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Italian architect Pier Carlo Bontempi to receive 2014 Driehaus Prize in Chicago

Published: March 19, 2014

Italian architect Pier Carlo Bontempi will receive the 2014 Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame at a ceremony to be held on March 29 (Saturday) at the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium in Chicago. Bontempi’s award-winning international work includes a block recovery plan in Parma’s historical center, as well as the Place de Toscane and the...

Panel discussion on role of Catholic Church in marriage debate to be held at Notre Dame

Published: March 11, 2014

Michael O. Garvey

A panel discussion on the role of the Catholic Church in the cultural and political debate about marriage will take place at 7 p.m. Monday (March 17) in DeBartolo Hall, Room 101, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The discussion, “Marriage, the Church and the Common Good,” is sponsored by Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture...

University to commemorate 1994 Rwanda genocide

Published: March 01, 2014

Gene Stowe

The University’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi will include a Mass commemorating the deaths of four Congregation of Holy Cross members during the slaughter.

Notre Dame leaders build academic relationships in South Asia

Published: February 06, 2014

Brendan O’Shaughnessy

MUMBAI — University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Thursday (Feb. 6) signed an agreement to formalize a relationship with St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India, that includes study abroad and summer research programs, faculty exchange and research collaboration.

Notre Dame alumnus Archbishop Felix named cardinal by Pope Francis

Published: January 17, 2014

Michael O. Garvey

Archbishop Kelvin Edward Felix, emeritus archbishop of Castries, Saint Lucia, who will be made a cardinal by Pope Francis next month, is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Two prominent South African anti-apartheid participants to speak at Notre Dame

Published: March 14, 2014

Elizabeth Rankin

Two prominent South African participants in the anti-apartheid struggle will speak at the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday (March 19) and April 3 (Thursday) as part of the Africa Working Group’s “Celebrating Nelson Mandela” series. One a liberation theologian and political activist, the other the “Jackie Robinson of South Africa,” they each played a crucial role in moving their...

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to address Latino civic engagement

Published: March 05, 2014

Arnel Bulaoro

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will visit the University of Notre Dame campus at 7 p.m. April 7 (Monday) in DeBartolo Hall, Room 101, for an event titled “American Politics in the 21st Century: Latino Civic Engagement.” Joining the mayor on stage will be his former Stanford faculty mentor Luis Fraga. The two will discuss the mayor’s journey into the...

Notre Dame awarded U.S. Department of State grant to train young African leaders

Published: February 27, 2014

Notre Dame News

As part of the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD), a group of collaborators at the University of Notre Dame has received a grant from the U.S. Department of State to train young African leaders in entrepreneurship. The collaborators include the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business Nonprofit Executive Program, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies’ Ford...

Panel discussion to feature three leading scholars on Latino voting patterns

Published: February 04, 2014

Arnel Bulaoro

Three of the nation’s leading scholars on Latino voting patterns will participate in a panel discussion titled “American Politics in the 21st Century: The Latino Vote and the 2014 Elections” at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 5) at the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall Auditorium. The event is sponsored by Multicultural Student Programs and Services’ Building Bridges Lecture Series, the...

DaVinci grants bridge traditional boundaries

Published: January 01, 2014

Karla Cruise, ISLA

Faculty mentors a key to success In recognition of the fact that complex real-world problems — climate change, poverty, war, disease and injustice — rarely occur in convenient, discipline-specific…

South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. to deliver 20th annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy

Published: March 14, 2014

Joan Fallon

Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, will deliver the 20th annual Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at 4 p.m. April 8 (Tuesday) in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium at the University of Notre Dame. Rasool’s lecture, “Relic of the Past or Template for the Future: Nelson Mandela’s Impact on...

2013-2014 Notre Dame Forum on Women in Leadership announces spring events

Published: March 05, 2014

Notre Dame News

In coming weeks, the University of Notre Dame will host the former director of the National Science Foundation and a distinguished panel on women in the life of the Church as part of the continuing 2013-14 Notre Dame Forum “Women in Leadership.”

Robinson Community Learning Center celebrates its 13th anniversary

Published: February 11, 2014

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The Robinson Community Learning Center, in South Bend’s Northeast Neighborhood, is inviting community members to celebrate Valentine’s Day at its 13th anniversary celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 14).

Notre Dame to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with prayer service, community events

Published: January 17, 2014

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Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, will preside at a prayer service to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday (Jan. 20) in the Rotunda of the Main Building. The public is invited to participate in the prayer service and the reception that will immediately follow.