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Art and History
Explore human forms of expression, innovation, and creativity that remind us of the uniqueness of the human spirit in the past, present, and future. Discover conversations that impact our shared history, our current cultures, and our potential futures.
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The History of Asian Allure
Discover the origins, evolution, and impact of Asian Allure, the annual, student-led performance that has become a cornerstone of the Asian and Pacific Islander community at Notre Dame. Explore how Asian Allure began, how it has...
Film Screening of Ancestral Artistry
The Influence of Africans and Creoles of Color on Louisiana Architecture explores the rich architectural legacy that began 300 years ago with the arrival of enslaved Africans skilled in the building trades in French colonial...
A New Humanism
“What is the city but the people,” wrote Shakespeare. In this spirit, architect Christian Sottile will share his visions about why the city is human and buildings are faces of humanity. Discover the “Renaissance Operating...
Art, Religion, and Art Religion in Liszt’s Piano Music
Discover the profound intersection of faith and music in the life of Franz Liszt. A recent event featuring musicologist Nick Chung and pianist Isaac Parlin explored how the composer’s deep Catholic faith shaped his...
The Demands of Belonging
Aatish Taseer and Karan Mahajan explore the complex terrain of exile, identity, and the search for home. This essential dialogue confronts the “unfinished detonation” of the Partition of India, revealing how its aftershocks...
100-Mile Summit Kickoff Lecture: Place-Based Community Regeneration
Join the School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative for the third annual 100-Mile Summit, where community leaders gather for discussion, idea sharing, and commararderie as we all navigate building...
Business
In a time of increasing globalization, American businesses can be greatly impacted by consumer habits around the world. Notre Dame experts expand upon macroeconomic and consumer trends both domestically and internationally.
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Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference
Driving a sustainable future requires more than commitment; it relies on engagement, dialogue, and shared expertise. Now in its 5th year, the 2025 Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference, as the flagship event of ASWQ,...
Looking Back to Look Forward
Priest, professor, historian, and… real estate guru? Get ready to be fascinated by the history of Notre Dame and American Catholicism in a dynamic conversation between Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C. ’06 M.Div., ’15 EMBA,...
Why Well-Run Companies Will Continue to Fail
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
A Brief History of the Future
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
A (different) Innovation Journey
What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience...
Game Changers: Unlock Your Career Playbook
Join us for an engaging talk with successful Notre Dame coaches: Volleyball's Salima Rockwell, Fencing's Gia Kvaratskhelia, and the Catalino Family Head Hockey Coach Brock Sheahan ’08. Discover how their approach to building...
Career Development
ThinkND is here to support you over the course of your career and during transitions with series that consider questions of meaning, purpose, and flourishing. Shift your mindsets and think critically about your career.
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Future-proof Your Career: The AI Advantage
We are in a fast-changing marketplace with the bombardment of technological innovation and economic changes. Our experts will share their research-backed insights into how AI and technology will affect the future of work and the...
The Role of Motivation and Engagement in Digital Learning: Toward a Learning Experience Design Model
A large body of research clearly indicates that when learners believe that information is interesting, valuable and intrinsically meaningful, they are more likely to learn the information, and to engage in behaviors related to...
Visual Storytelling: Using Graphics to Maximize Vocabulary Acquisition
This presentation examined the use of images, sound, text and video using tools like Thinglink, Adobe Spark, and Panopto to have students learn and enhance language skills through visual storytelling. Presented by the Center for...
Reimagining Fulfillment During Midlife And Beyond
Join us for a conversation with Bernie Borges, host of the Midlife Fulfilled Podcast, who has made it his mission to help others find fulfillment in what he refers to as various “seasons of midlife.” Bernie and the Inspired...
Alumnae Career Panel: Women in Sports Tech, Youth Sports, and Sports Media
Join a panel of industry leaders and Notre Dame alumnae to learn about the work they do in the sports tech, youth sports, and sports communication worlds, how they got there, and what advice they have for students interested in...
Success Stories of Hispanic Alumni of ND
As part of its Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 series of events, the Institute for Latino Studies will host a virtual panel with members of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame (HAND). Panelist will share their stories of success after...
Education
Equip yourself for the classroom of the future with insights and innovative strategies for teaching and learning from Notre Dame experts. Explore topics from curriculum design to student well-being to inspire both you and your students.
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Connecting Coursework to Life Through Community-Based Learning and VR
Among the most fundamental promises education makes is this: What you learn here, on campus, will help you when you’re out there, in the world. Learning researchers call this far transfer, describing the process by which...
Bringing the Term Paper into the Classroom
With the advent of AI, many are questioning the traditional model of having students do much of the heavy lifting of a course on their own. If outside of class students can prompt AI to do homework, write essays, and create...
Teaching Students When (Not) to Use AI
When satellite maps became available on our phones, some wondered what we would lose by becoming less oriented to the places we live or visit. But most of us have used these maps for many years now and find them to be incredibly...
