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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 Emma Trelles
From Miami’s neon car culture to Santa Barbara’s mountain dreams, Poet Laureate Emma Trelles explores the “bones-deep” honesty of her work, Courage and the Clock. Discover her transition from journalist to literary...
Tongues of Men and Angels
Discover “Tongues of Men and Angels,” where Grammy-winning composer J.J. Wright ‘14 MSM, ‘17 DMA and poet Dana Gioia bridge high art and jazz. Witness a performance that had audiences swinging in their seats, redefining...
Place Based Community Regeneration
Join us as panelists discuss strategies for allocating limited funds (to be catalytic), attracting (the right kinds of) investment, and addressing housing shortages (by addressing failed urbanism) in the process of reactivating...
Life at the Heart
Listen in for reflections from Rev. Brian C. Ching, C.S.C, ’07, ’13 M.Div. on being the rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame, growing up in NYC, and his newfound passion for Formula One racing. The Pod...
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, interviewed by poet and book critic...
Dante Among Theologians
Step into the celestial rose of the “Dante Among Theologians” project, an international collaboration that invites you to rediscover the poet’s vision not merely as verse, but as a living source of spiritual wisdom and...
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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Using Two-Stage Exams to Promote Active Learning in Large Classes
For decades now, the call to college teachers has been to rely less on lecture and to draw more on active learning techniques such as discussions, small group brainstorming, and think-pair-shares. Strategies like these fit well...
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...
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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Revolutionary Ukraine: A History and Politics of Hope
In an era scarred by “human wrongs,” how does a nation sustain an indomitable spirit? This session explores Ukraine’s transformation from Soviet subjects to sovereign historical actors. By redefining hope as a defiant,...
Co-Creating Peace
How can a global research tool become a localized “bridge” for peace? In this episode of the Kroc Cast, experts Madhav Joshi, Myla Liguoro ’10 M.A., and Bishnu Sapkota join host Melinda Davis to discuss the evolution...
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...
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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From Line Items to Impact
Discover how local government leaders move beyond ad hoc evaluations to embed research, data, and evidence into everyday budget decisions. Listen in to gain practical insights on building internal capacity, fostering...
Civic Virtue
Rajiv Vinnakota is the President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, where the mission is to strengthen civic life in America by empowering young people to tackle civic challenges with bold, fresh ideas. Listen in for a...
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...
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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The Heart of Notre Dame’s Workforce
For Heather Christophersen ’98, vice president for human resources at Notre Dame, leadership means having the courage to take risks and empowering others to do the same. A former building manager at LaFortune Student Center,...
Being the Change
Join Dr. Milo Dodson ’08 and a panel of intergenerational alumni, Dr. Dom (Dominic) Acri ’18, Savanna Morgan ’20, and Dominique DeMoe ’19, as they explore the legacy of the Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program. Discover how...
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...
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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Rev. Gregory Pine, O.P.
Join us for a conversation with Rev. Gregory Pine, O.P., Assistant Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology at the Dominican House of Studies and the Assistant Director of the Thomistic Institute. Father Gregory discusses his...
Law & Morality
Does law reflect mere convention or objective reality? Marking 800 years of Thomas Aquinas, explore how his synthesis of law and morality provides a radical framework for justice. Challenge modern positivism and discover how the...
Jewish-Catholic Relations and Germany’s Social Memory
Listen in as Avraham Burg speaks with Dr. Rainer Kampling, professor of biblical theology and expert on Christian antisemitism at the Freie Universität Berlin. In a wide-ranging discussion that stretches from the early 20th...
Antonio Marchi ’16
Join us for a conversation with Antonio Marchi ’16, Executive Director of Right to Life Michiana. Antonio—a Notre Dame graduate and alumnus of the de Nicola Center’s Vita Institute—discusses his background, the work of...
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...
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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Why Does the Nobel Prize in Science Matter?
Ever wonder how Nobel-winning science research affects your everyday life? Join faculty from the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University South Bend as they unpack the discoveries behind one of science’s most prestigious...
Crafting Music & Synthesizing Sounds with Geometry
Have you ever wanted to create your own unique sounds but didn’t know how to start? Using basic geometry, it’s easy to synthesize new and exciting sounds through software you can run on a laptop! In this talk, Indiana...
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...