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To form a more perfect union
• Date: September 30, 2003
The Editors Interview Jay P.Dolan Give me liberty, or give me Catholicism. Should Americans have to choose? In his recent book, In Search of an American Catholicism (Oxford University Press, 2002) , historian Jay P. Dolan tells us democracy in the church wasn’t born yesterday. The democratic and hierarchical models…
Finance professor receives award from leading journal
• Date: September 30, 2003
Jeffrey Bergstrand, associate professor of finance and business economics at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected a co-recipient of the Bhagwati Award for the best paper in the Journal of International Economics (JIE) for the past two years.p. Titled "The Growth of World Trade: Tariffs, Transport Costs,…
Mendelson Center co-director elected to national academy
• Date: September 30, 2003
Brenda Bredemeier, co-director of the Mendelson Center for Sports, Character and Community at the University of Notre Dame, was elected an active fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE) at the organization’s 73rd annual meeting Sept. 13.p. The academy’s membership consists of the top 100…
Singer Jen Chapin to conduct workshop, perform in concert
• Date: September 29, 2003
Singer and songwriter Jen Chapin, daughter of the late folk singer Harry Chapin, will conduct a free public workshop titled “Hows and WHYs of Hunger” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 2) in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.p. In addition…
Cardinal McCarrick, at Notre Dame, asks America to share blessings
• Date: September 28, 2003
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington told a capacity crowd Sept. 23 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame that "we who are so blessed in this country must share with others and make sure we help show these blessings to…
Comedian David Spade to perform Oct. 4 at Notre Dame
• Date: September 28, 2003
Comedian David Spade, star of the recent hit film “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,” will present a live performance at the University of Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 4) in the Joyce Center arena. Doors will open through Gate 10 one hour before the performance.p. Admission for…
"Catholic Education" journal moves to Notre Dame
• Date: September 28, 2003
“Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice” has recently moved its editorial office from the University of Dayton to the University of Notre Dame.p. The quarterly journal was established in 1997 and has been headquartered at Dayton for the last six years. Initially funded by a grant from…
Cardinal George to give keynote address for conference on moral and spiritual renewal
• Date: September 25, 2003
Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, will give the keynote address at an ecumenical conference of scholars, students, professional people and social activists at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Oct.2) in the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall auditorium.p. The conference, “Formation and Renewal,” is being sponsored by the University’s…
Garret FitzGerald, former Irish prime minister, to speak
• Date: September 23, 2003
Garret FitzGerald, former prime minister of Ireland, will give a lecture on “Northern Ireland and the Normalization of the Irish-British Relationship” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 30) in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.p. FitzGerald served two terms as prime…
Student-athlete graduation rates rank among nation's best
• Date: September 23, 2003
The University of Notre Dame ranks among the top 10 Division I-A institutions in five major student-athlete graduate rate categories ? overall, football, men, women and African-American ? according to statistics released this month by the NCAA.p. The federally mandated 2003 NCAA Graduation Rates Report, the 13th such survey…
ND's Haiti mission not impossible. The target: Elephantiasis
• Date: September 22, 2003
SOUTH BEND — Although there are many diseases more deadly than elephantiasis, few can match it for creating lifelong misery and disfigurement.p. It causes grotesque swelling of the body, typically of people’s legs, of women’s breasts and of men’s genitals.p. In impoverished countries like Haiti, where hygiene is generally poor,…
Injured professor speaks with family for first time
• Date: September 22, 2003
ND teacher survived Iraq bombingp. p. Gilburt Loescher, the University of Notre Dame professor emeritus who was seriously injured in last month’s bombing of the United Nations’ headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, spoke his first audible words to his family Monday.p. “It was great,” his wife, Ann, said through tears…
Father Paul Beichner, professor emeritus of English, dies
• Date: September 22, 2003
Word has been received of the death of Rev. Paul E. Beichner, C.S.C., professor emeritus of English at the University of Notre Dame. Father Beichner, who died Sunday (Sept. 21) in Holy Cross House, was 91 years old. A native of Franklin, Pa., he entered Holy Cross Seminary at…
MBA program among nation's best at producing ethical graduates
• Date: September 22, 2003
The MBA program at the University of Notre Dame is among the top five in the nation for producing graduates with high ethical standards, according to a new survey of corporate recruiters conducted by the Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive.p. Yale University was ranked first for its emphasis…
East Asian languages professor receives NEA fellowship
• Date: September 22, 2003
Howard Goldblatt, research professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded one of 11 Literature Fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts.p. The award was granted to support the translation from Chinese of the novel…
