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Notre Dame receives grant from the O'Connor Family Foundation
• Date: December 16, 1997
The University of Notre Dame has received a four-year grant of $60,000 from the O’Connor Family Foundation of Oklahoma City to provide scholarships for undergraduate students from the Oklahoma City area.p….
Beirne wins Marshall Scholarship
• Date: December 10, 1997
Katherine Beirne, a University of Notre Dame senior from Rocky River, Ohio, is one of 38 Marshall Scholarship winners nationwide for 1998, the British government announced this week. She was chosen from among more than 800 candidates from 200 colleges and universities to receive one of the most competitive…
Notre Dame Combines Research and Religion
• Date: December 09, 1997
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — At the end of a century in which the great American universities have moved from being extensions of churches to centers of secularism, the University of Notre Dame is carving itself an important niche as an institution of serious scholarship with a deeply religious environment.p….
'Today's Life Choices' receives Bronze Award for films and video productions
• Date: December 08, 1997
“Today’s Life Choices,” a documentary series produced by the University of Notre Dame and Golden Dome Productions, has been awarded the Bronze Award for films and video productions on social and economic issues from Worldfest Charleston, an international film and video festival.p….
New study shows that discounted prices may hurt retailers in the long run
• Date: December 08, 1997
Note to the media: For more information, contact Carl Mela, assistant professor of marketing, at (219) 631-8117 p….
A study by the Center for Transgene Research has provided information about blood coagulation proteins
• Date: December 08, 1997
A study by researchers in the University of Notre Dame Center for Transgene Research and their Belgian collaborators has provided important information about the role of blood coagulation proteins during development of embryos.p….
Gad-el-Hak named a Freeman scholar
• Date: December 08, 1997
Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the 14th Freeman scholar by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.p. The prize is the highest honor bestowed by the division of fluids engineering within ASME and is awarded biennially. Gad-el-Hak will…
Stoll elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Date: December 08, 1997
Wilhelm Stoll, Duncan professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.p. A native of Freiburg, West Germany, Stoll was educated at the University of Tuebingen and taught there for six years. He joined…
Thompson and other students win prizes in Keating Writing Program
• Date: December 07, 1997
Ashleigh Thompson, a University of Notre Dame senior, has won second prize in the 11th annual Thomas R. Keating Writing Program for college journalists held in Indianapolis on Nov. 8.p….
Notre Dame approves of the decision by Crime Stoppers to offer a reward for the person responsible for the acts of vandalism on campus
• Date: December 04, 1997
The University of Notre Dame welcomes the decision by South Bend Area Crime Stoppers, Inc., to offer a reward of up to $1,000 for the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the recent acts of vandalism at the University, said Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s…
Notre Dame ReSources
• Date: December 03, 1997
Notre Dame ReSources Dec. 1-6 p. Please feel free to call the following Notre Dame faculty for additional comment on these people and events in the news: p. p. Land mines : "In the five years I’ve wandered around the front lines of wars, I’ve never personally seen a…
Glee Club will present its annual Christmas concert
• Date: December 03, 1997
The Notre Dame Glee Club will present its annual Christmas concert Dec. 13 (Sat.) with performances at 6 and 8:30 p.m. in Stepan Center on campus.p….
Gutierrez will speak on 'Space, Time, and the Chicano Experience'
• Date: December 02, 1997
Ramon Gutierrez, professor of history and ethnic studies and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), will deliver a lecture titled “Space, Time, and the Chicano Experience” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 10) in the University…
Campus Ministry music ensembles will perform Advent Lessons and Carols
• Date: December 02, 1997
The directors and members of the University of Notre Dame Campus Ministry music ensembles will perform Advent Lessons and Carols at 7:15 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 7) in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus.p….
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated at a mass in the Basilica
• Date: December 01, 1997
A Mass observing the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated Dec. 12 (Fri.) at 5:05 p.m. in the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart.p….
Crumlish died of a heart attack at age 69
• Date: December 01, 1997
Word has been received of the death of Brian Crumlish, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. He died Thursday (Nov. 27) of a heart attack at age 69.p….
Police are investigating acts of vandalism carried out on campus
• Date: November 29, 1997
Notre Dame Security/Police are investigating a number of acts of vandalism carried out on campus Saturday afternoon and evening (Nov. 29). Approximately 150 cars parked in University lots were vandalized, along with statues, benches, and areas of five University buildings.p….
Morris will lecture on his new book
• Date: November 25, 1997
Tom Morris, founder and chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values and a former University of Notre Dame faculty member, will speak Dec. 11 (Thursday) from 2-5 p.m. in the Jordan Auditorium of the University’s College of Business Administration complex. Tickets for the lecture are $150 and are…
Rockne film selected for National Film Registry
• Date: November 25, 1997
“Knute Rockne, All American,” the 1940 movie about Notre Dame’s legendary football coach, was among 25 motion pictures selected last week for the National Film Registry by Librarian of Congress James Billington.p….
Glee Club will hold its annual Christmas concert
• Date: November 24, 1997
The Notre Dame Glee Club will present its annual Christmas concert Dec. 13 (Sat.) with performances at 6:30 and 8 p.m. in Stepan Center on campus.p….
Chorale and Chamber Orchestra will perform selections from Handel's 'Messiah'
• Date: November 24, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s Chorale and Chamber Orchestra will perform excerpts from the Christmas portion of George Frideric Handel’s oratori, “Messiah,” Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 (Thurs. and Fri.) at 8 p.m. in Washington Hall on campus.p….
Undergraduate programs in London will be reorganized
• Date: November 24, 1997
A reorganization of the University of Notre Dame’s undergraduate programs in London has been announced by Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C., vice president and senior associate provost of the University. The purpose of the reorganization is to make the London curriculum more accessible to students in colleges other than arts…
Nordstrom's new book has been published
• Date: November 24, 1997
“A Different Kind of War Story,” a new book by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Carolyn Nordstrom, has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.p….
Roemer will deliver a lecture on the U.S. Trade Bill
• Date: November 23, 1997
U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer of Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District will deliver a lecture titled, “Why I am Against Fast Track Authority for a U.S. Trade Bill,” Dec. 2 (Tuesday) at 5 p.m. in the Jordan Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s College of Business Administration complex.p….
Chamber music class will present a recital
• Date: November 23, 1997
The University of Notre Dame’s chamber music class will present a recital Dec. 9 (Tues.) at 3 p.m. in the Annenburg Auditorium of the Snite Museum of Art on campus.p….
Schiffer receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
• Date: November 17, 1997
Peter E. Schiffer, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, has been named one of sixty 1997 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.p….
