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News from October 2009
Chilean Human Rights Advocate Garners Notre Dame Prize
José Zalaquett, professor of human rights at the University of Chile's Law School, will be awarded the 2009 Notre Dame Prize for distinguished public service in Latin America at a ceremony Nov. 12 (Thursday) in Santiago.
Published October 30, 2009 by Elizabeth Rankin
Medieval Institute to Host Film Festival This Weekend
Notre Dame's Medieval Institute will present its first film festival Friday to Sunday (Oct. 30 to Nov. 1), featuring four classic motion pictures with medieval settings—three that explore the lighter side of the Middle Ages and one cinematic masterpiece.
Published October 28, 2009 by Julie Hail Flory
Notre Dame Scholar Debunks Myths about Jesus
Professor John P. Meier continues his work to correct common misconceptions about what Jesus thought and taught.
Published October 27, 2009 by Josh Stowe
Roundtable to Focus on the Future of Democracy in Latin America
Three distinguished panelists will join Luis Cosenza, the former minister to the presidency in Honduras, to discuss whether Latin American democracy is in peril—or if a new, Latin American form of democracy is rising to meet the region's challenges—at a roundtable on Thursday (Oct. 29).
Published October 27, 2009 by Elizabeth Rankin
Faculty to Examine Latino Life and Faith in Saturday Scholars Presentation
Three members of the theology faculty will be in San Antonio this weekend for a Saturday Scholar Series presentation titled "Latinos and the Remapping of American Catholicism." The talk will take place before the University's home-away-from-home football game against Washington State.
Published October 26, 2009 by Michael O. Garvey
Historian Jan Gross to Speak on Holocaust in Poland
Jan Tomasz Gross, Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society and professor of history at Princeton University, will give a lecture titled "On Holocaust's Periphery: Poles and Their Jewish Neighbors" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 27) in Notre Dame's McKenna Hall auditorium.
Published October 22, 2009 by Michael O. Garvey
Johansen Honored for Lifetime Achievements in Peace
Robert Johansen, professor of political science and director of doctoral studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has received the Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Peace Studies Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association.
Published October 21, 2009 by Joan Fallon
Arts and Letters Graduates Among Those Receiving Alumni Association Awards
Notre Dame's Alumni Association will present awards to six graduates this fall, including Arts and Letters alumni Maj. Gen. Frederick Roggero (political science '76), Marc Maurer (Program of Liberal Studies '74), Paul Geary Jr. (English '65), and Theodore "Ted" Robinson (American studies '78).
Published October 20, 2009 by Angela Sienko and Shannon Chapla
Notre Dame Establishes Chicago Latino Research Collaborative
The Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame has established the Chicago Latino Research Collaborative to conduct academic research aimed at providing decision-makers with important information about matters affecting Chicago-area Latinos.
Published October 19, 2009 by Shannon Chapla
Something for the Pope to Read
Several years ago, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., formed a Notre Dame committee to respond to a request made by Cardinal Josef Ratzinger before he became pope, one involving the search for a "common denominator" of universal moral principles. The committee's work is now available as a book.
Published October 15, 2009 by Michael O. Garvey
ND and USC, Making Beautiful Music Together?
When Notre Dame and the University of Southern California meet, it can get ugly. But that is the last word you would use to describe a recent encounter between the two schools in Notre Dame's Crowley Hall.
Published October 15, 2009 by Julie Hail Flory
Notre Dame Graduate Wins Medical School Scholarship
Lance Chapman is in elite company. He's among fewer than 400 college graduates—including three others from Notre Dame—who have won the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship since the program began in 2002.
Published October 15, 2009 by Josh Stowe
Assistant Professor Honored for Goethe Article
Tobias Boes, assistant professor in Notre Dame's Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures, was awarded the Goethe Society of North America's Essay Prize for the article "Apprenticeship of the Novel: The Bildungsroman and the Invention of History, ca. 1770-1820."
Published October 15, 2009 by Katie Louvat
Students to Compete in NASCAR Program
Four undergraduates, including two Arts and Letters students, have been selected to compete as a team in NASCAR Kinetics, a program that immerses students into the business world of NASCAR to improve their marketing skills.
