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Cannibalism then and now

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Tuesday, November 8, 2016

In 1563 Michel de Montaigne met three cannibals. It wasn’t until 1580, however, that he published “Of Cannibals,” offering an analysis of the stories told by these three Brazilian natives at the court of Charles IX. The most memorable part of their entire testimony, of course, is the bit about ritual human consumption. Below is

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Beyond free speech?

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Two weeks ago, the University of Chicago informed incoming first-year students that the school would not support safe spaces, trigger warnings and censoring lectures in a commitment to “freedom of inquiry and expression.” A few days later, Northwestern University’s president argued for something a bit different, urging readers to consider how safe spaces and trigger

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Doing more with less

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Friday, August 26, 2016

I write this article in Cambodia, a country that just four decades ago was demolished by the Khmer Rouge regime. When it comes to education here, there remains much to be worried about. Schools are overcrowded and teach to the test. Learning is through rote memorization, and students are discouraged from questioning authority. Even the

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Speaker highlights the importance of affordable housing

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, April 27, 2015

Anthony Jowid, COO and a Principal of Allied Argenta, spoke Friday on the future of affordable housing in the U.S., in the final installment of the Ten Years Hence speaker series sponsored by the O’Brien-Smith Leadership Program. Jowid said Allied Argenta, a real estate development company which acquires, renovates and manages apartments throughout the western

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Archbishop stresses importance of interfaith dialogue, understanding

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Friday, April 24, 2015

Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa and delegate to the Arab League from 2006 to 2012, spoke on the importance of interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam in a lecture entitled “The Church and Islam 50 Years after Nostra Aetate.” “Religion, relayed by inter-religious dialogue, can provide the right atmosphere

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Alumnus examines role of impact investing in development banking

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, April 20, 2015

In the sixth installment of the Ten Years Hence speaker series, Jozef Henriquez, Notre Dame alumnus and head of syndications at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), gave a lecture on impact investing Friday in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business. “More people are talking about impact investing, and there is one thing

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Professor explores ethics of non-violence

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Friday, April 10, 2015

Addressing a standing-room-only audience, Judith Butler, professor of comparative literature at University of California at Berkeley, gave a lecture titled “The Ethics and Politics of Non-Violence” on Thursday night at McKenna Hall Conference Center as part of the annual Yusko Ward-Phillips Lecture series. Butler said it is not only difficult to define non-violence with certainty, but

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Lecture highlights impact investing

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, March 30, 2015

In the fourth lecture in the Ten Years Hence series, Tara Kenney, managing director at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, spoke Friday on the significance of impact investing in emerging markets. “Impact investing is a concept that has gained a lot of traction in our market today,” Kenney said. “There is a way forward in

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ND hosts second TEDxUND talks

Megan Valley and Jeremy Cappello Lee | Tuesday, March 3, 2015

On Friday, 18 speakers, ranging from Notre Dame undergraduates to faculty to community members, delivered 12-minute presentations for the 2015 TEDxUND. The event took place at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and presentations were based on the theme, “What if …” Brian Snyder, Notre Dame class of 2002, was the event’s emcee. The videos of all the speeches will

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Professor highlights Soviet art

Jeremy Cappello Lee | Friday, February 27, 2015

K. Andrea Rusnock, associate professor of art history at Indiana University South Bend, spoke about the importance of art exhibitions for the Soviet Union in a lecture in DeBartolo Hall on Thursday. Exhibitions have historically served as a way to promote a state’s achievements on a large scale, Rusnock said. “Exhibitions in the Stalinist period gave the

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