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On Museum and Library Discovery
This episode is a little different from what we usually do, in that the focus isn’t one person’s work but rather a new tool designed to enhance knowledge access for everyone....
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Virtual Slow Look
Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. EST Join us online for a 20-minute mindful look at a work of art. Walk away feeling relaxed and recharged as we use tools of mindfulness...
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Mass in honor of Founders’ Day
Join us on October 12 at 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. ET in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart as we mark the beginning of the 2021 celebration of Founders’ Day. Rev. John I. Jenkins,...
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Slow Look
Join us online for a 20-minute mindful look at a work of art. Walk away feeling relaxed and recharged as we use tools of mindfulness for a guided look at Sébastien Bourdon’s...
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Kylemore Book Club: Rugby’s Global Community
This final week looked at the global growth of rugby both in terms of the development of new players and coaches, as well as the diaspora of international players. As part of...
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Kylemore Book Club: Rugby and the Political Landscape
This second week dove into the political context surrounding rugby in Ireland, including the growth of the sport despite the ban on foreign games, the link between Connacht and...
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Accounting for Sustainability and Responsible Investing
Registration is open for the Accounting for Sustainability and Responsible Investing Conference sponsored by the Center for Accounting Research and Education at the University of...
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Tom Mendoza Presents: A Conversation with Jeff Smith
Tom Mendoza Presents is a webinar series hosted by Tom Mendoza, former president and vice chairman, NetApp, and current board director of UiPath, Varonis and Vast Data. Join Tom...
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Ten Years Hence: The End of Privacy – How Intimacy Became Data and How to Stop It
This week’s lecture in Ten Years Hence will feature Danielle Citron, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law at the University of Virginia School of...
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Ten Years Hence: Disinformation, China, and Beijing’s Broader Global Media Influence
This week’s lecture in Ten Years Hence will feature Sarah Cook, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at Freedom House in Washington, D.C. Ms. Cook’s lecture is...
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Ten Years Hence: Trust and Truth in the Age of Deep Fakes
This week’s lecture in Ten Years Hence will feature Hany Farid, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. His research...
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Ten Years Hence: Making America Competitive Again in the Information Space
This week’s lecture in Ten Years Hence will feature Jamie Fly, President & CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, The Czech Republic. You can read more about him...
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The Freedom to Listen
Beyond recognizing the inherent importance of public discourse to democracy, a reckoning must be made that listening itself constitutes discourse as much as does speech — that...
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Virtual Panel: Success Stories of Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame
Members of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame will discuss their personal and career choices since their college years. Many are pioneers and leaders in their career paths and aim...
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Inspiring Conversations: Paul and Cindy Karos
During the fourth session of “Inspiring Conversations,” we will focus on the topic “How our shared faith has guided our life, our professions, our family and our path...
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Inspiring Conversations: Why Care? – Crafting a Leadership Grounded in Truth and Empathy
Why care? It may seem inherent to health care, but that’s not always the case. To learn more, join us for Inspiring Conversations with Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Chief Experience...
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Heart’s Desire & Social Change: Listening for Vocation with Parker Palmer
Rev. Dan Groody, C.S.C., interviews Parker Palmer, a world-renowned writer, speaker, activist, and founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. His...
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Inspiring Conversations: The American Justice System and the Future
During this session of Inspiring Conversations, we will discuss “The American Justice System and the Future” with Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine...
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The Oedipus Project: Climate Crisis
Please join us for this special event which is part of this year’s Notre Dame Forum on “Care for our Common Home: Just Transition to a Sustainable Future.” Sponsored by the...
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China’s “Soft” Cooperation with Africa
The Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (SAGGAS) at the Shanghai International Affairs University (SISU), in partnership with the Notre Dame Beijing Global...
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Prioritizing Afghan Voices: How the International Community Can Assist Afghanistan
What do the Afghan people want? What are their most pressing needs? Join us for this timely conversation and hear insights from Afghan leaders on how the international community...
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The United States and Europe after the Demise of the Old International Order
Thursday, 10/21/2021, at 4:00 p.m. ET – The democratic international order that took shape following World War II faces serious challenges—populism, climate change,...
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China Town Hall 2021 Livestream with Fareed Zakaria and ND Discussion
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our...
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Beyond the Border: Voices from Central America
Central American policymakers and researchers will join us in a discussion to analyze the role that governments, civil society, and the private sector play in regional development.
