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Art and History
Explore human forms of expression, innovation, and creativity that remind us of the uniqueness of the human spirit in the past, present, and future. Discover conversations that impact our shared history, our current cultures, and our potential futures.
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The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare and Possibility continues with our conversation with several recently-graduated Notre Dame seniors from the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company, Notre Dame’s student-run Shakespeare club, re-established in 1997. These...
Notre Dame Football Kills Prejudice: Citizenship and Faith in 1924
One hundred years ago, the 1924 undefeated University of Notre Dame football team beat the best opponents from across the country and won the Rose Bowl to claim a consensus national championship. Off the field, Notre Dame, along...
Poetry & Conversation with Richard Blanco and Rigoberto González
Continuing Letras Latinas’ yearlong 20th anniversary series, in October 2024 Notre Dame welcomed visiting poets Richard Blanco and Rigoberto González, moderated by Susana Plotts-Pineda, Latino Poetry Fellow at the Library...
The Political Life of the Novel
Literatures of Annihilation, Exile, and Resistance–an initiative at the intersection of the arts and human rights–is hosting an upcoming panel of critically acclaimed authors Amir Ahmadi Arian, Isabella Hammad, and Brandon...
A Conversation with Juan Felipe Herrera, 21st Poet Laureate of the United States
Listen in to 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, interviewed by then Notre Dame MFA candidate in poetry and graduate student Luis Lopez-Maldonado. As a poet, educator, and writer,...
Hope’s Song
Discover a 14 year old fighting a disease only 50 worldwide have. Watch and listen to the debut of “Hope’s Song,” a majestic new choral piece about not giving up from Sing Me A Story and the Notre Dame Folk Choir. Hope Kern...
Business
In a time of increasing globalization, American businesses can be greatly impacted by consumer habits around the world. Notre Dame experts expand upon macroeconomic and consumer trends both domestically and internationally.
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Game Changers: From Zoomers to Boomers—The Generations at Work
With multiple generations working side-by-side in today’s organizations, building collaborative, meaningful relationships with colleagues of all ages is as important—and seemingly mysterious—as ever. How do we better...
Game Changers: Decoding AI
In this AI era, humans are challenged by its complexities, limitations, and impact on our work and life. This panel of experts dives into what’s coming and the impact on how we work, learn, and live. Join our panel discussion...
The Courage to Stand Up: CEO of Deloitte Consulting on Ethical Leadership
Skill in enterprise communication, courage to voice values, and willingness to experiment – these are among the “under-appreciated and under-discussed” skills that leaders must embrace for prosperity and impact. Dan...
Navigating New SEC Climate Disclosure Rules: Insights From Accountancy Professor Sandra Vera-Muñoz
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released new disclosure rules to guide companies on measuring, reporting, and providing assurance on climate-related risks, and to help investors evaluate the impact...
Ethics in Investing: A Discussion with Kristen Bitterly Michell ’02
Kristen Bitterly Michell ’02, the Managing Director and Head of Investing Solutions at Citi Global Wealth, sat down with us to discuss the industry. Kristen was a featured speaker of the 2024 Women’s Investing Summit (WIS)...
AI Ethics: Past, Present, and Future
Join us for a thought-provoking virtual event, “AI Ethics: Past, Present, and Future,” featuring Nicholas Berente, Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre...
Career Development
ThinkND is here to support you over the course of your career and during transitions with series that consider questions of meaning, purpose, and flourishing. Shift your mindsets and think critically about your career.
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The Role of Motivation and Engagement in Digital Learning: Toward a Learning Experience Design Model
A large body of research clearly indicates that when learners believe that information is interesting, valuable and intrinsically meaningful, they are more likely to learn the information, and to engage in behaviors related to...
Visual Storytelling: Using Graphics to Maximize Vocabulary Acquisition
This presentation examined the use of images, sound, text and video using tools like Thinglink, Adobe Spark, and Panopto to have students learn and enhance language skills through visual storytelling. Presented by the Center for...
Reimagining Fulfillment During Midlife And Beyond
Join us for a conversation with Bernie Borges, host of the Midlife Fulfilled Podcast, who has made it his mission to help others find fulfillment in what he refers to as various “seasons of midlife.” Bernie and the Inspired...
Alumnae Career Panel: Women in Sports Tech, Youth Sports, and Sports Media
Join a panel of industry leaders and Notre Dame alumnae to learn about the work they do in the sports tech, youth sports, and sports communication worlds, how they got there, and what advice they have for students interested in...
Success Stories of Hispanic Alumni of ND
As part of its Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 series of events, the Institute for Latino Studies will host a virtual panel with members of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame (HAND). Panelist will share their stories of success after...
