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Professor wins NEH grant to encourage teaching philosophy as a way of life

Published: August 08, 2017

Faculty will spend half of the institute studying the key teachings of Stoicism, Buddhism, Kantianism and other major movements in sessions led by nationally recognized senior scholars. The remainder will be dedicated to finding effective and innovative ways to help undergraduate students “try out” these teachings.

Adjunct Professor John Gallo to lead Chicago’s largest legal aid organization

Published: August 01, 2017

Kevin Allen

Formerly known as the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, LAF helps thousands of people obtain justice and start moving out of poverty every year.

Ernest Morrell appointed director of new Center for Literacy Education in joint Arts and Letters hire

Published: July 13, 2017

Theo Helm

Ernest Morrell — expert in critical educational theory, social movement theory, English education and African diaspora popular culture — has been appointed Coyle Professor in Literacy Education and inaugural director of the Center for Literacy Education in the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives.

Notre Dame theologian and Holy Cross priest addresses U.S. bishops on refugees and migration

Published: June 13, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

While Groody seeks to understand the different responses to the refugee and migration crisis, he is particularly interested in analyzing those responses in light of Catholic social teaching and the Gospel message.

Inked with signs of faith

Published: April 28, 2017

Robert O. Smith

My experience of Holy Week in Jerusalem this year was marked by deep tragedy and profound compassion, tied together by . . . tattoos. The tattoo design was Coptic; it’s from Razzouk Tattoo, a family that has been inking Christian pilgrim tattoos in Jerusalem for close to 700 years.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Increasing diversity among faculty and graduate students

Published: March 07, 2017

Megan Valley, The Observer

Part of Pamela Nolan Young’s efforts include conducting workshops on a variety of topics related to diversity and inclusion, including cultural competency and issues related to race, class and gender.

Thomas Jefferson, slavery, and religion: Rethinking an American icon

Published: August 08, 2017

Shane Ulbrich

Benjamin Wetzel reviews John B. Boles’ Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty (Basic, 2017).

Notre Dame and Girls Who Invest partner to build pipeline of women asset managers

Published: July 28, 2017

Carol Elliott

The University of Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) and the Mendoza College of Business are announcing a new partnership with Girls Who Invest, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and executive leadership in the asset management industry.…

Eck Institute for Global Health to study Zika in Belize

Published: July 10, 2017

Jessica Sieff

The University has announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic, the Belize Ministry of Health and the Belize Vector and Ecology Center aimed at strengthening the country’s ability to respond to Zika virus and other arboviruses.

Expert in comparative politics in South Asia appointed assistant professor of global affairs

Published: June 07, 2017

Renée LaReau

Ostermann and Tamara Kay, associate professor of global affairs and sociology, are developing and will co-teach “Global Actors and Institutions” — a core course for students in the Master of Global Affairs program, which begins in August.

In Memoriam: Adam Arnold, first African-American faculty member

Published: April 24, 2017

Dennis Brown

Most of his professional life was spent at Notre Dame, where he became the first African-American appointed to the faculty in the Department of Finance in 1957 and the first to receive tenure. He served as the faculty advisor to the League of Black Business Students, and in 2003 received the William P. Sexton Award from the Notre Dame Alumni...

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.

This land is their land

Published: March 25, 2017

Rasmus Jorgensen

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

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.

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.

ILS collaborates in launching the area's first Spanish-English Immersion program at Holy Cross Grade School

Published: March 07, 2017

Institute for Latino Studies

Around the country, a growing number of schools are beginning these programs of “two-way immersion.” In the two-way immersion model, children from two distinct languages come together to form a learning community in which each benefits from the others’ linguistic and cultural assets.

NDIGD researcher’s paper on clean cookstoves in Uganda wins Rural Sociological Society competition

Published: August 02, 2017

Luis Ruuska

“This award encourages me to continue working with disadvantaged people in developing countries, especially in rural areas, to improve their lives,” said Lila Kumar Khatiwada, a monitoring and evaluation specialist at the University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development.

Nanovic and Mendoza host European Catholic university officials for executive education program

Published: July 17, 2017

Notre Dame News

The Catholic Leadership Institute is a management training program for higher education professionals that has been internationalized to serve those working in former Soviet bloc countries.

‘Trying to Say God’ rejuvenates conversation on Catholic literary culture

Published: June 30, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

More than 250 writers, artists and lovers of literature convened at the University of Notre Dame June 22-24 for “Trying to Say God: Re-enchanting the Catholic Literary Imagination.”

New frontiers: First female dean expanded Notre Dame’s global footprint

Published: May 12, 2017

Carrie Gates

Isabel Charles wanted others to see the world as a bigger place than they’d known — and to see that they had a place in it.

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.

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...

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.

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.

2017 Women Lead

Published: March 06, 2017

Office of Strategic Content

Tomorrow belongs to the bold. Notre Dame is proud to celebrate women whose scholarship and leadership are empowering change in the global community.

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