LASER PULSE Blog Archives - Page 2 of 12

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Leveraging and Enhancing the Voices of the Indigenous Peoples of Uganda and Combating Child Trafficking in Karamoja, Uganda

By Betty Bugusu, PhD., Technical Director, LASER PULSE, Purdue University, and Harriet Adong, Director of Communications and Knowledge Management, Makerere University - RAN On August 31, 2023, Makerere University, School of Public Health, ResilientAfrica Network (RAN), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Gulu University Constituent College (GUCC) in Moroto, and Purdue University brought together 89...

By Betty BugusuArticles, LASER PULSE Blog, NewsChild Trafficking, Indigenous Peoples, Uganda0 CommentsRead more...

18SepSeptember 18, 2023

Four key takeaways on early impact of LASER PULSE’s Embedded Research Translation (ERT) model on research for international development

As LASER PULSE’s Research Translation Strategy Lead for the past four years, I’ve had the great pleasure of supporting nearly 50 researcher-practitioner teams on topics as diverse as block chain technology for African indigenous vegetable sellers, to private sector engagement, to increasing mental health and psychosocial support for Venezuelan refugees and migrants. Together with LASER...

By alexandra.towns@crs.orgArticles, LASER PULSE BlogEmbedded Research Translation, ERT0 CommentsRead more...

29AugAugust 29, 2023

Uganda Indigenous People’s Project Featured by Uganda’s NBS TV Station

https://youtu.be/m-JN3hp733Q?si=hfuaxhefhqJPLgEG LASER’s Uganda Indigenous People’s Project has worked for several years to aid Ugandan communities in fighting human trafficking and establishing brighter futures for youth, women, and men. Now, one of the project’s efforts has been recognized by Uganda’s NBS TV station, which attended an event celebrating the 2023 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The event...

By Ross MeyersArticles, LASER PULSE Blog, NewsHuman Trafficking, Uganda0 CommentsRead more...

29AugAugust 29, 2023

Washington Office Event on Shaping Social Cohesion Initiatives in Iraq

Researchers from Notre Dame’s Pulte Institute for Global Development discussed their efforts to identify and restore traditional agricultural methods used by minority groups in Iraq during an event on Tuesday, June 13, at the Keough School Washington Office. The rise of the Islamic State and other sectarian tensions led to violence that killed tens of thousands...

By Jeff-GoeckerArticles, LASER PULSE Blog, NewsAgriculture, Iraq, Pulte Institute0 CommentsRead more...

29AugAugust 29, 2023

Jaclyn Biedronski Receives a 2022-2023 Keough School Recognition Award

Evidence and Learning Coordinator (Pulte Institute) Jaclyn Biedronski recently received a 2022-2023 Keough School Recognition Award for “significant achievement” beyond her regular job responsibilities. Biedronski served as the project manager and oversaw a team of undergraduate and graduate students who worked on updating the LASER PULSE “Private Sector Engagement Evidence Gap Map,” a visual...

By Jeff-GoeckerArticles, LASER PULSE Blog, NewsEvidence Gap, Pulte Institute0 CommentsRead more...

29AugAugust 29, 2023

Melissa Paulsen Selected for University of Notre Dame Presidential Achievement Award

Congratulations to Melissa Paulsen, the Pulte Institute’s director of Entrepreneurship and Education Programs, for her well-deserved University of Notre Dame Presidential Achievement Award. Melissa Paulsen is the program director for Entrepreneurship and Education Programs in the Pulte Institute for Global Development. Melissa advances Notre Dame’s mission to place scholarship and professional practice in service to the...

By Jeff-GoeckerArticles, LASER PULSE Blog, News, UncategorizedNotre Dame, Pulte Institute0 CommentsRead more...

01AugAugust 1, 2023

Informing the U.S. Congress and World About How a LASER Project Helps Revive and Strengthen Traditional Cultural Practices in Iraq

With the development world littered with large, expensive projects, would a small, locally-led intervention attract much attention? Would people want to hear about it? On June 13, 2023, Notre Dame held an update meeting at their Keough School Washington DC Office, briefing DC decision-makers on LASER’s project that supports traditional agriculture in northern Iraq. The...

By Ross MeyersArticles, LASER PULSE BlogIraq, Notre Dame, Pulte Institute, University of Duhok0 CommentsRead more...

26JulJuly 26, 2023

BHA & DDI Evaluation Series Looks at Response to COVID-19

As it is critical to capture key learning from the pandemic response, the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), with Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI), has commissioned an additional evaluation series to understand the performance of the BHA-funded response to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). It includes a Performance Evaluation for the follow-on fiscal year (FY)...

By GingerLASER PULSE Blog, NewsBHA, COVID19, DDI, Tango, Tulane0 CommentsRead more...

A Farmer Field Day was held in Ca Mau province, Vietnam

11JulJuly 11, 2023

Conservation and Introduction of Naturally Salt-tolerant Crops in Coastal Provinces

Saline water intrusion into coastal aquifers is a pressing issue worldwide. In 2021, soils affected by saltwater have accounted for over 10 percent of the world’s cultivated land (FAO, 2021). Vietnam is a country with vast marine resources where up to 1.7 million hectares of land are inundated with saline water each year (Van Nguyen...

By Dang Toan VuArticles, LASER PULSE Blogclimate change, Salt-tolerant Crops, Vietnam0 CommentsRead more...

28JunJune 28, 2023

Efforts to Improve Tanzania’s Education Sector: Engagement with the University of Dodoma, Tanzania May 15-16, 2023

Dissemination of Research Findings Multidisciplinary stakeholders convened in Morogoro, Tanzania over a period of two-day Monday May 15th through Tuesday May 16th, 2023 for an engagement during which results from a project funded by USAID through LASER PULSEwere disseminated. This project, running from April 2021-July 2023, is titled Tanzania Early Grade Social and Emotional Skills and...

By Harriet AdongLASER PULSE BlogEducation, LASER PULSE, Tanzania1 CommentRead more...