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Notre Dame on iTunes U now available
Date: November 20, 2009
The University of Notre Dame has joined some 300 top institutions of higher education on iTunes U, a dedicated area within Apple’s iTunes Store that features lectures, lessons and other materials produced by colleges and universities.
Notre Dame on iTunes U contains more than 600 free, downloadable audio and video files representing academics, research, campus life, faith and service, as well as a variety of offerings from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare, a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. There also is a section dedicated to alumni, parents and friends.
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Notre Dame team takes NASCAR checkered flag
Date: November 20, 2009
A team of four University of Notre Dame undergraduate students finished first in the NASCAR Kinetics: Marketing in Motion competition. Final results for the semester-long competition were announced Thursday (Nov. 19) in Miami, site of the NASCAR Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The team included Enrique Gonzalez, a junior marketing major and captain of the team; Caitlin Hefele, a sophomore majoring in marketing and journalism; Nathan Durkes, a senior business and theology double major at Holy Cross College; and John Crowder, a senior economics and computer applications major.
“We have all worked on this competition all semester,” Hefele said. “And the three months of effort ended up really paying off.”
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Notre Dame theologian John Cavadini receives high papal honor
Date: November 19, 2009
John C. Cavadini, associate professor and chair of the theology department and McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI a member of the Order of the Knights of St. Gregory the Great.
Cavadini received the papal honor at the request of Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, who praised Cavadini “for his study of Catholic theology, his recruiting of outstanding theologians for the theology faculty at Notre Dame, and his assistance to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.”
Established in 1831, the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great honors its recipients for service to the church, support of the Holy See, and for witnessing to the Catholic faith in their country and communities.
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Passage to India
Notre Dame undergraduate students have the opportunity to conduct research at an elite Catholic school for girls in Kolkata, India, that has been turned into an education center that welcomes the city’s street children and allows them to become advocates for social change.
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Campus News
What’s Next? Week to help students plan their undergraduate years
College of Arts and Letters
It is never too early for students to start planning and preparing for life after graduation. That’s the philosophy behind “What’s Next? Week,” a series of academic and career information sessions designed to help Arts and Letters majors—from first-year students to seniors—make the most of their time at Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame anthropologist Mark Schurr hosts visitors to his annual archeological dig on the grounds of the Collier Lodge, a 19th-century hunting lodge located on the banks of the Kankakee River. Schurr, with the help of Notre Dame anthropology students and volunteers from the Kankakee Valley Historical…
