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Spring schedule for Cinema at the Snite
• Date: December 31, 1997
The spring schedule for the “Cinema at the Snite” (CatS) film series has been released by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Communication and Theatre.p….
Survey shows Notre Dame freshmen have a deeper desire to learn than their peers nationwide
• Date: December 31, 1997
At a time when college students are becoming increasingly apathetic about education, the annual American Council on Education (ACE) survey of first-year students indicates University of Notre Dame freshmen have had—and will continue to have—a much deeper desire to learn than their peers nationwide.p….
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….
