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-23 posts tagged "College of Arts and Letters"
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 6, 2023
In the 2023 fiscal year, Notre Dame received nearly $216 million in new research award funding. This year marks the third consecutive year that the University has surpassed the $200 million mark, according to a Tuesday press release. While the University’s research funding does not stack up to dozens of schools that spend more than
Rose Quinlan | Tuesday, August 29, 2023
At the beginning of this semester, my professor in a data-focused research elective told us that he was making some changes to the course. He was going to spend less time walking us through the coding skills needed to operate a popular data manipulation software called Stata. Instead, he advised us to take advantage of ChatGPT,
Peter Breen | Tuesday, March 21, 2023
If students in the College of Arts and Letters haven’t tuned in to Beyond the Dome’s (BTD) new podcast, YouTube channel or LinkedIn page, they may have noticed 40-plus emails from the “bespoke” career development program since Aug. 2022. Branded as a toolkit to guide Arts and Letters students through career discernment, BTD — an
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The Board of Trustees elected historian and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters John T. McGreevy as the next provost of the University, according to a press release Tuesday. The appointment, effective July 1, was made with the consideration of University President Fr. John Jenkins’ recommendation and the help of a search
Maggie Eastland | Monday, November 1, 2021
When Notre Dame English professor John Duffy learned last August that the University received donations from The Napa Institute and the Koch brothers, he raised concerns to fellow faculty members and later to the Arts and Letters College Council. “My view is that faculty shouldn’t discover these things, for example these particular donations, in a
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Dear Mary Frances, By now, most of the Notre Dame community is aware of your derogatory piece in the Irish Rover, which calls on the University to refrain from supporting LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff for the sake of preserving your understanding of Roman Catholic teaching and identity. After processing the hate speech in your
Alysa Guffey | Monday, May 10, 2021
The College of Arts and Letters will offer a new minor program — health, humanities and society — beginning in fall 2021. The minor will explore the social and historical nature of American medicine and healthcare and how it relates to being a physician or patient. Anna Geltzer, assistant director of the University’s Reilly Center,
Claire Reid | Monday, May 3, 2021
The University of Notre Dame offers approximately 75 degree programs encompassing everything from accountancy to theology. However, some majors are less well-known or populous than others. The Observer interviewed four students in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame about how they chose their major and how they plan to use it in the
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, March 19, 2021
To celebrate Women’s History Month, The Observer interviewed five Notre Dame professors about their experiences breaking into male dominated fields and facing gender discrimination. Patricia Culligan As a student, Patricia Culligan always excelled in her math and physics courses. When she went to see her guidance counselor for career advice, Culligan was advised to become
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Pamela Wojcik, professor of film, television and theatre (FTT) at Notre Dame, has been awarded the 2020 Sheedy Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Letters, associate dean for undergraduate studies Mary Flannery announced in a release Monday. The annual award — first given out in 1970 — recognizes a faculty