Upcoming Conferences and Roundtables

CONFERENCE: The Origins of Democracy in the Americas, 1770s-1870s
September 19-20

ROUNDTABLE: State of Relations between the US and Central America
October 2

CONFERENCE: The Common Good In Transition and Translation
October 10-11

PANEL: Immigration and Remittances: Global Trends and Challenges
November 6

CONFERENCE: Innovation in the Service of Human Dignity:
A Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame
November 7-8

ROUNDTABLE: The Future of Democracy in Central America
November 20

O'Connell Supports World Court Order to Halt Executions

International law scholar Mary Ellen O'Connell praised yesterday’s World
Court order that the United States halt the imminent executions of five
Mexican nationals on death row in Texas. (more...)

Ford Family Gift Endows New Program at Kellogg

Thanks to the generous $6 million gift of the family of University Trustee Doug Ford, Notre Dame has created the Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity within the Kellogg Institute. (more...)

Scully’s ACE Program Lauded at White House

Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) was singled out for praise by the president at the April “White House Summit on Inner-City Children and Faith-Based Schools.” In his summit address, ACE founder Rev. Timothy R. Scully, CSC, discussed the role of higher education in supporting such schools, especially as Catholic schools across the country close at an alarming rate—and saw signs of hope. “The crisis we currently face is a crisis of imagination and of will—and that’s good news, for we lack neither,” he said. “Together, we cannot and will not fail.” (more...)

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