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Creative Writing Program "leaps in popularity," according to poll
The University of Notre Dame’s Creative Writing Program has been ranked 13th in the nation in a new poll conducted by the readers of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Myth-busting in human nature
University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, who examines human evolution from several perspectives and recently published two books, addresses misconceptions about race, sex, and aggression that continue to dominate our discourse.
Psychology professor receives presidential award
Nicole M. McNeil, assistant professor of psychology and a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, has been named one of the 67 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Two faculty members named AAAS fellows
Two University of Notre Dame faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
Goldblatt receives honorary doctorate
Howard Goldblatt, research professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame, received an honorary doctorate Dec. 12 (Friday) from the Open University of Hong Kong…
Exploring the American dream, past and future
Can you define the American dream? Is the dream evolving? Is it different for every individual? Is it an exclusively American idea or does it resonate around the world?
German professor elected president of International Herder Society
Robert E. Norton, professor of German and chair of the Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the International Herder Society.
International studies stronger than ever
“Our campus is in South Bend, Ind.; our classroom is the world.” This catchphrase, first applied in 1997, has never been truer than it is today. This fall the University added new international study programs…
Notre Dame poet Menes wins NEA fellowship
Poet Orlando Menes, associate professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for 2009. Menes is one of 42 poets selected this year from a pool of some 1,000 applicants…
Rush publishes new book on philosophy of architecture
University of Notre Dame philosopher Fred Rush examines how philosophical reflection on building can reveal important aspects of the human condition, in a new book titled “On Architecture,” recently released by Routledge.
Father Scully receives Presidential Citizens Medal
Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., professor of political science and director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, received a 2008 Presidential Citizens Medal in an Oval Office ceremony…
New book explores virtue and vice
Jennifer Herdt, associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of “Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices,” newly released by the University of Chicago Press.
NDExpert: Economist Wolfson urges government action on foreclosures
The Bush administration’s massive allocation of funds to financial institutions has had negligible effects on the country’s economic crisis, and its attention seems now more focused on the plight of ordinary homeowners…
President Bush appoints Cárdenas to commission
President Bush recently appointed Gilberto Cárdenas, Julian Samora Chair in Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, to a commission that will study the potential creation of a National Museum of the American Latino.
Death comes to babysit
What’s an oblivious single mom, in a hurry to leave on a date, going to do when Death?you know, The Grim Reaper, with the shroud and the scythe?appears at the door instead of the teenage babysitter? Slip Death a few bills and head out the door, of course…
Journaling Success in Comparative Politics
In 2002, the American Political Science Assocation awarded Notre Dame the opportunity to publish APSA-CP for four years andrecently announced that APSA-CP will continue to be published at Notre Dame until 2010. Michael Coppedge and Anthony Messina, associate professors of political science, co-edit the journal.
Cell Phones Let Hachen Dial Into Social Networks
Hachen has teamed with Notre Dame faculty members Albert-László Barabási (Physics) and Gregory Madey (Computer Science and Engineering) to work on a project known as WIPER, which is supported by a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
Kristol to speak on politics post-election
William Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard, will give a lecture titled “American Politics: A New Era?” at 4 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 9) in the auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Center for International Studies.
Alumni filmmaker series kicks off with "Red"
Screenwriter Stephen Susco, a 1995 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, will screen his new film, “Red,” on Dec. 11 (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the Browning Cinema of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Graduate student wins counseling psychology research award
Errol Philip, a University of Notre Dame graduate student in the Department of Psychology’s counseling program, recently received the Student Research Award from the health section of the Society of Counseling Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association.
NDExpert: Ethicist Solomon predicts "bruising" battle on bioethics
The outgoing Bush administration plans to promulgate a “right of conscience” rule permitting conscientious objection for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare workers…
Historian Meserve wins award for new book
Margaret Meserve, Carl E. Koch Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, has won the American Historical Association’s Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize, which recognizes the best book or article on Italy…
ND theologian Bradley Malkovsky receives first Huston Smith Prize
Bradley Malkovsky, associate professor of comparative theology at the University of Notre Dame, has received the first Huston Smith Publishing Prize from HarperOne publishers.
Robert Schmuhl receives Media Legend of the Year award
Robert P. Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor of American Studies and Journalism at Notre Dame, has been selected as the Media Legend of the Year by the University’s Office of News and Information.
Faculty members become students once again
University of Notre Dame economists Richard Jensen and Kasey Buckles went back to graduate school last year. Both had the chance to participate in an Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts program that allows Notre Dame faculty members course-release time…
The Great Brain Suck: A virtual life, or a real life
Brain rinsing. Not brainwashing. Brain rinsing?a kinder, gentler form of brainwashing?takes only a nickel or dime’s worth of our souls at a time, says University of Notre Dame sociologist Eugene W. Halton.
NDExpert: Kroc Institute's Johansen calls for U.N. "coast guard"
Pirates have launched some 96 attacks this year in the coastal waters of Somalia and hijacked 40 ships. Fifteen ships and nearly 300 crew members are being held hostage…
Bishops honor Notre Dame alumna Stephanie Garza for service to immigrants
Stephanie Garza, a 2005 Notre Dame graduate who majored in political science, received the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)…
Acclaimed music scholars to join Notre Dame faculty
Peter Jeffery and Margot Fassler, specialists in sacred music and liturgy, will join the music and theology faculties of the University of Notre Dame, according to John T. McGreevy, I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters.