(1:28:01) Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., presides and preaches at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart for a Eucharist (Mass) concluding the 31st Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium. Find the pamphlet for the liturgy here: This Vigil Mass for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time will highlight the gift of African American sacred song in Catholic liturgy, calling all to heed the call offered to the rich young man in Mark’s gospel to give up every attachment — temporal, spiritual, and social — and follow Jesus as he remakes the world anew. The Black Catholic Theological Symposium (https://blackcatholictheologicalsymposium.org/), founded in 1978, seeks to foster an ethical community of scholarly dialogue characterized by a commitment to the fundamental humanity of all people; a regard for plurality of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds; and the development of an authentically Black and Catholic theology. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart serves as the mother church of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States. It is in the Basilica that Holy Cross religious profess final vows, that seminarians are ordained priests and where deceased religious are commended to God. Likewise, it is a place of worship and prayer for students, faculty, staff and alumni, as well as for regular worshipers, pilgrims and countless visitors. This event and the Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium at the University of Notre Dame (https://theology.nd.edu/bcts) have been sponsored byDepartment of Africana Studies Department of Theologyand co-sponsored byCollege of Arts and Letters Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Henkels Lecture Fund Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism Campus Ministry Initiative on Race and Resilience Institute for Advanced Study McGrath Institute for Church Life

(1:38:21) Edward K. Braxton, Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, delivers a lecture for the Notre Dame Africana Studies Colloquy on Black Church Studies in conjunction with the 31st Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium. In his address, “The Catholic Church and the Racial Divide in the United States,” Bishop Braxton will explore the longstanding racial divide in the United States and in the Catholic Church. He will examine the reasons why this divide will not be bridged easily in the future. The Colloquy on Black Church Studies was launched in 2013 to provide opportunities for conversation about the Black Church — its opportunities and challenges — as well as the future of that interdisciplinary endeavor, Black Church Studies, devoted to its critical examination. Utilizing a paradigm both global and discursive, one of its larger aims is to facilitate conversation among clergy, laity, scholars, and the general public about the role of the Black Church in the Africana World. An initiative of Notre Dame’s Department of Africana Studies, it has sponsored lectures by a number of notable scholars and church leaders, including: Drs. Ronald Peters (former President, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA); Barbara Holmes (former President, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities); Alton Pollard (former Dean, Howard University Divinity School and current Dean, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary); and Otis Moss, III (Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL).The Black Catholic Theological Symposium (https://blackcatholictheologicalsymposium.org/), founded in 1978, seeks to foster an ethical community of scholarly dialogue characterized by a commitment to the fundamental humanity of all people; a regard for plurality of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds; and the development of an authentically Black and Catholic theology.This event and the Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium at the University of Notre Dame (https://theology.nd.edu/bcts) have been sponsored byDepartment of Africana Studies Department of Theologyand co-sponsored byCollege of Arts and Letters Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Henkels Lecture Fund Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism Campus Ministry Initiative on Race and Resilience Institute for Advanced Study McGrath Institute for Church Life

(1:58:51) M. Shawn Copeland, Professor Emerita of Theology at Boston College, delivers the public lecture for the 31st Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium. Her lecture interrogates the movement #BlackLivesMatter as an instance of performative public theology which through love, advocacy, organizing, and protest affirms the beauty and the lives of Black human beings. The Black Catholic Theological Symposium (https://blackcatholictheologicalsymposium.org/), founded in 1978, seeks to foster an ethical community of scholarly dialogue characterized by a commitment to the fundamental humanity of all people; a regard for plurality of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds; and the development of an authentically Black and Catholic theology.This event and the Annual Meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium at the University of Notre Dame (https://theology.nd.edu/bcts) have been sponsored byDepartment of Africana Studies Department of Theologyand co-sponsored byCollege of Arts and Letters Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Henkels Lecture Fund Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism Campus Ministry Initiative on Race and Resilience Institute for Advanced Study McGrath Institute for Church Life

(2:01) Second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease in the world, schistosomiasis annually infects 200 million people and claims 200,000 lives. Another 800 million people are at risk, predominantly across Africa, eastern Latin America and southeast Asia. While there are existing cures, reinfection rates are very high.Jason Rohr, the Ludmilla F., Stephen J. and Robert T. Galla College Professor of Biological Sciences and chair of the biology department, works in more than 20 Senegalese villages alongside local partners such as Espoir Pour La Santé (EPLS) and Station d’Innovation Aquacole to address issues related to schistosomiasis.The infection is caused by a parasite that resides on snails, which live in weedy rivers and lakes where people drink, bathe, and launder. Rohr realized the number of parasites would decrease if the number of snails decreased, which could be achieved if the weeds decreased. Working alongside local partners in St. Louis, Senegal, they started weeding the water. Immediately, disease reinfection rates fell. What’s more, the villagers used the weeds to feed livestock and as compost fertilizer to increase food production. This became an added incentive for the community to remove the vegetation. A simple solution helped solve problems in disease, energy, and food scarcity.Learn more: https://go.nd.edu/InfectiousDiseaseWWYFF

