The Keough-Naughton Institute invites you to a conversation between ARINS Advisory Board Members Dawn Walsh and Jamie Pow on ARINS public opinion research and polling data. ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) was established in 2020 as a partnership between the Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies. ARINS is a nonpartisan, evidence-based research initiative that enables academics, practitioners and policymakers to explore questions and policy options for Ireland—north and south. Speaker Biographies Jamie Pow is a senior lecturer in political science at the Democracy Unit in Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests include the politics of Northern Ireland, political behaviour, and democratic innovations. Recent collaborative projects have examined voting behaviour in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, attitudes towards institutional reform, and public opinion towards different aspects of the unification debate in Ireland. Dawn Walsh is an assistant professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, and director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict at University College Dublin. She is a member of the ARINS (Analysing Ireland North and South) Advisory Board and Public Opinion Research Group. Walsh's work has been published in two monographs, a number of edited volumes and numerous journal articles, including in the Journal of Peace Research, Third World Quarterly, and International Political Science Review. She previously held an Irish Research Council Laureate Award for her project 'Power-sharing and independent commissions in post-conflict societies.' Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu. https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/16/dawn-walsh-and-jamie-pow-a-conversation-on-the-arins-public-opinion-research/

The Office of Institutional Transformation, in partnership with the Initiative on Race and Resilience, invites students, faculty, and staff to gather weekly for support and fellowship. Wellsprings: A Time for Connection and Care provides a safe space for members of the campus community to discuss fears and concerns related to social divisiveness. Some sessions may feature presentations or information from campus resources. To suggest a topic, please contact Eve Kelly at ekelly11@nd.edu. Originally published at diversity.nd.edu. https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/16/wellsprings-a-time-for-connection-and-care-1/

Join the GRC Healthy Relationships Firestarters for some end of the year dried flower crafts! Create something perfect to take home for this summer or to bring back for the fall. Canvases, glass frames, and candles will be provided while supplies last. Mocktails and charcuterie will also be served! https://grc.nd.edu/events/2025/04/16/the-art-of-blooming/

Join Keough School of Global Affairs Marilyn Keough Dean Mary Gallagher in conversation with Ambassador Chris Lu, a leading practitioner of public policy and global affairs. Lu is an accomplished senior leader with a proven policy, diplomacy, management, communications, and strategy development track record. In addition to holding some of the most consequential management positions in the federal government, he oversaw the 2008 Obama-Biden presidential transition planning and served as then-Senator Obama’s Chief of Staff. In this Democracy Talk, Ambassador Lu will comment on how the strength of American democracy matters to the rest of the world from the perspective of someone who defended American values at the United Nations. More about Ambassador Lu: Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform (2022-2025)U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor (2014-2017)White House Cabinet Secretary (2009-2013) Event details: Wednesday, April 16 [ORIGINALLY SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 15]Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies5 p.m., with reception to follow Co-sponsored by the Democracy Initiative and the Keough School of Global Affairs' Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Learn more about the ND Democracy Talks series. Originally published at strategicframework.nd.edu. https://events.nd.edu/events/2025/04/16/democracy-talk-a-conversation-with-ambassador-chris-lu/

Join us on Wednesday, April 16 for our spring student employment fair. We will feature open positions for the fall that include working in the Duncan Student Center, LaFortune Student Center, Washington Hall, the Family Resource Center and many more. https://sao.nd.edu/events/2025/04/16/student-employment-fair-1/

This 3-session body acceptance workshop supports students in directly challenging the cultural messages that appearance should fit within a narrow set of “ideals” that exclude diverse bodies based on race, gender, sexuality, and ability. For reminder emails, please follow this link You do not need to use any other UCC service or attend a drop-in appointment to come to any workshop or support space. https://ucc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2025/04/16/the-everybody-project-series-offering-4-session-1-of-3/