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Alums talk to LGBT Forum about diversity in the legal profession

Published: April 21, 2017

Two NDLS alums, Jim Basile and Karen DeSantis, recounted the history, progress, and current issues for diverse lawyers, including racially and culturally diverse lawyers, women, and lawyers with diverse identities, while speaking Wednesday to students from the LGBT Law Forum at Notre Dame Law School.

Notre Dame partners with Brady Quinn to bring Warrior-Scholar Project to campus

Published: April 18, 2017

Sue Ryan

The Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) was established as an introduction to the demands of college life by offering a free immersive academic boot camp hosted at American partner universities for current and former military service members who wish to pursue higher education.

Learning through the soles of the feet

Published: April 13, 2017

Andy Fuller

Since its opening in 1998, the Dublin Global Gateway has grown into a hub for more than 1,500 Notre Dame undergraduates who have come here to broaden their intellectual and cultural horizons in virtually every discipline.

To have and to hold

Published: April 05, 2017

Carol Schaal '91M.A.

The images of the millions of displaced people living in refugee camps can be overwhelming to those who wish to offer assistance. It hurts even more to know that, as the Refugee Council USA says, “Over half of all recorded refugees are children who have been deprived of their material possessions, statehood, and sometimes even loved ones.” Steve Lehmann ’14MBA...

Voting rights discussed at student event

Published: March 29, 2017

Marie Fazio

The ND Votes discussion was led by professor Jennifer Mason McAward, an associate professor of law and director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame, and professor Jason Pierce, an American studies professor who specializes in American history and civil rights.

New undergraduate research fellowship announced for students with financial need

Published: March 28, 2017

Grant Johnson

The Charles Edison Fellowship is a $1,500 fellowship that will be granted to two undergraduate students who are passionate about pursuing research, but have financial struggles. The fellowship is open to current sophomore and junior students enrolled in the College of Science.

Students, alumni, parents and friends gather in Beijing to honor Greater China Scholars and tour new Beijing Global Gateway

Published: March 21, 2017

Joya Helmuth

The Greater China Scholars program, designed to promote global leadership and service, is the University of Notre Dame’s largest scholarship program for international undergraduate students, with a cohort of 45 scholars currently enrolled at Notre Dame.

Statement by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame

Published: March 16, 2017

Notre Dame News

The bells of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will ring out in celebration and welcoming of immigrants from around the world.

Notre Dame International provides new opportunities for faculty collaboration in Mexico, China, Global Gateways

Published: March 14, 2017

Joya Helmuth

“We aim to support Notre Dame faculty in extending the impact of their research and scholarship, and to establish long-term collaborations with pre-eminent research universities across the globe,” says Warren von Eschenbach, associate vice president and assistant provost for internationalization.

LGBT immigrants escaping persecution may face other abuse

Published: March 09, 2017

Kevin Allen

Immigrating to the United States isn’t easy for anyone, but it can be particularly difficult for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, a Chicago-based attorney told a group at Notre Dame Law School.

Two undergraduate students awarded Gilman Scholarships to study abroad this summer

Published: April 21, 2017

Joya Helmuth

Scholarship recipients have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of other cultures, countries, languages, and economies — making them better prepared to assume leadership roles within government and the private sector.

‘Electric Mile’ benefits the homeless

Published: April 16, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

Circle K, one of the largest service clubs on campus, partnered with Flaherty Hall to start a new event this year called Electric Mile to benefit the homeless.

Theology and peace studies professor wins Luce Fellowship for research on sub-Saharan Africa

Published: April 11, 2017

Tom Coyne

Rev. Emmanuel Katongole will begin a yearlong study in January aimed at looking at ethnic, religious and ecological violence in African countries south of the Sahara.

Vision and Action panel honors women faculty pioneers and looks to the future

Published: April 04, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

A panel of six notable University of Notre Dame women — all with successful careers in higher education and beyond — reflected on past and present experiences and also paid tribute to the earliest Notre Dame women faculty, several of whom were in attendance.

