Category: News
Solidarity and the City taps into network of ND alumni, community partners
Solidarity and the City explores the principle and practice of solidarity in the context of a city that students visit during spring break. Putting together a meaningful experience for students requires a robust network of community partners and ND alumni.
Fake or fiction? Computer scientist Walter Scheirer explores the difference in new book
In “A History of Fake Things on the Internet,” faculty fellow Walter Scheirer takes a deep dive into the technical and cultural aspects of the fictions we see online.
Community leader Regina Williams-Preston to be ‘front door’ connecting Notre Dame and South Bend in new Institute for Social Concerns role
Williams-Preston is a former member of the South Bend Common Council and a longtime special education teacher and administrator in the South Bend public schools.
Institute for Social Concerns opens 2024 Arts of Dignity student exhibit
The opening reception on January 22 coincided with Notre Dame’s Walk the Walk Week, an annual series of events designed to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s fight for racial justice and to inspire us as we continue to push for a more just society.
Professor Neeta Verma brings art to youth in need of healing, self-discovery
Professor Neeta Verma, a faculty fellow of the Institute for Social Concerns, ran weekly art workshops for 18 months at DePaul Academy, a residential school for teenage boys within the St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center.
Institute for Social Concerns starts new research lab to study mass incarceration
The Institute for Social Concerns launched a Mass Incarceration Research Lab this fall that invites students to dig into the many dimensions of the crisis of mass incarceration. The lab is open to students from all academic disciplines.
Students develop scholarly tools at second annual Graduate Institute for Engaged Teaching and Research
The center hosted the second annual Graduate Institute for Engaged Teaching and Research, bringing together Notre Dame graduate students from a variety of fields to further develop their scholarly tools for addressing issues of justice.
A decade of Labor Café: Helping students find, and strengthen, their voices
The Labor Café is in its 10th year. Looking back at the past decade, many alumni have said that the experience of leading and participating in Labor Café discussions contributed profoundly to their education and formation at Notre Dame.
New partnership brings Clemente Course in the Humanities to South Bend
Some local residents are taking their first college-level classes through the Clemente Course in the Humanities, a national program that the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center began offering this fall with support from the Institute for Social Concerns.
Good tech, bad tech, and cultivating virtue in engineering
Megan Levis entered college knowing that she either wanted to be a philosopher or an engineer.
She ended up choosing the latter, and went on to earn her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Notre Dame. But she hasn’t left philosophy behind.