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Building a community of genuine love and respect

Published: January 18, 2016

The following is a transcript of University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.’s remarks at the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Luncheon on Monday (Jan. 18).

MLK Day — A time for reflection

Published: January 06, 2016

Cidni Sanders

It will begin, fittingly, at the Hesburgh Library Reflecting Pool, a serene spot on campus designed to encourage serious thought and meditation. A midnight march will kick off the University’s celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I hope you will use this occasion to reflect on the values that are so central both to...

Father Jenkins to receive Spirit of Francis Award from Catholic Extension

Published: October 13, 2015

Michael O. Garvey

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., has been named the 2015 recipient of the Spirit of Francis National Award by Catholic Extension for his role in supporting and encouraging future leaders of the Catholic Church throughout his career at Notre Dame. Father Jenkins will receive the honor at a dinner and ceremony at the Metropolitan...

Celebrate Latino Heritage Month!

Published: September 15, 2015

Ke'Ana Bradley

Join MSPS in celebrating Latino Heritage Month! There are tons of events going on across campus which means there is a little something for everyone.

A ‘different lens’ for diversity recruiting

Published: June 01, 2015

Scott Palmer, Human Resources

Christina Brooks coordinates the University’s continuing efforts to identify and hire staff who bring both new skills and new perspectives to the Notre Dame community

Class of 2015, 'Father Ted’s last class,' leaves Notre Dame

Published: May 17, 2015

Michael O. Garvey

Watch video “You leave Notre Dame with many great achievements and memorable moments,” Notre Dame president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., told the graduates in his charge to the Class of 2015. “One is that you will always be the class that helped us send Father Theodore Hesburgh to his final rest with God.” Inviting Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of...

Notre Dame International launches four new short-term study abroad programs

Published: May 13, 2015

Amanda Skofstad

Notre Dame International at the University of Notre Dame will launch four new short-term study abroad programs for summer 2015: South Africa for Student-Athletes, Summer Greece, China Summer Language Program and Global Gateway seminars for rising freshmen. This expansion of program offerings marks progress toward NDI’s — and the University’s — goal to provide every eligible undergraduate with an opportunity...

Panel discussion on role of Catholic Church in marriage debate to be held at Notre Dame

Published: April 24, 2015

Michael O. Garvey

A panel discussion on the role of the Catholic Church in the cultural and political debate about marriage will take place at 7 p.m. Monday (April 27) in Room 141 of DeBartolo Hall at the University of Notre Dame.

A round of racial provocations

Published: April 06, 2015

Kerry Temple ’74

Notre Dame has a nettlesome past helping African Americans feel at home, and recent campus flare-ups played against a national backdrop of rekindled racial polarization.

Abayasinghe: ‘I want to win your business’

Published: April 01, 2015

Carol C. Bradley, NDWorks

Chris Abayasinghe, director of Food Services, has a story to tell about the launch of University Catering, and the theme is that “It’s a fresh start. A whole new day.” It’s a re-set for the entire department, he adds, offering the opportunity to cater meals to a changing customer demographic.

A class that's only technically about coding

Published: January 07, 2016

Josh Stowe '01

South Bend Code School aims to eliminate barriers between people and technology.

Rev. Jenkins urges dialogue at Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education

Published: November 19, 2015

Paul Browne

Invited by the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education to a meeting of Catholic educators from around the world at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo near Rome, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Thursday (Nov. 19) cited Pope Francis and the late Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of Notre Dame, in urging that...

Notre Dame observes Hispanic Heritage Month with events around campus

Published: October 01, 2015

Monika Spalinski

Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the culture of and recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans, is being observed in the U.S. from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The University of Notre Dame is marking the month with several events and an award.

The priest who earned an MBA

Published: July 13, 2015

Jeff Schmitt

Poets & Quants profiles Father Pete McCormick EMBA '15.

The Office of Institutional Equity: Ensuring fair and equal treatment for all

Published: June 01, 2015

Scott Palmer, Human Resources

Karrah Miller and Monique Frazier discuss how the Office of Institutional Equity provides leadership, support and training regarding principles of fair treatment and equal opportunity for faculty, staff, students and job applicants.

Aaron Neville: 2015 Laetare Address

Published: May 17, 2015

Notre Dame News

Watch video I am honored and humbled to be receiving such a prestigious medal. I hope I’m worthy of standing next to the people who have received it before me. If it’s for me trying to get my life on the right track the way God wanted me too, then I am worthy, because I know, and God knows, that...

Students presented with Undergraduate Library Research Award at Undergraduate Scholars Conference

Published: May 05, 2015

Jessica Trobaugh Temple

Four University of Notre Dame students received an Undergraduate Library Research Award (ULRA) for their exemplary research skills during a special event at the eighth annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference on Friday (May 1). More than 80 undergraduate research and scholarship projects were showcased at the conference.

