Health and Society

Distance Learning in Rural Communities

In this interview, Hannah Chandler, GC-DWC research associate, and Mary Wangui discuss the unique challenges parents and students face when adopting distance learning strategies...

Earth Day

Disruptions to the System

In this interview, Hannah Chandler, GC-DWC research associate, and Samuel Mukundi discuss the disruptions COVID-19 has caused to the community and education systems in Kenya.

A Value-Based Education

Joining from Kenya, the GC-DWC picks this interview up midway through with John Mugo, Director of the ZiziAfrique Foundation. In this excerpt, John shares a collaborative...

Take 10 for the Planet

Check out this new library and learn more about water, energy, business, history, and the environment. More than 50 videos and podcasts are organized and categorized by subject...

Firefighters and PFAS: Occupational Heath and Environmental Health

Prof. Graham Peaslee from the Notre Dame Department of Physics discusses his recent research on PFAS, their impact on the body and the environment. A group of chemicals, Per- and...

Study of Earth Day at 50: Good weather increases commitment to environmental activism, can lower birth defects

Climate change has been a hot-button issue for decades and has ramped up in recent years, culminating in the September 2019 Climate Strike — reportedly the largest climate...

Education

The Burden of Lockdown: Understanding Gender Inequality in the Midst of COVID-19

It will come as no surprise that, in many countries of the world, housework and care are still mainly seen as ‘a woman’s job.’ Despite many having full- or part-time work,...

From Classrooms to Radio

Dr. Anasthasie Liberiste-Osirus explains how the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child’s Strong Beginnings initiative, in partnership with ACE Haiti’s Read...

Producing a Radio Show

Cyril Pressoir from the GC-DWC’s Strong Beginnings team discusses the details of producing a radio show during COVID-19 in Haiti. Learn about the team’s creative efforts to...

A Student’s Work to Help Italy Deal with COVID-19

As campus shuts down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we speak with Paolo Mazzara ’23, an undergrad who is spending quarantine aiding Italian healthcare workers.