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O' Connell Comments on War Crimes Act

Faculty Fellow Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law, commented on the changes in the War Crimes Act on National Public Radio's All Things Considered program. Listen to the broadcast.

Pelton discusses the influence of Romero in the South Bend Tribune

In the July 4 issue of the South Bend Tribune, Fr. Bob Pelton, CSC, discusses the influence Archbishop Oscar Romero had on his life. Read the article...

Ghilarducci Featured on PBS' "Frontline"

Economist and Kellogg Faculty Fellow Teresa Ghilarducci, a national expert on private pensions, was featured on the PBS program "Frontline." More…

Bergstrand comments on price of gold

In an article “High gold prices can bring profit” in the May 12 issue of the Chicago Tribune, Jeffrey Bergstrand, Kellogg Faculty Fellow and a finance professor in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, discusses why global demand for gold is so strong.

Ferreira Gould awarded FLAD grant

Isabel Ferreira Gould, assistant professor of Portuguese and Brazilian studies, has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) to support Notre Dame’s Portuguese Program. More...

Ghilarducci appointed to Pension Commission

Faculty Fellow Teresa Ghilarducci was named to Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger's special commission to investigate the crisis in Californa's public employees' pension and health funds. This high-profile commission will suggest reforms that may have a ripple effect across the nation. The Commission's report is due January 1, 2008. Read the Press Release. Read the Notre Dame Press Release.

DaMatta Quoted in The Washington Post (February 17, 2007)

Faculty Fellow Roberto DaMatta, Emeritus Professor of sociology, comments on the spectacle of Brazilian Carrnival in The Washington Post (February 17, 2007). Read the story…

Susan Blum in Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty Fellow Susan Blum, anthropology and director of the Center for Asian Studies, writes about the value of going on sabbatical in the February 23, 2007 article “Sleep and the Sabbatical” (Subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education required)

Kellogg Director Scott Mainwaring featured in the elsalvador.com

A Jan. 11 article in elsavador.com discussed a proposed collaboration between the Kellogg Institute, Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios (ESEN) and the Salvadoran Foundation for the Economic and Social Development (FUSADES). The article discusses a proposed scholarship designed to bring faculty from Central American universities to the Kellogg Institute.  Read the article in Spanish or in Google Translator.

Carozza Interviewed in Indian Catholic (Jan. 10, 2007)

Faculty Fellow Paulo G. Carozza, associate professor of law and a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, was interviewed for an article “Benedict XVI on the path to peace.”

Carozza said that the words of Benedict XVI reaffirm what Pope John Paul II had said about peace being the fruit of relationships of justice and solidarity.

Dowd Named to NDMDI

Faculty Fellow Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, assistant professor of political science, has been named director of University of Notre Dame’s Millennium Development Initiative. More...

Recent Publications

Kollman Publishes Book on African Mission History

Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa"Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa" by
Rev. Paul Kollman, C.S.C., assistant professor of theology at
the University of Notre Dame, recently was published by
Orbis Books. More...

Fishman, Messina edit new book on the significance of the euro

The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political Import of Europe’s Common CurrencyRobert M. Fishman, professor of sociology, and Anthony M. Messina, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, have edited a new book titled “The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social, and Political Import of Europe’s Common Currency."

New from Contemporary European Politics and Society Series

Becoming Party Politicians Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade following DemocratizationBecoming Party Politicians Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade following Democratization by Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, assistant professor of political science at the University of Miami.


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