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For history major Micah Johnston, a year of service was a ‘master class’ in relationship building

Published: September 19, 2018

Now a senior program office for IREX in Washington, D.C., Micah Johnston '06 spent his first year after graduation volunteering for the Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly in Chicago. He learned how to have patience in building relationships with people of different backgrounds and life experiences — close connections, he found, take time to develop.

National Hispanic Heritage Month events on campus

Published: September 17, 2018

Luis R. Fraga

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Notre Dame Stories: Helping the Most Vulnerable

Published: September 05, 2018

Andy Fuller

Two Notre Dame students signed up to spend their summer at a shelter near the US-Mexico border, helping migrant families who are seeking asylum. But they didn’t know the role that shelter would play when the immigration issue exploded.

I am ND: Meet Mary Adeniyi

Published: August 24, 2018

Gwen O'Brien

New series showcases the rich diversity of the faculty and staff at the University of Notre Dame.

From jazz clubs to buskers: A music student’s experience of London

Published: August 17, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Describing music as “a way to experience community," Alex Mansour stepped away from his life in South Bend and threw himself into the dynamic and limitless musical culture of England’s capital city.

A legacy shared: Maria Irene Fornés, mother of Latinx theatre

Published: August 15, 2018

Lauren Melancon

Honoring the legacy of Maria Irene Fornés, mother of Latinx theatre, the annual Fornés Playwriting Workshop aims to pass Fornés’ unique writing style on to a new generation of Latinx theatre artists.

Notre Dame, Girls Who Invest partner to advance women in finance

Published: July 17, 2018

Erin Blasko

In addition to gender diversity, Girls Who Invest promotes social, racial and ethnic diversity. About 20 percent of this year’s class are historically underrepresented minorities, and one quarter of the women come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Spanish professor wins book prize for her work on Latin American female travel writers

Published: July 10, 2018

Carrie Gates

Vanesa Miseres, an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, has won a prize from the International Institute of Latin American Literature for her book Mujeres en tránsito: viaje, identidad y escritura en Sudamérica. Mujeres en tránsito examines four prominent female writers who traveled to and from Latin America in the 19th century — Flora Tristan, Juana...

Sara Bea Learning Center facilitates equal access to Notre Dame experience

Published: July 02, 2018

Ellen Crowe Finan

A formal process to provide accommodations for students with impairments began in 1995 when Scott Howland was hired to create a centralized office of disability services. The first offices were housed in Badin Hall.

Program brings kids, cops together around food

Published: June 22, 2018

Erin Blasko

One part law enforcement. One part youth. Add culinary professionals and garnish with fresh ingredients and food for thought. That’s the recipe for Cooking with Cops, a pilot program at the University of Notre Dame that brings local youth and law enforcement together around food.

Alexander McLean delivers inaugural Klau Center lecture

Published: September 18, 2018

Kevin Fye

Alexander McLean, founder of the African Prisons Project, visited the University of Notre Dame on September 6, 2018, to deliver the inaugural lecture for the newly endowed Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights.

English professor Ernest Morrell on why powerful, equitable literacy is essential

Published: September 05, 2018

Todd Boruff

Ernest Morrell's research examines how children can move beyond basic reading and writing abilities by analyzing and producing media in ways that allow them to engage meaningfully with the world. “The practices around literacy in your own neighborhood and community are just as powerful as the literacy practices in school, and hopefully we begin to bridge that gap,” he said.

Special Olympics athletes from South Bend, Ann Arbor to compete in flag football game

Published: August 30, 2018

Erin Blasko

Special Olympics Notre Dame is a non-profit service club for Notre Dame students that provides year-round training and competition in a variety of sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the South Bend area, consistent with the Special Olympics movement.

Why Gender Studies?

Published: August 23, 2018

Linnie Caye

Pamela Wynne Butler, associate director and director of undergraduate studies in the Gender Studies Program, discusses the Gender and Culture in American Society course she teaches as part of the Summer Scholars program.

Keough School introduces new undergraduate global affairs major

Published: August 16, 2018

Ti Lavers

A supplementary major in global affairs, designed for students interested in exploring contemporary global issues, will be offered to this year’s incoming class of 2022.

