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Accounting students from ND provide free tax assistance
• Date: January 31, 2002
Accounting students from the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College are taking part in Notre Dame’s 31st annual Vivian Harrington Gray Tax Assistance Program beginning Feb. 9 (Saturday).p….
Expert on Auschwitz architecture to visit campus
• Date: January 31, 2002
p. Robert Jan van Pelt, an internationally prominent expert on the architects and architecture of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, will discuss his research in a public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday (Feb. 4) in Room 104 of the School of Architecture’s Bond Hall.p. Van Pelt is a…
Area girls to explore science and math at Ms. Wizard Day
• Date: January 29, 2002
The University of Notre Dame will welcome South Bend area fourth- through sixth-grade girls to campus to explore science and math at “Ms. Wizard Day” Saturday (Feb. 2) beginning at noon in DeBartolo Hall.p….
Career Center to host Winter Career and Internship Fair
• Date: January 29, 2002
The University of Notre Dame will host a Winter Career and Internship Fair Thursday (Jan. 31) from 4-8 p.m. at the Joyce Center fieldhouse. Sponsored by the University’s Career Center, the event is free and open to students from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College and other area schools.p….
University apprentice chef to represent U.S. at world conference
• Date: January 29, 2002
April Lower, an apprentice chef at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected by the American Culinary Federation (ACF) as the U.S. representative to the world congress of the World Association of Cooks Societies to be held March 23-29 in Kyoto, Japan.p….
Law professor, Steven Smith, published new book
• Date: January 28, 2002
Steven Smith, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, examines religious equality and the Constitution in a new book published by New York University Press.p….
Notre Dame professors featured in book exploring religion and scholarship
• Date: January 28, 2002
The essays of four University of Notre Dame faculty members will be featured in a new book on the role of religion in higher education to be published March 1 by Notre Dame Press.p….
Farmworkers to speak about fast food profits and poverty
• Date: January 28, 2002
Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based worker organization of mainly Latino, Haitian and Mayan Indian immigrants in Southwest Florida, will give a presentation titled “Farmworker Poverty, Fast Food Profits and You” at 4 p.m. Friday (Feb. 1) in the Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium at the…
Notre Dame Magazine article featured in spiritual anthology
• Date: January 28, 2002
An essay on courage published in the Winter 2000-01 issue of Notre Dame Magazine titled “What Are You Afraid Of?” has been selected as one of the feature works in this year’s edition of the anthology “The Best Spiritual Writing.”p….
Sophomore Literary Festival Takes Place Feb. 6 - 12
• Date: January 27, 2002
The 35th annual Sophomore Literary Festival will be held Feb. 6-12 (Wednesday-Tuesday) at the University of Notre Dame and will feature anthropologist JoséLimón, Dante scholars Robert and Jean Hollander, poets Maura Stanton and Craig “muMs” Grant, and authors Adriana Trigiani and Candace Bushnell.p….
WNDU president elected to board of Michiana Telecasting
• Date: January 27, 2002
Jim Behling, president and general manager of Michiana Telecasting Corp., has been elected to its board of directors.p. A wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Notre Dame, Michiana Telecasting operates WNDU-TV (Channel 16) in South Bend and Golden Dome Media.p. Behling was appointed to his current position in…
Economist Ghilarducci to provide congressional testimony
• Date: January 27, 2002
Teresa Ghilarducci, associate professor of economics and director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at the University of Notre Dame, will testify Thursday (Jan. 31) at a congressional oversight meeting on current economic conditions and pension law.p. Scheduled from 9-11 a.m. at Ivy Tech State College in South Bend,…
No way to repay man who's given much
• Date: January 25, 2002
Geniuses don’t come along every day. Which is why they are in such great demand.p(text). The University of Notre Dame knows a genius when it sees one. Which is why the prestigious Indiana school employs people such as noted cancer researcher and scientist Morris Pollard well past normal retirement age….
McGowan Fund supports two MBA scholarships
• Date: January 23, 2002
The University of Notre Dame has received a $42,000 grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund of Washington, D.C., for two scholarships in the Mendoza College of Business’ master of business administration program during the 2002-2003 academic year.p….
