The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame is one of the world’s principal centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace. Faculty conduct research and generate knowledge about war, genocide, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict, and violation of human rights. The Kroc Institute offers bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in peace studies.
The site's front-end look-and-feel and information architecture were designed by Chicago-based marketing and communication firm Lipman Hearne, with Palantir providing the technical architecture, Drupal development and theming. In addition to providing information about the Kroc Institute, including faculty and staff directories, the site also features upcoming events, news, and distinguished alumni profiles. Panels, CCK, Views, Taxonomy, and Nodequeue were just a few of the Drupal modules utilized to make the site's vision a reality.
The Northwestern University Alumni Association (NAA) seeks to establish and enhance relationships between Northwestern University and its alumni through reunions, career networking, travel programs, special events, and alumni clubs.
Palantir was responsible for end-to-end development and theming on the site, with design concepts and wireframes provided by NAA. The site provides information about news, events, and activities for the Northwestern alumni community, as well as blogs, podcasts, and profiles of students and alumni. Visitors to the site can browse photo galleries of reunions, trips and other events. The site's calendar displays events from dozens of regional, national, and international alumni clubs, each of which has its own page on the site. Alumni interested in taking an NAA-sponsored trip or cruise can browse available options by date, price, or region.
Drupal modules used to create the NAA site include: Panels, Views, CCK, Taxonomy, Nodequeue, Date, Calendar, Audio, and Lightbox2.
These two sites also have the distinction of being the last two Drupal 5.x sites to be developed by Palantir; Acquia's commercially-supported Drupal 6 distribution will be used for all of the Drupal sites that we will be launching from this point forward.
