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Liam Price | Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The Ansari Institute awarded the first annual Nasr Book Prize to Australian scholar Tyson Yunkaporta Sunday night for his book, ‘Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.’ The award, according to executive director of the Ansari Institute Mahan Mirza, was created to “recognize an author who’s written a remarkable work and contributes to
Liam Price | Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Student Diversity Board (SDB) at Saint Mary’s is acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month for the third year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 by spotlighting diverse Latin American countries once a week at tables in the Saint Mary’s student center. For the first of the month’s tabling events, SDB handed out Honduran caramel and mango
Liam Price | Monday, September 26, 2022
Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) and the Initiative on Race and Resilience will present “Afro-Latinx Poetry Now” on Tuesday and Wednesday, featuring six Afro-Latino visiting poets who will appear both publicly for talks in McKenna Hall and privately in selected Notre Dame classrooms. Both days, Poetry Now’s public events will consist of “Poets
Liam Price | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
In the first few weeks of the school year, some Saint Mary’s students who purchased books at the Shaheen Bookstore noticed charges on their bank card statements from “ACU Bookstore.” The issue stemmed from the college transitioning from Follette, its former bookstore partner, to Barnes and Noble College (BNC), Dana Strait, Saint Mary’s vice president
Liam Price | Tuesday, September 13, 2022
First-year graduate student Henry Kamugisha, originally from Uganda, was walking home after studying at the library late Friday night and was surprised to be intercepted by the Notre Dame band performing pre-football game festivities. “I thought I had seen enough. More is attached to this football?” he said. “Then Saturday morning I woke up, getting
Liam Price | Friday, September 9, 2022
Marcus Freeman will engage with fans at the Rockne Rally on South Quad Friday night and at the Victory March event on Library Lawn this Saturday prior to his first home game as head coach for the Irish. The events are newly named, “enhanced” traditions for Notre Dame fans to engage in this weekend, associate
Liam Price | Thursday, September 1, 2022
College President Katie Conboy announced in an August press release that Saint Mary’s received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant will be integral in providing scholarships for Saint Mary’s pre-college programs and summer camps, senior vice president for strategy and finance Dana Strait said. The endowment provided its funding through the
Liam Price | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Luigi Alberganti, senior director of campus dining, said he was excited for the school year to start back up again. “Speaking for the staff, we couldn’t wait until we could go back to our activities,” he said. This year, the Notre Dame campus hosts three new dining options. The Gilded Bean, located in the Hammes
Liam Price | Monday, August 29, 2022
As the football team gears up for their season opener against Ohio State on Saturday, fans will sing the “Notre Dame Victory March” as they root for the Irish. This year, however, the last two lines of the 114-year-old fight song will sound different. The song’s concluding lines previously sang, “While her loyal sons are
Liam Price | Friday, May 13, 2022
In his commencement speech, Miles Folsom plans to speak about willpower. Willpower, he said, can do and has done amazing things, including carrying him from maximum security prison to becoming this year’s Holy Cross College valedictorian. “If you try as hard as you can and you never stop trying, you will be amazed at how