For the Week of August 21
University Campaigns and Initiatives
Opening of the Academic Year Mass
All faculty and staff members and their families are warmly invited to gather for the Opening of the Academic Year Mass, as we ask for God’s blessing on the year ahead. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will serve as presider and homilist. All are welcome! More details are available at go.nd.edu/openingmass.
Tuesday, Aug. 22; 5:15 p.m. in the Purcell Pavilion of the Joyce Center
Arts and Performances
Exhibitions
Fall Exhibit — “Making and Unmaking Emancipation in Cuba and the United States”
This exhibit explores the fraught, circuitous and unfinished course of emancipation over the 19th century in Cuba and the United States. People — enslaved individuals and outside observers, survivors and resistors, and activists and conspirators — made and unmade emancipation, a process that remains unfinished and unrealized. Learn more.
Mondays through Fridays through Dec. 16; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 102), Hesburgh Library
Spotlight Exhibit — “Football and Community at Historically Black Colleges and Universities”
Visit Rare Books & Special Collections to see a selection of items from the Joyce Sports Research Collection that preserve the history of HBCU football. The programs, media guides, ephemera, guidebooks and other printed material showcase the athletic accomplishments, celebrations, spectacle and community-building that accompany football at HBCUs. Learn more.
Mondays through Fridays through Dec. 15; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 102), Hesburgh Library
Visit Rare Books & Special Collections to see examples of mid-century books by African Americans whose designs — from dust jackets to illustrations to bindings and paper quality — conveyed their centrality in publishing and American literature, decades before Alex Haley’s “Roots” swept to No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list in 1976. Learn more.
Mondays through Fridays through Friday, Sept. 29; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 102), Hesburgh Library
Films
“Amarcord” (1973)
This carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the fascist period — the most personal film from Federico Fellini — satirizes the director’s youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies and political subterfuge. Part of “Learning Beyond the Classics: Early ’70s Italian Cinema.” $7 adults, $6 ND fac/staff, $5 seniors, free for university and high school students.
Thursday, Aug. 24; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Flick on the Field: Free Screening of “Rudy”
The 1993 film “Rudy,” starring Sean Astin, tells the story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, who follows his dream to play football at Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. Faculty, staff and visitors will be seated in the stadium bowl in sections 26-34, via general admission, to watch the movie on the stadium’s video board. Free and open to the public. Review the details, including free parking, entrance gates, bag searches, cashless purchase options at concession stands in the concourses and the inclement weather plan.
Friday, Aug. 25; 9 to 11 p.m. inside Notre Dame Stadium (gates open at 8:30 p.m.)
The Met Opera: Live in HD — “Don Giovanni” (Mozart)
The Tony Award-winning director of Broadway’s “A View from the Bridge” and “West Side Story,” Ivo van Hove, makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the dark corners of the story and its characters. $23 adult, $16 child/student.
Saturday, Aug. 26; 1 to 4:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Performances
Theater: “Hamlet 50/50” (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival)
The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Professional Company returns with “Hamlet 50/50,” a world-premiere adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tales. This unique new production model is designed to create a more balanced and equal company of cast and crew members alike. $10-$75.
Tuesday, Aug. 22; 7:30 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, Aug. 23; 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 24; 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 25; 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 26; 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 27; 2 p.m.
Athletics and Sporting Events
Visit the Athletics composite schedule for events this week.
Free Admission to Numerous Fighting Irish Athletics Events
Admission to regular season events are free for all fans at the following Notre Dame fall sports, based on availability: cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball.
For more info, visit FightingIrish.com.
Soccer Doubleheaders
· Thursday, Aug. 24, at Alumni Stadium
No. 3 Women’s Soccer vs. Butler at 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. No. 2 Indiana at 8 p.m.
· Sunday, Aug. 27
No. 3 Women’s Soccer vs. No. 8 Arkansas at 2 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. IUPUI at 7 p.m.
Pups at the Pitch!
Bring your dog out to Alumni Stadium where the first 75 dogs receive an ND dog bandana! The promotion is valid for both matches. Free admission — remember, all fans receive free admission to ND soccer matches during the regular season.
Thursday, Aug. 24; 5 to 10 p.m. at Alumni Stadium
Sunday, Aug. 27; 2 to 9 p.m.
