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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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A Conversation with Carmen Giménez
Join poet and Graywolf Press Executive Director Carmen Giménez for a profound exploration of modern “folklore”—from digital fandoms to the absurdity of conspiracy theories. Giménez reflects on her transition from founding...
Dante Among Thelogians
Step into the celestial rose of the “Dante Among Theologians” project. This international collaboration invites you to rediscover Dante’s vision not merely as verse, but as a living source of wisdom and spiritual insight....
Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty
Liam O’Connor, 2025 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate, explores how the timeless principles of traditional and classical design focused on enduring beauty, quality of craft, and integration with the landscape offer a crucial...
The Political Life of the Novel
Join novelists Isabella Hammad, Brandon Hobson, and Amir Ahmadi Arian for an ontological inquiry into the aesthetics of resistance. Amidst the ongoing Nakba and systemic dispossessions, this dialogue interrogates the novel as a...
A Conversation with Xavier Cavazos
Can sound truly mend a fractured soul? Savor this vibrant dialogue tracing poet Xavier Cavazos’s path from the Columbia Basin’s dust to Manhattan’s poetic fires. Listen in to the collision of Nuyorican energy and academic...
Pride 2026: Justice for All
June is Pride Month, and as ThinkND recognizes the positive impact LGBTQ+ people have had on the world, we are pleased to fully celebrate the Spirit of Inclusion and authenticity that defines Notre Dame. It is in that spirit we...
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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Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference
Driving a sustainable future requires more than commitment; it relies on engagement, dialogue, and shared expertise. Now in its 5th year, the 2025 Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference, as the flagship event of ASWQ,...
Looking Back to Look Forward
Priest, professor, historian, and… real estate guru? Get ready to be fascinated by the history of Notre Dame and American Catholicism in a dynamic conversation between Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C. ’06 M.Div., ’15 EMBA,...
Why Well-Run Companies Will Continue to Fail
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
A Brief History of the Future
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
A (different) Innovation Journey
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
Game Changers: Unlock Your Career Playbook
Join us for an engaging talk with successful Notre Dame coaches: Volleyball's Salima Rockwell, Fencing's Gia Kvaratskhelia, and the Catalino Family Head Hockey Coach Brock Sheahan ’08. Discover how their approach to building...
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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Future-proof Your Career: The AI Advantage
We are in a fast-changing marketplace with the bombardment of technological innovation and economic changes. Our experts shared their research-backed insights into how AI and technology will affect the future of work and the...
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...
Education
Equip yourself for the classroom of the future with insights and innovative strategies for teaching and learning from Notre Dame experts. Explore topics from curriculum design to student well-being to inspire both you and your students.
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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 you’re out there, in the world. Learning researchers call this far transfer, describing the process by which...
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 course on their own. If outside of class students can prompt AI to do homework, write essays, and create...
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 places we live or visit. But most of us have used these maps for many years now and find them to be incredibly...
Making the Space to Reimagine Teaching
When you become a teacher, you commit to a life of learning—not just for your students, but for yourself. You can feel totally comfortable and confident in your teaching practices, and then suddenly some new technology or some...
Recognizing Not All Brains Think Alike
Over the last couple of decades, we’ve seen an explosion of books and articles about what’s often called “brain-based learning,” as neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists study and explain what circuits are firing...
AI, Cheating, and Trusting Students to be Human
If you follow the conversations about higher education on social media or in the news, a primary topic on people’s minds is the impact of artificial intelligence on the purposes and processes of an education. For better or...
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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Business on the Frontlines: Resilience and Adaptability in Times of Turmoil
Explore “Active Hope” as a catalyst for order in Ukraine. Beyond profit, business has become a strategic mandate for survival and a testament to our global solidarity. Join us as we examine how the University of Notre Dame...
The Nuclear Threshold
This conversation with Kelsey Davenport ’11 M.A., Director of Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, was recorded as a “massive armada” gathered in the Persian Gulf. It now serves as a hauntingly...
