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Ansari Institute will help change the conversation about religion with new grant

Published: July 16, 2020

Thanks to a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion will host a series of workshops that will help change the conversation about religion by bringing journalists, scholars and faith practitioners together to learn from each other and better communicate their perspectives.

New initiative will tackle racism’s core concepts

Published: July 10, 2020

Kevin Fye

The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights announced a year-long initiative entitled “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary,” that seeks to educate students and members of the broader Notre Dame community, helping them explore and deconstruct concepts that undergird racism.

A Message from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. -- Let us become more fully the Notre Dame we seek to be

Published: June 24, 2020

president.nd.edu

The current moment, while deeply tragic, is also an opportunity for reflecting on the ways we can make Notre Dame more fully the community we want it to be and to combat racism wherever we find it. We must seize that opportunity. Yet any successful effort will be one which first considers initiatives that have been undertaken, assesses their effectiveness...

Robinson Community Learning Center completes move to new, expanded facility at Eddy Street Commons

Published: June 15, 2020

Erin Blasko

The University of Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) is settling into its new home, a sleek, spacious new building at Eddy Street Commons, after almost two decades in its original location, the cramped and aging former Goodwill store at Eddy and Howard streets.

Mary Galvin: It is more meaningful to ask what we can do to end intolerance

Published: June 09, 2020

College of Science

Mary E. Galvin, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, addressed the issue of inequality with the students, faculty, and staff of the college.

Father Jenkins: “We have to pray, but we also must act”

Published: June 07, 2020

Media Relations

In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., joined other local clergy, elected officials and community leaders at an interdenominational prayer rally today at the Jon R. Hunt Memorial Plaza in downtown South Bend.

THRIVE! continues to thrive in spite of coronavirus and working remotely

Published: May 26, 2020

Natalie Davis Miller, Managing Editor, NDWorks

Thrive! is an employee resource group focused on increasing opportunities for women to be recruited, retained and advanced as leaders at the University

Retracing the Route of Freedom: Notre Dame group rides a bus to civil rights landmarks across the South

Published: May 04, 2020

Brendan O'Shaughnessy

Goose pimples broke out on a student’s skin in the pitch-black cellar of a Tennessee stop on the Underground Railroad. A visceral sadness seeped into a faculty member in the Memphis hotel room where Martin Luther King was shot on the balcony. The physical presence of the souls of black leaders overwhelmed…

I am ND: Paloma Garcia-Lopez

Published: January 06, 2020

Christina Clark, for NDWorks

Paloma Garcia-Lopez partners with students, manages the Institute for Latino Studies merit scholarship and works with faculty to increase the understanding of Latinos as part of the social fabric of America.

Notre Dame's procurement team works to increase small and diverse suppliers in bidding processes

Published: November 03, 2019

Karrah Herring

The procurement team recently created and is now implementing a Master Subcontracting Plan aimed at increasing the participation of diverse and small businesses in the University’s RFP (request for proposals) process. This process allows businesses to bid on providing supplies or services to various campus departments.

Statement from Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on the status of international students

Published: July 14, 2020

Notre Dame News

"I was heartened to learn that the government has abandoned plans which would have resulted in the deportation of foreign students enrolled at certain American colleges and universities. Their presence enriches us all. They should be welcomed, not threatened or sent home." Originally published…

Notre Dame to file brief in support of Harvard, MIT court motion

Published: July 09, 2020

Notre Dame News

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., today announced that the University would in coming days file an amicus curiae brief in support of a court motion by Harvard University and MIT to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from expelling international students who are enrolled exclusively online.

IDEA Center offers webinar on breaking down barriers to African American entrepreneurship

Published: June 23, 2020

Nicholas Swisher

Entrepreneurship and venture capital have been largely closed to minorities, with African Americans impacted particularly hard.

Immersed from afar: Canceled study abroad programs got creative to keep students connected

Published: June 12, 2020

Katherine Corcoran, University Communications

Of Notre Dame students who had to transition to distance learning, the most dramatic change came for those who left their study abroad programs to go home halfway through the semester. Though it sounds difficult, students, faculty and staff found creative ways to maintain their immersion experiences abroad from their living rooms in Illinois, California or Michigan.

New US citizens on campus excited for presidential debate, election

Published: June 08, 2020

Carrie Stone, Internal Communications

Serving on a jury, getting a U.S. passport and running for an elected office are a few of the benefits of U.S. citizenship, but the ability to vote in our democratic process is the most motivating one for a staff member and a professor at Notre Dame.

