Connections — Spring 2009

Letter from the Director

Looking Back...

Paul Collier Lecture Inaugurates Ford Program

The Kellogg Institute formally inaugurated the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity on September 25, 2008, with a lecture by Paul Collier, one of the world’s leading experts on African economies and the challenges of international development. Read More...

Bringing Uganda Martyrs University to Notre Dame

The partnership between Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) and Notre Dame was strengthened when Dr. Charles Olweny, UMU’s vice chancellor, David Nnyanzi, UMU and Notre Dame’s assistant director for research and outreach, and two UMU undergraduate students visited campus in November 2008. Read more...

Undergraduate Research Conference Draws a Crowd

Judging by the numbers, Ford’s first annual undergraduate research conference, “Innovation in the Service of Human Dignity,” held Nov. 7 and 8, 2008, was a success even before it started: registration had to be closed three days beforehand when it exceeded 250. Read More...

Notre Dame Alumni Visit the Ford Program in Uganda

Former Indiana governor and South Bend mayor Joe Kernan (ND ’68) and his wife Maggie Kernan visited Uganda with the Ford Program in the fall while Joe Loughrey (ND ’71) and his nephew Galen Loughrey (ND ’05) joined Robert Reilly (ND ’79) and his wife Lindy Reilly (ND ’79) for a weeklong trip in the spring. Read More...

Visiting the Millennium Villages Project and the AMPATH Project

Lacey Haussamen represented the Ford Program during recent visits to Millennium Villages project (MVp) sites in Uganda and Kenya, as well as to the Kenya headquarters of Indiana University’s Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) project. Read More...

Notre Dame Students Keen to Discuss Development

This spring, the Ford Program sponsored a series of four academic events, entitled “Discussions on Development,” which addressed pressing topics related to international human development. Drawing crowds of up to 100 participants, the events reflect the high level of interest and enthusiasm for development-related issues among students, faculty, and South Bend community members. Read more...

Happening Now...

Developing Partnerships

In collaboration with Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), the Ford Program is building an exciting partnership with Purdue University focused on research and community engagement in Uganda. Read More...

Ford in the Field: Community Engagement Update

After spending two years building invaluable relationships with individuals and organizations in Uganda and learning about the challenges faced by those living in Nnindye, its partner village, the Ford Program is poised to invest in community-driven development projects in Uganda. Read More...

Getting to Know David Nnyanzi

When the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity was looking for its first staff person to be based in Uganda it is unlikely that anyone on the search committee imagined they would find the match they have in David Nnyanzi. Read more...

Looking Ahead...

Notre Dame and Purdue Faculty to Visit Uganda

For one week this June, nine members of Notre Dame and Purdue University’s faculty and administration will visit Uganda to observe Ford Program activities, meet with academic and institutional partners, and think critically and creatively about ways to expand the role of research in our community projects. Read More...

Rahul Oka Joins the Ford Program

This fall, as a result of collaboration between the Ford Program, the Kellogg Institute, the Department of Anthropology, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Rahul Oka will join the Notre Dame faculty as an assistant professor of anthropology. Read More...

Duncan Green Returns to Notre Dame to Teach

For two weeks in September 2009, the Ford Program will host Duncan Green when he visits Notre Dame to teach a special short course based on his recent, acclaimed book From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World. Read more...

Thank you and best wishes to Tim Lyden!!

Assistant director of the Ford Program moves on after three years of dedicated service to the University of Notre Dame. Read more…