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-Keira Stenson | Friday, February 24, 2023
After two postponements due to the pandemic, the English Department’s annual Yusko Ward-Phillips Lecture series returned this week with “History of Skywriting” by Anne Carson. Paying homage to two former Notre Dame English professors, the lecture series started in 1966 and has been funded since 2007 by a donation from former English major Stacey Miller
Keira Stenson | Friday, February 10, 2023
Members of the Irish Satellite Club recently advanced to finalist standing in NASA’s FLOATing DRAGON competition. According to NASA’s website, the Formulate, Lift, Observe, and Testing; Data Recovery and Guided On-board Node Balloon Challenge “was developed to provide increased opportunities for academic research institutions to contribute to the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s mission.” Teams must
Keira Stenson | Monday, January 30, 2023
On Friday, Notre Dame celebrated the launch of Dr. John McGreevy’s new book, “Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis.” The event represented a collaboration among numerous campus organizations, including the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, the College of Arts & Letters and Provost McGreevy’s own home department,