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May 2021

AAPI Heritage Month: Messages from Graduating Seniors

Published: May 27, 2021

Somin Jo, a senior who majored in neurosicence, produced this video for AAPI Heritage Month that interviews AAPI seniors about their experiences at ND and the changes they'd like to see to support AAPI students in the future. Originally published by Liu Institute at asia.nd.edu…

Screening Muslims: Working for Peace Through the Media

Published: May 25, 2021

Josh Stowe

Film and television can help combat Islamophobia through rich storytelling, members of the Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) team shared during a recent conversation with Mahan Mirza, executive director of the Ansari Institute.

Way Maker: 2021 Laetare Medalist Carla Harris

Published: May 17, 2021

Amanda Skofstad

When Carla Harris — finance powerhouse, gospel singer, author and winner of the University of Notre Dame’s 2021 Laetare Medal — started working at Morgan Stanley in 1987, she earned a reputation not just as an ace deal-closer on the capital markets desk.

May celebrates diversity of AAPI, Jewish American and older American communities

Published: May 01, 2021

Cidni Sanders

Access resources to learn more about the groups being recognized and the history of these national observances.

Senior Alejandra Osorio aspires to be bilingual physician and public health leader

Published: May 27, 2021

Oliver Ortega

Dressed as a bright orange carrot at the front of the grade school classroom, Alejandra Osorio would ask students to pick between her and their cupcake outfit-clad peer standing a few feet away. Almost unanimously, the students would choose her sweeter counterpart as their preferred snack. The scene repeated itself in classroom after classroom, in virtually all the schools the then-high...

Through economics, political science, and Latino studies, senior Diego Reynoso seeks to empower marginalized communities

Published: May 21, 2021

Sophia Lauber

After growing up in a neighborhood where many of his friends didn’t make it to college, senior Diego Reynoso knows firsthand the challenges facing students in low-income communities. Now, as the second person in his family to graduate from college, Reynoso hopes to use his Notre Dame education to empower Latino communities and marginalized individuals. His time in the College of...

I am ND: Meet Eric T. Styles

Published: May 04, 2021

Carrie Rulli Stone, Internal Communications

Being a rector in a Notre Dame residence hall is like being a cruise director who provides spiritual guidance, according to Carroll Hall rector Eric T. Styles. Social programming and administrative duties are standard for residential living among higher education institutions. But the emotional and spiritual support rectors provide to residents is uniquely Notre Dame. The rector is the chief...

Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on first anniversary of murder of George Floyd

Published: May 25, 2021

Notre Dame News

“The brutal death of George Floyd a year ago today caused soul-searching not only among municipalities and how they police their citizens, but among us all, including Notre Dame. We continue to work to better achieve diversity, equity and inclusion across the University and foster an environment in which each person’s dignity is respected, community is cultivated and the evil...

A conversation with Chris Temple

Published: May 21, 2021

Natalie Davis Miller, NDWorks

Chris Temple has worked in the Office of the Registrar for 18 years. During that time, he spent 12 years working toward a doctoral degree. He adds this to his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Notre Dame and two master’s degrees (in science from Indiana University, and in history from Notre Dame). It is only fitting that an assistant registrar...

Statement: Father Jenkins on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Published: May 03, 2021

Notre Dame News

“As we mark the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, we have an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of the peoples and cultures of Asia and the Pacific Islands to our world, and particularly to the United States."