Notre Dame community gathers in support of unity and racial justice

Published: June 02, 2020

Dennis Brown

With the image of “Christ the Teacher” on the south façade of Hesburgh Library as a backdrop, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., urged members of the campus community Monday evening (June 1) to recommit to and pray for unity and racial justice in our nation.

McGrath Institute to examine pandemic-related Church life renewal in virtual seminar series

Published: May 12, 2020

Anna Bradley

With special attention to how the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the typical rhythm of dioceses, parishes, schools and home life, this series will examine how the laity and the clergy might together commit to renewing the life of the Church.

Amid coronavirus, story time moves online for Robinson Center youth

Published: May 01, 2020

Erin Blasko

Established in 2011, the RCLC’s English as a new language (ENL) preschool program is a companion to its adult ENL program, exposing the children of students in that program to music, literature, computers, art and outdoor play on a daily basis.

English as a New Language (ENL) classes for staff

Published: January 01, 2020

Anna McKeever

Improve your written and spoken English with free English as a New Language (ENL) classes for Notre Dame staff. Courses are taught on Notre Dame’s campus by South Bend Community School Corporation instructors.

Diversity & Inclusion Speaker Series with Navajo Code Talker November 14

Published: October 17, 2019

Anna McKeever

Join Navajo Code Talker and Former Leader of the Navajo Nation, Peter MacDonald, Sr., for a talk about his experience serving in the South Pacific as a Navajo Code Talker…

Notre Dame joins 58 other universities in support of Harvard, MIT lawsuit

Published: July 13, 2020

Dennis Brown

The University of Notre Dame joined during this past weekend with 58 other institutions of higher learning as amici in support of a court motion by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from expelling international students who are enrolled exclusively online.

Landscape Services supervisor recognized with Patriot Award

Published: June 29, 2020

NDWorks

Darrian Williams, a groundskeeper in Landscape Services and a member of the National Guard, surprised his boss, Tim Dyczko, with the Patriot Award from the U.S. Department of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program.

Diversity and inclusion resources available, conference planned

Published: June 19, 2020

NDWorks

In spring 2021, the University of Notre Dame will hold a Diversity and Inclusion Conference for the Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and Holy Cross College campuses to come together for a day of learning, conversation, and community-building. While the conference is months away, conference organizers offer selected resources for education, reflection, and action.

Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Supreme Court’s DACA decision

Published: June 09, 2020

Notre Dame News

“The Supreme Court ruled on technical grounds what we applaud on moral ones. It invalidated the heartless cancellation of the DACA program, which needlessly put at risk thousands who entered the U.S. as minors and who knew America as their only home. "

Message from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. -- "We have work to do"

Published: June 08, 2020

president.nd.edu

We were all horrified by the video of the terrible killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis as he pleaded with one of them to take his knees off his neck so he could breathe. As heartrending as the video was in itself, it has evoked anger and frustration among the black community—and all people of goodwill—over the...

Statement by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, on racial justice

Published: May 30, 2020

Notre Dame News

“George Floyd’s tragic death cries out for justice and a recommitment to fight racism. Recalling the image of Father Hesburgh and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. locked hand-in-hand in 1964, we pray, on this Feast of Pentecost: Come, Holy Spirit, inspire us to work for justice, solidarity and a healing…

Center for Student Support and Care established in time for coronavirus

Published: May 11, 2020

Gwen O'Brien, NDWorks

Last semester, the Center for Student Support and Care opened in temporary quarters in Flanner Hall, bringing under one umbrella the existing Sara Bea Center for Student Accessibility Services and the University’s care and wellness consultants.

Women’s judiciary panel and 19th Amendment exhibit to be held at ND Law School

Published: January 13, 2020

Denise Wager

Notre Dame Law School will host a panel discussion, How Women Have Shaped the Judiciary, to commemorate the 19th Amendment centennial of women’s right to vote on Friday, January 24 at 4 p.m. in McCartan Courtroom.

High School Equivalency diploma classes for staff

Published: December 31, 2019

Anna McKeever

This preparation program will help employees obtain the skills and knowledge needed to complete the High School Equivalency Diploma examination.

Notre Dame to host Indiana Association of Blacks in Higher Education Fall Symposium

Published: October 10, 2019

Erin Blasko

The Indiana Association of Blacks in Higher Education (IABHE) Fall Symposium will take place Oct. 13 (Sunday) and 14 (Monday) at the Morris Inn at the University of Notre dame.