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Bernoulli Awards: Research Skills That Pay

Published: January 10, 2010

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Research

If you’re looking for an opportunity to showcase your statistical research as an undergraduate—and want to stand out from the crowd after graduation—Thomas Foote has a suggestion for you: submit a paper for Notre Dame’s "Bernoulli Awards":http://econometrics.nd.edu/bernoulli-award/. The competition is open to undergraduates of any major across campus.

Program of Liberal Studies Shares Great Books with South Bend Youth

Published: December 07, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News

Whether working at the local food bank or spending time with a hospice patient, Notre Dame students are encouraged to engage in activities that support their academic goals while serving the greater good. For Michael Clemente (’09), volunteering with the Program of Liberal Studies’ Junior Masterpieces Seminar provided a way for him to share and pass on his passion for the liberal arts with local elementary school students. In the process, he also helped them with critical thinking and communications skills.

Busting Myths About Extremist Legislators

Published: November 18, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Research, and Faculty News

John Griffin, associate professor of political science, has helped debunk a myth about ideologically extreme legislators in an award-winning paper he co-wrote, raising the question of whether citizens hold elected officials accountable.

Performance Will Mark 150th Anniversary of On the Origin of Species

Published: November 11, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Arts, and Faculty News

A pair of Notre Dame professors will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species with a performance of a fictionalized dialogue between Darwin and one of his harshest scientific critics at 8 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 17).

Schmuhl to Deliver Keynote Address at Dublin Conference

Published: November 10, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Faculty News

Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Professor of American Studies and Journalism, will deliver the keynote address at the conference of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland on Nov. 21 (Saturday) in Dublin.

Sociologist Hans Joas to Speak at Notre Dame

Published: November 09, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Centers and Institutes

Internationally known sociologist and social theorist Hans Joas, director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt, will present a lecture titled "The Axial Age Debate As Religious Discourse" at 4 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 12) in Geddes Hall.

Reflections on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later

Published: November 05, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News

Notre Dame political scientist James McAdams recalls the first time he stepped over the border from West Germany to East Germany in 1973 as a 19-year-old college student studying in West Berlin. "The first time I entered East Berlin, it felt like I was going to an anti-Disneyland."

"What's Next? Week" to Help Students Plan Their Undergraduate Years

Published: November 04, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News

"What's Next? Week" is a series of academic and career information sessions designed to help Arts and Letters majors?from first-year students to seniors?make the most of their time at Notre Dame.

Alumna Joan Orie Melvin Elected to Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Published: November 04, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Alumni

Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin of Pittsburgh, a 1978 Notre Dame alumna who majored in economics, was elected Nov. 3 to a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Conway Morris to Deliver Closing Lecture for Darwin Conference

Published: November 01, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Centers and Institutes, and Catholicism

British paleontologist Simon Conway Morris will deliver a lecture titled "Darwin's Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Song of Creation" at 8 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 3) in the auditorium of Notre Dame's Jordan Hall of Science. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Chilean Human Rights Advocate Garners Notre Dame Prize

Published: October 29, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Centers and Institutes

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.

Medieval Institute to Host Film Festival This Weekend

Published: October 27, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Centers and Institutes, and Arts

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.

Roundtable to Focus on the Future of Democracy in Latin America

Published: October 26, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Centers and Institutes

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).

Faculty to Examine Latino Life and Faith in Saturday Scholars Presentation

Published: October 25, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Catholicism

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.

Historian Jan Gross to Speak on Holocaust in Poland

Published: October 21, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Centers and Institutes

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.

Johansen Honored for Lifetime Achievements in Peace

Published: October 20, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Centers and Institutes, and Faculty News

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.

Arts and Letters Graduates Among Those Receiving Alumni Association Awards

Published: October 19, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Alumni

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).

Notre Dame Establishes Chicago Latino Research Collaborative

Published: October 18, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Centers and Institutes

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.

Something for the Pope to Read

Published: October 14, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News, Alumni, and Catholicism

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.

New York Times U.N. Bureau Chief to Speak at Notre Dame

Published: October 13, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Centers and Institutes

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.

Students to Compete in NASCAR Program

Published: October 13, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News

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.

New Book Examines Founding Fathers, Religious Liberty

Published: October 12, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Faculty News

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.

Letras Latinas Awarded NEA Grant to Conclude Poetry Tour

Published: October 11, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

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."

Jacqueline Brogan Publishes Book of Poetry

Published: October 11, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Faculty News

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.

Kroc Institute Launches "Peace Policy" Journal

Published: October 08, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Centers and Institutes

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.

ND Expert: Nobel Committee Chose "Brilliantly" in Selection of Obama

Published: October 08, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: Centers and Institutes and Faculty News

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.

"Why Irish?" Colloquium to Address Sports in Irish Culture

Published: October 07, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Centers and Institutes

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.

MIT Research Scientist to Lecture on Homeland Security

Published: October 05, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News

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.

Professor Ó Conchubhair Wins First Place in Irish Literary Competition

Published: October 04, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Faculty News

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.

Neuroanthropology Conference to be Held at Notre Dame

Published: October 01, 2009

Author: Arts and Letters

Categories: General News and Centers and Institutes

"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.