A social experience in Jerusalem

Published: August 09, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

As a first generation college student at Notre Dame, Hardy sees it as his mission to help bring a global perspective to everyone through his social media presence.

How the liberal arts helped a first-generation American find her voice

Published: July 11, 2018

Carrie Gates

Sara Abdel-Rahim ’17 found her voice in the liberal arts — and she amplified it through research, internships, and leadership roles on campus. As a first-generation American citizen, the political science and Arabic major wants to battle against cultural and religious discrimination.

Students learn about immigration through service work in Texas border town

Published: July 09, 2018

Andy Fuller

Economics major Francis Brockman and political science major Daniel Rottenborn, are working for Annunciation House, a Catholic organization that gives shelter to refugees in El Paso. It’s here that asylum-seeking migrants asylum-seeking migrants spend a few days in between their release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and continuing their journey to a sponsor somewhere in the U.S.

Social design course challenges students from Notre Dame and India to use creativity to tackle a global problem

Published: June 26, 2018

Carrie Gates

When Kacey Hengesbach began her undergraduate career at Notre Dame, she didn’t imagine that it would include traveling 8,000 miles to Ahmedabad, India. But thanks to a new course created by Neeta Verma, she had the chance to spend three weeks there last summer, working collaboratively with students from India’s National Institute of Design.

Fr. Jenkins responds to Administration practice of separating immigrant families at the border

Published: June 19, 2018

Notre Dame News

“Central to the Holy Cross education Notre Dame offers is a sense of family, centered on the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and in that spirit I call on the Administration to end immediately the cruel practice of separating children from parents and parents from children.”

Muñoz to speak at Justice Department’s Forum on Free Speech in Higher Education

Published: September 17, 2018

Colleen Sharkey

Muñoz’s presentation, titled “Securing Free Speech and Free Inquiry: Lessons from the Notre Dame Experience,” will emphasize the vital role of universities as places where the search for truth is paramount. He also stresses the importance of diversity of thought on campuses. He believes it is crucial and fundamental to the very mission of higher education to make room...

The Insider Project: Exploring ethnic identity and self-esteem in Vietnam

Published: September 05, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Tony Do with two other student research assistants at Imperial City, Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam. Notre Dame senior Tony Do didn’t know what to expect when he…

Class of 2022: Intellectually and globally diverse, dedicated to service and leadership

Published: August 24, 2018

Erin Blasko

Both intellectually and globally diverse, the class of 2,070 first-year students includes more than 600 international students or U.S. students of color and nearly 160 first-generation students.

Mediterranean flavors coming soon to Hesburgh Center for International Studies

Published: August 22, 2018

Cory Hankins

Campus Dining will officially welcome Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh to the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the beginning of the spring semester.

First class of accomplished leaders goes ‘back to school’ as part of Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative

Published: August 16, 2018

Notre Dame News

Sixteen leaders in fields ranging from global sustainability to finance, law, medicine, manufacturing and health care are fellows in the first class of the new Inspired Leadership Initiative.

Alumni Association establishes advisory board to guide programming for young graduates

Published: July 24, 2018

Bill Gangluff, Alumni Association

The Young ND Board will represent the interests of and steer programming for Notre Dame graduates who are 32 and younger. The new 16-person body will meet on campus twice a year and hold regular digital meetings.

Article examines mental health of internally displaced persons

Published: July 10, 2018

Luis Ruuska

An article, co-authored by a researcher at the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development, titled “Identifying Mental Health Problems and Idioms of Distress Among Older Adult Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia,” has been published in Social Science & Medicine.

Notre Dame community in India celebrated with special event

Published: July 05, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

The Mumbai Global Center event was held to celebrate the Notre Dame community in India and welcome newly admitted students. The event is in its third year and helps showcase the growth of Notre Dame’s undergraduate and high school engagements in India.

Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., welcomes 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows to campus

Published: June 25, 2018

Luis Ruuska

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and some 100 guests from across the University and the greater South Bend area convened in Jenkins Nanovic Halls on June 21 to welcome the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows to campus.

Join us on June 28 for a Diversity Discussion on racial battle fatigue

Published: June 14, 2018

Anna McKeever

This workshop will feature a discussion of microaggressions, the political climate in which they proliferate, and the fatigue that people of color experience with navigating whether to confront or ignore their daily experiences of racism.