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Busting Myths About Extremist Legislators
John Griffin, associate professor of political science, has helped debunk a myth about ideologically extreme legislators in an award-winning paper he co-wrote, raising the question of whether citizens hold elected officials accountable.
Published November 18, 2009 by Josh Stowe
Performance Will Mark 150th Anniversary of On the Origin of Species
A pair of Notre Dame professors will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species with a performance of a fictionalized dialogue between Darwin and one of his harshest scientific critics at 8 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 17).
Published November 12, 2009 by William G. Gilroy
Notre Dame Hosts Haiti's Only 2008–09 Fulbright Scholar
Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies is currently hosting Gerald Telfort, the only Fulbright visiting scholar selected from Haiti this academic year in the newly re-launched Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Central America and the Caribbean.
Published November 11, 2009 by Elizabeth Rankin
Schmuhl to Deliver Keynote Address at Dublin Conference
Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor of American Studies and Journalism, will deliver the keynote address at the conference of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland on Nov. 21 (Saturday) in Dublin.
Published November 11, 2009 by Shannon Chapla
Islam and Contemporary European Literature to be Explored at Symposium
Some of Europe's most prominent Muslim and Muslim-born writers will discuss the place of Islam in their work at a symposium titled "The Place of Islam in Contemporary European Literature," to be held Nov. 16 and 17 (Monday and Tuesday) at Notre Dame.
Published November 10, 2009 by Michael Lucien
Reflections on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later
Notre Dame political scientist James McAdams recalls the first time he stepped over the border from West Germany to East Germany in 1973 as a 19-year-old college student studying in West Berlin. "The first time I entered East Berlin, it felt like I was going to an anti-Disneyland."
Published November 6, 2009 by Susan Guibert
"What's Next? Week" to Help Students Plan Their Undergraduate Years
"What's Next? Week" is a series of academic and career information sessions designed to help Arts and Letters majors—from first-year students to seniors—make the most of their time at Notre Dame.
Published November 5, 2009 by Arts and Letters