AI Ethics - Past, Present, and Future is presented by Nicholas Berente, Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at the Mendoza College of Business and Dr. Heather Domin, Global Leader, Responsible AI Initiatives, IBM Office of Privacy &Responsible Technology. Berente studies how digital innovations such as artificial intelligence technologies drive change in organizations and institutions. He teaches courses on Strategic Business Technology and is Co-Director of the GAMA Lab and affiliated faculty in Notre Dame's Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, as well as the Notre Dame Center for Technology Ethics. Domin has been instrumental in developing and executing foundational practices in AI ethics and governance, including building IBM's Ethics by Design program and its Algorithmic Impact Assessment. As Associate Director of the Notre Dame - IBM Tåch Ethics Lab, she has shaped a robust industry-academic ecosystem and delivered novel research. As a World Economic Forum Fellow, she has provided executive and research leadership on research centered on generative AI. This is the seventh of eight lectures in the Ten Years Hence Speaker Series which will focus on Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Peril. See the website for details on additional lectures and speaker bios. All lectures are free and open to students, faculty, staff and the public. No tickets or registration required. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment.  

Join the Minor in Sport, Media, and Culture (SMAC) students, faculty, and friends to celebrate our second year! This year the SMAC fest will showcase our seniors' 11 capstone projects, welcome our third cohort of students into the minor, and provide the opportunity for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to discuss sport, media, and culture from a variety of perspectives. Folks are welcome to attend the full session or come and go as their schedule allows. Capstone presenters: Sonya Baumgardt, Lilly Callahan, Sarah Cernugel, Madaket Chiarieri, Ryan Coury, Claire DeMeo, Atara Greenbaum, Colleen Mackin, Andrew McGuinness, Maria Wainscott, and Shay Zilvitis Originally published at smacminor.nd.edu.

Streaming Link: https://youtube.com/live/3Nsolg1fCPg?feature=share Join the Notre Dame Children's Liturgical Choir in person or online for Vespers at Saint Mary's College in the beautiful Church of Our Lady of Loretto. Originally published at sma.nd.edu.

The Department of Art, Art History & Design presents the annual Art History Symposium. Clare Barloon and Kendra Lyimo will present research from their honors thesis. The keynote speaker is Antawan I. Byrd, Northwestern University.This lecture examines how sound technologies and photography mutually mediated ordinary engagements with struggles for decolonization in Africa during the mid-twentieth century. Focused on a corpus of photographs, ranging from documentary images to studio portraiture, Byrd explores the art historical stakes of being seen listening during situated moments of political change. Headshot Credit: Felton Kizer  Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

Larry BartelsProfessor of Political ScienceCo-Director, Center for the Study of Democratic InstitutionsMay Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social ScienceVanderbilt University A seeming explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered fears for the future of democracy in Europe. Bartels argues that the “populist wave” is much overblown, and that the most important threats to democracy come from political leaders, not from voters. Presented by the Kellogg Institute's Democratization Research Cluster with co-sponsorship by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.Larry M. Bartels holds the May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. His scholarship and teaching focus on public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation. His latest book is Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe (Princeton University Press, 2023). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Register to attend via Zoom Join the Kroc Institute for a conversation about the ongoing fight to combat human trafficking. Panelists will discuss emerging migration developments from international and U.S. perspectives and address current issues, challenges and promising solutions in the aftermath of COVID-19. Lunch will be provided. Panelists: Erin B. Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and associate teaching professor, Keough School of Global Affairs  Cory Smith, adjunct professor, Keough School of Global Affairs, and former vice president of policy, advocacy and communications, Kids in Need of Defense  Micaela (Mica) Cayton Garrido (M.A. '06), alumni visiting research fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and part-time professor with DePaul University’s Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies program       Register to attend via Zoom Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.