Faculty fellow, Jennifer Jones on understanding race relations

Published: March 29, 2017

Todd Boruff

Jennifer Jones is an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research uses qualitative methods to explore increasing migration, the growing multiracial population, and shifting social relations between and within racial groups. In this video, she discusses her work on how race relations are changing and what race...

This land is their land

Published: March 25, 2017

Rasmus Jorgensen

They walked in as foreigners. Now they are Americans, by choice.

Ansari family’s $15 million gift to Notre Dame aims to unite global religions

Published: March 17, 2017

Dennis Brown

The Rafat and Zoreen Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion will be a part of Notre Dame’s new Donald R. Keough School of Global Affairs.

University of Notre Dame convenes African theology conference in Rome

Published: March 16, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

Theologians, Catholic Church leaders, graduate students and lay men and women from around Africa and North America gathered March 23-25 at the University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway.

Student filmmakers offer special insights into Dakota Access pipeline drama

Published: March 10, 2017

William G. Gilroy

Ryan Leen and Erin Lattimer gained in-depth knowledge into the mindset of the pipeline’s opponents while filming a documentary.

Activist reflects on civil rights movement experience

Published: March 08, 2017

Selena Ponio, The Observer

Diane Nash led the first successful campaign to desegregate lunch counters, was a part of the Selma voting rights movement and co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Majority of persecuted Christian communities build resilience through adaptive strategies, study finds

Published: April 19, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

Under Caesar’s Sword is the first systematic and global investigation into how Christian communities respond to severe violations of religious freedom. The collaborative, three-year research endeavor involves a team of 17 scholars and partnerships with Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, the Religious Freedom Institute and Georgetown University’s Religious Freedom Research Project.

Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament

Published: April 14, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

Ryan Hall hosted the sixth annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, their signature event benefitting the organization Whirlwind Wheelchair International.

Does a free society need anti-discrimination laws?

Published: April 06, 2017

Kevin Allen

Are anti-discrimination laws essential to freedom, or hostile to freedom? That’s the question two legal experts explored and debated Friday during a luncheon presented by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.

Notre Dame International announces Luksburg Foundation Grant for faculty collaborations in Chile

Published: March 30, 2017

Joya Helmuth

The Luksburg Foundation will contribute $100,000 a year for each of the next five years to support an exchange program through which faculty, Ph.D. students, and representatives from Notre Dame can travel to Chile to work, study, and collaborate with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). The priority will be on promoting faculty exchange and collaborative research work between...

Howard Hall Organizes 'Chapel Crawl'

Published: March 29, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

Sophomore Emily Patton said she encourages the campus community to attend Mass in various chapels during Lent to gain new experiences and perspectives while bonding with fellow students.

Being Mercy: Mercy, Faith and Sexual Orientation

Published: March 24, 2017

Father Joseph V. Corpora, CSC, ’76, ’83M.Div.

Father Joe Corpora, C.S.C., is one of 700 priests whom Pope Francis appointed in February 2016 to serve as Missionaries of Mercy.

No St. Paddy’s Day for the Fighting Irish

Published: March 17, 2017

Deborah Rotman

At Notre Dame, the home of the Fighting Irish, the University’s founder, Father Edward Sorin, CSC, actually banned observance of St. Patrick’s Day.

Irish welcome fencers from Shanghai

Published: March 15, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

“It will be a great educational and cultural opportunity for our athletes to meet and train with their counterparts from Shanghai. It will serve to bring our two universities closer together, and in a small way, our two nations," Irish head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia said.

Remarks from Interfaith Prayer Service for Respect and Solidarity

Published: March 09, 2017

president.nd.edu

An excerpt of Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.'s remarks at an interfaith prayer service to pray for peace for the nation, wisdom for leaders and care for the most vulnerable.

ND Named Top Roman Catholic College

Published: March 08, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

USA Today has named the University of Notre Dame the best Roman Catholic college in the US. Schools were ranked based on a variety of factors, such as graduation rates.