are coming together in Chicago on January 12 to share their visions for Mexico’s future in dialogue with leading Mexico experts. (View live stream here. 1/12/12 - 10:00 am EDT)
 Bergstrand Discusses New Currency Agreement in NYT
Faculty Fellow Jeffrey H. Bergstrand discusses the impact on world trade and the US dollar of the decision by China and Japan to start direct trading of their currencies. Read NYT article…
 Jensen Shares Concerns about Confucius Institutes
Faculty Fellow Lionel M. Jensen weighs in on the debate over Chinese-funded institutions in American higher education. Read article on Inside Higher Ed…
 Remembering Álvaro Camacho Guizado
The Kellogg Institute has lost a good friend and colleague in Colombia, former Visiting Fellow Álvaro Camacho.
 Research to Improve Sanitation in Africa Gets $1 Million Boost
A research project designed by Faculty Fellow Molly Lipscomb and two collaborators has received Gates Foundation funding.
 Can Crowdsourcing Help Bring Housing to the World’s Poor?
A “Shelters for All” competition is part of an NSF-funded project led by Faculty Fellow Tracy Kijewski-Correa that aims to bring safe, affordable housing to developing communities.
 Archbishop Louis Kébreau of Haiti Receives Notre Dame Prize for Public Service
Archbishop of Cap-Haitien Louis Kébreau was awarded the 2011 Notre Dame Prize for Distinguished Public Service in Latin America at a ceremony in Haiti.
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Thursday, January 26
Joseph Kaboski
"The Macroeconomics of Microfinance"
12:45 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
Friday, January 27
Africa Working Group Lecture
12:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
Tuesday, January 31
Tracy Kijewski-Correa
"An Empowerment Model for Sustainable Residential Reconstruction in Léogâne, Haiti, after the January 2010 Earthquake"
12:30 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
Thursday, February 2
Asli Baykal
"Neither Postsocialist Nor Transitioning: The Pressures of Living Under Uncertainty in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan"
4:00 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
Friday, February 3
Ignacio Vazquez Molini
“New Multicultural cities in the XXI Century: Common Challenges of the Cities of Chicago and Lisbon”
4:00 pm - McKenna Hall Room 200
Saturday, February 4
International Career Workshop
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