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Executive MBA Program expands to Cincinnati

2001-05-24T20:00:00-04:00

The University of Notre Dame will expand the distance learning component of its Executive MBA (EMBA) Program to a fourth Midwestern market beginning this fall with the addition of a new classroom in Cincinnati.p.

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Notre Dame to sponsor Pastoral Summit in New Orleans

2001-05-07T20:00:00-04:00

The Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame will sponsor an ecumenical meeting of pastors and lay leaders from Catholic and Protestant congregations and parishes across the country May 30-June1 (Wednesday-Friday) at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans.p.

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Professor named fellow in society for industrial and organizational psychology

2001-05-06T20:00:00-04:00

Robert Vecchio, Franklin D. Schurz Professor of Management at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected a fellow by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).p.

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New study examines nuclear weapons proliferation in South Asia

2001-05-01T20:00:00-04:00

p. “South Asia at the Nuclear Crossroads,” a new study sponsored in part by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace 91��Ƶ at the University of Notre Dame, examines the threat posed by nuclear weapons proliferation in South Asia.
p. Coauthored by David Cortright, a visiting fellow in the Kroc Institute, and Samina Ahmed, a research fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, “South Asia at the Nuclear Crossroads” urges policymakers to employ a more effective use of economic sanctions and incentives to curtail nuclear proliferation and defuse tension between India and Pakistan.
p. Cosponsored by the Kroc Institute, the Managing Atom Project at the Belfer Center and the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Ind., the study analyzes attempts by the United States to contain nuclear danger through the use of sanctions and incentives. The authors assess the limitations of past strategies and offer suggestions for more refined and effective future actions.
p. Among the study’s proposals is a “debt for disarmament” plan that would forgive Indian and Pakistani external debt obligations in exchange for concrete steps toward arms removal. Cortright and Ahmed hope the study “will be of value as the new U.S. administration reviews policy options toward nuclear proliferation in South Asia.”
p. The publication was presented to policymakers at the U.S. Departments of State and Defense and to analysts at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. It currently is being released to policymakers and scholars in the United States and other countries.
p. Cortright is president of the Fourth Freedom Forum, a private operating foundation that researches international economic sanctions and incentives. Ahmed previously was affiliated with the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs in Karachi.

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Business dean to lecture on Grace in a Competitive World

2001-04-29T20:00:00-04:00

p. Carolyn Y. Woo, Martin J. Gillen Dean and Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Management in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, will present a lecture titled “Grace in a Competitive World” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday (May 1) in the James Coleman Conference Room, located in Room 1024 of Flanner Hall on the Notre Dame campus.
p. Sponsored by the Program on the Social Organization of 91��Ƶs in Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, the lecture is free and open to the public.
p. Woo’s research centers on corporate and competitive strategy analyses, manufacturing strategy, entrepreneurship, management of innovation and change, enterprise integration, and organizational systems. She has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Council for Small Business and the Best Paper Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.
p. Woo was selected in 1998 as one of 40 “young leaders” of academe by Change magazine, a publication of the American Association for Higher Education. She has consulted for both large and small corporations, has taught extensively in executive education programs, and currently serves on the boards of three Fortune 500 companies.

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Guest speaker to lecture on Dante

2001-04-24T20:00:00-04:00

p. John Scott, author and professor emeritus at the University of Western Australia, will present a lecture titled “Dante ? Time and Eternity” at 4:45 p.m. Thursday (April 26) in Room 102 of the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame.
p. The lecture, sponsored by Notre Dame’s Devers Program in Dante 91��Ƶ, is free and open to the public and will conclude with a reception in the same location.
p. Scott has published numerous works on Dante and Italian literature from the middle ages to the modern period, including “Dante’s Political Purgatory.”
p. The Devers Program in Dante 91��Ƶ was established in 1995 with a $1- million endowment gift from William and Katherine Devers. In addition to sponsoring an annual lecture series, the Devers program funds rare book acquisitions in the University’s historic Dante collection and supports print and electronic publication of scholarly research in the field of Italian studies.

