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News from June 2008
Notre Dame senior job searches were successful
Fewer recent University of Notre Dame graduates still were looking for work at Commencement than any class in recent history, according to the preliminary results of a survey on graduates' post-Commencement plans.
Published June 30, 2008 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Grad's fortunes bode well for new program
James Hussar had the best possible final semester a doctoral candidate can have. By January, he had accepted a tenure-track teaching position at his number one choice...
Published June 25, 2008 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Report addresses need to bolster Latinos' retirement security
There is a pressing need to bolster Latinos' retirement security, according to a report recently released by the Center for Migration and Border Studies in the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies.
Published June 25, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
Notre Dame reestablishes Jerusalem program
After an eight-year hiatus, the University of Notre Dame's Office of International Studies plans to reestablish its undergraduate program in Jerusalem next summer.
Published June 23, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
ND offers new graduate exchange with premier French university
The University of Notre Dame's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures this fall will launch a new graduate exchange program at the Université de Rennes 2 in France.
Published June 18, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
Rooney Center poised to have "transformative" effect
Established in 2001, Notre Dame's Program in American Democracy (PAD) hosted its 39th guest speaker earlier this year. The scholars who have given lectures as part of the series...
Published June 17, 2008 by Ted Fox
Play Like a Champion conference to be held at Notre Dame June 20 to 22
The Play Like a Champion (PLC) program will hold its third annual conference at the University of Notre Dame June 20 to 22 (Friday to Sunday).
Published June 16, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
A different kind of "Double Domer"
On a college campus, spring cannot pass into summer without graduation and the flood of memories it triggers. At Notre Dame, it's not all that uncommon for these stories to involve a student who had, say, a somewhat singular focus on where he or she wanted to go to school.
Published June 13, 2008 by Ted Fox
Father McBrien to be honored by DePaul
Rev. Richard P. McBrien, Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree at the Sunday (June 15) commencement exercises of DePaul University of Chicago.
Published June 13, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
Nanovic Institute establishes new book prize
The University of Notre Dame's Nanovic Institute for European Studies has created a new prize to honor and promote books that feature new perspectives of contemporary Europe.
Published June 13, 2008 by Jennifer Lechtanski
Anthropologist recognized by national association
James J. McKenna, Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, was named the 2008 recipient of the Anthropology in Media Award by the American Anthropological Association.
Published June 12, 2008 by Susan Guibert
Praise continues for Aragón poetry book
"The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry," edited by Francisco Aragón, director of Letras Latinas, the literary program of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, earned first place in the Poetry in English category at the 2008 International Latino Book Awards.
Published June 12, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
New study examines Catholic guilt among U.S teens
"I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt," Irish writer Edna O'Brien once said. The existence of a Catholic sense of guilt, the tendency to feel bad for a variety of sins committed or contemplated, is firmly entrenched in popular culture. Surprisingly, however...
Published June 10, 2008 by William G. Gilroy
Two graduates honored by Alumni Association
Two University of Notre Dame graduates, including Arts and Letters alum John T. Goldrick, received special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association during Reunion 2008 ceremonies on campus.
Published June 9, 2008 by Angela Sienko
Political science doctoral student awarded Miller Center fellowship
Kathryn Gardner, a University of Notre Dame doctoral student in political science from Loveland, Ohio, has been awarded a 2008-09 Fellowship in American Politics, Foreign Policy and World Politics from the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs.
Published June 6, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
Theologian Sterling appointed dean of Graduate School
Gregory E. Sterling, executive associate dean in the College of Arts and Letters and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed dean of the Graduate School, effective July 1...
Published June 4, 2008 by Dennis Brown
Kucich appointed director of London Undergraduate Program
Gregory Kucich, professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed director of the University's London Undergraduate Program, effective July 1.
Published June 3, 2008 by Shannon Chapla