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March 2023

Four students named US Department of State Critical Language Scholars

Published: March 31, 2023

Four University of Notre Dame students will study abroad this summer as part of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, a language-based scholarship program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Poverty’s Perjury: A discussion on poverty in America with Prof. James Sullivan

Published: March 30, 2023

Kathryn Desai

LEO co-founder, Jim Sullivan, recently joined an episode of the Reaganism podcast. On the episode, host Roger Zakheim, Director at the Reagan Institute, speaks with Jim about government policy towards poverty in America and the mistruths and misunderstandings surrounding poverty and being poor in America, today. Listen here.…

Five questions with Laurent Dubois: Decolonizing scholarship in Francophone studies

Published: March 27, 2023

The Editors

Laurent Dubois is John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia. He is the author of seven books, including A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 (2004)…

Africana studies professor’s book, detailing how slavery’s influence survived emancipation, wins Paul E. Lovejoy Prize

Published: March 21, 2023

Beth Staples

Zach Sell’s book Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital has won the 2022 Paul E. Lovejoy Prize from the Journal of Global Slavery for its excellence and originality in a major work related to global slavery. The panel of judges unanimously awarded the prize to the assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Africana...

Notre Dame defends religious freedom in Oak Flat oral argument

Published: March 21, 2023

Anna Bradley

A group of Western Apaches and a diverse coalition of legal and religious experts today urged the government in federal court to protect Native American sacred sites on the same basis as other religious groups. The Ninth Circuit heard arguments again in Apache Stronghold v. United States after the court decided last fall to hear the case…

Sister Rosemary Connelly to receive 2023 Laetare Medal

Published: March 19, 2023

Carrie Gates

Sister Rosemary Connelly, R.S.M., former executive director of Misericordia and lifelong advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2023 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May 21 (Sunday).

Notre Dame International hosts IREX UASP Fellows from Nigeria

Published: March 16, 2023

Cory Hankins

Notre Dame International welcomed two fellows from African universities as part of the IREX University Administration Sponsorship program. IREX is an international development organization based in Washington, D.C., that helps build research management capacity of African administrators and faculty.

Learning at Work Academy Program is a recipe for success for two Campus Dining colleagues

Published: March 13, 2023

Susan Hurley, Office of Human Resources

Sabinna Andrews and Joy Wood did not start their positions in Campus Dining at the same time or at the same place. But if you spend even a minute with them, you would guess they have known each other forever. While both now work at Chick-fil-A in the Duncan Student Center, the two first met in the English as a...

Sophomore Hayley Jie Brownd named 2023 Realizing the Dream Scholar

Published: March 07, 2023

Erin Blasko

University of Notre Dame sophomore Hayley Jie Brownd, a native of China and one of countless survivors of the country’s one-child policy, has been named a Realizing the Dream Scholar by the nonprofit group Independent Colleges of Indiana.

Campus Ministry's Diana Salgado Huicochea helps underrepresented students connect with their faith

Published: March 01, 2023

Bianca Feix

Diana Salgado Huicochea works in Campus Ministry as the assistant director of outreach for minority students. Recently, Bianca Feix ’25, a student assistant for the Liu Institute, interviewed Diana about her path to Notre Dame and the important work she does on campus. …

Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Spotlight: Jefferson Saransig

Published: March 31, 2023

Luke Van de Walle

Nestled in the highlands of northern Ecuador, Otavalo is a region rich in culture and hailed as the textile hub of indigenous Ecuadorians. Its residents, called Otavaleños, have transformed the region as they achieved high levels of success through exporting their fabrics both domestically and internationally. Jefferson Saransig, our 2022-23 Quechua (Kichwa) Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, comes from this rich...

Heather Reynolds testifies before Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare

Published: March 30, 2023

Kathryn Desai

The Ways and Means House Subcommittee on Work and Welfare invited Michael L. Smith Managing Director Heather Reynolds to testify at its hearing “Welfare is Broken: Restoring Work Requirements to Lift Americans Out of Poverty."…

Family guy: Notre Dame anthropologist Lee Gettler broadens perspectives on fatherhood, raising healthy children

Published: March 22, 2023

Beth Staples

In his Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory inside Corbett Family Hall, Lee Gettler has freezers full of saliva samples (as well as fingernail clippings) from people from around the world. By studying the chemical composition of these specimens, the associate professor of anthropology has developed several groundbreaking studies that have focused attention on — and reframed perspectives about —...

Kenneth Heckel appointed director of Office of Military & Veterans Affairs

Published: March 21, 2023

Dennis Brown

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Heckel, director of regional development at the University of Notre Dame and previously director of academy advancement for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has been named director of Notre Dame’s Office of Military & Veterans Affairs (OMVA), effective April 10.

