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"260 Students Will Take "Plunge"
• Date: December 21, 1998
While many college students will be relaxing at home in early January, earning a few extra dollars at part-time jobs or watching their favorite football team on television, a select few will volunteer to help others and educate themselves.p. Between January 2-9, 260 Notre Dame students will participate in…
John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace
• Date: December 20, 1998
The University of Notre Dame has received a gift from Anne Marie Yoder, the widow of Notre Dame theology professor John Howard Yoder, to establish an endowed lectureship in her late husband’s memory.p. The lectureship, entitled the John Howard Yoder Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace, will be administered…
Yoder gift to establish an endowed lectureship in her late husband's memory
• Date: December 20, 1998
The University of Notre Dame has received a gift from Anne Marie Yoder, the widow of Notre Dame theology professor John Howard Yoder, to establish an endowed lectureship in her late husband’s memory.p….
Students, faculty, and staff protest the bombing of Iraq
• Date: December 16, 1998
Notre Dame students, faculty and staff will protest the bombing of Iraq today during a rally on the Old Fieldhouse Mall at 4 p.m. This evening there will be a candlelight prayer vigil for peace on the Old Fieldhouse Mall at 9:45 p.m. Both events are open to the…
Kenny endows a library collection in Medieval studies
• Date: December 15, 1998
Patrick W. Kenny of West Hartford, Conn., has pledged $100,000 to the University of Notre Dame to endow a library collection in Medieval studies.p….
Challenge grant received to support an endwoment for a faculty fellows fund
• Date: December 13, 1998
The University of Notre Dame has received a $450,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support endowments for a faculty fellows fund for medieval and Irish studies and an acquisitions fund for northern medieval vernacular literature.p….
Faculty members write on the relationship between Catholicism and Western political liberalism
• Date: December 13, 1998
An exchange of views on the relationship between Catholicism and Western political liberalism comprises three articles by Rev. Michael J. Baxter, C.S.C., visiting assistant professor of theology at Notre Dame; Michael Novak, theologian for the American Enterprise Institute; and David L. Schindler, theologian for the John Paul II Institute…
University of Oklahoma political scientist examines media, violence, family decline and gambling
• Date: December 08, 1998
University of Oklahoma political scientist Allen Hertzke examines media violence, family decline and gambling through a newly developed theory of moral ecology in the lead article in the autumn issue of The Review of Politics, appearing this week.p….
Privatization Would Mostly Aid Wall Street
• Date: December 06, 1998
As the White House Conference on Social Security meets, no fewer than four bills circulating in Congress aim to privatize our 54-year-old system. Privatizers want to divert payroll taxes into individual accounts; instead of collecting Social Security when we retire, we will cash in our stocks and bonds. This…
A collection of Kaeser photographs has been published by Notre Dame Press
• Date: December 06, 1998
A collection of works by the American photographer Fritz Kaeser, compiled by Stephen R. Moriarty, curator of photography at Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art, has been published by the University of Notre Dame Press.p….
Students pray for the abolition of capital punishment
• Date: December 03, 1998
Students at the University of Notre Dame will pray for the abolition of capital punishment during a series of events Dec. 8 (Tues.), the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.p….
Cinema at the Snite schedule
• Date: December 03, 1998
The spring 1999 schedule for the Cinema at the Snite (CatS) film series has been released by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.p….
Asian American Association will present its annual fashion and cultural show
• Date: December 01, 1998
The University of Notre Dame’s Asian American Association will present its annual fashion and cultural show, “Asian Allure ’98” Saturday (Dec. 5) at 7:30 p.m. in Washington Hall.p….
Snite Foundation grant to endow fellowships in the master's in business administration program
• Date: December 01, 1998
The University of Notre Dame has received a gift of $500,000 from the Fred B. Snite Foundation of Northfield, Ill., to endow fellowships in the master’s in business administration (MBA) program.p. The gift memorializes Frederick Snite, Jr., a 1933 Notre Dame alumnus whose 18-year-long confinement in an iron lung…
O' Brien will join Father Hesburgh for a book signing
• Date: November 30, 1998
Michael O’Brien, author of the newly published book, “Hesburgh: A Biography,” will join his subject, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, for a book signing Friday (Dec. 4) at 1 p.m. in the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore on campus.p….
