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Kate Kirwan | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
This week, Notre Dame is celebrating “Water Week” in honor of World Water Day. The week’s celebrations are sponsored by [email protected], a collaborative initiative of over 50 faculty members across 10 departments working to expand and prioritize water research at Notre Dame. It is the second annual Water Week. Jennifer Tank — Galla professor of
Kate Kirwan | Monday, February 27, 2023
This past Thursday, Notre Dame students, South Bend community members and tribe members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, filled Geddes Hall coffee house, gathering to celebrate the unveiling of the permanent installation of the Pokagon art collection. The installation is a part of the Center for Social Concerns’s Arts of Dignity series and features
Kate Kirwan | Thursday, February 16, 2023
“Many thanks to all of you for joining us to talk about my book about gender-based violence on Valentine’s Day. I can’t think of anything more romantic than spending time together interrogating the ideological underpinnings of kinship,” Julia Kowalski, assistant professor of global affairs at Notre Dame, ironically remarked. Notre Dame celebrated the launch of
Kate Kirwan | Friday, February 10, 2023
On Wednesday, the Nanovic Institute for European Studies hosted Giorgi Margvelashvili, the former president of the Republic of Georgia, to deliver the annual Forum Lecture titled “Russian Aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe: Post-Soviet Bloc Politics and Consequences” in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium. Fr. Robert Dowd, vice president and associate provost for interdisciplinary initiatives at
Kate Kirwan | Wednesday, January 25, 2023
“With entrepreneurship, you’re teaching people to dream and how to pursue those dreams,” says Michael Morris, professor of entrepreneurship and social innovation at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Last week, South Bend Mayor James Mueller honored Morris’ groundbreaking efforts to eradicate poverty in South Bend with a proclamation recognizing the creation and success of