Deadlines or Registrations
Learning Beyond the Classics: Early ’70s Italian Cinema
The political and cultural turbulence of the 1960s rerouted many already-celebrated filmmakers’ styles while creating new pathways for emerging directors. During the early 1970s, that mix of old and new led to intriguing films around the world with Italy being no exception. This seven-film course looks at this period of Italian cinema, sampling filmmakers at various stages of their careers. $14 course registration; individual screenings are $7 adults, $6 ND fac/staff, $5 seniors. Free course registration and screenings for university and high school students.
Starting Thursday, Aug. 24, through Oct. 12; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Virtues and Vocations Panel Discussion: “Hope, Human Flourishing and Higher Education”
The panel will feature Dr. Lydia S. Dugdale, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University; Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, assistant director at Yale University’s Center for Public Theology and Public Policy; and Brandon Vaidyanathan, professor of sociology, Catholic University of America, and founder of Beauty at Work. Register by Sunday, Aug. 27.
Monday, Aug. 28; noon to 1:30 p.m. online
Summus Master Class: “End Game to Chronic Pain”
Speaker Dr. Jaspal Singh, director of Interventional Spine, co-director of the Weill Cornell Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, will talk about the causes of and treatments for chronic pain, preventing chronic pain and when to seek medical attention.
Monday, Aug. 28; noon to 12:30 p.m. virtually
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Black and Indigenous Faculty and Student Welcome Celebration
Join the Office of the Provost and the Black and Indigenous faculty of Notre Dame for a joyful celebration of your hard work and the wonderful things ahead of you as members of the Notre Dame academic community. This event is also an important opportunity for you to connect with fellow undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty. Refreshments will be served. RSVP online: requested, but not required.
Monday, Aug. 21; 1 to 3 p.m. in Foley’s Club (located in O’Neill Hall of Music on the south side of Notre Dame Stadium)
Educational and Research Opportunities
Hesburgh Libraries and Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship Workshops:
Click on each workshop to see more details and to register.
· Introduction to Text Mining
This hands-on workshop affords participants the opportunity to learn the benefits of using computers to analyze textual corpora such as a collection of books or journal articles. Sometimes called “distant” or “scalable” reading, text mining is a way to analyze the words (or phrases) in a text in order to find patterns and anomalies within it.
Wednesday, Aug. 23; 2 to 3 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
· Using the Distant Reader
This workshop is useful to anyone who needs to read large volumes of materials, and will help you take control of your content. The Distant Reader, a locally written system, can take large volumes of URLs or files, create a corpus, convert it into plain text, complete natural language processing and output sets of reports.
Thursday, Aug. 24; 2 to 3 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
Technology Training Classes
Office of Information Technologies technical training classes are free. Check the class description in Endeavor for the method of delivery of each class.
· GLez Training, Monday, Aug. 21; 1:30 to 3 p.m.
· Tableau: Requirements and Best Practices for Publishing to Notre Dame’s Tableau Server, Wednesday, Aug. 23; 1 to 4:30 p.m.
To register for courses, go to endeavor.nd.edu. Questions or problems registering? Call 631-7227 or email OIT at training@nd.edu.
Lectures and Presentations
Lecture: “Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing”
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way we store, access and process data, offering a host of benefits that can drive innovation, efficiency and scalability. Mike Chapple, academic director of the Master of Science in Business Analytics program, will speak about the benefits of transitioning data to a cloud system.
Wednesday, Aug. 23; 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 205, Innovation Park
Tech Tips, Tools and IT Maintenance
Canvas Tip: Is Your Canvas Course Ready for Students?
Once you’ve created a home page, posted readings and created assignments, there’s one more step to making the site visible to students: publishing the course site. Students will not receive communication from your site until it is published.
Protect Your Online Accounts with 1Password
Did you know 81 percent of account breaches are associated with weak and reused passwords? Protect all your accounts by using 1Password — a password manager tool available to ND faculty and staff at no cost. It provides a simple, secure way to create and manage your account passwords — all in one place. Register by Oct. 13 to be entered in a raffle to win valuable prizes.
Keep up to date on new hires and colleagues celebrating service anniversaries. Obituaries and memorial information may be found at In Memory. Please contact askHR at 631-5900 to submit obituary and memorial updates.