Continuing the ecumenical monastic tradition begun between Trappist monk Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama, the Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine has invited the Tashi Kyil monks to create the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala to recognize the common goal of compassion among all spiritual traditions and philosophies in the response to suffering. The Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala will be created in particular to honor the compassion of people working in healthcare and anyone who dedicates their life to making the world a better place. Upon completion, the Sand Mandala is dismantled to symbolize the impermanence of all that exists. All are welcome to observe this intricate process and spend time with the monks. These events will also be livestreamed, so you can check in on the intricate process of creating the sand mandala from any location.  Opening Ceremony Monday, November 6 at 10 am followed by the mandala creation until 5 pm Monks create the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala Tuesday – Thursday 9 am – 5 pm Presentation about the Tashi Kyil Monastery and the Dalai Lama Tuesday, 7 pm in Room 105, Jordan Hall Closing Ceremony Friday, November 10 mandala creation 9 am until the closing ceremony at 4 pm followed by procession to World Peace Plaza near Saint Mary's Lake. Watch the livestream. Sponsored by the Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion.     Originally published at compassionatecare.nd.edu.

Please join us for the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4. Arnall's captivating artwork will be showcased from Oct. 4, to Nov. 10. -- Cody Arnall is an associate professor of sculpture at Texas Tech University. Arnall’s research interests include traditional and nontraditional sculpture approaches, installation, and interdisciplinary approaches in visual art. Through material selection and manipulation, his work addresses human intervention in environments and impending doom. Some recent exhibitions are those at Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA; K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX; CICA Museum, Gimpo, SKR; Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO; Pump Project, Austin, TX; Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX; Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; DEMO Project, Springfield, IL; Living Arts, Tulsa, OK; the American University Museum, Washington, DC; and The Shed, Galway, IE. He has also participated in residencies at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY and at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson VT. Arnall was born and raised in Tulsa, OK; he received a B.F.A. degree in Studio Art fromOklahoma State University, Stillwater; and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from Louisiana StateUniversity, Baton Rouge. Prior to his appointment at TTU, Arnall spent two years as a full-time instructor at the Paducah School of Art & Design in Paducah, KY. He is also a member of the international artists' collective, Expanded Draught, and a founding member of the artist run gallery and studio space, CO-OPt in Lubbock, TX. Originally published at artdept.nd.edu.

This exhibition explores the fraught, circuitous and unfinished course of emancipation over the nineteenth century in Cuba and the United States. People — enslaved individuals and outside observers, survivors and resistors, and activists and conspirators — made and unmade emancipation, a process that remains unfinished and unrealized. Exhibit Tours Tours of the exhibit may be arranged for classes and other groups by contacting Rachel Bohlmann at (574) 631-1575 or Bohlmann.2@nd.edu. Additional curator-led tours are open to the public at noon on the following Fridays:Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Oct. 13 Oct. 27 Nov. 17This exhibit is curated by Rachel Bohlmann, American History Librarian and Curator, and Erika Hosselkus, Latin American Studies Curator and Associate University Librarian. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours. Open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, the  public, alumni and friends.

From its origins on campus in the late nineteenth century, football at Historically Black Colleges and Universities has held a central place in the African American sporting experience, in the landscape of Black higher education, and in the broader African American community. During the era of Jim Crow segregation, the vast majority of African American college students and student athletes attended HBCUs. Over the first half of the twentieth century, many of the yearly gridiron contests between rival HBCUs developed into highly anticipated annual events that combined football with larger celebrations of African American achievement and excellence. The yearly games brought together members of the African American community and came to include a wide range of associated events including dances, parades, musical shows, fundraising drives, and other festivities. We are pleased to exhibit a selection of sources from the Joyce Sports Research Collection that preserve the history of HBCU football. The programs, media guides, ephemera, guidebooks, and other printed material on display document the athletic accomplishments, the celebrations, the spectacle, and the community-building that accompany football at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This exhibit is curated by Greg Bond, curator of the Joyce Sports Research Collection and the Sports Subject Specialist for Hesburgh Libraries. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours. Open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, the public, alumni and friends.

