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-Emma Vales | Friday, April 14, 2023
On Thursday, the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights hosted a panel titled “Labor, Exploitation and the Environment: Fast Fashion and Global Supply Chains,” featuring Professor Justine Nolan from the University of New South Wales Sydney. Nolan is also the director of the Australian Human Rights Institute. Nolan’s research focuses on the intersection of
Emma Vales | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
After a record-breaking year, Notre Dame’s endowment returned -6.9%, dropping to $18.9 billion this fiscal year, according to the 2022 Annual Report. The University also reported a decrease in investment return during a staff town hall last fall. The University has company for this fiscal year’s negative fiscal return, with many universities experiencing drops in
Emma Vales | Thursday, March 2, 2023
Notre Dame Law School presented a panel discussion Thursday morning titled “Protecting All Women’s Rights in the Developing World” in the Eck Hall of Law, co-sponsored by the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, ND Law’s International Human Rights Society, Women’s Legal Forum, Black Law Students Association, Hispanic Law Student Association and Middle Eastern
Emma Vales | Monday, February 27, 2023
On Thursday, Feb. 23, Notre Dame hosted a Colloquy on Black Church Studies, consisting of a roundtable discussion and luncheon, followed by a talk from keynote speaker Tracey Hucks. Hucks is the Victor S. Thomas professor of Africana religious studies at Harvard Divinity School and the Suzanne Young Murray professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute for
Emma Vales | Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Fr. Pete McCormick, assistant vice president for Campus Ministry, presided over a prayer service to end hatred and gun violence in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Monday. The altar was lined with candles, each accompanying a notecard with the name of a city that experienced gun violence in the past month. Jan. 2023 was
Emma Vales | Friday, January 27, 2023
This weekend, Notre Dame’s Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) Department will host its 34th annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Browning Cinema. Ten unique short films made by 20 different student filmmakers in Notre Dame’s FTT Department, both collaboratively and individually, will combine to put on a film festival