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Scholar studies Generation Y in Hungary

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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.


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Professors audit predictors of sustainable peace

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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.


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Lecture presents transgender issues

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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.


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English professor earns award

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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.

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Joe Bock announces candidacy

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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.





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Sexual assault reported

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The St. Joseph County Special Victims Unit is investigating an alleged rape of a student in a Saint Mary's residence hall late Saturday, Nov. 3 into early Sunday, Nov. 4, according to Gwen O'Brien, the College's director of media relations.



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SMC hosts dialogue on education in Indiana

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Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz said today's schools need to give students a sense of "ownership in their own learning" to ensure future success during a discussion Monday night sponsored by the Saint Mary's Education Department and the Cross Currents College Speaker Series.


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ROTC battalions honor veterans

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On Sept. 10, 2001, Richard Evans was a civilian with plans to marry his fiancée later that year. This Veterans Day, 12 years later, he is an active-duty captain in the U.S. Army, a survivor of four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and a father of four.


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Executive MBA program leaps in 2013 rankings

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Notre Dame's Executive MBA program jumped to the 15th spot in Bloomberg Businessweek's biennial ranking of best executive MBA Programs as "the biggest mover" of the 42 programs included, the Businessweek website states.


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Theology professor dies at age 83

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Former Notre Dame theology professor and Holy Cross priest Fr. John Scribner Dunne passed away Monday at age 83, according to an obituary from the Congregation of Holy Cross.


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Students lament football loss

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A number of Notre Dame students made the nearly 400-mile trek to Pittsburgh to watch the Fighting Irish fall to the Pittsburgh Panthers in a disappointing loss Saturday night.



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ND alumni included in 'Best American Essays'

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The editors of the 2013 "Best American Essays" collection, an annual anthology showcasing exceptional essays by American authors, recognized works by three contributors to "Notre Dame Magazine" in this year's installment.


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Professor analyzes translation on Rosetta Stone

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In a lecture Friday titled "The Rosetta Stone and the Politics of Translation," Ian Moyer, associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, said comparing the Greek and Egyptian text on the Rosetta Stone can illuminate the political situation of Ptolemaic Egypt in the Hellenistic Period.


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Saint Mary's offers new abroad programs

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Saint Mary's joined forces with four other Holy Cross colleges this summer to create the Holy Cross Global Education Consortium (HCGEC), which will enable the College to broaden its study abroad programs.