The hit radio show “This American Life” will beam a stage performance live into DeBartolo’s Browning Cinema at 7 p.m. May 24. Host Ira Glass will curate the program, titled “Things You Can’t Do On The Radio” — a celebration of visuals and performance art. More information.
The Glee Club presents its annual Commencement concert. Selections will include classical choral music for men’s voices along with arrangements of folk songs, spirituals and popular music. More information.
As most college students are packing to return home for summer vacation, 12 University of Notre Dame students will be leaving to share the experience of sports with the children of Uganda. This trip, sponsored by Play Like a Champion Today (PLACT) as part of the Institute of Educational Initiatives and by the Department of Athletics will focus on promoting youth sports as well as educational research.
Heading this international effort are Kevin Dugan, manager of youth and community programs for the athletics department, and Clark Power, professor of education and psychology and founder of PLACT, a program developed to champion character development through youth sports. “The purpose of the whole effort is to work with the Catholic Church and the (Ugandan) Ministry of Education and Sports to share ideas on how sports can be used as a platform for positive social development,” Dugan said. Read More
Greg Crawford, dean of the College of Science, will be cycling 3,250 miles from Boston to Pebble Beach, Calif., to raise awareness and funds for research to find a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease. His third cross-country ride will start May 21 (Monday) and conclude June 22 (Friday), in time for the Parseghian Classic, a golf fundraiser at Pebble Beach Resorts.
The “Road to Discovery” bicycle ride demonstrates Notre Dame’s commitment to research to find a cure or treatments for the devastating disease that took the lives of three grandchildren of former Notre Dame head football coach Ara Parseghian. Read More
University of Notre Dame engineer James Schmiedeler received the 2012 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-based Research Award for a project that uses the Nintendo Wii Fit platform to assist individuals dealing with weakness, paralysis, or impairments in balance and mobility as a result of strokes, accidents or illness.
Schmiedeler, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, developed “WeHab” with colleagues from the College of Engineering and College of Arts and Letters, working in collaboration with the therapy staff at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. Read More
Dining FOAPALs tied to employee ID cards
A new program will tie departmental FOAPALs to employee IDs—when taking guests out to dine at campus food service locations, you’ll only need to present your ID card. Read more
Through May 20
2012 Thesis Exhibition by BFA/MFA Candidates
The University Press’ new spring catalog is now available online.
The newly launched University Press Content Consortium provides libraries, researchers, and students with access to a wealth of high quality works of book-length scholarship, fully integrated with Project MUSE’s electronic journal collections. Find e-book editions of a growing number of the Press’ recent titles