Hope in the Headlines?: Truth and Decolonization in the Ukrainian Media Landscape
In an era of state-sponsored disinformation, media serves as both a kinetic weapon and a vessel for national healing. Join us for a high-level dialogue on Ukraine’s struggle to decolonize its information space, offering a...
Hope on the Ground: Lived Resilience during the War in Ukraine
In the crucible of total war, how does a nation protect its soul? Join leading scholars as they deconstruct Ukraine’s “pedagogy of freedom.” From “immunizing” students against disinformation to the “optimal hope” of...
Launch of the Kroc Institute’s Tenth Report on Colombian Peace Accord Implementation
The Kroc Institute’s tenth report, covering the period from December 2024 through November 2025, provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the status of the Colombian Peace Accord implementation; presents an...
Money for Nothing: Is it Nuts to Give Money to the Poor with No Strings Attached?
Is it nuts to give money to the poor with no strings attached? And if not, why? This Ford Lecture in Human Development charts GiveDirectly’s journey from a controversial idea to a billion dollars delivered, examining what 24...
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 Role of Joy with Cameron Kim and Laura Dunham
Cameron Kim is assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University and Laura Dunham is dean of the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas. Listen in for a conversation about the nature of joy with...
Habit, Ritual, and Well-being with Michael Norton
Michael Norton is a behavioral scientist, professor and author of The Ritual Effect: Unlocking the Extraordinary Power of the Ordinary. Listen in for a conversation about practical connections between habit, ritual, and...
10 Lessons for Building Government and Research Partnerships That Matter
Bridge the gap between social service leadership and rigorous scientific research to move people out of poverty permanently. Join Notre Dame’s LEO and JPAL North America for a discussion on building high-impact partnerships....
Art and the Museum as Instruments of Hope: A Conversation with Barbara Jatta
As part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the University of Notre Dame Art Museum, join us for an inspiring conversation exploring the intersections of the arts, faith, history, and education, and the role of the museum in...
What Would You Fight For? 20 Years of Storytelling
To commemorate two decades of the iconic What Would You Fight For? series, the University of Notre Dame recently hosted a panel discussion centered on the University Forum theme, “Cultivating Hope.” NBC Sports play-by-play...
After the Evaluation
Can a bus pass prevent a jail sentence? Listen in to discover the “myth-busting” power of co-discovery. Join King County, Notre Dame’s LEO, and Stanford’s REGG Lab as they explore how high-stakes partnerships transform...
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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Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America
Using two of the “Declaration” moments in American history and political thought, including the relationship between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison and the congressional debate over the Spanish-American War,...
Designing the Future of Notre Dame
What will the new dorms look like? How will Dan Cook ’96, University Architect and Vice President for Facilities and Design, carry on the legacy of creating a sacred feel on campus? Will he level Stepan Center (and do you...
The Creative Process
Discover a space where art meets faith, and beauty becomes an open door to wonder. Listen in on a conversation with Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director at the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy within the McGrath Institute for Church...
Downsides of Markets
Grasp the profound intersection of liberty and human flourishing by navigating the tension between economic prosperity and moral character. Envision a society where justice protects every person, property, and promise. James...
Justice, Beneficence, and the “Well-Governed Society”
How do individual actions harmonize to produce widespread prosperity? Master the essential principles of societal flourishing through an analytical examination of the moral and economic frameworks defining a well-governed...
The Nature and Causes of Wealth
Grasp the fundamental mechanics behind global prosperity. Navigate the intellectual landscape of 1776 to witness how revolutionary ideas birthed modern economics. Re-evaluate your understanding of wealth through the lens of human...
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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Growing into Leadership and Service
Ever wondered how a summer program transforms into lifelong connections? Join Krystal Hardy Allen ‘07, Jetaun Davis-Anderson ‘05, Calleen Jones ‘08, J. Zane Stephens ‘07, and Frank Duerson ‘07 as they share stories of...
