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Kylemore Book Club: To Hell or to Connacht Week 1
Ask questions and listen to a live discussion with Lisa Caulfield, Justin Hickey (Notre Dame Rugby), Eamonn Molloy (Connacht Rugby), and special guests on Wednesday, August 4 at 1...
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Shakespeare and Community: Emerging Voices
Shakespeare remains the world’s most produced and studied playwright. However, these pursuits have disenfranchised significant segments of society by perpetuating a cultural...
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Rome: What Does it All Mean? The Painting and its Subject
Finally, we come to terms with the School of Athens. How was it painted, and what does it mean? How do how it was painted and what it means intersect? Watch the short videos...
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They Tell Me of a Home: Celebrating 40 Years of Song with the Notre Dame Folk Choir
The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir is thrilled to announce the release of They Tell Me of a Home, an album created in celebration of the Folk Choir’s 40th anniversary. The...
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They Tell Me of a Home: Celebrating 40 Years of Song with the Notre Dame Folk Choir
The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir is thrilled to announce the release of They Tell Me of a Home, an album created in celebration of the Folk Choir’s 40th anniversary. The...
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Rome: What is Fresco Painting? Materials and Process
This week we will learn about the fresco painting process: What were the materials involved, and how did the artist prepare and paint on the wall? Follow along as a fresco copy of...
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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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Ten Years Hence: Automated Approaches to Detecting, Attributing, and Characterizing Falsified Media
This week’s lecture for Ten Years Hence will feature Matthew Turek, Program Manager for DARPA’s Information Innovation Office. His talk will focus on “Automated approaches...
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Ten Years Hence: Disinformation and Democracy
Suzanne Spaulding is senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
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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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Heart’s Desire & Social Change: Being on the Margins with Lou Nanni
Rev. Dan Groody, C.S.C., ’86 interviews Notre Dame Vice President for University Relations Lou Nanni ’84, ’88 M.A. Lou will describe how he discerned his “heart’s...
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Heart’s Desire & Social Change: Educational Access with Sara Martinez Tucker
Rev. Dan Groody, C.S.C., interviews Notre Dame Trustee and Fellow Sara Martinez Tucker. She will discuss her passion for expanding educational access for the nation’s youth....
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Central American Democracy in Peril? New Findings from El Salvador in Context
Wednesday, 06/30/2021, at 10:30 a.m. ET – Is the democratic experiment over in El Salvador? With control of the legislative assembly and presidency, the government of El...
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On the Altar of Peace
To achieve sustainable peace between Israelis and Palestinians, argues Dr. Yehezkel Landau, both sides must embrace a narrative empathy that allows them to see the humanity of the...
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Peace in Absentia: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Voices on Arab-Israeli Normalization
In January 2020, the United States announced a Mideast peace plan that supports the Israeli position on most issues rather than fostering Israeli-Palestinian compromise. In recent...
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Live from Jerusalem: Notre Dame Faculty Discuss Recent Events and Their Repercussions
After a period of more than a year during which COVID-19 seemed to have overshadowed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we are now witnessing a new wave of violence in the region....
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Labor Trafficking: It’s In Your Back Yard (The Business Model of Labor Trafficking)
This is the first installment in a 3 part series that explores the problem of human trafficking, what is being done to fight it and what individuals can do in their daily lives to...
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Social Entrepreneurship: Why the business community holds the key to poverty alleviation
How can the private sector contribute to poverty alleviation and community impact? Why should business leaders care about poverty? Leaders in corporate social responsibility will...
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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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Mother’s Helper
A decade ago, while working at a foster care agency, Emily Rupchock '20 M.N.A. befriended a girl named Brit, who had been in the system for most of her life. “We would get...
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Student Talk 101
As the semester draws to a close, we decided to kick it with a few students to see how their school experience has been. Check it out!
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VFX Superstar
Kendra Washington-Bass '94 is a Notre Dame alumna and recently her son, Julian Bass, became known as the VFX Superstar of social media. Find out how he did it!
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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health
Tap in to the conversation with the author of, The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, Dr. Rheeda Walker.
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Are We There Yet: Doctors (Part 2)
How many dentists do you know have their face on a bus in New York City? Listen in to see how the pandemic has affected her career. Host: Emorja RobersonGuest: Dr. Aaleeyah Pringle
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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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2021 Religious Liberty Summit: Keynote and Interfaith Dialogue Panel
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 12:30 p.m. ET – His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, will deliver the keynote address for the inaugural Notre Dame Religious...
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2021 Religious Liberty Summit: International Threats to Religious Liberty (Panel 1)
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 2:30 p.m. ET – The Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit will host a panel discussion on “International Threats to Religious Liberty” (Panel 1)...
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2021 Religious Liberty Summit: International Threats to Religious Liberty (Panel 2)
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 2:30 p.m. ET The Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit will host a panel discussion on “International Threats to Religious Liberty” (Panel 2) with...
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2021 Religious Liberty Summit: Interfaith Prayer Service
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 4 p.m. ET – Interfaith Prayer Service– Dean G. Marcus Cole, Notre Dame Law School– Professor Mahan Mirza, University of Notre Dame– Most Rev. Kevin...
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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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Becoming the Adult in the Room with Sarah Pelrine
Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Sarah Pelrine to talk about the transition into full adulthood and mature discipleship in the catholic faith. Sarah works in the...
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Faith in the Story: Hindsight is 2020 Panel Discussion
Monday, 06/28/2021, at 5 p.m. ET – In the United States, 2020’s events prompted Americans to tell new stories about who we are in relation to each other and the rest of the...
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Episode 21: Science, the Universe, and Supernatural Beings in the Qur’an
Join our hosts and guest Dr. Javad Hashmi to explore the cosmology of the Qur’an and its relevance today. Are the Qur’anic descriptions of creation, including the afterlife...
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Episode 22: Sin in Jewish and Christian Scripture
Join Tzvi Novick and guest professor Gary Anderson to discuss the historical meaning behind Scriptural metaphors for sin.
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The Science Lab: Not All Faces are Alike
Facial recognition technology has encountered controversy over claims of bias, and research at Notre Dame has uncovered that the accuracy of face recognition is different for...
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The Promise and the Peril of Facial Recognition
During the academic year, we run a monthly live event series called Research Uncorked. Just like the podcast, it features informal interviews with leading scholars and...
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TEC Talks: What Can Smaller Platforms Learn from Ethical Challenges at Scale?
This session will feature Julie Owono, founder of Internet Sans Frontières and a member of the Facebook Oversight Board, and Clint Smith, Chief Legal Officer at Discord. As...
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On 3D Printing and Mass Customization
Fred Higgs is John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, where he is also vice provost for academic affairs and director of the Rice Center for...
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TEC Talks: The Ethics of Verification, Identity, and Anonymity on the Internet
This session will feature David Magerman, co-founder and managing partner at Differential Ventures and an advocate for internet reform, and Jillian C. York, Director of...
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TEC Talks: A Guide for Handling Mis- and Disinformation
Few contemporary problems can be addressed by reference to a single discipline. Misinformation — a critical issue of our time — is no different. Join us for a conversation...
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