Kellogg Institute marks 40th anniversary Campus observes Earth Day

By CAROLINE COLLINS a ssociate n ews e ditor

l ast week, the o ffice of s ustainability, g ree nd and other campus organizations observed e arth week to educate students and community members about sustainability and climate change. e arth week culminated on s aturday with e arth d ay, a worldwide celebration 53 years running.

e arth week is a chance for students to engage in environmental stewardship, become more mindful of the world around them and learn about sustainable practices.

“ e arth week is an opportunity to remind our n otre d ame family about how we, as humans, are so interconnected with the world around us. o ur hope is to be able to connect with different members of the n otre d ame community and to enhance the campus’s collective knowledge about sustainability and the multifaceted issues within this area of work,” senior director for sustainability g eory m onday through Friday, the o ffice of s ustainability organized daily campus clean-up challenges. o ne day students were tasked with picking up blue, sidewalk snow-cleaning bristles. a nother day the sustainability team gave out an award for the strangest piece of trash found on campus. d uring the s t. Joseph’s l ake group clean-up Tuesday, participants set off with garbage bags to collect trash around the lake including bottles, wrappers and paper. i n addition to the physical act of clean-up, the o ffice of s ustainability co-sponsored a land acknowledgment and artist talk m onday. The office also offered a tour of the n otre d ame l inked e xperimental e cosystem p atrick’s p ark on Friday.

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By LIAM KELLY and LIAM SISK news writers

This past weekend, the Kellogg i nstitute for i nternational s tudies celebrated its 40th anniversary, reflecting on four decades of global impact through its cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaboration.

a lthough not officially established until 1983, in 1979 h elen Kellogg, philanthropist and daughter-inlaw of w.K. Kellogg — the founder of the well-known cereal company — gave a $10 million donation to the u niversity to establish the institute.

w ith the $10 million the largest single grant ever made to n otre d ame at the time — the institute was tasked with studying “the role of non-governmental forces” and “the growing role of economic developments, technology and such agencies as the c atholic c hurch and multinational corporations in international relations,” The o bserver reported in 1979. b y 1983, under the guidance of then- u niversity p resident Fr. Theodore h esburgh and political scientist g uillermo o ’ d onnell, the institute was up and running. i n the ensuing decades, the Kellogg i nstitute has grown into a world-class research center, attracting scholars from around the globe. Focusing on democratization and human development, the institute researches questions relevant to democracies worldwide, such as the relationships between government, civil society, religion, social justice and accountability.

The 40-year milestone for the institute was commemorated with panels reflecting on its development over the decades and its current research, as well as with celebratory dinners on Friday and s aturday night.

The opening panel Friday afternoon featured scholars from various disciplines, showcasing the diverse perspectives emblematic of the Kellogg i nstitute’s philosophy. r s cott a ppleby, dean of the Keough s chool of g lobal a ffairs, introduced the panelists and offered his praise for what the Kellogg i nstitute has been able to accomplish during its lifetime.

The panel consisted of history professor Ted b eatty; law professor p aolo c arozza; professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences Tracy Kijewski- c orrea, professor of political science and former director of the Kellogg i nstitute s cott m ainwaring; current Kellogg i nstitute director a nibal p erez- l inan; and assistant professor of politics and global affairs r achel s weet.

The discussion was moderated by s haron s chierling, teaching professor emeritus in the Keough s chool of g lobal a ffairs.

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“40 years is not a long time in the life of a university, but the Kellogg Institute has packed generations of students, world class faculty, staff and visiting fellows, international conferences, influential publications, reports, working papers and a series of distinguished directors into these four decades,” Appleby said.

As the panel began, m ainwaring highlighted that the Kellogg Institute’s success stems from its high level of scholarship.

“We are, first and foremost, a community of scholars. We need to be at the forefront of scholarship in order to have a high impact,” m ainwaring said.

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discussion on climate justice featuring professors, visiting scholars and students.

The panel, which was organized by o livia f arrington, sustainability program manager at the o ffice of s ustainability, centered around the current situation of climate change and the people and communities most impacted.

“ e vents like the climate justice panel bring to light important issues that may otherwise be overlooked in sustainability work,” f arrington said. e nvironmental policy professor d aniel b eatty praised the institute for conducting research “in interdisciplinary and international spaces.”

“We have an engineer, a lawyer and a historian up here, focusing on themes as a community,” b eatty said about his fellow panelists.

Along similar lines, b eatty said a strong relationship between the Kellogg Institute and the broader Keough s chool of Global Affairs, founded in 2014, is vital to the University.

“Kellogg has a critical role to play in ensuring the success of the Keough s chool,” b eatty said. “Kellogg is a key contributor to the life of the school and the success of the school. And that’s a vital part of the next generation of the University.”

Kijewski- c orrea, herself a former engineer, echoed b eatty’s points, arguing that the Kellogg Institute’s ability to foster communication between different disciplines greatly m iller began the panel by discussing the sixth cycle of climate change report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on c limate c hange (IP cc ) a few weeks ago.

With the IP cc report’s “final warning” for the climate crisis serving as the conversation’s backdrop, panelists discussed the effects that humans have had on the e arth and how these effects disproportionally impact the most vulnerable and marginalized people.

“You can’t talk about the science of [climate change] without talking about the effects, and you can’t talk about the effects without talking about the people that are affected,” n oah Gonring, a senior who work together to design, produce and organize the unveiling of The s hirt. enhances its work.

“ h ow beautiful a world we live in when we build any form of community around the end of problems rather than disciplines,” Kijewskic orrea said. “[At the Kellogg Institute] I can holistically look at a problem for the first time, and have the permission, the space, and the partners to do that.”

