News and Stories
News from December 2007
Senior "zoom, zoom, zooms" to top of Mazda design competition
A senior University of Notre Dame industrial design major dubbed the "car girl" by classmates has written a new chapter in the University's rich tradition of auto design excellence.
Published December 21, 2007 by William G. Gilroy
Survey ranks Notre Dame junior faculty among most satisfied
When it comes to job satisfaction, the University of Notre Dame is hitting many of the right notes among its junior faculty members, according to a recent survey...
Published December 21, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
A writer so prolific, he's lost count
It's the rare reader of fiction who does not at some time or other consider becoming a writer himself...
Published December 19, 2007 by Carol C. Bradley
Puente joins immigrant integration exchange program in Spain
Sylvia Puente, director of the Center for Metropolitan Chicago Initiatives (CMCI) in the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), recently returned from a two-week trip to Spain as part of the U.S./Spain Exchange Project on Muslim Integration...
Published December 19, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
Identified by rhetoric
Just as words and phrases surrounding Notre Dame offer the University's faculty, staff and students certain identities, such as "Domers" or Catholics, the language used to describe other groups of people creates a legacy and understanding...
Published December 18, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
A life-changing peace blog
Several of Daniel Myers' students have told him that his new course, Introduction to Peace Studies, has changed their lives, and what the young men and women are sharing in the class this semester has repeatedly moved Myers to tears.
Published December 12, 2007 by Shannon Chapla
A Challenge for Churches: Adulthood Takes Its Time
In this story from The New York Times, Christian Smith, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and director of Notre Dame's Center for the Study of Religion and Society, is featured for his insights on the relationship between religion and "emerging adulthood."
Published December 8, 2007 by Peter Steinfels (from The New York Times)
Professor wins Asian literary prize for translation
Howard Goldblatt, research professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the inaugural 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize for his translation of "Wolf Totem" by Chinese author Jiang Rong.
Published December 6, 2007 by Susan Guibert
Award-winning paper sheds light on regional social movements
A paper written by University of Notre Dame sociologist Jackie Smith and post-doctoral fellow Dawn Wiest has received the second-place award in an international competition held by the Zurich-based World Society Foundation...
Published December 5, 2007 by Joan Fallon
Film screening to conclude semester for WORLDVIEW series
"All the Invisible Children," a compilation of seven stories examining the exploitation of children, will be screened Saturday (Dec. 8) at 7 and 10 p.m. in the Browning Cinema...
Published December 5, 2007 by Julie Hail Flory
Gimello an extraordinary "Buddhologist"
As perhaps befits a new member of the University of Notre Dame's increasingly diverse arts and letters faculty, Robert Gimello, research professor of theology and East Asian languages and cultures, is no ordinary Buddhologist.
Published December 3, 2007 by Michael O. Garvey
Smithsonian and ND in unique partnership
University of Notre Dame seniors Lauren Holcomb and Shannon Mimnaugh interned last summer at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Washington, D.C. To gauge their thoughts on the experience...
Published December 3, 2007 by Ted Fox