News and Information

PeltonFr. Pelton’s Romero Film Honored by LASA
Faculty Fellow Rev. Robert Pelton, CSC’s film Monseñor, the Last Journey of Óscar Romero has received the 2012 Award of Merit in Film from the Latin American Studies Association.

Robert FishmanFishman on Portuguese Financial Crisis
Rather than refuting the Portuguese success story, current austerity measures in Portugal are the result of international dynamics, says Faculty Fellow Robert Fishman. Read interview in Visăo.

Fernando Enrique CardosoCardoso Honored with $1 Million Prize
Former president of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a distinguished sociologist and public figure with longtime ties to the Kellogg Institute, is the 2012 recipient of the John W. Kluge Prize.

Joseph KaboskiKaboski: Microfinance Yields Mixed Results in Thai Study
A study coauthored by Faculty Fellow Joseph Kaboski suggests that microfinance programs may not always be the most cost-effective tool to fight poverty.

Karen RichmanRichman Wins Award for Creole Course
The online Creole course that Faculty Fellow Karen Richman created to build connections to Haitian culture has won the 2012 Award for OpenCourseWare Excellence.

Bob & MollyResearch on Religion and Public Health Wins Templeton Grant
Faculty Fellows Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, and Molly Lipscomb have been awarded a $279,000 Templeton Foundation grant to support their research on the role of religious organizations in promoting public health initiatives in Africa.

Michael CoppedgeVarieties of Democracy Project Releases Pilot Study Data
Data and interactive visualizations are now available from the Kellogg-supported “Varieties of Democracy project, which has just completed a pilot study that generated indicators of nearly 200 aspects of democracy for 12 countries from 1900 to 2011.

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Highlights and Events

Fr. Hesburgh

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, who served as president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, and who was instrumental in establishing the Kellogg Institute, turns 95 today.

Guillermo O'Donnell

Events

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Saturday, May 26

Friends of the Kellogg Institute Reception
at the XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association
8:30 pm to 10:00 pm - San Francisco, California

Friday, June 1

Please join us for an open house.
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hesburgh Center Great Hall
(across Notre Dame Avenue from the Eck Visitor Center)

Thursday, June 7

"Brazil: Has the Future Come?"
Discussion with:
Sérgio Fausto, Executive Director of the Fundação Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Denis Mizne, Executive Director of the Lemann Foundation.
12:30 pm - C103 Hesburgh Center
To attend this event, please register with Therese Hanlon kievents@nd.edu.

 

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