An Unlikely Coach
• Date: January 23, 2002
SOUTH BEND, Ind.The first thing you notice about Tyrone Willingham is how small he is.p. He’s 5-8 and very slight, almost delicate-looking. He dresses neatly, even fastidiously. He has a mustache that is carefully trimmed and his hair is cut very short. You might guess he was a high school…
Lennon honored for work with multicultural alumni
• Date: January 22, 2002
Charles F. Lennon Jr., executive director of the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association and associate vice president for University Relations, has received an Outstanding Commitment to Professional Development Award from District V of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).p….
Nicholas Sparks to present reading on campus Jan. 30
• Date: January 22, 2002
Nicholas Sparks, best-selling author of the novels “A Bend in the Road” and “A Walk to Remember,” which will be released this week as a major motion picture, will visit the University of Notre Dame for a reading and book signing Jan. 30-31 (Wednesday-Thursday).p….
Irish studies spring lecture series begins Jan. 25
• Date: January 22, 2002
p. The Keough Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame opens its spring semester lecture series Friday (Jan. 25) with a talk by James H. Murphy on Irish nationalists’ attitudes toward the British monarchy.p. Murphy is an authority on the history and literature of late 19th…
Government department changes name to political science
• Date: January 22, 2002
The name of the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame has been changed to political science, effective at the beginning of the 2002-03 academic year.p. The change, which was adopted Jan. 17 by the University’s Academic Council at the recommendation of the political…
NYC homeless advocate and local artist to receive alumni honors
• Date: January 20, 2002
Two University of Notre Dame graduates will receive special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association at receptions to be held on campus Friday (Jan. 25).p….
FAMILY GAMES: Aggressive parents make poor sports
• Date: January 19, 2002
As a referee for youth sports leagues at The Sports Center in Plainfield, James Ross spends a lot of Saturdays with parents, coaches and players of all ages and skill levels. He also hears all kinds of trash talk and taunts from parents. “It’s out of hand,” Ross said. "If…
Memorial Mass for Father Minamiki
• Date: January 17, 2002
A memorial Mass for Rev. George H. Minamiki, S.J., associate professor emeritus of classical and Oriental languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame, will be celebrated Wednesday (January 23) at 5:15 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Rev. Jerome Neyrey, S.J., professor of theology at…
Sheridan awarded NSF grant
• Date: January 17, 2002
Susan G. Sheridan, a University of Notre Dame anthropologist, has received a $127,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support a summer research program for undergraduates in biocultural anthropology.p….
Government professor to lecture on Central Asian security
• Date: January 17, 2002
Kathleen Collins, assistant professor of government and international studies at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver a lecture titled “Promoting Security in Central Asia” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 22) in Room C-103 of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on campus.p. A faculty fellow in Notre Dame’s…
Peace quilt to highlight Martin Luther King celebration
• Date: January 16, 2002
The University of Notre Dame will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a series of events on campus Tuesday-Thursday (Jan. 22-24), highlighted by the unveiling of a Dr. King Peace Quilt Project. The theme of this year’s observance is “Operation Love: Making a Difference Piece by Peace.”p….
Student Film Festival to begin Jan. 24
• Date: January 16, 2002
The University of Notre Dame’s 13th annual Student Film Festival will be presented Jan. 24, 25, 26 and 28 (Thursday-Saturday and Monday) at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in the Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium.p….
New members added to 11 advisory councils
• Date: January 16, 2002
New members of 11 of the University of Notre Dame’s advisory councils have been announced by Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., the University’s president.p. School of Architecture ? Timothy Panzica, executive vice president, Panzica Construction Co., Cleveland; L. Francis Rooney III, chairman and chief executive officer, Manhattan Construction Co.,…
Gad-el-Hak named fellow of professional society
• Date: January 14, 2002
Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics.p….
Goffinet appointed assistant director of regional development
• Date: January 14, 2002
Kent Goffinet, most recently director of stewardship programs at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed assistant director of the University’s regional development office in Chicago. The appointment was effective Jan. 1.p….
ND Cinema spring line-up announced
• Date: January 14, 2002
The spring 2002 schedule for the ND Cinema film series has been released by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT).p….