Universal Studios VP to speak on working in film industry
• Date: September 22, 2003
Paul Meena, vice president and general manager of Universal Studios Production Group, will deliver a talk titled “The Reality of the Film Industry” at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 (Wednesday) in the Carey Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library.p. Sponsored by Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television,…
Ex-Coke boss has a thirst for Irish studies
• Date: September 21, 2003
When Don Keough called it a day as president of the Coca-Cola Company, as he says himself, he retired for 12 hours. The next day he started as chairman of New York investment bank Allen&Company.p. Mr Keough, who turned 77 this month, retains more jobs in his so-called retirement than…
Nigerian president urges attention to Africa's promise, plight
• Date: September 21, 2003
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo urged some 1,500 conference-goers Sept. 21 at the University of Notre Dame to “draw attention to the promise and plight of Africa.” Obasanjo gave the keynote address for “A Call to Solidarity With Africa,” a gathering of about 70 church leaders,…
Performing arts director to speak at President's Luncheon Oct. 1
• Date: September 21, 2003
John Haynes, Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director for the Performing Arts and executive director of the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame, will be the keynote speaker Oct. 1 (Wednesday) at the President’s Luncheon for Michiana Business Leaders.p. Hosted by…
Two appointed as part of development team realignment
• Date: September 21, 2003
Mary Ellen McGillan, most recently assistant vice president for development at Santa Clara University, and Jean Gorman, vice president for development at the Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science in LaJolla, Calif., have been appointed to newly created positions in the Department of Development at the University of Notre…
History professor Bernard Norling dies at age 79
• Date: September 21, 2003
Word has been received of the death of Bernard P. Norling, professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame. He died Sept. 17 after a short illness at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He was 79.p. Appointed to the Notre Dame faculty in 1952, Norling specialized in…
First Asian-American Catholic bishop to speak Sept. 29
• Date: September 21, 2003
Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius Wang of San Francisco will speak about his life and Asian-American Catholicism at 4 p.m. Sept. 29 (Monday) in the Jordan Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.p. Bishop Wang, whose Notre Dame visit is being sponsored by the Office of Campus…
Theologian publishes new book on life of Jesus
• Date: September 17, 2003
“A God of Incredible Surprises: Jesus of Galilee,” by University of Notre Dame theologian Rev. Virgilio Elizondo has been published by Rowman&Littlefield Publishers, Inc.p. Father Elizondo’s book combines personal stories, theological observations and an analysis of the Gospel narratives. John Cavadini, chair of Notre Dame’s theology department, praises it…
Seamus Heaney to read at Notre Dame
• Date: September 17, 2003
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney will read from his work at 8 p.m. September 26 (Friday) in the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall auditorium.p. Heaney, who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995, is one of the most widely read poets in English today. Born on April 13,…
Right and Wrong
• Date: September 16, 2003
Can business schools teach students to be virtuous? In the wake of all the corporate scandals, they have no choice but to try. p. Harvard Business School boasts that it offered its first course on business ethics — “Social Factors in Business Enterprise” — nearly a century ago, in…
Football tickets now available through Alumni Association's game-day exchange program
• Date: September 16, 2003
The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association has created a football ticket exchange program for both alumni and the general public on the Saturdays of home games.p. The new program will operate from the Gate 3 box office of the Joyce Center (on the northwest corner of the building)…
Environmental justice lecture series to begin Sept. 17
• Date: September 15, 2003
Scholars and activists will explore the ways environmental justice affects Northwest Indiana, especially poor people and minorities, in a lecture series this fall at the University of Notre Dame.p. The series is sponsored by the University’s O?Neill Family Chair, Science, Technology and Values Program, Kroc Institute for International Peace…
Judge Noonan to give Erasmus Lectures
• Date: September 14, 2003
U.S. Circuit Judge John T. Noonan Jr. will deliver the fourth annual Erasmus Lectures at the University of Notre Dame at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Sept.23-Oct.16. The eight lectures in the series, entitled “Deepening the Doctrine: The Development of Catholic Moral Teaching,” will be given in…
Spotlight: Freshman class celebrates diversity
• Date: September 14, 2003
Each year, Notre Dame welcomes its best and brightest freshman class to date. This year is certainly no exception, and, in many ways, incoming students have a great deal in common ? all are strong in academics, have admirable SAT and ACT scores, and bring a host of other…
Nigerian President Obasanjo to address conference on Africa at Notre Dame
• Date: September 14, 2003
President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria will give the keynote address for a conference on “A Call to Solidarity with Africa” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday (September 21) in the Joyce Center South Arena at the University of Notre Dame.p. The conference, which is sponsored by Notre Dame’s Institute for Church…
