ND NewsWire
- The connection between dreams and work productivityWe know that a good night’s sleep can help you at work…but what role do dreams play in your 9-to-5? We sat down with Casher Belinda, assistant professor for management at the Mendoza College of Business, to discuss a new study that shows how the emotions we experience at night can help us during the day.…
- Competitors on the field, Notre Dame, Ohio State remain collaborators in researchWhile the undefeated Fighting Irish and the Ohio State Buckeyes will meet as competitors Saturday (Sept. 23) at Notre Dame Stadium, the two universities have a long history of collaborating off the field to advance research in semiconductor and microelectronics, business and economics.
University News
- The connection between dreams and work productivityWe know that a good night’s sleep can help you at work…but what role do dreams play in your 9-to-5? We sat down with Casher Belinda, assistant professor for management at the Mendoza College of Business, to discuss a new study that shows how the emotions we experience at night can help us during the day.…
- Football weekend events: Notre Dame vs. Ohio StateThe University of Notre Dame football team will host Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 23) at Notre Dame Stadium. In addition to the game itself, a number of events and activities, including lectures, tours and performances, will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit experience.nd.edu.…
Faith
- Notre Dame receives $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.The University has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to expand the work of the McGrath Institute for Church Life’s Holy Family Initiative for Family Catechesis, which offers parents, caregivers and Church leaders the tools they need to effectively pass on their Catholic faith to the next generation.
- Global works of art from Notre Dame Crucifix Initiative to be displayed at The History MuseumSelected works of art from the Crucifix Initiative will be on display in an exhibit on view starting Thursday (Aug. 10) at The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana. Launched in 2019, the initiative seeks to highlight the globalism of Catholicism — and to represent the diversity and internationalism of the University and its community — by building and displaying a collection of crucifixes from around the world.
International
- Business on the Frontlines continues work with Palestinian artisansThe West Bank city of Jenin is an area plagued by violence and destruction. It is here that the University of Notre Dame’s Meyer Business on the Frontlines Program works with Palestinian women artisans to create economic opportunities for themselves and their families.
- Notre Dame business student spends summer teaching and working at school for disabled in UgandaSophomore Anna Koeberlein spent the summer in Jinja, Uganda, where she taught English to students at Holy Cross Lake View school and volunteered at St. Ursula’s, a boarding school for Ugandan children with disabilities.
Research
- ARINS Panel Discussion—Ireland in 2033: Change is inevitable but the outcome is notThe Royal Irish Academy, Ireland's principal learned society, was the venue for ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South panel discussion, “Ireland in 2033,” which took place on Friday, August 25. The panel was chaired by Fintan O'Toole, Ireland's leading critic, journalist, and public intellectual. The panel members were Deirdre Heenan (University of Ulster); Cathy Gormley Heenan (University of Ulster); Michael Kerr (University College, London) and Brendan O'Leary (University of Pennsylvania). Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA) gave the introductory remarks.…
- Competitors on the field, Notre Dame, Ohio State remain collaborators in researchWhile the undefeated Fighting Irish and the Ohio State Buckeyes will meet as competitors Saturday (Sept. 23) at Notre Dame Stadium, the two universities have a long history of collaborating off the field to advance research in semiconductor and microelectronics, business and economics.
Colleges & Schools
- A picture of drought: ND ecologist matching NASA images with field data to measure forest healthNate Swenson strides so quickly through the Wisconsin forest while carrying a large pole clipper that postdoctoral researcher Vanessa Rubio usually follows the 40 feet of rope dragging behind him. When they reach the designated plot, Swenson extends the clipper about 30 feet high and pulls the rope to snip off a leafy twig from the canopy of a tall, tagged tree. The twig floats down through the dappled sunlight and lands in his hand.…
- ‘Freakonomics’ co-author Steve Levitt to speak at Notre DameSteven D. Levitt, economist and co-author of bestseller “Freakonomics,” will be the featured speaker for the University of Notre Dame’s Thomas H. Quinn Lecture Series.
Faculty & Staff
- Steve Reifenberg awarded Fulbright to develop programs at pontifical university in ChileSteve Reifenberg, teaching professor of international development in the Keough School of Global Affairs, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to help create new experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) in Santiago, Chile.
- Hackers’ Roundtable to look at computing, security and cultureLast spring, Notre Dame faculty members Luis Felipe Murillo and Walter Scheirer taught a new undergraduate course titled The Archaeology of Hacking. Now they’re bringing a discussion of hacking to the broader campus and local communities. “Hackers’ Roundtable: A Conversation on Computing, Security and Culture” will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Room 129, DeBartolo Hall.
Commencement
- Carolyn Woo to speak at ACE CommencementCarolyn Woo, the retired CEO of Catholic Relief Services and former dean of the Mendoza College of Business, will serve as the keynote speaker at 2023 Commencement Ceremony of the Alliance for Catholic Education on Saturday (July 15).
- Graduate School degree recipients praised for ‘grit,’ reminded ‘your research matters’John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, delivered the keynote address during the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday (May 20) at Notre Dame Stadium, reminding members of the class of 2023 of the Graduate School’s motto: “Your research matters.”
ND News Wire
- The connection between dreams and work productivityWe know that a good night’s sleep can help you at work…but what role do dreams play in your 9-to-5? We sat down with Casher Belinda, assistant professor for management at the Mendoza College of Business, to discuss a new study that shows how the emotions we experience at night can help us during the day.…
- Football weekend events: Notre Dame vs. Ohio StateThe University of Notre Dame football team will host Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 23) at Notre Dame Stadium. In addition to the game itself, a number of events and activities, including lectures, tours and performances, will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit experience.nd.edu.…