2025 marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' landmark encyclical, Laudato Si'. Much remains to be done to implement the encyclical's radical vision of integral ecology, but that vision has made a definitive impact on the work to preserve our common home, achieve integral human development, and build peace. This panel will address ways in which the principles of integral ecology can be operationalized to continue moving such work forward through the next decade and beyond. Panelists: Moderated by Richard (Drew) Marcantonio, assistant professor of environment, peace, and global affairs, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Rev. Emmauel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace StudiesJennifer Tank, the Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences  Diogo Bolster, associate professor and the Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Chair in Hydrology; associate director, Environmental Change Initiative  Sr. Damien Marie Savino, Melchor Visiting Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences; concurrent professor, McGrath Institute for Church Life  This event is co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative, and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Originally published at kroc.nd.edu.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the OVI-UND seminar series, the Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a seminar by Prof. Lino Leonardi frome the Scuoal Normale Superiore di Pisa: “Guittone, Dante e le rime speciali: appunti dal cantiere dell’edizione di Guittone d’Arezzo” (Guittone, Dante, and the Special Poems: Notes from the Edition of Guittone d'Arezzo)   Il lavoro in corso per l’edizione critica delle rime di Guittone d’Arezzo, a cui collaboro con Vittoria Brancato e Andrea Beretta, sta giungendo alla sua fase conclusiva. Uno dei punti delicati che abbiamo dovuto affrontare riguarda il trattamento delle cosiddette rime speciali, a partire dalla rima siciliana fino ad arrivare alle rime tecniche più spericolate. È una questione su cui il dibattito (da Contini a Baldelli a Castellani) ha forse bisogno di un aggiornamento, anche per le implicazioni circa il ‘guittonismo’ di Dante. Lino Leonardi è professore ordinario di filologia e linguistica romanza alls Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Dal 2014 al 2018 ha diretto l'Istituto CNR Opera del Vocabolario Italiano, e dal 2023 coordina il dottorato in Filologia romanza e italiana digitale. Il suo lavoro si concentra sulla poesia italiana medievale, i volgarizzamenti, il romanzo arturiano, la Bibbia in volgare e le digital humanities. Ha pubblicato numerose edizioni, tra cui quelle dei sonetti di Guittone d'Arezzo e del Ciclo di Guiron le Courtois. È socio dell'Accademia della Crusca, direttore di riviste e collane editoriali, membro di comitati scientifici, e rappresenta l'Italia in DARIAH-ERIC. È anche presidente della Sezione Italiana dell'International Arthurian Association. Please register here   Originally published at italianstudies.nd.edu.

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 BiographiesJamie 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.

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.

Register hereDayna L. Cunningham is the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Jed Atkins is the director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cunningham and Atkins are authors from the spring 2025 issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing. They will discuss the issue, including issues around civic discourse. There will be time for audience questions.Virtues & Vocations is a national forum for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. Virtues & Vocations hosts faculty workshops, an annual conference, and monthly webinars, and engages issues of character, professional identity, and moral purpose through our publications.virtuesvocations.org  

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.