On Being a Real Estate Entrepreneur
Pat Connaughton ’15 is the Co-Founder and CEO of Three Leaf Development. With a focus on development and property management, Three Leaf has projects in Milwaukee, Portland, and South Bend (Notre Dame), including multi-family...
Global Affairs
Learn how Notre Dame aims to affect positive, significant, and sustainable change in the world. From issues surrounding citizenship and migration to human development and international politics, engage in conversations that seek to improve our global society.
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Indigeneity in Europe: Possibilities, Challenges, and Alliances
Indigeneity has become an increasingly important concept on the global stage in recent years, creating possibilities for international cooperation and collaboration between diverse peoples. Europe has been no exception: despite...
Using AI-Enhanced Deliberative Tech with Israelis and Palestinians
This virtual session will address how AI and collective dialogues are used as part of ongoing peacebuilding efforts in Israel/Palestine. Panelists will explore the technical details of the approach, progress made to date, and...
Religious Freedom in Ukraine: A Virtual Flash Panel
What does it mean to advocate for religious freedom during times of war? How do political leaders engage with religious groups? In such circumstances, what is the best policy to simultaneously recognize the human right to...
A Different Kind of Research
When Rev. Robert Dowd, CSC, started the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity 12 years ago, he wanted to do research in the developing world that was distinctive – that wasn’t about “swooping in and...
Ukraine Today: Where is the country heading?
Each day brings new dramatic news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukrainian defense measures and counterattacks. Gathering expert panelists from both the University of Notre Dame and Ukraine, this flash panel hosted by...
Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference
Now in its 4th year, the 2024 Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference, the flagship event of ASWQ, continues to ask the hard questions and delve deeper into regulation, sustainability reporting, capital allocation, and...
Health and Society
From timely issues of public health and caregiving, to the fight for social justice, listen to experts from the University weigh in on the historical impacts and present and future consequences of the topics that matter most to us all.
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The End of Free Speech is the End of Science
In this lecture, Professor Jay Bhattacharya will present early scientific work regarding the mortality risk of COVID infection and the harms of lockdown policies adopted to suppress COVID disease spread. He will then present...
Poverty and the Opioid Crisis
Uncover the foundations of the Opioid Settlement, how and why they were established, the challenges they have faced, and what success looks like as community leaders move forward with their individual missions. The opioid...
Fr. Bob Dowd: Education, Bridged.
A funny thing happened on the way to creating this podcast with Fr. Bob… When we first went to record this episode, he was vice president and associate provost for interdisciplinary initiatives. In that role, he oversaw the...
Character, Leadership & Professional Education with former Valencia College President Sanford Shugart
As part of the Virtues & Vocations series Education for Flourishing: Conversations on Character & the Common Good, we are pleased to welcome Sanford “Sandy” Shugart, who served from 2000 to 2021 as the fourth president of...
Generosity & Medicine with physicians Sneha Mantri, MD, MS and Abraham Nussbaum, MD
As part of the Virtues & Vocations series Education for Flourishing: Conversations on Character & the Common Good, we are pleased to welcome Sneha Mantri, MD, MS, physician and director of Medical Humanities at Duke University...
Higher Education & Democracy with Spelman College President, Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
As part of the Virtues & Vocations series Education for Flourishing: Conversations on Character & the Common Good, we are pleased to welcome Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., who began serving as the 11th president of Spelman...
Law and Politics
From religious liberty and ethical public policies governing emerging technologies, to political discourse and threats to our democracy, explore the world of law and politics through a uniquely Notre Dame lens.
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Killing Precisely: A History of Drones and Precision Warfare
James Patton Rogers is the Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University and the Co-convenor of BISA War Studies. An expert on precision warfare and drone technologies, James is currently...
UFOs and Human Security: An Autoimmune Theory (or How Things Could Fall Apart)
Alexander Wendt is Professor of Political Science and Mershon Professor of International Security at the Ohio State University, where he has taught since 2004. Join us on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET....
The 2024 Conway Lectures
In 2002, the Medieval Institute inaugurated a lecture series in honor of Robert M. and Ricki Conway. Robert Conway was a 1966 graduate of Notre Dame and trustee of the University; he was, and his wife Ricki continues to be, a...
Trump’s Legal Battles
John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford...
Stereotypes, Representation, and Real Talk: Black Law Students Speak Out
In this episode, Aisha Bah ’25 J.D., Joshua Mannery ’24 J.D., and Ayanna Murphy ’25 J.D., from the Notre Dame Black Law Students Association, join Max for a lively discussion on the power of representation in law school,...
Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law
In his best-selling book, The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein demolished the de facto segregation myth that Black and White Americans live separately by choice, providing the most forceful argument ever published on how federal,...
Leadership
No matter the industry in which you work, leadership skills are critical to your success. Look to Notre Dame experts for guidance on finding your purpose and becoming a more effective leader.
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One Year after October 7: Historical Backdrop and Future Prospects
Listen in to conversation from a multi-lens perspective on the lead-up to the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, and the Israeli response in Gaza. Only four years earlier, The Abraham Accords were signed, heralding a new era in...
A Legacy of Giving Back
Philanthropist and environmentalist David Rockefeller Jr. spoke with Jack Brennan, retired CEO and chair of Vanguard and a member of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees, on his lifelong commitment to giving back. Rockefeller, who...
The Perils of U.S. Isolationism: A Fireside Chat with Sec. Condoleezza Rice
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, the 66th Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ’75 MA outlined the perils of choosing isolationism for both the United States and the global order, and offered suggestions for how to best move...
Advancing Peace in a Fractured World
Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador Joe Donnelly, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and Former U.S. Senator, speak on Advancing Peace in a Fractured World in conversation...
Business as a Global Force for Good
Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General, CEO, and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact speaks on Business as a Global Force for Good in conversation with Anne Thompson ’79, Chief Environmental Affairs...
The Presidency, the 2024 Campaign and the Future of American Democracy: A Debate
This matchup promises an animated debate on a range of current political, legal, and constitutional issues facing the nation yet distinctive for its civility and civil engagement of the ideas embodied in the parties’ differing...
Religion and Philosophy
Guided by the ideal of “faith seeking understanding,” discover lifelong learning at the intersection of faith and reason through the study of Catholicism, history of Christianity, world religions, moral theology, and philosophy.
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Natural Philosophy in the Arabic-Hebrew-Latin Landscape: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Corpus
The Medieval Institute is pleased to present the eighteenth lecture in the Graduate Student Invitation Series with Dr. Hanna Gentili of the University of Hamburg, Institut für Jüdische Philosophie und Religion, who will be...
Conversations That Matter: Reimagining Politics in the Light of the Eucharist
American political life is characterized by hyper-partisanship and polarization. Each election cycle seems to sharpen divisions and deepen political idolatry, while leaving most of us exasperated and exhausted. Yet, the Catholic...
‘Upon whom the ends of the ages have come’: Byzantine Perspectives on the Theology of History
This lecture will tackle the theological understanding of history through the prism of Byzantine historiography and theology. Particular attention will be paid to a selection of historians and to the work of St. Maximus the...
Conversations that Matter: Reimagining Politics in the Light of the Eucharist
American political life is characterized by hyper-partisanship and polarization. Each election cycle seems to sharpen divisions and deepen political idolatry, while leaving most of us exasperated and exhausted. Yet, the Catholic...
Historic three-day celebration culminates in Inauguration of Notre Dame’s 18th President, Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.
For only the third time in the past 70 years, the University of Notre Dame inaugurated a new president Friday (Sept. 13) during the formal investiture of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president. The...
Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. Inauguration Mass
Experience the Inauguration Mass as we celebrate the investiture of the University’s 18th president, Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. For information about the events of the Presidential Inauguration celebration, please visit Notre...
Science and Technology
Remain on the cutting edge of education and research in science, technology, engineering, and math while exploring the responsibility of ethical decision-making and how to critically think about and evaluate these new advances.
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AI and the very old world order
Over the last few years a growing number of scholars have argued that the impact of AI is repeating the patterns of colonial history. If European colonialism was characterized by the violent capture of land, extraction of...
A Brave New World of AI Governance
Explore the connection between data, geopolitics and governance, regulation, self-regulation while discovering examples of good and bad practices in various sectors, such as healthcare and banking. Speakers: Kay...
Algorethics: potentiality and challenges in the age of AI
Explore the possibilities and challenges in ethical governance of AI through algorethics. Algorethics is a term that has been developed since 2018 to denote the need for a study dedicated to assessing the ethical implications of...
Technology and Democracy
U.S. society is in the throes of deep societal polarization that not only leads to political paralysis, but also threatens the very foundations of democracy. The phrase “The Disunited States of America” is often mentioned....
Driving Social Impact in public health and conservation
For more than 15 years, Milind Tambe’s team has been focused on AI for social impact, deploying end-to-end systems in areas of public health, conservation and public safety. In this talk Tambe will highlight the results from...
Driving Social Impact in public health and conservation
For more than 15 years, Milind Tambe’s team has been focused on AI for social impact, deploying end-to-end systems in areas of public health, conservation and public safety. In this talk Tambe will highlight the results from...