Theology at the service of decolonization, with Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez

Published: March 21, 2023

Francisco J. Cintrón Mattei

Carlos Mendoza-Álvarez is professor of theology at Boston College and Friar of the Order of Preachers. His books include Deus ineffabilis: Una teología posmoderna del fin de los tiempos…

Catholicism panel discusses the Church in the 21st century global south

Published: March 16, 2023

Kenneth Hallenius

Provost John T. McGreevy "Most of my life, to my amazement, has been spent studying in, teaching at, writing about, and administering now, Catholic institutions. On an almost daily basis, I get asked, ‘How did we get here?’ And so I became interested in that long sweep of the 19th-century Catholic revival," said John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill...

FirstGen@ND: Tavin Martin ’25

Published: March 14, 2023

Shannon Rooney

As a first-generation college student, Tavin Martin ’25 faced a lack of knowledge and resources when it came to applying to college. A high-achieving student, she knew she was headed toward higher education, but neither of her parents had been through the college application process. Though her older brother went to college, he went to a local college and the...

Notre Dame English professor Dionne Irving Bremyer named finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Published: March 10, 2023

Josh Weinhold

Dionne Irving Bremyer, an associate professor of English at Notre Dame, has been named a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the country’s most prestigious peer-juried prize for novels and short stories. The honor is for Irving Bremyer’s short story collection The Islands, which follows the lives of Jamaican women — immigrants or the descendants of immigrants —...

Women Lead 2023

Published: March 06, 2023

Office of Brand Content

As Notre Dame celebrates Women's History Month, we introduce you to seven outstanding women who are innovating in their fields to help the University become a powerful means for doing good in the world.

FirstGen@ND: Carlos Flores '23, Architecture Major and Varsity Cheerleader

Published: March 01, 2023

Shannon Rooney

For Carlos Flores '23, choosing a major was tough. He started out at Notre Dame as an engineering major, but upon taking an architecture elective, he discovered that he liked both engineering and architecture equally. Luckily, he had some help from a mentor back home in Oklahoma, who told him to choose the major that he thought would provide him...

Poets & Scholars to convene at Notre Dame for "Latinx Poetics, a One-Day Gathering"

Published: March 31, 2023

Letras Latinas

An award-winning group of poets and scholars will convene at the University of Notre Dame on April 12 for “Latinx Poetics: a one-day gathering.” The event is taking place on the occasion of the recent publication of Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry…

Angela Seidu (MGA '24)

Published: March 28, 2023

Ciera Griffin

Angela Seidu is a first-year MGA student from Ghana focused on youth empowerment, community development, and gendered peacebuilding frameworks. In this Student Q&A, Angela discusses women in peacebuilding, obstacles to community development, and her Kroc experience thus far.

Notre Dame biochemist Patricia Clark receives the 2023 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award

Published: March 22, 2023

Brett Beasley

The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announced today that Patricia L. Clark, the Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara Professor in the University of Notre Dame's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry…

Alberto Solís-Castro (MGA '23)

Published: March 21, 2023

Ciera Griffin

Alberto Solís-Castro is a second-year MGA student and peace practitioner from Mexico with 15 years of experience in the field. Alberto is well versed in social movements, victim advocacy, indigenous rights, and mediation processes. A committed peacebuilder, Alberto shares his extensive peace work, reasons for pursuing a Master’s degree, and recent internship experience in Colombia and Washington D.C.…

Islamic Awareness Week

Published: March 21, 2023

Ansari Institute

The Muslim Student Association (MSA) is having a week-long Islamic Awareness Week March 21-24. This week is a great opportunity to learn about Islam and its values with Notre Dame Muslims, What Is Islam?…

Professor Diane Desierto serves as co-counsel in landmark UN ruling for Filipina ‘comfort women’

Published: March 16, 2023

Denise Wager

Diane Desierto, law professor and faculty director for the Law School’s LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, began her career in 2004 seeking reparations and justice for Filipina women who suffered from the sexual slavery system imposed by the Japanese during World War II.…

Women's Investing Summit

Published: March 13, 2023

ThinkND

Notre Dame Women’s Investing Summit Presented by Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing Originally published by thinkND at think.nd.edu on February 24, 2023. …

Margarette Macauley of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Afghan alumni discuss protecting women’s rights

Published: March 08, 2023

Denise Wager

The continued discrimination and oppression of women’s rights around the world and a call for actual change were the themes of a talk on Thursday, March 2, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights.

Five distinguished leaders to join former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as Notre Dame honorary degree recipients

Published: March 02, 2023

Notre Dame News

The University of Notre Dame will bestow honorary degrees on five distinguished leaders in science, business, music and community service at its 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May 21.