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Everyday Holiness: Nan Tulchinsky
Sit courtside with Nan Tulchinsky, a longtime scorekeeper for Notre Dame Women’s and Men’s Basketball, as she...
Nostra Aetate and Rome’s Jewish Community
Listen in as Avraham Burg sits down with Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni – the chief rabbi of Rome – to explore the...
Leaving the Beaten Path
Dr. Andrea Robiglio explores the “wide world of pre-modern philosophy,” reframing the field not as a collection of...
Metaphysics, Being, and the Transcendentals
Eight centuries later, this session reveals that Thomas Aquinas’s metaphysical architecture remains the essential map...
Everyday Holiness: Dr. Carol Latronica ’77
Listen as Dr. Carol Latronica ’77, Rector of Welsh Family Hall, provides insight into her life and work in student...
Teaching Students When (Not) to Use AI
When satellite maps became available on our phones, some wondered what we would lose by becoming less oriented to the...
Bill Mattison
Bill Mattison ’03 Th.D. is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on...
A Conversation with Cardinal John Onaiyekan on the Catholic Church as Peacebuilder in Africa
In this episode, Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute, hosts a...
Qur’an Criticism
What importance do developments in critical scholarship on the Qur’an have for the life of faith? How have Muslims...
After the Evaluation
Can a bus pass prevent a jail sentence? Listen in to discover the “myth-busting” power of co-discovery. Join King...
Dorm Life Diaries
Listen in for a conversation with Marlyn Batista ’22 M.Div., who has been the Rector of Cavanaugh Hall since 2022....
I am My Soul
Is personal identity a matter of degree or a literal soul? Join Oxford’s Dr. Richard Swinburne for “I am My...
Reimagining Mental Health
This interdisciplinary inquiry explores the Catholic imagination’s role in mental health. Navigating the paradox of...
In Tough Times Notre Dame Leans Into Mission
For Shannon Cullinan ’93, executive vice president at the University of Notre Dame, there is no challenge Notre Dame...
A New Humanism
“What is the city but the people,” wrote Shakespeare. In this spirit, architect Christian Sottile will share his...
The Cost of Ambition
Miroslav Volf is the founder & director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Join us for a discussion of his most...
Where are We in the Journey to a Knowledgeable Assistant?
Discover the future of AI with Meta Chief Scientist Xin “Luna” Dong. As AI assistants transition from chatbots to...
Millennial Aesthetics and Global Politics
This event brings poet Aria Aber and author Jamil Jan Kochai into conversation with Mehak Faizal Khan, Assistant...
When Numbers Lie: Algorithms and AI
Data is the new gold, mined and used (for better or worse) every single day. Algorithms and artificial intelligence...
Conducting with Conviction
Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual...
Everyday Holiness: Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J.
Listen to Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J., the longtime rector of McGlinn Hall, and she shares her calling to religious life...
Bringing the Term Paper into the Classroom
With the advent of AI, many are questioning the traditional model of having students do much of the heavy lifting of a...
Going on a Medieval Vision Quest
Listen in to a conversation with Dr. Ryan Szpiech, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Center for Middle...
Racism Roadtrip
This episode features three Keough School of Global Affairs students who took part in the course “Racial Justice In...
The Jewishness of the New Testament
This episode we welcome a distinguished New Testament scholar, Amy Jill Levine, who is the world expert on the...
Fr. Monk Malloy Reflects on His Notre Dame Journey
For Rev. Edward “Monk” Malloy, C.S.C., president emeritus of Notre Dame and longtime priest-in-residence at Sorin...
The Secret Social Life of Bacteria
Have you ever wondered how bacteria communicate, cooperate, and even compete in ways that impact our health,...
Exploring Global Catholicism
Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual...
Building Rapport in Online Courses
With Notre Dame’s Summer Online courses set to get underway in June, we turn our attention to teaching...
Filming the Birth of the Spanish Language
Listen in to part two of a conversation with Dr. Ryan Szpiech, associate professor of Spanish and director of the...
SheLeads4Peace Summer School
Every year, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosts the SheLeads4Peace Summer School, a...
Everyday Holiness: Tami Schmitz
Listen as Tami Schmitz, Associate Director of Pastoral Care in Campus Ministry, tells about her strong foundation of...
Answering Notre Dame’s Call
Lily Joy Santos ’28 and Giovanni Nasello ’27 are much more than just voices in your voicemail. As student callers...
Religious Pluralism
Under the conditions of globalization, more religious people than ever find themselves in close contact with members of...
Behind the Folds: The Mathematics of Origami
Origami combines art and science to transform a flat sheet of paper into a 3-dimensional sculpture. This presentation...
Discussing Donkeys in Lion-suits
Listen in to a chat with Dr. Emily Mahan ’21 M.A., ’22 Ph.D., who received her Ph.D. from Notre Dame’s Medieval...
Connecting Coursework to Life Through Community-Based Learning and VR
Among the most fundamental promises education makes is this: What you learn here, on campus, will help you when...
Everyday Holiness: Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, ’10 M.Div.
Journey with Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, a Benedictine nun who has discovered God’s calling in life through the beauty of...
Everyday Holiness: Dr. Jim O’Connell ’70
Walk the streets of Boston with Dr. Jim O’Connell as he describes his long path to a medical career and the...
Touring Through Centuries of Philosophy
Listen in to a chat with Dr. Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy in Late Antiquity and in the Islamic World at the...