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Four Notre Dame students awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships

Published: June 14, 2018

The Critical Language Scholarships program is part of the U.S. government’s effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages in the name of U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.

African American religious traditions in the early 20th century: A seminar with Judith Weisenfeld

Published: May 31, 2018

Benjamin J. Wetzel

The spring 2018 Seminar in American Religion featured Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming.

Join Us May 24 for a Diversity Discussion: Update on Staff D&I On Campus

Published: May 17, 2018

Anna McKeever

Join us to get an update on Staff D&I on campus. We’ll be discussing what we’ve done on campus the past year, where we’re heading with our strategic plan, and get feedback on how we’re doing. Update on Staff D&I On Campus Thursday, May 24 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.…

Conference to mark 50th anniversary of Fair Housing Act

Published: April 18, 2018

Kevin Allen

This month marks 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law, prohibiting discrimination against buyers and renters on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status.

Shedding light on higher education and culture in Japan: NDI's Kyle Sturges receives Fulbright Award

Published: March 29, 2018

Colleen Wilcox

Study Abroad Assistant Director Kyle Sturges is one of 10 recipients in the country to receive the grant for the International Education Administrators (IEA) seminar. He will participate in the seminar with the goal to help connect U.S international education professionals with higher education systems abroad.

Center for Arts and Culture celebrates ‘Five Years of Arts and Culture in Action’ with free, public events

Published: March 15, 2018

Erin Blasko

The Center for Arts and Culture provides educational opportunities and inspiration through the creation and appreciation of art, the study of cultures and community engagement.

Notre Dame junior named 2018 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact

Published: March 12, 2018

Shortall, JP

The fellowship lasts one year and provides training and resources that help students develop innovative and collaborative strategies for social change.

English alumna uses Arts and Letters education to lead the charge against poverty

Published: March 07, 2018

Jack Rooney

Evelyn Diaz’s career has taken her to the top of Chicago’s governmental, social service, and nonprofit sectors. And at every stop along the way, Diaz ’92 has relied on skills she cultivated as an English major in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters.

Building hope by building homes in Jamaica

Published: February 23, 2018

Carol Elliott

Jim Hiltz and Zachary Pedersen, both Notre Dame MBA Class of 2018, devoted a week of their winter break to a special building project in the tiny Jamaican community of Jacob’s Ladder.

FTT to perform play exploring racism, identity

Published: February 21, 2018

The Observer

“Native Gardens” tells the story of a Latinx couple and a white couple feuding over the fence marking the boundary between their backyards and explores a variety of current social and political issues.

Connections between Quran and Bible illuminated in new commentary

Published: June 08, 2018

Amanda Skofstad

Gabriel Said Reynolds — University of Notre Dame professor of Islamic studies and theology — shows in his newest publication, The Qur’an & the Bible: Text and Commentary, that the connections between the sacred texts of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism run deep.

The Commencement of the Notre Dame Class of 2018

Published: May 20, 2018

Amanda Skofstad

The University of Notre Dame celebrated its 173rd Commencement Ceremony Sunday (May 20) in Notre Dame Stadium, with an audience of approximately 21,000 family members, friends, faculty and graduates.

EYH Conference: If middle school girls can see it, they can be it

Published: May 14, 2018

Kathy Jonas

Nearly 300 sixth, seventh and eighth-grade girls attended the 21st Annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conference April 28 at Notre Dame. EYH is a national organization begun in 1974 by a group of scientists in San Francisco concerned that women were underrepresented in the math and science fields.

Statement by Father Jenkins on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death

Published: April 03, 2018

Notre Dame News

"On this anniversary of his violent death, let us at Notre Dame and throughout the nation and the world recommit ourselves to work for justice everywhere.”

Bishop Edward K. Braxton delivers Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society

Published: March 23, 2018

Notre Dame Law School

In the prologue of his Dean’s Lecture on Race, Law, and Society, “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States,” the Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D., Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, asked a thought-provoking question: “What if?”

Mai Ni Ni Aung to receive Kroc Institute 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

Published: March 15, 2018

Hannah Heinzekehr

Mai Ni Ni Aung, M.A. 2003, has been selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award. She is the founder of the Sone-Tu Cultural Preservation Project and the director of its sister organization, Sone-Tu Backstrap Weavings. Both organizations work to preserve and elevate the culture and traditions of the Sumtu Chin community in Rakhine State, Myanmar.

