For the Week of April 1
Arts and Performances
Exhibitions
Spring Break at the Raclin Murphy Museum
Looking for something to do during spring break? Beat the boredom and get everyone’s creative juices flowing at the Raclin Murphy! Drop in anytime during the museum’s open hours, April 2 through 7, for some artful family fun. Explore the museum together with a gallery guide that’s fun for all ages. Activities are designed for children age 4 to 10.
Tuesday, April 2; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Wednesday, April 3; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, April 4; 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 5; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 6; noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 7; noon to 5 p.m.
Spring Break Family Night at the Raclin Murphy
Go on an ARTventure this spring break! Don’t pack your suitcase; pack your imagination for a trip around the world! Enjoy gallery adventures, live music with guitarist Benito Salazar, inspired art-making and complimentary refreshments. All are welcome. Activities are designed for children age 4 to 10. Free.
Thursday, April 4; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Art180 First Fridays
Wondering how to spend 180 minutes with your chosen work of art? Interested in meeting others also participating in Art180? Stop by for Art180 First Fridays! These drop-in hours will include small activities and prompts to guide you on your Art180 journey, along with the opportunity to chat with others.
Friday, April 5; 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
AAHD Gallery: Third-Year MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
The exhibition will showcase art created by Riley Fichter, Hans Miles and Nik Swift. The artwork will be displayed from Thursday, April 4, through Thursday, April 18.
Friday, April 5; 5 to 7 p.m. in Rooms 214 and 216, Riley Hall of Art (AAHD Galleries)
Rediscovered Paintings: Conversations with Conservators and Art Historians
In this first program of a two-part series, join Rita Berg, paintings conservator of the Midwest Art Conservation Center, and Robert R. Coleman, professor emeritus of art history at Notre Dame, as they discuss the treatment and research invested into Vincenzo Spisanelli’s monumental “Noli Me Tangere” (1640).
Sunday, April 7; 3 to 4 p.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Performances
Harmonia A Capella Releases Debut Album: “With Love”
Stream via Spotify and Apple Music, starting Thursday, April 4. Link to pre-save.
Africa Night
Don’t miss the African Student Association’s annual Africa Night! Immerse yourself in the best of African culture with live performances in music, dance, poetry, fashion and art. Plus, enjoy delicious food and a chance to win prizes. Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening!
Saturday, April 6; 8 to 10 p.m. in Carey Auditorium, Hesburgh Library
“You Can’t Fool Rules: Opera and International Thought”— The 2024 Niemeyer Lectures in Political Philosophy
Featuring David R. Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, and performances by local vocal artists. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 10; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Smith Ballroom, Morris Inn
Thursday, April 11; 3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 12; 12:30 p.m.
Athletics and Sporting Events
Visit the Athletics composite schedule for events this week.
Deadlines or Registrations
University Evaluation for Reaffirmation of Accreditation
The University is undergoing its 10-year comprehensive evaluation for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission. A team of peer reviewers will be on campus Monday and Tuesday, April 8-9, to meet with University leadership, faculty, staff and students. Campus community members are invited to participate in drop-in sessions and open meetings with the peer review team. For more information, visit the Office of the Provost website.
Connections Series: Connect with the Democracy Initiative
The Connections Series is devoted to promoting interdisciplinary community and collaboration, with a focus this year on the strategic framework and its University-wide initiatives. This event will include a short program featuring the director of the initiative and include the opportunity for Q&A as well as for fellowship and conversation with your colleagues. Register here.
Tuesday, April 9; 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Rooms 215/216, McKenna Hall
Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village Project Community Presentation
Pop Up Pregnancy & Family Village is designed to be a trusted and convenient “one-stop shop” for mothers and families. The program provides access to care, resources and support to address various health needs during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Register online by Tuesday, April 9.
Wednesday, April 10; 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Judd Leighton Auditorium (Main Campus Community Learning Center), St. Joseph County Public Library, 305 S. Michigan St., South Bend
Time-Out for Tech: Information Security for Everyone
OIT’s Information Security Team will present an exciting session on how you can do more to protect yourself from online threats. Follow registration information to receive the calendar invitation.
Thursday, April 11; 10:30 to 11 a.m. via Zoom
GreeNDot Faculty and Staff Training
GreeNDot is a bystander intervention training program that builds a community of safety and respect where all belong, human dignity is protected and common good is promoted through the prevention of harm to others. Become a certified bystander at the next training session. Lunch will be provided. Register by Monday, April 8.
Thursday, April 11; noon to 4 p.m. in Room 246, Duncan Student Center
Spring Staff Unity Summit
This summit serves as an opportunity to meet and interact with other ND employees, have lunch and explore the steps necessary to create the Beloved Community here at Notre Dame, for all employees. Small-group dialogue, speakers and a few surprises. Lunch will be provided; please bring your ND ID. Special guest appearance by John Carlos from the 1968 Olympics. Register online.
Friday, April 12; 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Downes Ballroom, Corbett Family Hall
Taste of Nations Cultural Food Fair
The Caribbean Student Association’s second annual Taste of Nations is finally here! This year the group is collaborating with First Undergraduate Experience in Leadership (FUEL) to bring you a culture-filled experience that you will not forget. There will be homemade food from all over the world, chances to immerse yourself in a new culture and live cooking demonstrations of some cultural dishes. Free to all. Fill out the interest form online if you’re interested in bringing a dish.