The Congregation of Holy Cross, Midwest Province Archives, holds a large collection relating to Brother Columba O’Neill, C.S.C. (1848-1923), dating from 1895 to 1997. This includes thousands of letters written to Brother Columba, who was known as the Miracle Man of Notre Dame and the Divine Healer. John O’Neill was born in Mackeysburg, Pennsylvania in 1848 and entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1874. For the next 42 years, he labored in the humble capacity of a cobbler, repairing shoes and fabricating special shoes for people with foot and ankle problems. Brother Columba had a remarkable devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and a greater love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Around 1900, he began making Sacred Heart badges (30,000 of them). Many were given to students when they came to pick up their shoes. He told them to pray a novena, say five times a day, for nine days (or more, if not cured), “Sacred Heart of Jesus cure me!” As early as 1907, reports of many “miracles” wrought through the prayers of Br. Columba began arriving at Notre Dame. For years after his death in 1923, letters from South Bend and all over the world continued to arrive at Notre Dame. Of more than 10,000 letters in the collection, hundreds thank Brother Columba for cures, from chronic headaches to blindness. For 30 years after his death, people came daily to visit his grave on the Notre Dame campus. Brother Columba died on November 20, 1923, in the Community House — now Columba Hall — from complications related to the Spanish flu. Br. Isidore Alderton wrote, “News of his death soon spread to the people of South Bend, and dozens of members of the community, sisters and strangers were lining up to pass before his casket. For the past two days and nights the parlor in the Community House has become a veritable shrine.” Items on display in the spotlight exhibit are on loan from the Archives of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. This exhibit is co-curated by Brother Philip Smith, C.S.C., Archivist, Midwest Province, Congregation of Holy Cross, and Aedín Clements, Irish Studies Librarian. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours. Open to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, postdocs, public, alumni and friends.

Tomasz Konik, Deloitte Central Europe, CEO-electBusiness Doing the Right Things: Is it worth it? Sponsored by the Business Ethics and Society Program. Tomasz Konik has been with Deloitte for more than 20 years. Since June 2020, he has held the position of managing partner at Deloitte Poland and leader in charge of the key accounts and industry programs in Central Europe. Since August 2021, he has headed the Deloitte cluster covering Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In June 2024 Tomasz Konik will officially begin in his role as CEO for Deloitte Central Europe. Free and open to the public. The lecture will begin with a short, impactful video. More info here.

Join the Nanovic Institute for the fifth annual Eurocup trivia competition. This contest features European-themed trivia about history, current events, geography, art, and more. Form your team and let the games begin! This Inter-dorm competition features European-themed trivia about history, current events, geography, art, and more. Residence halls may field teams of 3 to 5 students and may field as many teams as they wish. The Junior Eurocup will be awarded to the team with the most new hall referrals. Bonus points also available for:The team with the best name. The team that recruits the most additional teams. First five teams to register.Register your residence hall's team today! Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 31, so sign up today. Originally published at nanovic.nd.edu.

Directed by Erin Axelman, Sam EilertsenNot Rated, 84 minutes, DCP  Reserve tickets here.   This documentary profiles two young American Jews, Simone and Eitan, who become disillusioned with Israeli policies after service to the state. They join the movement of young American Jews battling the old guard over Israel's centrality in American Judaism and demanding freedom for the Palestinian people. Their stories, combined with appearances from scholar-activists like Noam Chomsky and Cornel West, reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers fed them as children.   A panel discussion that includes director Erin Axelman will follow the screening.This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will only be available for pick-up one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your reservation please pick-up your Will Call tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the performance. In the event of a sell out, unclaimed Will Call tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby.  Reserve tickets here.   This event is cosponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and its Contending Modernities initiative, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience.   Originally published at performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.