U. Of Chicago Given $100 Million to Launch Conflict Resolution Center

The University of Chicago announced Wednesday it has been given $100 million to establish a center for the study and resolution of global conflicts, a donation that equals the second-largest in the school’s history.  The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts will occupy a distinctive and unusual niche in academia. One center with a similar mission is the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.