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News from January 2007
Israeli soldier turned scholar to speak Feb. 8 on security issues
Efraim Inbar, professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, will deliver a lecture titled "Israel's Security Environment" at 8 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 8)...
Published January 31, 2007 by Kyle Chamberlin
Former EPA chief Whitman to speak Feb. 7 on U.S. environmental issues
Christine Todd Whitman, former administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and governor of New Jersey, will deliver a lecture titled "Shaping the Future: America's Environment Today" at 4 p.m. Feb. 7 (Wednesday)...
Published January 30, 2007 by Kyle Chamberlin
Ninth annual Carnaval celebration comes to campus
The spirited music and dance of Brazil will come to the University of Notre Dame when the Kellogg Institute for International Studies presents its ninth annual Carnaval celebration Feb. 9 (Friday)...
Published January 29, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
40th Annual Notre Dame Literary Festival to take place Feb. 5-8
The Notre Dame Literary Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a variety of literary offerings Feb. 5 to 8 (Monday to Thursday).
Published January 29, 2007 by Kyle Chamberlin
Sedlack wins awards from Graphic Design USA magazine
Robert Sedlack, assistant professor of design at the University of Notre Dame, recently received American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA magazine for two University related projects.
Published January 29, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Winter Career and Internship Fair to be held Feb. 1
The University of Notre Dame will host its 2007 Winter Career and Internship Fair from 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1 (Thursday) in the Joyce Center fieldhouse. Sponsored by the University's Career Center...
Published January 26, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
ND ReSource: Emerging Asian economies present opportunities for U.S.
The global power shift caused by the rapidly growing economies of China, India and other Asian nations can benefit Americans, according to University of Notre Dame economist Nelson Mark.
Published January 26, 2007 by Susan Guibert
Milton scholar provides new view of poet's life in new book
Stephen M. Fallon, professor of liberal studies and English at the University of Notre Dame, provides a new view of 17th-century English poet John Milton's life and his importance...
Published January 26, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Glee Clubs from Notre Dame and Michigan to perform together
The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will join the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club at 8 p.m. Friday (Jan. 26) for a special performance in the Leighton Concert Hall of the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts...
Published January 25, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Sophomore wins Hannah Storm journalism internship at ND
Jessica Bruno, a University of Notre Dame sophomore from Norwalk, Conn., has been selected as the first recipient of the Hannah Storm journalism internship through the Notre Dame Alumni Association.
Published January 24, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
5 professors earn NEH Awards; ND leads nation for past 8 years
Five University of Notre Dame faculty members have received research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for 2007, bringing to 29 the number of NEH fellowships awarded to Notre Dame in the past eight years, more than any other university in the nation.
Published January 24, 2007 by Dennis Brown
Four graduates to be honored Jan. 26 by Alumni Association
Four Arts and Letters graduates will be honored by the Notre Dame Alumni Association during ceremonies on campus Friday (Jan. 26).
Published January 22, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Lecture series to feature natural scientists discussing research and diversity
The need for biomedical research scientists to help battle the problem of diabetes among Latinos will be discussed Jan. 31 (Wednesday) in the opening talk of the "Science, Diversity and Academia" spring lecture series...
Published January 22, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Professor Bernard Doering's translation of Maritain biography wins awards
"Jacques and Raïssa Maritain: Beggars for Heaven," a biography by Jean-Luc Barré, translated by Bernard E. Doering, professor emeritus of Romance languages and literatures...
Published January 19, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
A "Regensburg Moment" at Notre Dame
For an arcane academic lecture, it certainly made a splash: Only a few hours after a retired faculty member returned to the University of Regensburg in Germany to...
Published January 19, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
George Gallup in Hollywood
"George Gallup in Hollywood," a book by Susan Ohmer, William T. and Helen Kuhn Carey Assistant Professor of Modern Communication, is featured in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Published January 19, 2007 by Nina Ayoub (in The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Poet Aragón selected for award and residency
The Alliance of Artists Communities recently named poet Francisco Aragón a recipient of the Midwestern Voices and Visions award. A faculty member in the Institute for Latino Studies...
Published January 18, 2007 by Kyle Chamberlin
Summer Shakespeare to present "The Romeo and Juliet Story: In Concert" Jan. 26
Summer Shakespeare, the professional theatre in residence at the University of Notre Dame, will present "The Romeo and Juliet Story: In Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 (Friday)...
Published January 18, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Symposium to explore antiquities, cultural property
The University of Notre Dame will welcome museum directors, archaeologists, art historians and international law scholars to campus Feb. 24 (Saturday) to explore issues concerning cultural property and its stewardship...
Published January 17, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
ND ReSource: Surprising similarities between Obama and Reagan
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., announced Tuesday that he has filed to form a presidential exploratory committee, a step that allows him to begin raising money to mount what may...
Published January 16, 2007 by Dennis Brown
2006 Law School graduate named Skadden Fellow
Dory Mitros Durham, a 2006 graduate of the Notre Dame Law School, has been named a 2007 Skadden Fellow by the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. Durham also received her undergraduate degree from Notre Dame, graduating in 2001 with a major in the Program of Liberal Studies.
Published January 16, 2007 by Carol Jambor-Smith &
Michael O. Garvey
Bringing together the Judeo- and the Christian
Back in the days when Evyatar Marienberg gave tours in Galilee, he had a feeling that the information he recited about Christian history was too literal, and not completely true. "The Hebrew books I read depicted Christians and Christianity in a particular way...
Published January 15, 2007 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Junior honored by New Orleans Saints for service work
Radhika Deva, a University of Notre Dame junior from Kearny, N.J., recently was honored by the National Football League's New Orleans Saints for her participation in an eight-week service project in New Orleans...
Published January 9, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
Translation finds times of peace among medieval Christians and Muslims
A new chapter in the history of relations between Christians and Muslims is being revealed with the English translation of a 12th-century manuscript by a Christian archbishop living in Baghdad.
Published January 9, 2007 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Taking stock of the ND Millennial project challenge
As President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., visits Uganda over the coming weeks, important ground is being broken on the University's Notre Dame Millennial Development Initiative (NDMDI).
Published January 4, 2007 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Vietnam War photography exhibit opens Jan. 14 at the Snite
An exhibition of more than 200 photographs of the Vietnam War, taken by photographers who died in the conflict, will be on exhibition in the O'Shaughnessy Galleries of the University of Notre Dame's Snite Museum of Art from Jan. 14 to March 4.
Published January 4, 2007 by Carol C. Bradley
2007 Student Film Festival to run Jan. 25 to 27
The University of Notre Dame will present its 18th annual Student Film Festival Jan. 25 to 27 (Thursday to Saturday) at 7 and 10 p.m. each evening in the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts.
Published January 4, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
ND professor, Denis Goulet, dies
Denis A. Goulet, professor emeritus of economics and policy studies and William and Dorothy O'Neill Chair in Education for Justice at the University of Notre Dame, died Dec. 26...
Published January 2, 2007 by Michael Garvey