Join us for a noontime concert in the O'Neill Hall of Music featuring Department of Music students. This is free and open to the public.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

This drop-in tour will introduce you to your Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Join a student gallery teacher or a member of the museum staff to explore the architecture of the building through some of its most unique spaces and discover works of art that are highlights of the collection. Meet at the Welcome Desk. All are welcome and no registration is required. This tour will explore all gallery levels of the museum. Although the tour will keep moving between spaces, gallery stools are available upon request. Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.

Celebrating the launch of a 50-year digital archive of Father Gutiérrez’s theological conferences and the publication of Vivir y pensar el Dios de los pobresPart of the 2025–26 Notre Dame Forum event series, this symposium honors the life and work of Father Gustavo Gutiérrez and announces the joint opening of the new Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, O.P. Collection—a 50-year digital archive of his theological conferences—at the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame, the Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas (Lima), and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima). The gathering also celebrates the posthumous publication of Gutiérrez’s Vivir y pensar el Dios de los pobres and the Cushwa Center’s launch of its Gutiérrez Research Awards. A Peruvian priest and pioneer of liberation theology, Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P. (1928–2024) taught at the University of Notre Dame from 2001–18. Gutiérrez’s landmark Teología de la liberación (1971) and many other writings, translated into more than a dozen languages, have left an indelible mark on Christian theology globally. He was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002, and received more than 30 honorary degrees.Schedule 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. | “Más que la palabra escrita”: A Half-Century Audio Archive of Gustavo Gutiérrez Doing Theology Friends, colleagues, and collaborators of Father Gutiérrez will reflect on his legacy and introduce the digital materials newly available to researchers at the Hesburgh Libraries’ University of Notre Dame Archives thanks to a partnership with the Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. The digital archives provide access to a half-century of little-known theological conferences given by Gutiérrez in Perú from 1971 to 2020. 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Book Discussion: Vivir y pensar el Dios de los pobres Leo Guardado and David Lantigua will discuss Father Gutiérrez’s posthumous book, Vivir y pensar el Dios de los pobres (Centro de Estudios y Publicaciones, 2025), edited by Guardado with a preface by Pope Francis. The conversation will consider the contemporary legacy of Gutiérrez’s way of doing theology from a world of poverty after Pope Francis. Notre Dame students who register to attend will be eligible to receive a free copy of the book while supplies last. 4:00 p.m. | Reception Following the book discussion, all are welcome for a light reception in the Scholars Lounge (106 Hesburgh Library). Register (Optional) This symposium, cosponsored by the Hesburgh Libraries, the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, the Department of Theology, and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, is free and open to all. Registration is requested but not required.Speakers Carmen Lora de AmesInstituto Bartolomé de las Casas Juan Miguel Espinoza PortocarreroPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.University of Notre Dame Leo GuardadoFordham University Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P.University of Notre Dame Erika HosselkusUniversity of Notre Dame David LantiguaUniversity of Notre Dame Timothy MatovinaUniversity of Notre Dame Originally published at cushwa.nd.edu.

The Craig Memorial Lecture Series is proud to host Eric Ochomo, PhD, deputy director for the Centre for Global Health Research at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kisumu, Kenya. Ochomo's depth of medical entomology research includes the evaluation of novel vector control tools, entomology surveillance, and insecticide resistance standard operating procedure development and surveillance.  He has collaborated with multiple centers of excellence in science including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Michigan State University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Queensland, Australia, Vestergaard Frandsen East Africa, and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK. Throughout his career, he has managed more than $20m in research grant funding, and he holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD in Biomedical Science & Technology, Medical Entomology and Vector Science from Maseno University, Kenya.The George B. Craig, Jr. Memorial Lecture Series honors Notre Dame faculty member and distinguished scientist George Brownlee Craig, Jr. (1930-1995). A Chicago native, Craig joined the Notre Dame Biology faculty in 1957 after receiving a Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. While at Notre Dame, he established a world-renowned research program in mosquito biology and genetics, serving as advisor to 40 graduate students and 39 postdoctoral fellows, with whom he published more than 500 scientific papers. He was a passionate teacher and mentor to countless undergraduate students. Recipient of numerous awards and honors during his career at Notre Dame, he was honored by the Entomological Society of America in 1975 with its first Distinguished Teaching Award, received the Hoogstrahl Medal from the American Committee for Medical Entomology, and in 1983 became the first Notre Dame faculty member to be elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. This lectureship is funded, in part, by an endowment established from contributions donated in his memory. Originally published at globalhealth.nd.edu.