Greater China Scholars celebrate the Lantern Festival

Published: March 09, 2018

Miranda Ma

The Greater China Scholars Program wishes you a happy and prosperous Year of Dog.

Applications open for student essay contest on global citizenship

Published: March 06, 2018

Joya Helmuth

In conjunction with the Notre Dame Forum: Going Global, Notre Dame International invites all Notre Dame students to write a brief essay addressing what it means to be a global citizen, what the challenges and rewards are, and how you have used or will use your Notre Dame education to become a global citizen.

‘Show Some Skin’ provides anonymous platform for personal stories

Published: February 22, 2018

Selena Ponio, The Observer

This weekend, monologues that present a wide range of lived experiences, issues and raw emotions will be brought to stage with one promise to their authors: anonymity. This year’s “Show Some Skin” production is called “Try Us,” titled so as to invite writers to “share the parts of themselves that they feared nobody would understand.”

Powerless in Paradise: Visiting a recovering Puerto Rico

Published: February 20, 2018

Sarah Cahalan

Notre Dame grad, Gilberto Marxuach-Torros ’88, was coordinating relief efforts through the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, where he serves as president. I was there to spend a week with the university and its students, an experience that would lead to “Puerto Rico Rising,” a feature story in Notre Dame magazine’s winter issue.

Online course connects students with perspectives from around the world

Published: June 05, 2018

Katie Boruff

Gabriel Said Reynolds greets his students on the final day of his Introduction to the Quran course. He is in a small classroom on Notre Dame’s campus. His students are in Orlando, Colorado, Canada, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and beyond. Such arrangements are not uncommon in the world of massive open online courses (MOOCs), but this one is different....

Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J.: 2018 Laetare Address

Published: May 20, 2018

Notre Dame News

Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J., executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and longtime advocate for immigrants and refugees, received the University of Notre Dame’s 2018 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 173rd University Commencement Ceremony on May 20.

Black Law Students Association honors Ndidi Massay, ’93 J.D., with alumni award

Published: May 03, 2018

Kevin Allen

Notre Dame’s BLSA chapter presents the award each year to a graduate who distinguishes herself or himself within the legal community and supports BLSA programs and activities. The honoree also demonstrates a commitment to service through involvement in the community.

Notre Dame makes additions to the Wall of Honor

Published: April 03, 2018

Dennis Brown

Established in 1999, the Wall of Honor recognizes men and women “whose contributions to Notre Dame have been lasting, pervasive and profound.”

1968 Olympian and humanitarian to kick off Staff Diversity Speaker Series

Published: March 22, 2018

Cidni Sanders

The image of track-and-field athlete John Carlos’ silent protest at the 1968 Olympics still speaks volumes five decades later. Carlos,…

Award-winning poet Javier Zamora visits Washington, D.C.

Published: March 14, 2018

Therese Konopelski

Notre Dame undergrad and Latino Studies minor Therese Konopelski had an opportunity to follow and document Javier Zamora’s week-long trip to Washington, D.C., and experience first-hand Zamora’s enthusiasm for engaging with the community through schools visits, meet and greets and public readings.

Women Lead 2018

Published: March 08, 2018

Andy Fuller

Progress is made in the details. The things outside the frame. On the occasion of International Women's Day 2018, meet seven scholars whose work is inspiring others to #PressForProgress.

Video: International migration and refugees as a theological issue

Published: February 26, 2018

Todd Boruff

Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C. is associate professor of theology and global affairs and the director of the Kellogg Global Leadership Program. His research interests include migration and the US-Mexican border, international migration and refugees.

Theology and pre-health is the perfect combination for aspiring doctor Michael Feijoo

Published: February 21, 2018

Teagan Dillon

Michael Feijoo loves finding ways his everyday life relates to big-picture questions. That’s one of the many reasons the junior finds value in majoring in theology and Arts and Letters pre-health. His combination of academic passions also brought him twice to Ecuador, where served with Timmy Global Health, a nonprofit organization that provides sustainable medical care to South American countries.

3D campus map assists students with visual challenges

Published: February 19, 2018

Ellen Crowe Finan

Maddie Link As rising junior Madeline Link prepared to attend Notre Dame as a freshman, her father helped her learn the lay of the land. He built a cardboard model of campus for Madeline, who…