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From imagining running the Olympic 1500m to galvanizing the hearts and minds of those who believe in the power of education. Dr. Mark Berends , Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at Notre Dame, talks about looking forward while reflecting on the incredible dedication and spirit of...

The University of Notre Dame received $222.7 million in research award funding for fiscal year 2021. This is more than $42 million over the previous record and the first time the University has surpassed the $200 million mark. “In the face of a most difficult year, Notre Dame’s faculty and staff...

Luis Fraga , the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of Notre Dame, was invited to testify at the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on “The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights...

Dr. Chloe Gibbs , a Fellow in the Institute for Educational Initiatives and ND PIER Faculty Committee. member, received a research grant through the AERA-NSF grants program for a project entitled, The War on Poverty and Higher Education Access: Educational Attainment and Intergenerational Effects of...

From daring to compete as a race car driver to discovering how the transactional nature through which children’s interactions with their family, community, and culture can shape the course of their development. Dr. Kristin Valentino , Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families...

Congratulations to Professor Anna Haskins on winning the 2021 William Julius Wilson Early Career Award. The award is bestowed by the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in recognition of Anna's excellent contributions to the study of inequality. Her...