Published October 14, 2009 by Carol Elliott
New York Times U.N. Bureau Chief to Speak at Notre Dame
The New York Times U.N. Bureau Chief Neil MacFarquhar, who spent his boyhood in Libya and has covered the Middle East for nearly 20 years, will speak Nov. 3 (Tuesday) at 4:15 p.m. in the auditorium of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Center for International Studies.
Published October 14, 2009 by Joan Fallon
Reilly Center to Host Conference on Evolutionary Theory
"Darwin in the 21st Century: Nature, Humanity, and God," which will be held on campus Nov. 1 to 3, will aim to foster a new dialogue between scholars of natural sciences, philosophy, and Christian theology around the topic of evolutionary theory.
Published October 13, 2009 by Katie Louvat
New Book Examines Founding Fathers, Religious Liberty
Vincent Muñoz, associate professor of political science, questions the traditional view of the founding fathers' stance on religious liberty in God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson, recently published by Cambridge University Press.
Published October 13, 2009 by Michael Lucien
Jacqueline Brogan Publishes Book of Poetry
ta(l)king eyes, a 134-page-long poem by Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, has been published by Chax Press of Tucson, Ariz.
Published October 12, 2009 by Michael O. Garvey
Letras Latinas Awarded NEA Grant to Conclude Poetry Tour
Letras Latinas, the literary program of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to fund the final stop of "The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry ON TOUR."
Published October 12, 2009 by Shannon Chapla
Kroc Institute Launches Peace Policy Journal
The University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has launched Peace Policy, a new online journal edited by David Cortright, director of policy studies at the institute.
Published October 9, 2009 by Joan Fallon
ND Expert: Nobel Committee Chose "Brilliantly" in Selection of Obama
While reactions around the world to President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize have varied, Scott Appleby, professor of history and Regan Director of the University's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, believes it to be an inspired choice.
Published October 9, 2009 by Susan Guibert
"Why Irish?" Colloquium to Address Sports in Irish Culture
Kevin Whelan, Smurfit Director of the Keough Naughton Notre Dame Study Center in Dublin, Ireland, will discuss the role of sports in Irish culture during the University's annual "Why Irish?" colloquium on Oct. 16 (Friday) at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies.
Published October 8, 2009 by Shannon Chapla
MIT Research Scientist to Lecture on Homeland Security
Cindy Williams, principal research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a lecture titled "U.S. Homeland Security Eight Years after 9/11: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?" at 4 p.m. Oct. 15 in Room 119 of O'Shaughnessy Hall.
Published October 6, 2009 by Michael Lucien
Professor Ó Conchubhair Wins First Place in Irish Literary Competition
A book written by Brian Ó Conchubhair, assistant professor of Irish language and literature, has won the first-place prize in Ireland's 2009 Oireachtas na Gaeilge Literary Competition, the most prestigious Irish language literary competition in the country.
Published October 5, 2009 by Michael O. Garvey
Economist Paul Collier to Serve as Special Adviser to Ford Program
Paul Collier, professor of economics and director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford, has accepted an invitation to serve as special adviser to the University of Notre Dame's Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity.
Published October 2, 2009 by Elizabeth Rankin
Neuroanthropology Conference to be Held at Notre Dame
"The Encultured Brain: Building Interdisciplinary Collaborations for the Future of Neuroanthropology," a first-ever neuroanthropology conference, will be held Thursday (Oct. 8) in Notre Dame's McKenna Hall.
Published October 2, 2009 by William G. Gilroy
Fighting Irish Fighting Disease
As a history major, Chris Stewart, an offensive guard on the Notre Dame football team, had the opportunity to study Haiti and the diseases that have affected it. Earlier this year, he was given the chance to visit the country and see firsthand the projects begun by the Notre Dame Haiti Program.
Published October 2, 2009 by Stephanie Fischer
Rooney Center's Inaugural Conference to Examine 2008 Election
Notre Dame's Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy will host its inaugural conference, "The Change Election? The 2008 Presidential Election and the Future of American Politics," on Oct. 5 and 6 (Monday and Tuesday) in the McKenna Hall auditorium.
Published October 1, 2009 by Shannon Chapla
Moreau Fellowship Program to Bolster Study of Diversity
Notre Dame has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program that aims to attract scholars from underrepresented groups to the University for research and engagement of issues related to multiculturalism and diversity.
Published October 1, 2009 by Julie Hail Flory