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Five scholars join center for new curricular and research efforts August 17, 2023 Five scholars will join the Center this fall as faculty and research associates. Megan Levis, Ph.D. joins us as an assistant professor of the practice with both the Center and the College of Engineering. Her research is focused on questions about how…

Inaugural commencement celebrated at Indiana Women’s Prison August 17, 2023 This August, 14 women formerly or currently incarcerated at Indiana Women’s Prison received bachelor’s or associate’s degrees through the Women’s College Partnership (WCP), part of the larger Notre Dame Programs for Education in Prison (NDPEP) at the Center. WCP is a college-in-prison partnership between the…

Community collaboration celebrates the past and promises a welcoming future June 20, 2023 Earlier this spring more than 180 people from around South Bend gathered for the groundbreaking of Foundry Field, a public-access baseball field designed to celebrate the Foundry Giants and other underrepresented baseball teams from South Bend’s past.  In the 1920s, the Foundry…

New book series approaches justice questions through Catholic social tradition June 20, 2023 Catholic social teaching is often called the Church’s best kept secret, but a new series of books titled Enacting Catholic Social Tradition is trying to change that.  The series is being written by participants in SPIRE: The Global Catholic Social Tradition Network…

2023 awards honor students committed to the common good June 19, 2023 The center’s annual Senior Send-off Ceremony celebrates the students who have demonstrated a commitment to justice and the common good throughout their time at Notre Dame. At the 2023 ceremony, the center recognized three students in particular with two different awards.  Sr. Thea…

ReSEARCHING for Justice May 8, 2023 This year, the center launched a new fellowship for graduate students from across campus whose scholarship intersected with questions of justice. The diverse group of 14 came from the College of Arts and Letters, College of Engineering, Keogh School of Global Affairs, the Law School, and College of Science. The goal of the fellowship was…

Undergrad research shows understanding trauma key to developing better solutions for those seeking asylum May 5, 2023 This May, 43 graduating seniors will complete capstone projects addressing topics connecting their field of study to questions of justice––food insecurity, mental illness, sustainability, and more. These students are a part of the center’s two minors: the Poverty Studies…

What would an economy of celebration look like in the US today? May 5, 2023 Adam Gustine and José Humphreys had each been thinking about communities for a while. What makes them flourish? What prevents their flourishing? Both had written about the relationship between churches and the communities of which they’re a part when they…

Visiting practitioner fellow engages faculty, staff, and students around global human rights advocacy April 12, 2023 Monalisa, an Indian human rights attorney and expert on global human trafficking joined the Center for Social Concerns and the Higgins Labor Program in March as a weeklong practitioner in residence. But this was a bit of a homecoming.…