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News from October 2008
Roundtable to focus on immigration and remittances in global economy
When immigrants send small sums of money back to their families in their underdeveloped home countries, many economists believe it makes a significant impact on the global economy. Currently, 150 million such migrants...
Published October 31, 2008 by Elizabeth Rankin and
Therese Hanlon
Ford Program sponsors first human development student conference
Graduate and undergraduate students representing 36 colleges and universities will present dynamic human development research conducted in 25 countries on five continents at a conference titled "Innovation in the Service of Human Dignity," to be held Nov. 7 and 8...
Published October 31, 2008 by Elizabeth Rankin and
Tim Lyden
No happy ending yet to economist's story
To make the current economic crisis seem simple, University of Notre Dame economist Chris Waller turns to old movies.
Published October 29, 2008 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Award-winning producers return to discuss storytelling
Tom Bettag, a 1966 Notre Dame graduate and executive producer of The Koppel Group for Discovery Networks, and Gita Pullapilly, a 1999 graduate and documentary film producer for Dungby Productions, will provide an inside look at how expert storytelling shapes reality for television and film...
Published October 27, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
Voting for a better society
University of Notre Dame political scientist Dianne Pinderhughes wants the upcoming presidential election to accomplish one specific outcome, and it doesn't have anything to do...
Published October 23, 2008 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
Former presidential speechwriter to deliver McCullough Lecture
Washington Post columnist and former White House speechwriter Michael Gerson will deliver the inaugural McCullough Lecture in Responsible Journalism and Government on Oct. 29...
Published October 22, 2008 by Robert Schmuhl
ND Expert: "No port security"
The attempt by Congress to shore up port security by setting a deadline of 2012 for all U.S.-bound cargo to be scanned will not be met, according to the Homeland Security Department. Passed in 2006, the mandate...
Published October 22, 2008 by Susan Guibert
Notre Dame trustee William F. Reilly dies
William F. Reilly, Notre Dame trustee and chairman and chief executive officer of Summit Business Media, died Friday (Oct. 17) at home in New York City. He was 70 years old.
Published October 20, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
Quotable, around the globe
Bob Schmuhl wears some interesting hats. He is, first, the big shoulders on which the University of Notre Dame's journalism program has matured, earning professional accolades...
Published October 20, 2008 by Gail Hinchion Mancini
1996 graduate recognized as outstanding educator
The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will present the Notre Dame Outstanding Educator Award to Joy Michnowicz Anderson, a 1996 graduate who majored in sociology, at this year's Excellence in Teaching conference...
Published October 17, 2008 by Angela Sienko
ND Expert: Keeping a language alive
All of us have a stake in the struggle of the Native American Arapaho people to revive and preserve their language, according to John Duffy, associate professor of English...
Published October 17, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
A critic of cultures
"If liberty means anything at all," George Orwell wrote, "it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." A stoutly secularist thinker like Orwell and a devoutly Catholic priest like Rev. Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor, associate professor of theology...
Published October 15, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
New book stresses vision of globalization based on human rights and democracy
A new book by University of Notre Dame sociologist and peace studies scholar Jackie Smith describes the struggle between two visions of global society—one focused on wealth and profits, and one centered on people's rights and justice.
Published October 15, 2008 by Joan Fallon
"Hwanyoung" Korean studies
A warm "Hwanyoung" (welcome) to Korean studies, which, this fall, became the 14th language program offered at the University of Notre Dame.
Published October 10, 2008 by Shannon Chapla
Professor Don Howard publishes course on Einstein
Don Howard, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has published a comprehensive academic course on Albert Einstein with The Teaching Company.
Published October 9, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
Financial experts to discuss credit crisis impact
As the global financial markets continue to plummet, answers are in short supply, from the big picture of underlying causes down to how this will affect the individual's wallet. The unfolding credit crisis...
Published October 8, 2008 by Carol Elliott
ND law professors to discuss Catholic voting on life issues
A panel discussion, "Catholic Voters and the 2008 Presidential Election," will be held Wednesday (Oct. 8) at 6:30 p.m. in the University of Notre Dame's McKenna Hall auditorium. The...
Published October 6, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
ND Expert: Election forcing new definition of political leadership
In past periods of great political turmoil in this country, widely admired leaders—think of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in the Progressive era and Franklin Roosevelt...
Published October 3, 2008 by Susan Guibert
Medieval Institute to host international meeting of scholars
The University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute will host an international gathering of medieval scholars to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM) Oct. 8 through Oct. 11...
Published October 3, 2008 by Michael O. Garvey
Notre Dame hosts regional graduate conference on "The Common Good"
Graduate students from the University of Notre Dame will host a regional conference this month for their colleagues in the humanities and social sciences, welcoming participants from eight Midwestern universities as well as two East Coast institutions.
Published October 3, 2008 by Kara Fromke and
Mike Westrate
Journalist-historian to address big changes in the Middle East
Big changes are coming in the Middle East, says Gwynne Dyer. But how big? And how bad? Dyer, a journalist, broadcaster and historian of international affairs, will address these questions in his presentation, "After Iraq," at 7 p.m. Oct. 6...
Published October 1, 2008 by Joan Fallon