Paving the Way
In the second episode of Dialogues Across the Decades: Conversations with Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program Alumni, travel back to the early days of the program with former students who reminisce about arriving at a quiet summer...
Inside Notre Dame’s Investment Philosophy
For Tim Dolezal ’02, vice president and chief investment officer at Notre Dame, managing the University’s investment portfolio is more than a financial responsibility—it’s a mission-driven calling a lifetime in the...
Fr. Ted Said… Cultivating Hope: J. Martin (Marty) Regan, Jr. ’76
In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and builders of bridges.” But in a world where optimism often feels in short supply, where do we find the...
Fr. Ted Said… Cultivating Hope: Rev. Pete McCormick, C.S.C., ’06 M.Div., ’15 MBA
In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and builders of bridges.” But in a world where optimism often feels in short supply, where do we find the...
Fr. Ted Said… Cultivating Hope: Jennifer Burke Lefever ‘98 M.A., ‘00 Ph.D.
In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and builders of bridges.” But in a world where optimism often feels in short supply, where do we find the...
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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History of Philosophy
Explore Thomas Aquinas’ rigorous engagement with the Falsafa tradition. From the mechanics of the soul to the dignity of science, discover how his relational rationality bridges medieval wisdom and modern inquiry. Listen in...
Magnifica Humanitas: Human Dignity in the Age of AI
Join the de Nicola Center for a conversation with University of Notre Dame experts on the import of Pope Leo XIV’s highly anticipated first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On the Protection of Human Dignity in the Age of...
Bridging God and Modernity
Listen in as Avraham Burg speaks with Mustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC, where he focuses on the intersection of public policy, Islam, and modernity. The pair speaks about Akyol’s upbringing...
Obstacles to Moral Action
Explore how Thomas Aquinas transforms 13th-century ethics into a blueprint for modern life. Join elite scholars as they bridge the gap between ancient habits and contemporary character development, revealing how our first moral...
Bishop Andrew Cozzens
Bishop Andrew Cozzens is the bishop of Crookston, Minnesota. Listen in for a discussion of his background and the Eucharistic Revival he led on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2024. This revival gathered more...
Gaza’s Christian Community
Avraham Burg speaks with Dr. Georg Röwekamp, theologian and historian of the Christian community in the Holy Land, about his personal journey and his new book on the History of the Christian community in Gaza. Röwekamp shares...
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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Generative Computing
Move beyond experimental chatbots and toward a robust IT stack capable of supporting autonomous agents. Sriram Raghavan, VP of AI Research at IBM, dismantles AI hype to reveal the “Generative Computing” paradigm. Learn why...
The Computer Science Domain in the AI Revolution
Witness the fundamental evolution of computer science through the eyes of Computer Science and Engineering assistant teaching professor William Theisen ’18, ’22 M.S., ’24 Ph.D. Learn why you no longer need to memorize the...
AI Ethics by Design
Gain a strategic edge in the evolving AI landscape. Join Vatican AI consultant Father Paulo Benanti and CMU machine learning expert Professor Arti Singh for a high-level dialogue on innovation and human dignity. This fireside...
Self-Driving Labs for Polymer Research across Scales
Join the Data, AI, and Computing Working Group on Self-Driving Labs to learn about how self-driving labs are revolutionizing polymer research by combining automation and machine learning to achieve world-record mechanical...
From Alchemy to AIchemy
In this invited lecture, Alan Aspuru-Guzik will trace the evolution of molecular discovery from its ancient origins to the rise of AI-driven self-driving labs, revealing how the fusion of robotics and information will redefine...
AI and the Classrooms of the Future
Navigate the evolving generational divide in our classrooms. Join Fr. Nate Wills, C.S.C., Ph.D. ’99, ’03 M.Ed., ’05 M.Div., as he explores the intersection of Catholic tradition and generative AI. Discover how to preserve...