(2:23) The seventh annual Walk the Walk Week began with the candlelight prayer service in the Main Building rotunda on January 18, 2022. The event kicked off a week of events designed to foster dialogue and reflection on making Notre Dame a more inclusive community.

(37:27) The annual MLK Day Candlelight Prayer Service brought members of the Notre Dame community together to reflect on Dr. King's legacy and pray for an end to racism, inequality and injustice in our communities, nation, and world.

(1:16:02) Members of the Notre Dame community attended a student-focused panel discussion sponsored by the Office of the President in collaboration with Student Government. "Walk the Walk: Building the 'Beloved Community' at Notre Dame" discussed Dr. King's vision for the "Beloved Community" and considered the actions we can take, individually and collectively, to build such a community here at Notre Dame.

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(1:10) Let us sing with joy as we receive Christ, our king. Merry Christmas!

(0:31) On the subcontinent of India, monsoon rainfall provides water for drinking, agriculture, and hydroelectricity, but it can also cause deadly floods and landslides. Professor Joe Fernando measures oceanic and atmospheric wave patterns to develop models that will predict monsoons up to several weeks in advance. By knowing when and where the rains will come in, planners can better manage the water as a resource and help prevent destruction.

(0:31) After playing a key role in discovering the Higgs Boson, physicist Michael Hildreth focuses on precision measurement of higgs properties and the potential impact. To handle the complexity of scientific discoveries, he also leads a team developing software to preserve scientific knowledge. And wider access to knowledge will spur faster discoveries.

(0:31) By the year 2025, two-thirds of the world could face a fresh water shortage. Ancient civilizations boiled water to convert it to fresh water, but today Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer Tengfei Luo is working to desalinate water with an ionic liquid as a new solvent. This breakthrough is ten times more efficient than current solvents, costs less, and doesn't use high amounts of energy which is a welcome discovery for a thirsty world.

(0:31) While it can take decades to discover a new drug, scientist Siyuan Zhang studies how medications already commonly prescribed can be used to target cancer. He’s found statins that treat high cholesterol can also prevent breast cancer from spreading to the brain. Using drugs already approved by the FDA saves time in his research, and time can be the most valuable thing to cancer patients.

(0:31) When products we use or eat are dangerous, safety recalls can be a matter of life and death. And when a pandemic forces factories to shift production to ventilators or PPE, bottlenecks risk more lives. IT and analytics expert Kaitlin Wowak’s research is helping companies increase the speed of safety recalls and quickly turn production lines in response to market needs.

(2:01) Teaching English at Oakland High in the late 1990s, Ernest Morrell faced the age-old problem of how to get modern students interested in a canon of long-dead writers and poets. He watched kids muddle through class, heads down, interest limited. Then one day, while teaching Beowulf, a student’s eyes lit up when he realized the story was similar to a popular rap song. That day, Professor Morrell saw a spark of joy, enthusiasm and engagement and wondered how he could give that spark to all his students.He started bringing in other contemporary tangents – pop culture references, movies, music – but without losing the basis in classic literature. His students were learning. They were engaged. And, most importantly, Professor Morrell says, they were learning to love school and love themselves.Since then, Professor Morrell has authored K-5 and 6-12 curricula which are being taught by schools in every state. He’s advocated for teaching that not only improves academic outcomes, but also personal and social ones. And he’s teaching Notre Dame undergraduates and ACE students to find that spark in their lives and the lives of those around them.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/LiteracyAcrossAmericaWWYFF

(2:01) During Jayme Hentig’s career as an Army medic, he was comfortable caring for others every day. But in 2010, he went from caregiver to patient after an accident sent his armored vehicle into a rollover. As he grappled with a traumatic brain injury and struggled to regain his cognitive abilities, doctors eventually told him there were no more therapeutic options. But Jayme was undeterred and decided if there were no existing options, he would create them.After earning his undergraduate degree, Jayme came to Notre Dame to pursue a doctorate in biology. Working with zebrafish, he was able to better understand how and why brain cells regenerate. After graduation he will continue to study traumatic brain injuries in active-duty service members and veterans as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/MilitaryCommunityFF

(1:10:04) Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, explored “The Once and Future Liberal Arts” in a talk as part of the 2014-15 Notre Dame Forum on November 4 in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium on the University of Notre Dame’s campus. The 2014-15 Notre Dame Forum focused on the question “What do Notre Dame graduates need to know?” Brodhead spoke on the importance of the humanities in higher education, followed by a discussion between Brodhead and John McGreevy, I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame. Kasey Buckles, Brian and Jeannelle Brady Associate Professor of Economics, served as moderator.

(2:01) In 2014, Shawn Sexton ’88 was diagnosed with bulbar onset sporadic ALS. Realizing he would gradually lose his ability to walk, communicate and eat, he and his son, John, set out to create opportunities for independence. Together they designed EyeDrive, an assistive technology that allows Shawn to adjust and drive his wheelchair using eye gaze technology. EyeDrive is one of three current solutions provided by John’s startup, LifeDrive, which also provides voice- and caregiver-controlled solutions.John is now a junior at Notre Dame and a participant in the Grand Challenges Scholars Program, which, along with the IDEA Center, has helped move LifeDrive from an at-home project to an expanded medical device company. John continues to lead its progress to commercialization and distribution, and he hopes it will soon help other patients like his dad find more independence.“To try and get this to patients by the time that we graduate is daunting and challenging, but it pales in comparison to the needs of those patients that we’re trying to serve,” John says. He explains that getting LifeDrive to patients is so important because not only does it give them technology and independence, but it gives them hope. That hope, he says, can be life-giving.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/DignityOfIndependenceFF

(1:30:54) An Academic Convocation will be held at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at which University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. will confer an honorary degree on His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and the Ecumenical Patriarch will deliver an address on environmental stewardship. The convocation will also feature the Archdiocesan Byzantine Choir performing “Creation: From Adam to Salvation,” in honor of His All-Holiness.

(4:26) William K. Warren Dean of the College of Science, Santiago Schnell, discusses his background and his vision for the College.

(1:26:52) A Founders' Day panel on Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., and Science: Leaving Space for the Sacred, chaired by Phillip Sloan, University of Notre Dame, includes:"Zahm, Darwin, or the Vatican? Revisiting John Zahm’s Struggle for the Heart of Science” John Slattery, American Association for the Advancement of Science"Zahm, Science, and Institutional Prestige” Chris Temple, University of Notre Dame

(1:18:21) A Founders' Day panel on Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., and American Catholicism, chaired by Rev. Stephen M. Koeth, C.S.C., includes:"Evolution, Dogma, and Zahm: A Tale of Divided Loyalties” R. Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame "Defining American Catholic Identity: John Zahm and Notre Dame” Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame"The Future of Faith and Science: Climate Crisis and Ecological Conversion” Elsa Barron, Hoosier Interfaith Power and Light

(1:11:11) Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., PhD, Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College is using the work and thought of priest-scientist Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., (1851-1921) as a springboard to explore the relationship between faith and science, especially as it informs Pope Francis' Laudato Si'.

(40:07) This Mass marks the beginning of the Founders' Day celebrations for 2021. Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President is presiding and preaching.