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July 2015

First person: Danielle Green's ESPY moment

Published: July 30, 2015

When I found out several weeks ago that I was being honored at the ESPY Awards with the 2015 Pat Tillman Award for Service, I was overwhelmed with both excitement and anxiety. I was excited about being the second recipient ever to receive the award and being recognized for my continued service to my fellow veterans.

A Notre Dame man for others

Published: July 23, 2015

Daily Domer Staff

From his heroism during World War II to his support for the elderly and homeless veterans, Judge Robert L. Miller Sr. '42, '47 J.D. continues to lead an inspiring life of service.

Summer program in computational chemistry held in Heidelberg, Germany

Published: July 13, 2015

Stephanie Healey

The first Joint Summer School in Computational Chemistry was held at Heidelberg University in Germany July 6-11. Organized by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame and the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing at Heidelberg University, the six day program provided the opportunity for students who primarily work on experimental...

A head-turning, attention-grabbing, transferable skill

Published: July 06, 2015

Kevin Brennan '07

On the first day of class, a professor often will ask pupils to share their names along with accompanying “fun facts.” Nervous fidgeting and sweaty palms often follow, but Mark O’Dea ’15 never had any trouble.

Notre Dame Law School hosts ICLEO summer program

Published: July 28, 2015

Denise Wager

Shashan DeYoung knew the odds were against her to attend law school. As an African American single mom to twins, she realized her chances for success in law school might be lower than many of her classmates. But she was determined. “Statistically I am not expected to succeed,” she said. “I knew a program like ICLEO would give me the...

Three universities host an international summer chemistry program in Santiago, Chile

Published: July 15, 2015

Stephanie Healey

Twenty doctoral students from Europe, Latin America, and the United States are participating in the Santander International Summer School on molecular catalysts from July 14-24 at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago, Chile. Organized by the University of Notre Dame, University of Heidelberg in Germany, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) in Santiago, the summer school...

The priest who earned an MBA

Published: July 13, 2015

Jeff Schmitt

Poets & Quants profiles Father Pete McCormick EMBA '15.

Building blocks for the unemployed

Published: July 06, 2015

Jessica Trobaugh Temple '92

Jennifer Shouse slides a disc sander over a wooden slab, rubbing the surface smooth and flawless. Later, using variant grades of sandpaper, she’ll work out the board’s rough edges by hand. These are new skills for the employee who took a job at South Bend Woodworks late last year.

Notre Dame receives $1.6 million from Accenture to expand technology and opportunity in Uganda and South Africa

Published: July 27, 2015

Notre Dame News

The University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) has received $1.6 million from Accenture — one of the world’s leading professional services companies, with capabilities in consulting, strategy, digital, technology and operations — to expand the Connectivity, Electricity and Education for Entrepreneurship (CE3) project. CE3 empowers disconnected communities in northern Uganda by harnessing solar energy to deliver...

CCHR announces 2015 internships

Published: July 14, 2015

Kevin Fye

The Center for Civil and Human Rights has announced post-graduate professional internships for its LL.M. class of 2015.

The little things that make the world go 'round

Published: July 06, 2015

John Nagy ’00M.A.

A friendship opens a Notre Dame passage to India.

Tomorrow's generation

Published: July 06, 2015

Steve Reifenberg ’81

Some of Africa’s most gifted young people have come to the University from an academy that educates the continent’s most promising students — bringing hope to the future and their talents to Notre Dame.