News and Stories
News from August 2007
Shakespeare scholar Peter Holland appointed acting dean of Graduate School
Peter Holland, McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed acting dean of the University's Graduate School...
Published August 31, 2007 by Dennis Brown
Historian publishes book on indigenous women in colonial Peru
Karen Graubart, associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, examines the roles played by indigenous women in the early years of Spanish colonization of Peru in a new book published by Stanford University Press.
Published August 31, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
ND Expert: Drop in SAT scores not all bad
The recently reported drop in SAT scores nationwide has many educators worried, yet a University of Notre Dame sociologist regards the underlying issues that could account for the scoring dip to be positive.
Published August 31, 2007 by Susan Guibert
Film series to examine truths about migration
"Migration, Documented," sponsored by the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), will present six films to be shown at 7 p.m. each Wednesday from Sept. 5 to Oct. 10 in 126 DeBartolo Hall...
Published August 30, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
How do you say "lucky guy" in French?
Michael "Mic" Detlefsen has finally stopped pinching himself. But he's not yet beyond the point of using words like "delightful" and "humbling" to describe the tremendous good fortune that has come his way.
Published August 29, 2007 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Lecture series to examine how public policy affects Latinos
John Trasviña, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), will open the Institute for Latino Studies' (ILS) Public Policy Lecture Series...
Published August 29, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
McAdams collects and comments on influential essays from Review of Politics
"The Crisis of Modern Times: Perspectives from The Review of Politics, 1939-1962," edited by Notre Dame political scientist A. James McAdams, was recently published by Notre Dame Press.
Published August 29, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
Ethicists to explore morality of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
To stay or to leave? After four years of war in Iraq, this is a political question, a military question - and a moral question.
Published August 28, 2007 by Joan Fallon
Arts celebration to feature literary conversation between Gao, Alvarez
A literary conversation between Nobel Prize-winner Gao Xingjian and Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez will highlight "Between Homeland and Heartland," a four-day celebration of the arts Sept. 10 to 13...
Published August 28, 2007 by Dennis Brown
Higgins Center film series to begin Sept. 10
The seventh annual Higgins Center Labor History Film Series at the University of Notre Dame will begin Sept. 10 (Monday) with the presentation of "Morristown" at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies.
Published August 27, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Soldiers, scholars, lawyers to seek meaning of war
Soldiers, social scientists, war correspondents, just war theorists, military historians, international lawyers and decorated generals will meet Sept. 13 to 15 (Thursday to Saturday) at Notre Dame for a conference titled "What Is War?"
Published August 24, 2007 by Joan Fallon
2007 Saturday Scholar Series to kick off football weekends
The seventh annual Saturday Scholar Series at the University of Notre Dame will feature seven lectures by leading faculty members on each home football game weekend this fall.
Published August 23, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Sociologist Spillman named chair of ASA's Section on Culture
Lyn Spillman, associate professor of sociology, was inaugurated as chair of the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Section on Culture at the group's annual meeting this month.
Published August 23, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Father Ayo writes book on ancient Christian prayer
"Gloria Patri: The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology," by Rev. Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C., professor emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies, was recently published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
Published August 22, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
Life's Labor Found
When Jay Paul Skelton went looking for the right person to direct this year's mainstage Summer Shakespeare production of "Love's Labor's Lost," he didn't have to go far. Or anywhere at all, actually.
Published August 20, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
Actors From The London Stage to present "Macbeth"
Actors From The London Stage, an international touring theater troupe based at the University of Notre Dame, will present William Shakespeare's gripping tragedy "Macbeth" in three performances Sept. 12, 13 and 14...
Published August 17, 2007 by Shannon Chapla