Making the Space to Reimagine Teaching
When you become a teacher, you commit to a life of learning—not just for your students, but for yourself. You can feel totally comfortable and confident in your teaching practices, and then suddenly some new technology or some...
Recognizing Not All Brains Think Alike
Over the last couple of decades, we’ve seen an explosion of books and articles about what’s often called “brain-based learning,” as neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists study and explain what circuits are firing...
AI, Cheating, and Trusting Students to be Human
If you follow the conversations about higher education on social media or in the news, a primary topic on people’s minds is the impact of artificial intelligence on the purposes and processes of an education. For better or...
Global Affairs
Learn how Notre Dame aims to affect positive, significant, and sustainable change in the world. From issues surrounding citizenship and migration to human development and international politics, engage in conversations that seek to improve our global society.
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Pathways and Impediments to Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The conflict in the eastern region of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a protracted, multi-layered crisis driven by competition over mineral resources, internal tensions, and the involvement of numerous armed groups and...
What We Can Learn from Ukraine’s Fight for Democracy
Historian Olesya Khromeychuk challenges us to view democracy not as a static inheritance, but as a grueling “learning curve” forged in resistance. Centering on the concept of “hope as an emergency tool,” Khromeychuk...
Locating Racial Violence – Cultivating Peace
Join us for a panel discussion, part of the University’s 11th annual “Walk the Walk Week,” on how racial violence is identified, perpetuated, and confronted in society, with a spotlight thrown on how it is reproduced in the...
Can Financial Markets Shape Citizens’ Votes? Evidence from the 2022 Brazilian Election
It is well documented that elected politicians care about financial market reactions to political and economic events, which gives market actors a rare power in democratic politics. But can market movements also affect how...
Infinite Persons and Mass Politics: The Case of the Chilean Falange Nacional
Can theology defend democracy? In the twentieth century, prominent political theorists who aimed to protect democratic politics argued that Christian theology despaired of the political or even threatened to erase it. This...
The Roots of Polarization in Brazil
Do structural inequalities exist and should the government do anything about them? Polarization in Brazil reflects a classic political divide about whether government should foster social and economic equality or not....
Health and Society
From timely issues of public health and caregiving, to the fight for social justice, listen to experts from the University weigh in on the historical impacts and present and future consequences of the topics that matter most to us all.
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Champions of Hope
As part of the University’s 11th annual Walk the Walk Week celebration and the 2025-26 Notre Dame Forum on “Cultivating Hope,” two extraordinary leaders joined Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame...
The Power of Learning Agendas
Unlock the blueprint for modern governance in this collaborative breakthrough featuring King County and Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO). Learn how Learning Agendas transform evidence into equity-driven...
Every Person in Every Mile
How can data and AI bridge healthcare gaps in rural America? Tune in to this dynamic discussion with top experts from Johnson & Johnson, SureScripts, and CareSource. Cut through the hype to explore real-world strategies for...
Preserving Legacy
Explore caregiving as a sacred act of stewardship, and reflect on how storytelling, memory, culture, and creative expression preserve dignity for elders and caregivers alike. Hear how legacy is held, honored, and transmitted...
The Cost of Ambition
Miroslav Volf is the founder & director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Join us for a discussion of his most recent book, The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse. Join us Monday, January...
Innovation In AI with the Mayo Clinic
Discover how Mayo Clinic is pioneering the future of healthcare. Go beyond the technology to see how AI is amplifying their historic, compassion-driven mission, freeing caregivers to focus on what truly matters: the patient....
Law and Politics
From religious liberty and ethical public policies governing emerging technologies, to political discourse and threats to our democracy, explore the world of law and politics through a uniquely Notre Dame lens.
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Equality, Slavery, and the Founding
In what sense are “all men . . . created equal”? What is human liberty? What is prosperity, and how is wealth created? In 1776 these questions were addressed and acted upon in ways that have created the modern world....
How Anglo-Saxons and Celts Remade the World in 1776
In what sense are “all men . . . created equal”? What is human liberty? What is prosperity, and how is wealth created? In 1776 these questions were addressed and acted upon in ways that have created the modern world....
The Declaration of Independence, Social Compact Theory & Principles of the American Revolution
In what sense are “all men . . . created equal”? What is human liberty? What is prosperity, and how is wealth created? In 1776 these questions were addressed and acted upon in ways that have created the modern world....
Witnessing Hope and Reconciliation: Human Dignity and the Death Penalty
In the Papal Bull for the Jubilee Year of Hope, Spes non Confundit, Pope Francis urged Christian believers to unite in opposition to the death penalty, which is “a provision at odds with the Christian faith and one that...
Looking (More Closely) at Arms Racing
Erik Gartzke is currently serving as Scholar-in-Residence at USCYBERCOM. Join us on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET. For more information visit the event website. Register here Dr. Erik Gartzke is...