Researchers identify molecular mechanism responsible for making malaria parasites drug-resistant

Published: April 15, 2015

Stephanie Healey

University of Notre Dame researchers led an international team to identify a molecular mechanism responsible for making malaria parasites resistant to artemisinins, the leading class of antimalarial drugs. According to the World Health Organization’s 2014 World Malaria Report, there are an estimated 198 million cases of malaria worldwide with 3.3 billion people at risk for contracting the infection. Although the...

Notre Dame to award 7 honorary degrees at Commencement

Published: April 06, 2015

Michael O. Garvey

Six distinguished figures in community leadership, the Catholic Church, education, engineering and science will join principal speaker Oxford Chancellor Christopher Patten as honorary degree recipients at the University of Notre Dame’s 170th University Commencement Ceremony on May 17 (Sunday).

Career Services Office helps ND staff find best job fit

Published: April 01, 2015

Scott Palmer, Human Resources

LaTonia Ferguson is the Learning and Organizational Development Consultant for the Office of Human Resources. We recently spoke to Ferguson about the career development services her office provides.

A longtime voice in the dialogue on civil and human rights

Published: January 06, 2016

Cidni Sanders

From the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s to today’s efforts to advance justice and human dignity around the world, the University’s commitment to human rights has been inextricably linked to social teachings of the Catholic Church.

Marc Burdell named program director, Low Socioeconomic Status support

Published: November 05, 2015

Ann Hastings

Burdell will oversee the creation of a student life enrichment program under the Fighting Irish Initiative, a groundbreaking initiative that will fully fund the cost for low-income students to attend Notre Dame — including tuition and fees, room and board, books, transportation and personal expenses.

A strategy modeled after ‘Jesus, Gandhi, MLK and common sense’

Published: September 21, 2015

Scott Palmer, Human Resources

Eric Love’s philosophy of meeting cultural understandings with patience and education is helping him develop the University’s strategy on staff diversity and inclusion.

Staff Literacy Program congratulates first graduates

Published: June 01, 2015

Scott Palmer, Human Resources

Spring is graduation season, and the first-ever graduates of the Notre Dame Workplace Literacy Program celebrated on Thursday, May 7, with a ceremony of their own. While the program has enabled some non-native participants to read and write in English as a second language, others are native English speakers who have discovered reading and writing skills they didn’t know they...

In Memoriam: Josephine Massyngbaerde Ford, professor emerita of theology at Notre Dame

Published: May 20, 2015

Michael O. Garvey

Josephine Massyngbaerde Ford, professor emerita of theology at the University of Notre Dame, died Saturday (May 16). She was 86. A native of Nottinghamshire, England, Ford was born near Sherwood Forest. She was graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1957 and, after a brief career as a medical nurse, earned a master’s degree from the University of London and...

Agreement between Engineering, Universidad de Chile encourages academic exchange

Published: May 15, 2015

Nina Welding

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at the University of Notre Dame has entered into a five-year agreement with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DIQBT) of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile, that encourages academic exchange and collaborative initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Iris Outlaw receives AABHE Exemplary Award for Public Service

Published: April 27, 2015

Notre Dame News

The American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) presented the AABHE Exemplary Award for Public Service to Iris Outlaw, director of Multicultural Student Programs and Services at the University of Notre Dame, at the 2015 AABHE National Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 10. The AABHE Exemplary Public Service Award goes to those individuals whose public lives and...

Division of Student Affairs honors exceptional student leaders

Published: April 07, 2015

Ann Hastings

The University of Notre Dame’s Division of Student Affairs recognized seven students at the annual Student Leadership Awards Banquet on Tuesday (March 31), and will honor one award winner at the Graduate School Awards Ceremony on May 15 (Friday). These annual awards honor current students who have made exceptional contributions to the Notre Dame community.

Chef Laura Johnson named ACF Central Region Pastry Chef of the Year

Published: April 01, 2015

NDWorks

Chef Laura Johnson, Notre Dame Food Services, was named 2015 American Culinary Federation (ACF) Central Region Pastry Chef of the Year, and will go on to compete against regional counterparts in the ACF National Convention in Orlando, Florida, July 30 to Aug. 3 for the national title and a $5,000…

Come, Holy Spirit

Published: April 01, 2015

Sean O'Brien, Law School

I met Father Ted on my first night on campus as a Notre Dame freshman. I snuck away from the orientation T-shirt/marker mixer outside LaFortune and went up to the 13th floor of the library to check out the philosophy collection. Whether it was my first act of collegiate rebellion or a nod to the reality that I wasn’t having...