Health Equity Data Lab awards launch data science innovations in addressing healthcare disparities
Health Equity Data Lab awards launch data science innovations at Notre Dame in addressing healthcare disparities The Lucy Family Institute for…
Faculty Stories
Faculty at Notre Dame come from communities and cultures all over the world. They conduct research and scholarship on topics and issues that span numerous academic disciplines. They share with students not just their areas of expertise but also their questions and concerns about the enduring issues and latest developments that shape our times.
But their role in broadening and sharpening the lenses through which we understand ourselves and the world around us extend well beyond individual research projects, classroom lectures, course syllabi, or a list of academic programs.
The selection of stories below helps illustrate the many other ways Notre Dame faculty foster diversity, support inclusion, and enliven the entire Notre Dame community.
Research fellow studies civic feminist Virginia Salvi in Rome and Venice
McKenna is currently the National Endowment for the Humanities and Teagle Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Notre Dame, where she teaches classes on the history of science and gender.Since the days of undergraduate studies, McKenna was fascinated by women authors and their active involvement in civic and politics.
Rome Global Gateway collaborates on restoration of the Biblia Hebraica
The Renaissance Bible was recently restored with the contribution of the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway and Center for Italian Studies, as part of a collaboration between Notre Dame and the Historical Archive of the Jewish Community of Rome.
Terra Foundation for American Art awards grant to Raclin Murphy Museum of Art in support of Indigenous works
The new museum will include a suite of galleries dedicated to Indigenous Art of the Americas. The galleries open with the North American Art gallery and transition into Mesoamerican Art, followed by the Central and South American Art galleries.
Margaret Meserve named vice president and associate provost for academic space and support
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Ronald Metoyer named vice president and associate provost for teaching and learning
Ronald Metoyer, a professor of computer science and engineering and associate dean for diversity and faculty development in the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering, has been appointed vice president and associate provost for teaching and learning, effective July 1.
Sociologist Anna Haskins studies impact of criminal legal system on racial disparities in educational outcomes
Through her research, Anna Haskins learned that fathers who were formerly incarcerated engaged less with their children’s school than parents who haven’t been detained. She and a team of undergraduate and graduate students are now examining why that’s the case, with a goal of creating interventions that address needs of both families and schools.
Ground broken, mural taking shape at Foundry Field, a true community project
The proposed public-access baseball field is designed to celebrate the Foundry Giants and other underrepresented baseball teams from South Bend’s past. Active during the 1920s, the Giants were a predominantly Black baseball team whose players typically worked in the Studebaker Foundry. The team included several players who went on to play in the Negro Leagues.
NDLA Board honors Vietnam veteran John Lancaster ’67, ’74 J.D. for contributions to disability rights
John Lancaster ’67, ’74 J.D., a Vietnam War veteran and pioneering advocate for disability rights, was honored this spring with the Notre Dame Law Association’s Father William Lewers Award.
ND Law and Nanovic Institute host inaugural conference for Consortium of Catholic Law Schools in Poland
Photo courtesy of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Earlier this year, Notre Dame Law School…
Flamenco: The soul of Andalucía builds community in South Bend
Over the last two years, flamenco has created connections between Spain and Notre Dame and between Notre Dame and South Bend, helping to build a community from neighbors.
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., shares Juneteenth message
“Let us recommit ourselves as the Notre Dame community to treating every person with dignity and as a beloved child of God,” Jenkins said.
June is Pride Month
Find out more about the history of the observance as well as resources to support LGBTQ+ community on Notre Dame’s campus and beyond.
A Perilous Journey: Economics students witness the challenges of migration in Mexico
A group of migrants at a shelter near Puebla, Mexico, sat in a circle of chairs and stared nervously across at five students from Eva…
First-year or freshman? Internal Communications offers guidance on gender-neutral language
The Office of Internal Communications recently updated the …
Jewish American Heritage Month celebrated on campus and across the nation
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center film festival and Hesburgh Library exhibit are among several ways to learn more about the Jewish experience.
Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic represents Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups defending a Muslim inmate’s religious rights
A Muslim man’s right to practice his religion was suppressed by state officials while being held in a New York correctional facility. His case highlights the importance of interpreting religious…
Global Religious Observances Calendar highlights diversity, promotes inclusion
The free resource is designed to help the Notre Dame community stay informed about faith traditions and celebrations that may be observed by students and colleagues.
One-day gathering celebrates Latinidad and poetics in all its complexity
A select group of poets and critics convened at the University of Notre Dame for "Latinx Poetics, a One-Day Gathering", as part of a marquee spring event for Letras Latinas, the literary arm of the Institute for Latino Studies. The event, held on the second floor…
University reaction to Supreme Court decision
University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., made a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious admissions policies in higher education.
Physicist Xiaolong Liu receives Powe Junior Faculty Award
The competitive research award provides seed money for Liu's work in condensed matter and quantum physics.
Initiative on Race and Resilience director highlights importance, history of Juneteenth
Dear Friends, May we celebrate the freedom and self-determination for African Americans that Juneteenth represents. And as we do so, here are a few links to the history of this holiday.…
ND Law graduate Lenora Popken joins Exoneration Justice Clinic as legal fellow
Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic has hired Notre Dame Law School alumna Lenora Popken ’20 J.D. as a legal fellow.
‘Off the Court’: ND Law hosts event in New York City with Muffet McGraw and Coquese Washington ’97 J.D.
Notre Dame Law School hosted a special alumni event on June 6 in New York City with two legends from the Fighting Irish women’s basketball program. Muffet McGraw, who served as head women’s basketball coach at Notre Dame from 1987 to 2020, and Coquese Washington ’92, ’97 J.D., the head women’s basketball coach at Rutgers, sat down for a fireside chat with G....
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Get resources to learn more about the month, the cultures being celebrated and how you can help combat anti-Asian racism.
The Creator's Game: Lacrosse
Tara Kenjockety, undergraduate community engagement librarian, Hesburgh Libraries and member of the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Group and Tiffany Gillaspy, music librarian for Hesburgh Libraries hold the flag of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. Notre…
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., recognizes Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
“Our campus community is enriched by their contributions and cultures,” Jenkins said.
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic participates in oral argument before the en banc Ninth Circuit to defend Oak Flat
Apache Stronghold v. United States was one of the first cases that the …