(2:01) POTS, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, is an autonomic nervous system disorder that affects blood flow in between 1 million and 3 million Americans, typically women and young adults. Those numbers are growing as POTS and other forms of dysautonomia have been diagnosed as long-term impacts from COVID-19. The symptoms include fainting spells, seizures, respiratory issues and digestive trouble.Nina Kikel-Coury, a graduate student in Professor Cody Smith's lab, suffers from POTS which placed her at a higher risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. She needed to remain completely isolated during the pandemic and could no longer work alongside others in her research lab. But the team rallied around her.Her lab mates designated hours when Nina could work alone, and they continued her experiments when she couldn’t be present sending results via email or FaceTime. With all this support, Nina made a scientific breakthrough, discovering a new cell in the heart—cardiac nexus glia—which may help explain and treat conditions like hers.“Identifying cardiac nexus glia could have a huge impact, not only with the neuroscience field but also the cardiovascular field,” she says. “Currently no one knows why dysautonomia occurs in a lot of people. And so personally it’s really exciting to know that maybe we’re just one step closer to figuring out the cause of dysautonomia, and in particular, long term down the road maybe even POTS.”Read more: https://go.nd.edu/ResearchThatMattersWWYFF

(40:26) On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, student Government, in collaboration with Campus Ministry, organized a 30-minute prayer service on the South Quad beginning at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane was flown into 1 World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.Notre Dame President Emeritus Rev. Edward A. “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C., presided, as he did for a Mass of remembrance in the same location on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001.

(1:26) Rev. Edward "Monk" Malloy, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, offers his reflection on the events of 9/11 and what followed for the campus community and himself.Fr. Malloy served as president from 1987-2005.

(55:26) Join us for the first keynote event for this year’s Forum on September 10, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. EDT in the Washington Hall. “Call to Action: Crossing the Political Divide to Address Climate Challenges” will feature NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson, ND ‘79, in a “fireside chat” with U.S. Senator Chris Coons, co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. The discussion will explore how we can work together across political lines to build a sustainable future and the actions the U.S. government can take both domestically and internationally to make meaningful progress.

(2:01) For parents of a child with Type 1 diabetes, stress is relentless. There’s a constant need to monitor blood sugar levels, and that need doesn’t stop once the child goes to sleep.Professor Matt Webber ’06 was inspired when a colleague mentioned she and her husband slept in shifts while the other monitored their diabetic child through the night. Since then, he has been devising material technologies that could be easily applied on or beneath the skin before bedtime. If blood sugar drops, the material automatically releases medication to stabilize levels. While distribution is still years away, Professor Webber hopes that in the future, his work will help take some of the burden off worried parents and serve as an extra measure of safety for millions with Type 1 diabetes worldwide.Read more: https://go.nd.edu/DiabetesWWYFF

(1:36:41) Setting the Stage: International Security and Just Transition

(0:31) Each year, the University produces its own institutional spot to air during nationally televised sporting events. Notre Dame produces these ads in-house, a rarity among higher education. Often, these spots feature an issue of particular relevance to the campus community and the global community, and perhaps at no other time has this been more evident than in the spot for the 2021-2022 academic year.In this piece, a young man’s inner dialogue reflects on the issue of climate change. As evidence data continue to mount regarding humankind’s impact on the environment, so too does the realization that time is of the essence in addressing this crisis.At Notre Dame, we seek to contribute to a transition to a cleaner future where the burdens of change are equitably borne and not simply sloughed off to the poor and powerless.More: https://go.nd.edu/CaringForOurCommonHome

(3:18) Isabella Di Bono '21 came to Notre Dame from Honduras to major in economics. But as she began her studies, she felt drawn to another field - art. "You've found a field that you love, and has loved you back," she recalls her advisor saying. Now Di Bono uses her talent to give form to the expressions of the mind and heart.

(2:46) Relive some of the sights and sounds from the 176th Commencement Exercises, May 23, 2021.

(2:07:22) The College of Arts and Letters hosted a diploma ceremony on May 23, 2021, as part of the University of Notre Dame's 176th Commencement Exercises.

(2:09:52) College of Arts & Letters Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony

(6:35) Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., delivers a charge and benediction at the 2021 Graduate School Commencement Ceremony on May 22, 2021 during the University of Notre Dame's 176th Commencement Exercises.

(3:07) Thomas G. Burish, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of Notre Dame from 2005 to 2020, received an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame's 176th Commencement Ceremony on May 23, 2021.Burish served as chief academic officer, responsible for the overall operation of the academic enterprise, including the faculty, colleges, schools, institutes and libraries, as well as functions such as admissions, student advising and financial aid.

(3:25) University president Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., delivers his charge to the Class of 2021 during the University's 176th commencement exercises, May 23, 2021, in Notre Dame Stadium.

(11:17) Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame, delivered the keynote address during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony on May 22, 2021

(27:01) Jimmy Dunne, a University of Notre Dame Trustee and alumnus who in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, led the recovery of his company while also providing compassionate and meaningful care to the families of the firm’s employees who lost their lives, addressed the Class of 2021 at the University of Notre Dame's 176th University Commencement Ceremony on May 23, 2021.