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On ‘American Spy’ and Finding It on the Page

Lauren Wilkinson is the author of the novel American Spy, which was published by Random House in 2019 and subsequently named one of the best books of the year by The New York...

On Royal Novels and Writing Partners

Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan are the authors of four novels, most recently The Heir Affair, which was published this summer by Grand Central and is the sequel to their...

Hitchcock in London

Before Alfred Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939, he wrote, designed or directed over two dozen films in London, the city that was his birthplace and that remained a constant...

Notre Dame London Global Gateway, campus partners launch program on Hitchcock’s adaptations of London-based novels

The Notre Dame London Global Gateway, along with partners from across the University of Notre Dame campus, has launched the London Book Club, an interactive, educational...

On Crossword and ‘Wordplay’

Deb Amlen is the head writer and senior editor of “Wordplay,” the crossword column of The New York Times, where she’ll teach you how to be a better solver while also making...

Americans Actively Engaging in Collectivism as Financial Buoy

Before the pandemic hit, declining incomes, coupled with escalating costs of housing, childcare, eldercare, higher education and healthcare, made it nearly impossible for the...

On Personal Data, Hyper-Targeting, and Privacy

Kirsten Martin is a faculty member in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a faculty affiliate of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center. Recognized nationally for her...

Business Creation as Accompaniment with Vulnerable Populations

It’s one thing to study themes such as empathy, barriers to work, identity, and mindset in the classroom, but it’s completely different to take this knowledge and partner with...

Communicating Across Cultures

Whether you are operating a global business or working within a highly diverse American workplace, effective intercultural communication skills are critical. In this series, you...

University’s Work Around COVID-19

Bank of America CEO discusses COVID-19 impact on financial services sector

Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America and Notre Dame Law School graduate, sat down with Jack Brennan, chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees, to discuss the current...

Most productive workforce may require indefinite affirmative action, study shows

Affirmative action policies have been debated for decades and Supreme Court rulings have guided how universities structure their admission policies. It stands to reason that...

Virtual ThinkND series explores communicating across cultures

A new fall online series offered by the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association is aimed at helping participants develop communication skills critical to enhancing cultural...

New ThinkND discussion series brings leaders across industries together to share successes, perspectives

The Inspired Leadership Initiative and the Notre Dame Alumni Association have partnered to launch Inspiring Conversations, a new discussion series that will invite leaders from a...

Leading People in an Ever-Changing World

A new series from the Inspired Leadership Initiative features leaders from across many disciplines and industries. Led by Tom Schreier and Chris Stevens, the concepts of...

Inspiring Conversations

Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative is launching a new digital series featuring leaders from across many disciplines and industries.  “Inspiring Conversations,”...

Industry Insights: The Future of Technology in a Contact-less World

Join the conversation with a panel of alumni experts discussing the future of technology. Our experts will provide insights into global technology companies, Silicon Valley, and...

Inspired Leadership Initiative

Global Interreligious Peacebuilding

In the latest episode of The Kroc Cast podcast, Professor Atalia Omer moderates a conversation highlighting the successes and challenges of interreligious peacebuilding around the...

Kellogg Partners with Alumni, NYU to Host Virtual Panel on US-Asia Relations

In a turbulent election year, it’s a topic that has received far less attention than the coronavirus, race relations, or the makeup of the Supreme Court: How will the winner of...

The Global Citizen

At a time when the lives of many have been dramatically disrupted and work, education and society’s functions are in a state of constant transition, this new series from ThinkND...

A Multi-pronged Approach

We join this interview between GC-DWC's research associate Hannah Chandler and Janella Nelson, a Senior Education Advisor for ChildFund International. Janella discusses issues...

School Closures: A University Perspective

In this interview, Dr. Begedou, a university professor in Togo, shares his perspective on the government’s response to COVID-19 and school closures as well as the impact of...

Unstable Internet, Limited Learning

In this interview between Hannah Chandler and Souleymane Diallo, an education program manager with Catholic relief services in Burkina Faso, Souleymane shares his insights on the...