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Affirmative action debates to be held April 27-28 on campus

2001-04-24T20:00:00-04:00

p. James Sterba, professor of philosophy and faculty fellow in the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91��Ƶ at the University of Notre Dame, will debate affirmative action with Carl Cohen, professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, in two presentations this week.
p. “Defending Affirmative Action, Defending Preferences” will be held at 3 p.m. Friday (April 27) and “Race Preference is Neither Wise Nor Just” will be held on Saturday (April 28) at 10 a.m. The presentations, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the Hesburgh Library lounge on campus.
p. The debates are the first step toward producing a “Point/Counterpoint” book series on affirmative action, to be authored by both Sterba and Cohen and published by the Oxford University Press.
p. Sterba has authored more than 150 articles and published 21 books, including “Justice for Here and Now,” which received the 1998 Book of the Year award from the North American Society for Social Philosophy. Sterba’s interests are in the fields of ethics, political philosophy, environmental ethics and the philosophy of peace and justice.
p. Cohen, who specializes in political and moral philosophy and logic, has served as a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union and as president of its Michigan affiliate. Using the Freedom of Information Act, he forced the University of Michigan to disclose its records on race preferences given to admission applicants. These revelations have spurred two lawsuits against the university, one for affirmative action and one against. The cases are currently being appealed in federal court.

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Law professor to deliver Matthews Chair inaugural lecture

2001-04-23T20:00:00-04:00

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Student magazines earn top honors from Indiana Collegiate Press Assoc.

2001-04-17T20:00:00-04:00

The University of Notre Dame’s two student-produced magazines, The Scholastic and The Juggler, have been named 2001 News and Literary Magazines of the Year, respectively, by the Indiana Collegiate Press Association.p.

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Notre Dame Brass Ensemble to perform spring concert

2001-04-17T20:00:00-04:00

The University of Notre Dame Brass Ensemble will perform its annual spring concert April 30 (Monday) at 7:30 p.m. in the band building on campus. The concert is free and open to the public.p.

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New book by Notre Dame anthropologist examines Han Chinese

2001-04-09T20:00:00-04:00

Susan D. Blum, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of a new book that examines how Han Chinese in the southwest Chinese city of Kunming regard ethnic minorities and themselves.p.

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Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra to present spring concert

2001-04-08T20:00:00-04:00

The University of Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra will present its spring concert at 8 p.m. May 3 (Thursday) in Washington Hall on campus. The concert is free and open to the public.p.

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Student exhibit to begin at the Snite

2001-04-05T20:00:00-04:00

An exhibition of thesis works by students in the master and bachelor of fine arts programs at the University of Notre Dame will open with a reception Sunday (April 8) at 2 p.m. in the Snite Museum of Art on campus.p.

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Performance artist to present lecture on her work.

2001-04-01T20:00:00-04:00

Andrea Fraser, artist and former member of the performance group “The V-Girls,” will present a lecture on her work Friday (April 6) at 4:30 p.m. in Room 200 of Riley Hall of art at the University of Notre Dame.p.

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Judges from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear cases at Notre Dame

2001-03-27T19:00:00-05:00

A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear three cases at the University of Notre Dame on Monday (April 2) beginning at 9 a.m. in the Law 91��Ƶ’s Barry Moot courtroom.p.

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1995 alum appointed director of student services for Law 91��Ƶ

2001-03-27T19:00:00-05:00

Julia Meister, most recently a litigation attorney at Taft, Stettinius&Hollister in Cincinnati, has been appointed director of student services for the University of Notre Dame Law 91��Ƶ.p.

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Author to discuss twenty years in a Moroccan jail

2001-03-25T19:00:00-05:00

Malika Oufkir, coauthor of the international bestseller “La Prisonnière,” will discuss the book at 4:45 p.m. April 11 (Wednesday) in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International 91��Ƶ at the University of Notre Dame. The discussion, which will be followed by a reception and book signing, is free and open to the public.p.

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Artist and author Carmen Lomas Garza to make three presentations

2001-03-22T19:00:00-05:00

Noted artist and author Carmen Lomas Garza will make three presentations Monday-Wednesday (March 26-28) at the University of Notre Dame. Sponsored by the Institute for Latino 91��Ƶ and the Snite Museum of Art, the programs will be presented at no charge:p.

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Lecture to examine bioethics in healthcare

2001-03-21T19:00:00-05:00

Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., associate professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and senior scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, will give a lecture titled “Organizational Ethics: A New Frontier for Bioethics and Medicine” at 4 p.m. Friday (March 23) in the McKenna Hall auditorium on campus. The lecture, one of the annual J. Phillip Clarke Family Lectures in Medical Ethics, is the keynote address for the Notre Dame Alumni Association’s annual meeting of Notre Dame alumni physicians.p.

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Glee Club to perform spring concert March 22-23

2001-03-20T19:00:00-05:00

The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will perform its annual spring concert Thursday and Friday (March 22-23) at 8 p.m. in Washington Hall on campus. The Thursday concert is free and open to the public, and there will be a $3 general admission charge for Friday’s performance. Tickets are available at the LaFortune Student Center box office at (219) 631-8128.p.

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