In The News
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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 Center for Social Concerns.
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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.
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Women at the Center for Social Concerns: A story of 50 years
Women at the Center for Social Concerns: A story of 50 years By: Mary Ellen Woods ’80 October 9, 2023 Today’s alumni story is grounded in history. As I write it, we are celebrating 50 years of coeducation at Our Lady’s University. More broadly, the country is marking 50 years of Title IX, the foundational…
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Award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to visit Notre Dame
Award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to visit Notre Dame September 26, 2023 Renowned author Colson Whitehead will visit the University of Notre Dame on Oct. 3 (Tuesday) to deliver the 2023 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5:00 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The annual lecture was created…
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Exploring big philosophical questions — from religion to justice to frisbee
Exploring big philosophical questions — from religion to justice to frisbee September 25, 2023 Growing up, Wes Siscoe always had a lot of questions — about God, faith, morality, and the best way to store a frisbee. As a master’s student, his passion for ultimate frisbee inspired him to invent a carry-all for the sport,…
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Reflections on teaching at Westville Correctional Facility
Reflections on teaching at Westville Correctional Facility: ‘One of the most meaningful things I’ve ever done’ September 25, 2023 Each Monday this fall, Notre Dame faculty members Bill and Marie Donahue are commuting to work together — not to the University’s campus, but to Westville Correctional Facility. They drive 45 minutes from South Bend to…
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Students respond to the demands of justice through research
Students respond to the demands of justice through research September 25, 2023 This summer, 200 University of Notre Dame undergraduates worked alongside community partners with support from one of several summer programs at the Center for Social Concerns. The largest two of these programs were NDBridge, supporting 118 rising sophomores, and the center’s Summer Fellowship,…
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Five scholars join center for new curricular and research efforts
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…
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Women’s College Partnership celebrates first commencement at Indiana Women’s Prison
Dressed in Marian University’s blue commencement regalia and speaking to her fellow graduates, Michelle Williams acknowledged that society often views people like them — those who have been incarcerated — through “a lens of failure.”
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Foundry Field collaboration celebrates South Bend’s past and promising future
Foundry Field collaboration celebrates South Bend’s past and promising future June 20, 2023 There’s magic in the game of baseball. Not just in what happens on the field, but also in the game’s capacity to bring communities together, to stoke pride in a place’s history, and to inspire people into the future. Foundry Field —…