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News from July 2005
ND ReSource: AFL-CIO rift temporary, labor economist predicts
The withdrawal of more than 3 million Teamsters and service employees from the AFL-CIO – along with some $20 million in dues – will not fundamentally change labor economics, according to Teresa Ghilarducci...
Published July 27, 2005 by Susan Guibert
A half century of Ralph McInerny
Ralph McInerny, professor of philosophy, director of the Jacques Maritain Center and Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, can be pointed in his disapproval of recent trends in his chosen academic discipline.
Published July 26, 2005 by Michael O. Garvey
Sociologist, student receive award from American Sociological Association
Daniel J. Myers, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, and Beth Schaefer Caniglia, former Notre Dame graduate student, have received the Best Published Article Award from the American Sociological Association...
Published July 25, 2005 by Susan Guibert
Washington and Lee president elected provost
Thomas G. Burish, president of Washington and Lee University and a distinguished researcher in the field of clinical psychology, was elected provost of the University of Notre Dame...
Published July 21, 2005 by Matthew V. Storin
Plantinga discusses evolution and Christianity
A renowned philosopher from the University of Notre Dame supports recent comments by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn that belief in evolution as accepted by some in science today may be incompatible with Christian beliefs.
Published July 18, 2005 by Dennis Brown
Summer Shakespeare to present "Henry V" Aug. 9 to 28
Summer Shakespeare at the University of Notre Dame will present "Henry V" from Aug. 9 to 28 in the University's new Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts.
Published July 15, 2005 by Julie Flory
Death and Wheatgrass
Historian Jon Coleman pays tribute to his father in "The Chronicle of Higher Education."
Published July 11, 2005 by Jon T. Coleman
Undergraduate research expands boundaries of learning
Why has violence so often been a political tool of choice in Northern Ireland? Can dominant tamarin cotton-top monkeys repress the reproductive development of subordinate monkeys?
Published July 7, 2005 by Susan Guibert
Historian writes book on Indy's "polite" civil rights protests
Methods of political action employed by the black community of Indianapolis in the 20th century to secure civil rights is the focus of a new book written by Richard B. Pierce...
Published July 5, 2005 by Susan Guibert
Father Jenkins becomes 17th president of Notre Dame
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., assumed the presidency of the University of Notre Dame today (July 1), the 17th president in its 163-year history.
Published July 1, 2005 by Dennis Brown