The Causes, Consequences, and Responses to Homelessness

Poverty is a complex issue encompassing a wide range of experiences. Encampments of people experiencing homelessness can be found throughout the U.S. and in countries around the...

From the Frontlines

Amanda Paul is a nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, Massachusetts. A nurse for 11 years, she works at the hospital as a bedside nurse on a medical surgical floor...

On Misinformation and Truth Sandwiches

Lisa Fazio is an assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University. She and her team in the Building Knowledge Lab study how children and adults...

Support Small Businesses

Robyn Klingerman runs a one woman entrepreneurial catering company called A Bite with Mee out of South Bend, Ind. and has navigated a few ups and downs throughout the course of...

Shared Read – Black Domers

This fall, all alumni, parents, and friends of Notre Dame are invited to join the affinity groups in unpacking Black Domers: African-American Students at Notre Dame in Their Own...

Notre Dame launches a weekly webinar series discussing COVID-19

A new webinar series at the University of Notre Dame, titled “Consider This! Simplifying the COVID-19 Conversation,” will unpack the science and research behind the...

Tona Boyd on the Justice in Policing Act

Featuring Erin Corcoran, Kroc Institute Executive Director, and Tona Boyd, a 2003 Notre Dame graduate and peace studies alum who is now working as chief counsel to Senator Cory...

Paul Ryan and Denis McDonough

Paul Ryan, the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Denis McDonough, former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama and current professor of the...

Human Dignity and the Abolition of Private Prisons

Abolish Private Prisons is a non-profit organization founded for one purpose: using the United States court system to end the practice of locking people up for profit. Executive...

Race, Religion, and Reparative Justice: Black Lives Matter and International Human Rights

Alex Hsu, a postdoctoral research associate with the Ansari Institute, talks with Diane Desierto, associate professor of human rights law and global affairs at the Keough School...

Are we in this together?

In my daily neighborhood walks since the beginning of the pandemic, I commonly see signs proclaiming “we are all in this together.” In mid-March, as we shut down our society,...

On Reporting and Politics

For this, our season 3 finale, we’re turning the virtual interview chair around on Notre Dame alum Robert Costa, national political reporter for The Washington Post and the...

Episode 15: Science and Scripture

Join us as today’s guest, Professor Emeritus Stephen Barr, delves into particle physics and materialist cosmology to discuss whether science has made scripture obsolete.

Justice at the Border

One of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2020, and 2018 Laetare Medal winner, Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., is a sister with the Missionaries of Jesus and Executive...

The Ecological Crisis and How We Can Respond

“The cry of the Earth, is the cry of the poor.” Taken from Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, these words demonstrate the need to care for our common home, the Earth....

Episode 14: Transmission of the Qur’an

While you might be aware of Islamic tradition regarding the revelation of the Qur’an to Muhammed by the angel Gabriel, have you ever wondered how it was recorded and...

Notre Dame partners in Dublin launch virtual series on Newman’s ‘The Idea of a University’

The Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway and the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason have launched a new, four-part international series to celebrate the first...

Episode 13: Abraham

This week, our hosts discuss one of the most critical, and potentially divisive, figures in their religious traditions: Abraham. How do Jews, Muslims, and Christians view this...

Technology Ethics Center Conference – Algorithmic Bias: Sources and Responses

The Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame convenes global thought leaders in academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies to develop...

New College of Science, ThinkND multimedia series covers algorithms and ethics

The famous saying “numbers don’t lie” might work when reporting the score of a football game, but even then, the numbers don’t tell the whole story.  Algorithms...

Numbers Can Lie: When algorithms work perfectly but fail miserably

The famous saying, “numbers don’t lie,” might work when reporting the score of a football game, but even then, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. In the three...

Sustainability and Heritage Survey at Kylemore

The Global Centre at Kylemore hosts programs from multi-disciplines. Last March 2020 before the COVID-19 lockdown the Global Centre hosted a program for students interested in...

Water

Gear treated with ‘forever chemicals’ poses risk to firefighters

Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows they face additional risk just by gearing up. Fabric used for firefighter turnout gear tested...