Panelists emphasized that while the Kellogg Institute might tackle broad ideas in international affairs such as the development of democracy, what ultimately makes it so special is its attention to human experiences.

“ o n top of being technically outstanding, academically rigorous and innovative, [the Kellogg Institute] has a human dimension to it. And if Kellogg ever loses that human dimension, it will not be relevant,” c arrozza said. c arrozza also lauded n otre d ame’s c atholic environmental science student, said. e nglish professor d ionne b remyer talked about the cycles of pain that marginalized people experience and how the climate crisis exacerbates this.

“[ m arginalized] people suffer the most violent acts of climate change,” b remyer said. “There’s this repetition of pain that comes again and again to those who are most vulnerable.”

The panelist also discussed the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability and why everyone should learn about climate change and climate justice.

Global affairs master’s student e mma h okoda said she wants to see the University improve “infusing sustainability across identity for its role as a contributing force behind the mindset and success of the institute.

“If there’s one thing that a c atholic University has, if nothing else, is its ideals are about the unity of all forms of knowledge,” c arrozza said.

Kijewski- c orrea added that she hopes to see the institute build on this base by seeking deeper connections with the communities it interacts with.

“As we talk about that bringing together of a community committed to doing this work together, I guess my call would be that in our next 40 years, we make sure that community continues to expand to bring those closest to the problems on the ground into that community to do the research with us,” Kijewski- c orrea said

Perez-Linan also supported this notion.

“We need to be very the curriculum” by implementing a sustainability class requirement or including sustainability in the curriculum of different courses and majors.

In addition to the events put on by the o ffice of s ustainability, Gree nd commemorated e arth d ay by holding s ustainability f est on f riday. The event was co-sponsored by nd e nergy, the e nvironmental c hange Initiative ( nd - ec I) and r egeneration f arms, a local, sustainable farm in m ishawaka.

The festival, which was celebrated on f ieldhouse m all, featured vendors from r egenerations f arms selling caramel apples and homemade goods and campus groups, such as Irish Gardens and student proactive in reaching out to the world to explain what we are doing and to share our resources,” Perez-Linan said. s weet said undergraduate students have a key role to play in spreading the Kellogg Institute’s research to the world.

“I just want to acknowledge that our youngest members of the community here are really integral and are integral also in carrying that torch forward into the future, as well as bringing that vision of Kellogg to wherever they’ll go, whether it’s study abroad or to a Ph d ,” s weet said.

“ n ot only is Kellogg still relevant at 40, but my sense is that today it’s more relevant than ever,” PerezLinan added.

Contact Liam Kelly at lkelly8@nd.edu and Liam Sisk at lsisk@nd.edu government. s ustainability f est coincided with the b lue-Gold Game, so both students and families visiting campus could participate in the activities, trivia and buy fresh produce from the farmers’ market.

“[ s ustainability f est] aims to educate students and visitors about what they can do [to be more sustainable],” said junior Patrick m urray, Green nd vice president of events.

“ h opefully, if we can just grab one person’s attention about sustainability, then I think that would be a success,” m urray said.

Contact Caroline Collins at ccolli23@nd.edu signed by m arcus f reeman. s everal student groups performed including the n otre d ame cheerleaders and the bagpipe band. Additionally, m c c ormick moderated a contest to see which of three participants could put on the most shirts in 30 seconds. s ophomore s kye h arris, another member of The s hirt team, talked about what’s it like to be a part of The s hirt c ommittee.

”It sounded like something super fun to be a part of because it’s such a big part of n otre d ame culture. Just being able to contribute to that, it’s really rewarding,” h arris said.

The s hirt c ommittee is comprised of about fifteen students of all grade levels c hairperson of the unveiling, junior c eci Guarnuccio, said the committee began meeting all the way back in s eptember. c hoosing a company to produce the shirt and thoroughly evaluating the color takes at least a month, Guarnuccio added. o nce the color is selected, the committee‘s task turns to brainstorming the more minute aspects of design. Although not all members of the committee are directly involved in sketching out the exact blueprint, everyone contributes and evaluates ideas. The final draft is finished by the start of f ebruary. b efore The s hirt is officially printed in mass, however, the team must evaluate several initial strike-offs to ensure that the colors and designs came out as intended. m eanwhile, planning for the unveiling starts as early as January to reserve locations, organize student groups and ensure the committee can reserve staging and food vendors.

Another member of the committee, sophomore e mma b rained, talked more about the complexity of the process.

” e ven once you pick a color, then [there’s] all the t alk about shade and tone and material of the shirt and how that will contribute to color, and I just found that fascinating,” b rained said.

Guarnuccio, who has organized the unveiling for the past three years, said that between the cov I d -19 pandemic and inclement weather, this year is her first time experiencing the unveiling as a full-scale, outdoor event as planned.

Though the design of The s hirt is secret information committee members must sign non-disclosure agreements — members of the n otre d ame community can still voice their opinions during the planning process.

The team gathers information from a wide audience early on in the designing stage to get a feel for what they’d like to see. The committee frequently receives messages on Instagram and f acebook with suggestions.

While the committee does make the final decisions, Guarnuccio, b rainard and h arris all spoke about their efforts to try and take the thoughts of students and alumni into consideration.

“I really love getting to see the talented, passionate students behind this project,” Guarnuccio said. “ e veryone who’s involved in this project is really passionate about putting together this tradition to present to the n otre d ame community.” h arris said it‘s challenging to keep the design secret all year, but added that her favorite part is “getting to know people that I wouldn’t necessarily know,” as the team attracts members from all grade levels and majors.

“We wouldn’t put in this much effort if we didn’t care so much,” b rainard said. “And I think that’s really cool, to see so many students care so much about something.”

Contact Keira Stenson at kstenson@nd.edu