Sen. Bradley will deliver his final public lecture
• Date: November 24, 1998
Note to the media: Former Sen. Bradley will take questions from the news media from 2:30-3:15 p.m. Monday (Nov. 30) in room 112 of McKenna Hall (the Center for Continuing Education). p….
Applied Investment Management fund receives 9.9 percent return
• Date: November 24, 1998
Notre Dame undergrads outscore MBAs from Wharton, Vandy. TCU in new Investment League p….
Kafatos will speak on the malaria vector mosquito
• Date: November 23, 1998
Fotis C. Kafatos, director general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, and Distinguished Nieuwland Lecturer for 1998, will speak at 4 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 24) in the auditorium of the Galvin Life Sciences Building at the University of Notre Dame. Titled "The New Biology: Molecular Genetics…
Graduate and spouse donate savings to help victims of hurricane
• Date: November 22, 1998
An anonymous Notre Dame graduate and spouse have given the money they had saved for a house, $75,000, to the University’s Center for Social Concerns to aid the victims of the recent hurricane in Central America.p….
Iapalucci appointed director of audit and advisory services
• Date: November 22, 1998
Philip J. Iapalucci, Jr., has been appointed director of audit and advisory services at the University of Notre Dame, according to E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., the University’s executive vice president. Iapalucci replaces Kathleen Anthony, who recently was named Notre Dame’s director for year 2000 (Y2K) compliance.p….
Notre Dame professors guests on this weeks 'Firing Line'
• Date: November 19, 1998
Two chaired professors at the University of Notre Dame are the guests on this week’s “Firing Line” program hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr. The program will be aired locally at 10:30 a.m. Sunday (Nov. 22) on WNIT-TV, channel 34.p….
Glee Club will present its annual Christmas concert
• Date: November 19, 1998
The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will present its annual Christmas concert Dec. 12 (Sat.) with performances at 6 and 8:30 p.m. in Stepan Center on campus.p….
Chorale and Chamber Orchestra woll perform excerpts from Handel's 'Messiah'
• Date: November 19, 1998
The University of Notre Dame’s Chorale and Chamber Orchestra will perform excerpts from the Christmas portion of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio, “Messiah,” Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 (Thurs. and Fri.) at 8 p.m. in Washington Hall.p….
Jazz Band will present 'Dimensions in Jazz' concert
• Date: November 19, 1998
The University of Notre Dame Jazz Band will present “Dimensions in Jazz” Dec. 6 (Sun.) at 3 p.m. in the Band Building. The concert is free and open to the public.p….
Collegium Musicum will perform in the Church of Loretto
• Date: November 19, 1998
The Notre Dame Collegium Musicum will perform Dec. 4 (Friday) at 8 p.m. in the Church of Loretto on the Saint Mary’s College campus. The concert is free and open to the public.p….
Meyer will return to Notre Dame to speak on athletics
• Date: November 17, 1998
Legendary DePaul University basketball coach and Notre Dame alumnus Ray Meyer will return to his alma mater Thursday (Nov. 19) to speak on “Athletics: From Sportsmanship to Commercialism” at 7:30 p.m. in room 102 DeBartolo Hall. Sponsored by the Student Alumni Relations Group, the talk is free and open…
Walicki will receive the International Balzan Foundation Award for history
• Date: November 17, 1998
Andrzej Walicki, O’Neill Family Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the International Balzan Foundation Award for history Monday (Nov. 23) in a ceremony at the residence of the president of Italy.p….
Students and faculty take part in prayer vigil and demonstration against Army School
• Date: November 17, 1998
Some 15 students and faculty from the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College will take part in a prayer vigil and demonstration against the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Ga., Nov.21-22.p….
Chamber Music class will perform a recital
• Date: November 17, 1998
The University of Notre Dame’s Chamber Music class will perform a recital Dec. 4 (Friday) at 2 p.m. in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Snite Museum of Art. The concert is free and open to the public.p….
