New students in the peace studies program (L-R): Raege Omar, Julie Hawke, Cody Jackson, Will O'Brien, Wasal Faqiryar.

Kroc Institute welcomes five new Ph.D. students, names fellowship recipients

Author: Lisa Gallagher

Five new students representing four disciplines have arrived to the Kroc Institute as part of its interdisciplinary doctoral program in peace studies in fall 2023. Incoming students were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from around the world. These students join the Institute’s 26 other doctoral students, for a total of 31 students in the 2023–24 academic year.

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Myla Leguro graduated in 2010 with her M.A. in the peace studies program.

Myla Leguro to receive 2023 Kroc Institute Distinguished Alumni Award

Author: Lisa Gallagher

Myla Leguro, M.A. ‘10, has been selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award, an annual honor that showcases Notre Dame peace studies graduates whose careers and lives exemplify the ideas of international peacebuilding.  Leguro will receive this prestigious award in person on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 4 p.m., and offer a presentation, “Harnessing the Power of Women in Peacebuilding.” The event will take place in the auditorium at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, and it will also be…

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Prio Mediation

Call for applications: 5-Day PhD course on international mediation: Theory, cases and skills

Author: Lisa Gallagher

Applications are now open for the annual 5-day PhD course on international mediation, hosted by the Research School on Peace and Conflict in Norway in partnership with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.  The course will be held in Oslo on 12-16 June 2023.…

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