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Statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
• Date: February 10, 2012 • Categories: Faith and Service
The following is a statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, on the change announced Feb. 10 regarding the religious liberty concerns related to the Health and Human Services ruling on birth control coverage in insurance plans:
“The widespread concerns expressed by Catholics and people from other faiths have led today to a welcome step toward recognizing the freedom of religious institutions to abide by the principles that define their respective missions. We applaud the willingness of the administration to work with religious organizations to find a solution acceptable to all parties.
Shakespeare at Notre Dame presents SonnetFest 2012
• Date: February 10, 2012 • Categories: Campus and Community
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the third annual “SonnetFest” — a community-wide public reading of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets as interpreted by members of the University of Notre Dame and Michiana communities.
“Over the past two years, the event has been so popular that we are continuing an annual tradition where faculty, staff, students and members of our community can gather together to bring Shakespeare’s beautiful ruminations on love to life,” according to Scott Jackson, executive director of Shakespeare at Notre Dame.
ND Expert: Obama administration 'compromise accommodation' inadequate
• Date: February 10, 2012 • Categories: Academics and Faith and Service
President Barack Obama’s proposed adjustments to the new Health and Human Services rule requiring Catholic institutions, including the University of Notre Dame, to provide health care plans covering contraception, sterilization and abortifacient drugs continue to violate religious liberty, according to O. Carter Snead, professor of law at Notre Dame.
“Today’s ‘compromise accommodation’ is nothing of the sort,” Snead said. “The original uproar across the ideological spectrum was in reaction to the administration’s requirement that virtually all religious employers cover abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization in violation of their strongly held beliefs."
Brennecke elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Date: February 09, 2012 • Categories: Academics and Research
Joan F. Brennecke, the Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her innovation in the use of ionic liquids and supercritical fluids for environmentally benign chemical processing.
Election to NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education, including significant contributions to engineering literature, the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.
Notre Dame tuition increase same as previous year’s
• Date: February 09, 2012 • Categories: Academics
Undergraduate tuition at the University of Notre Dame will increase 3.8 percent for the 2012-13 academic year to $42,971. The rate of increase matches that of the previous two years, which was the lowest since 1960. With average room and board rates of $11,934, total student charges will be $54,905.
In a letter to parents and guardians of students returning for the next academic year, Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., wrote that the University remains concerned about the economy and has worked hard to increase operational efficiencies.
Department of Film, Television, and Theatre presents 'Antígona Furiosa'
• Date: February 09, 2012 • Categories: Campus and Community
The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) will present “Antígona Furiosa” by Griselda Gambaro in 10 performances beginning Feb. 23 (Thursday).
Directed by FTT faculty Anton Juan, the play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29 (Thursday through Saturday, Tuesday and Wednesday), and March 1, 2 and 3 (Thursday through Saturday) with matinee performances at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 and March 4 (Sundays) in the Philbin Studio Theatre of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
ND Expert: Syria vetoes lead to “full gun assault” by Assad
• Date: February 08, 2012 • Categories: Academics and International
Following Saturday’s (Feb. 4) Russia-China veto of a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, University of Notre Dame peace scholar and former UN sanctions panel expert George A. Lopez, says “In the absence of UN restraints on President Bashar al-Assad, a major concern is that he’ll unleash a full gun assault, and I think we’ve seen that happening in the first 48 hours since the veto.”
“Another concern,” Lopez says, “is that there may be large numbers of army defections, but they’re not very heavily armed, which could lead to neighboring states beginning to arm the rebels— maybe even Western states if they’re worried about humanitarian slaughter.”
In Northern Ireland, political violence harms youths through families, new study shows
• Date: February 08, 2012 • Categories: Research
Political violence and the aftermath of war are known to be harmful to children’s and teens’ mental health and well-being, but until now, few studies have examined how this happens.
A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, led by University of Notre Dame Psychology Professor Mark Cummings, has found political violence affects children by upsetting the ways their families function, resulting in behavior problems and mental health symptoms among the youths over extended periods of time.
Prince Charles honored for his architectural patronage
• Date: February 07, 2012 • Categories: Academics and International
His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, accepted The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame Patronage Award during a ceremony Jan. 27 at St. James’s Palace in London.
The Prince is a forceful advocate for the maintenance of traditional building skills and sustainable urban design and is keenly interested in how the built environment affects the quality of people’s lives. The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community, a charity established personally by His Royal Highness, has led building and planning efforts in more than 62 communities in the United Kingdom along with the United States, Africa and Asia.
Student conference to explore human development and potential
• Date: February 07, 2012 • Categories: Academics and Campus and Community
The fourth annual Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame will bring together hundreds of students and guests from Notre Dame and universities as far away as Uganda to share their research experiences in the developing world and discuss the meaning of authentic human development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Organized by students for students, the conference will be held Feb. 10 and 11 (Friday and Saturday) in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on the Notre Dame campus.