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On Medicine, Vietnam, and War Stories
Mike Collins graduated from Notre Dame in 1971 and spent several years working as a truck driver, cab driver, construction laborer, dockworker, and freelance journalist before...
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“Our Community Has Boundaries”: LA’s Immigrant Women Activists on Embodiment, Race, Class, and Morality
In global cities today, immigrants of color suffer hyper-pollution, asthma, and cancer due to their residence near diesel-spewing shipping ports, freeways, and rail yards. Their...
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On Baseball and Critiquing Things You Love
Katherine Walden is an assistant teaching professor of American studies at Notre Dame and an affiliated faculty member of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center. Her research...
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School Choice: Courtney Martin
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Courtney Martin, activist and author of Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School,...
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Exploiting Diversity
Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Nancy Leong, professor of law, University of Denver, and author of Identity Capitalists,...
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Taking Education Beyond the Walls of the Classroom
Madeline Owen is the newly selected valedictorian of the University of Notre Dame’s Class of 2021 and is graduating with a neuroscience and behavior major and a poverty studies...
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Secular Left vs. Religious Right? A Discussion of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics
American society is rapidly secularizing, a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity. And politics is a big part of the reason. Join us for a discussion...
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The Catholic Labor Network: A Conversation with Clayton Sinyai
What do labor unions and the Church have in common? For Clayton Sinyai, the answer to that question is a countercultural emphasis on solidarity. He is the executive director of...
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‘Open your aperture’: Notre Dame Forum focuses on climate change, its moral impact and potential solutions
The University of Notre Dame opened the 2021 Notre Dame Forum on Friday (Sept. 10) with an announcement from President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., that the University has...
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Anti-Immigrant Lawmaking
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Robin Jacobson, professor and chair of politics and government, University of Puget Sound, and author of The New Nativism:...
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Justice in the World of Work
Kevin Cassidy is the director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Office for the United States and Canada. The ILO brings the government, workers, and employers to the...
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2021 Religious Liberty Summit: Panel Discussions
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 10 a.m. ET – The Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit will host a panel discussions with the following topics and speakers: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ETPanel...
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The Mutual “Ennobling” of Science and Faith: From Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., to Laudato Si’
Join Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E. as she uses the work and thought of priest-scientist Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., (1851-1921) as a springboard to explore the relationship...
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Courageous Christianity
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as we present Jemar Tisby ’02, president of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective and author of The Color of Compromise and...
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Black Church Theology
Join the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights as Esau McCaulley, assistant professor of New Testament, Wheaton College, and author of Reading While Black: African American...
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Minding Scripture Episode 24: David and Kingship
Join our hosts as they discuss scriptural portrayals of King David. Who is David in the Bible and the Qur’an? How does this figure allow us to understand Biblical and Qur’anic...
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Episode 23: Slavery and the Bible
Join our hosts and special guest Mark Noll, professor emeritus of American history, to discuss how slavery was portrayed in the Bible and how Biblical verses were brought into...
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Recognizing the Dignity of Every Person
Dylan Schwaegel has been working with Our Lady of the Road on emergency rental services during the pandemic. In partnership with the county, they use federal funds to help those...
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TEC Talks: Corporate Responsibility and Power
Technology companies—especially those with digital “platform power”—wield an enormous influence over economic, political, and social life in the United States and...
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TEC Talks: Machine Learning and Power
Machine learning purports to make accurate predictions and decisions about everything from prison recidivism rates to cancer diagnoses to mortgage approvals. But time and time...
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“Lessons Learned from the Texas Winter Storm Experience: What Happened and How to Avoid It Happening Again” by Jason Ryan
ND Energy invites you to a virtual distinguished lecture featuring Jason Ryan, Sr. Vice President for CenterPoint Energy, who will discuss the timeline of what happened in Texas...
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Notre Dame commits to carbon neutrality by 2050
The University of Notre Dame committed to becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2050 and to a reduction in carbon dioxide of at least 65 percent from 2005 levels within the next...
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TEC Talks: Identity and Power
How do you prove that you are who you say you are? As our world becomes increasingly digitized, automated, and algorithmically operated, digital identity schemes are becoming an...
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TEC Talks: Workers and Power
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on essential workers: grocery workers who keep shelves stocked with food and cleaning supplies, truckers who transport goods across the...
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