Why Do We Have Politics? Madison’s Catechism, Madison’s Mistake, and the Nation’s Perilous Trajectory
Explore James Madison’s foundational concern: the greatest threat to democracy is tyranny—specifically, tyranny of the majority. His solution was a vast republic with diverse factions to prevent stable majorities from seizing...
Leadership
No matter the industry in which you work, leadership skills are critical to your success. Look to Notre Dame experts for guidance on finding your purpose and becoming a more effective leader.
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In Tough Times Notre Dame Leans Into Mission
For Shannon Cullinan ’93, executive vice president at the University of Notre Dame, there is no challenge Notre Dame cannot navigate—so long as it leans in and stays true to its mission. In this episode of For Good, Shannon...
Micah Shrewsberry on Coaching with Purpose
Micah Shrewsberry began his career just a few miles away from Notre Dame’s campus in a coaching role that required him to drive the team bus and wash the players’ jerseys. From those humble beginnings, Micah has steadily...
Notre Dame Leaders: Innovators in Medicine
Join YoungND for a virtual Notre Dame Leaders speaker series event, “Innovators in Medicine” on Wednesday, December 10th at 6:00 p.m. ET for a conversation with 2025 Domer Dozen Honorees about reimagining healthcare through...
Leading with Integrity and Purpose
During this installment of Leadership in Public Conversation, we heard about leadership from a global perspective from Claudio Orrego, Governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile. Sharing about his experience attending...
The Legacy of a Call: A 40-Year Journey of Transformation
Forty years ago, a courageous collective of Black alumni, students, and leaders from the Notre Dame Alumni Association answered Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C.’s call to action in a historic meeting that laid the groundwork for...
Notre Dame Leaders: Equity and Resilience
Join YoungND for a virtual Notre Dame Leaders speaker series event, “Equity and Resilience” on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET for a dynamic conversation with 2025 Domer Dozen Honorees about reimagining justice and...
Religion and Philosophy
Guided by the ideal of “faith seeking understanding,” discover lifelong learning at the intersection of faith and reason through the study of Catholicism, history of Christianity, world religions, moral theology, and philosophy.
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Catholicism and Feminism Roundtable
In a culture increasingly defined by ideological silos and digital fragmentation, the search for a coherent identity can leave women feeling isolated. We invite you to a space of deep encounter and vital conversation that...
Nostra Aetate and Catholic-Jewish Relations
Listen in as Avraham Burg sits down with Dr. Karma Ben Johanan, historian of Jewish-Christian relations and a faculty member at Hebrew University’s Department of Comparative Religion. Together, they discuss how Ben Johanan’s...
Resurrecting Justice
For centuries, the dominant concept of justice in the West has been the constant will to render another his due. The Bible, though, contains a different way of thinking about justice: comprehensive right relationship. This...
Making the Case for Interfaith Dialogue
How can we bring about peace through dialogue and bridge-building? As part of an undergraduate course taught by Notre Dame Jerusalem faculty at the university’s academic center in Rome, Avraham Burg sat down with Margaret...
Exploring Global Catholicism
Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual framework for bringing your own experiences, ideas, and musical background into creative conversation with...
Conducting with Conviction
Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual framework for bringing your own experiences, ideas, and musical background into creative conversation with...
Science and Technology
Remain on the cutting edge of education and research in science, technology, engineering, and math while exploring the responsibility of ethical decision-making and how to critically think about and evaluate these new advances.
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Catholicism’s Humanist Perspective on AI
The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence is often framed as a purely technical or economic challenge, yet its most profound impact lies in how it forces us to confront the essence of our own identity. By viewing AI through a...
Shaping the Future of Voting with Technology Innovations
The intersection of Artificial Intelligence, democratic integrity, and election security represents the primary frontier for modern governance. Dr. Juan Gilbert’s pioneering research establishes a strategic benchmark in this...
AI Powered Enterprise Reinvention
How does a major enterprise move AI from isolated projects to the core of its business strategy? Arnab Chakraborty, Co-CEO of the Telstra-Accenture Data & AI Joint Venture and Chief Responsible AI Officer at Accenture, and Dayle...
Ideas, Startups, and Healthcare Tech
How will the next wave of AI transform healthcare? Notre Dame graduate and healthcare investor Kevin O’Brien ’88 offers a fascinating look at agentic AI, the autonomous systems designed to tackle complex workflows. Discover...
Finding Virtue in the Generative Revolution
Generative AI offers incredible power, but how does it shape our human character? Tom Stapleford, associate professor in Notre Dame’s Program of Liberal Studies, applies the timeless wisdom of virtue ethics to the generative...
The Algorithmic Lens: AI in the Film, Television, and Theater Industry
Artificial intelligence is colliding with the art of filmmaking, presenting a new variable in storytelling. Ted Mandell, associate teaching professor of film production at Notre Dame, sits down with The New AI team to explore AI...
