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

Published: June 13, 2017

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.

Timothy Neary and panelists discuss Bishop Sheil’s vision for Catholic youth Sports

Published: February 28, 2017

Shane Ulbrich

Under Sheil, the CYO not only allowed for participation from a variety of ethnic and national backgrounds but also actively promoted itself as a “melting pot.”

A tour of the head, heart and mind

Published: February 22, 2017

Carol Elliott

Mendoza faculty members and their families recently toured the Basilica to deepen their understanding and appreciation of ND's Catholic mission.

Notre Dame celebrates Black History Month

Published: February 07, 2017

William G. Gilroy

In celebration of Black History Month, groups at the University of Notre Dame are holding several events.

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.

Tuesdays at Tantur brings religious experts to the Jerusalem Global Gateway

Published: February 27, 2017

Ra'anan Mallek

Weekly event seeks to establish a community of conversation.

Statement by Father John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president, University of Notre Dame

Published: February 21, 2017

Notre Dame News

A statement on guidance memos released by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday (Feb. 21).

Mass addresses national attitudes towards immigration

Published: February 07, 2017

Emily McConville, The Observer

At a Mass for immigrants and refugees at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Monday night, associate professor of theology Fr. Daniel Groody said the United States’ and Catholics’ attitude towards immigrants and refugees is of utmost importance.

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.

Professor discusses Irish migration

Published: February 26, 2017

Tom Naatz, The Observer

In a lecture titled “Globalizing Ireland: Emigration and Immigration, 1980-2020,” sponsored by the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Mary P. Corcoran of Maynooth University discussed migration patterns in and out of Ireland over the last 40 years. Corcoran began by talking about a Latvian foreman whom she met shortly after the European Union had undergone its first major enlargement into Eastern...

Gabriel Said Reynolds tapped by Vatican for Catholic-Muslim dialogue on religious extremism

Published: February 20, 2017

Amanda Skofstad

Gabriel Said Reynolds, professor of Islamic studies and theology, is one of 15 Catholic delegates invited by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to participate in a bilateral conversation with 15 Muslim counterparts in Cairo, Egypt.

Chinese New Year

Published: February 03, 2017

Daily Domer Staff

Celebration event in observance of Chinese New Year.

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