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January 31, 2023

The GC-DWC receives $600,000 award to create WCD training center in India

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received a $600,000 award from Porticus, a global philanthropic organization, to create a whole child development (WCD) training center in India. The GC-DWC will serve as the anchor organization for...

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Imagine Tomorrow Today: What could we do?

In the inaugural conversation of our new education, forward-focused series, Imagine Tomorrow Today, Neil Boothby, Fr. Lou DelFra, and Danta Bien-Aimé explore the compatibility of faith and science in activating the Church to invest in child development and learning: Thinking globally and acting...

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February 17, 2022

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child receives $3.4 million to support resilient education in Haiti

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received three grant awards totalling $3.4 million to fund resilient education programming in Haiti. These awards — from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the LEGO Foundation and USAID — build on Notre...

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The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame Secures $1.1 Million Grant to Advance Whole Child Development in India

Notre Dame, Indiana— The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) in the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from Porticus to continue its groundbreaking work in advancing Whole Child Development (WCD)...

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Notre Dame's For Good Initiative Hosts Panel Discussion Featuring GC-DWC Director, Addressing Opportunity to Lead Global Change

February 29th, 2024 — The University of Notre Dame’s For Good initiative recently hosted a panel conversation featuring professor and director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), Neil Boothby, in conversation with Dr. Carrie Quinn, pediatrician and executive...

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December 15, 2023

Advance Copy: Neil Boothby

Welcome to Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, home to the University of Notre Dame’s initiatives advancing its long-standing commitment to the future of K-12 schools. Meet: Neil Boothby Just Launched: Invest in our Youth...

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December 14, 2023

New Series for ThinkND Explores the Critical Nature of the First 1,000 Days of a Child's Life

December 13th, 2023 — Why is getting it right in the first 1,000 days of life critical for individuals, communities, and nations, and what does the science tell us? Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), answers these questions in a...

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September 28, 2023

Panel Discussion Explores the Synergies Between Science and Faith, and Notre Dame’s Unique Position to Lead Global Change

September 27, 2023— Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, and Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, the director of pastoral life for the Alliance of Catholic Education (ACE), recently hosted a panel discussion alongside Dr. Carrie Quinn, the executive...

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August 29, 2023

New book explores link between science and faith to champion change for the world’s most vulnerable children

Imagine a conversation between a psychologist and priest that investigates how science and faith can converge in ways that help some of the world’s most vulnerable children. Neil Boothby and Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., have that conversation in their new book, Invest in Our Youth . Boothby, the founding...

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January 13, 2023

Director Neil Boothby outlines education challenges in 2023

As we look ahead to 2023, the Institute for Educational Initiatives asked center directors what they feel are the most pressing issues facing education. Neil Boothby, Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, discussed out-of-school children as a major obstacle facing...

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