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Professor defends Thoreau's view of Irish

Notre Dame English professor Laura Dassow Walls delivered a lecture Friday afternoon exploring new ideas about American writer Henry David Thoreau's relationship with Irish immigrants in his hometown and their effect on his writing.

SMC memorializes anniversary of student death

Saint Mary's College held a special ceremony Friday to dedicate a tree on campus in memory of Ziqi Zhang, the international student who was killed travelling between Saint Mary's and Notre Dame last year.

Inspiration for 'Freedom Writers' speaks at College

Erin Gruwell, author of "The Freedom Writers Diary" and founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation, spoke on encouraging diversity and understanding in a lecture titled "Teaching Tolerance" in Moreau Hall's Little Theater on Friday.

Saint Mary's students support local schools

For more than seven years, the College Academy of Tutoring (CAT) Program at Saint Mary's has helped students at Title I schools in South Bend to succeed.

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Expert analyzes new healthcare website

Lecturer rejects stigma of online dating

University physician researches concussions

Boxing experts like to refer to the sport as "the sweet science," but head University Physician Dr. Jim Moriarty is using the sport for some real science.

Expert analyzes new healthcare website

Locals complete pilgrimage for immigration reform

Two local parishes honored the feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, by organizing a pilgrimage from St. Adalbert's Our Lady of Hungary parish to the Hesburgh Center at Notre Dame.

Alumnus speaks on U.S., India Relationship

Notre Dame alumnus Tim Roemer spoke Wednesday about the advances in technology that have transformed interaction and communication between the United States and India.

Ceili dance team wins championship

The Notre Dame and Saint Mary's ceili team stepped on stage to compete with Irish step dancers from all over the world at the All-Ireland Championsips in Belfast last week.

Panel discusses disability programs

Hannah and Friends held a panel discussion on Wednesday night at Saint Mary's to encourage other students to join their campaign to help take the "dis" out of disabilities.

Group debates diversity council recommendations

At Wednesday night's meeting, the student Senate voted against a series of recommendations by the Diversity Council that will be submitted to the offices of Student Affairs, Auxiliary Affairs, and the Provost concerning diversity.

Business teams exhibit Chinese language skills

Two Notre Dame teams placed in the top three at a language- based business competition held at Brigham Young University (BYU) last weekend.

Scholar studies Generation Y in Hungary

Professor and visiting scholar TamásKaráth gave a lecture Tuesday entitled "Young and Broker in Hungary: Post-Communism and Generation Y" in which he analyzed the effects of generational transition and communism in his native Hungary.

Professors audit predictors of sustainable peace

It can be difficult to achieve and maintain piece in the aftermath of war and even more difficult to predict whether such effort will be successful at a given time and place. In an attempt to address the second problem, a panel of professors offered new ways of analyzing peace at a panel discussion Tuesday in the Hesburgh Center.

Lecture presents transgender issues

A volunteer at the GLBT Resource Center of Michiana talked about her experience as a transgender person in a lecture Tuesday in Dalloway'sCafé at Saint Mary's.

English professor earns award

One Notre Dame professor imagined what would happen if Henrietta Lacks, Julian Assange and AbduwaliAbdukhadir Muse could sit down to talk, and she won an award as a result.

Joe Bock announces candidacy

Joe Bock, a faculty member in Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health, is seeking to represent Indiana's second congressional district (which includes St. Joseph County), putting to use his experience responding to crises around the world.