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The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, is pleased to receive an honorary plaque from Haiti’s Bureau Diocésain de l'Éducation (BDE) of Jérémie. This recognition highlights the GC-DWC's...

Jerry Haeffel, associate professor of psychology , principal investigator of the Cognition & Emotion Lab , and a Fellow at the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). This prestigious...

This story was originally published by Wendy Wilson for the Keough School of Global Affairs. To view the original story, please click here. Education study in Africa prioritizes local engagement in Kenya, Senegal and Uganda. Collaborative research that engages partners on the ground can produce...

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) has awarded the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award to Neil Boothby , Professor and Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) in the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre...

Monica Kowalski , Associate Director of Program Evaluation and Research for the Institute for Educational Initiatives and Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an Initiation Grant from the Research and Scholarship Program of Notre Dame Research . Her project...

When Anaya was in third grade in a primary school outside Hyderabad, India, she was told she would have to arrive an hour before the other students each day to clean the classrooms and toilets. Once she reached her class, she was often isolated, bullied, and overlooked. Because she was born into a...