Saturday, April 13; 4 to 7 p.m. on the second floor, LaFortune Student Center
Indiana Statewide Cybersecurity Summit
The speaker lineup at the 2024 Indiana Statewide Cybersecurity Summit is a roster of the most respected names in cybersecurity and AI. Featuring CEOs and innovative entrepreneurs, each brings unique insights and perspectives. They will share experiences and knowledge, offering attendees a chance to learn from industry and academia leaders. Register online.
Thursday, April 18; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Embassy Suites by Hilton, 1140 E. Angela Blvd., South Bend
Civic Science and Ethics in the Age of AI: Building Trust
This symposium aims to bridge the widening gaps between academia and the public when it comes to the public understanding of science. It brings together many stakeholders to explore innovative strategies for effective science communication and public engagement. Register online.
Tuesday, July 9; 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Downes Ballroom, Corbett Family Hall
Wednesday, July 10
Thursday, July 11
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.
· 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.
Tuesday, April 2; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
· RefWorks — Managing Citations for Research
This workshop will review the basics of citation managers, identify some of the more common citation managers, practice importing citations from a few databases (such as Google Scholar and Web of Science), show how to identify when you have missing data in your citation and show how to create endnotes.
Wednesday, April 3; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
· Introduction to Text Mining
In this hands-on workshop, 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 to find patterns and anomalies within it.
Wednesday, April 3; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
· Personal Digital Preservation Basics
This workshop will provide some resources and high-level tips on how to plan for backing up and organizing your own personal digital materials, such as photos, documents and recordings, to preserve your “born digital” information and make it last for future generations.
Thursday, April 4; 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 248), Hesburgh Library
· Using a Concordance
Concordances are centuries-old tools used to understand large volumes of text. Modern-day concordances also help the reader identify statistically significant keywords and word collocations, and navigate a text in question. This workshop will demonstrate a free, cross-platform concordance program called AntConc to do all of these things and more.
Thursday, April 4; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
· Mapping with ArcGIS Online
This workshop will teach the foundations of mapping in ESRI’s ArcGIS Online, a browser-based GIS platform that allows users to create, visualize and manipulate spatial data. This session will be presented by one of the NFCDS Pedagogy Fellows.
Thursday, April 4; 5 to 7 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
**********************
Research Study Participation Opportunity: Computer Vision Research Laboratory
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering invites Notre Dame students, faculty and staff who are between the ages of 18 and 65 to participate in this research study. For available times and to schedule an appointment, please see calendar.app.google/NGJZRbR9PKt666Rc8. Participants will receive a gift card of $20.
Monday, April 1, through Wednesday, May 8; in Room 355C, Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering
Mondays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesdays: noon to 3 p.m.
Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fridays: 3 to 5 p.m.
Faith and Service
Faithful Echoes: A Basil Moreau Hymn Sing
Come and sing some newly rediscovered hymns written by Blessed Basil Moreau! This informal singalong, led by musician Jonathan Hehn and theology professor Rev. Kevin Grove, C.S.C., will introduce several hymns from “Faithful Echoes,” a newly published collection of hymns by Blessed Basil Moreau, founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
Friday, April 5; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Rehearsal Room 329, Coleman-Morse Center
Health and Recreation
Artful Yoga
Engage with the museum as a space for well-being and inspiration. Join yoga instructor Steve Krojniewski in the galleries to relax and recharge while surrounded by works from the collection. Mats are provided or you can bring your own. Artful Yoga is free and open to all but is limited to the first 15 participants.
Thursday, April 4; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
A Rosie Run for Children
A Rosie Run for Children is a 5K fundraiser that is aiming to raise money for A Rosie Place for Children. ARP is a not-for-profit organization that provides respite care for children who are medically fragile. To continue providing exceptional care, they rely on the generosity of the community for support.
$32 to participate in the run, free to watch and cheer!
Saturday, April 6; 10 a.m. to noon starting at Gate E, Notre Dame Stadium
2024 Classroom Wellness Summit
Hosted by Active Minds, this will be the group’s second annual summit connecting students and faculty, discussing “What makes for a learning experience that supports mental wellness?” There will be highly engaging conversations, and summit takeaways will be shared with the Kaneb Center and Division of Student Affairs. Food and refreshments provided. Register online for food by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 4.
Sunday, April 7; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Reading Room, Jordan Hall of Science
Lectures and Presentations
Lecture: “Protecting Competition in the American Economy”
Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general for the DOJ Antitrust Division, joins the American Constitution Society at Notre Dame Law School to discuss his advocacy for strong and meaningful antitrust enforcement and competition policy. Notre Dame Law Professor Roger Alford will moderate the discussion.
Tuesday, April 2; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1140, Eck Hall of Law
Lecture — “Eclipses in Outer Space: How Astrophysicists Use Eclipses of Other Stars to Find New Planets”
Lauren Weiss, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will share how astrophysicists use eclipses of other stars to discover new planets, called exoplanets. Her goals are to understand the origin and evolution of planetary systems, assessing whether some exoplanets could be habitable. Free and open to the public. Part of the Our Universe Revealed series.
Tuesday, April 2; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the St. Joe County Public Library, 304 S. Main St., South Bend
Incredible Years Parenting Program
This is a program focused on building positive parenting skills to strengthen relationships and manage challenging behavior. A family meal and child care will be provided. Register by Wednesday, April 3. $5/session.
Thursdays, April 4 through May 16; noon to 2 p.m. in the Shaw Center for Children and Families, 1602 N. Ironwood Drive, South Bend
Lecture — “The Birth of the Century: Chinese Thought at the Dawn of the Pacific Twentieth Century”
Wang Hui is a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Tsinghua University in Beijing and the author of “The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought” (Harvard University Press, 2023). In 2008, Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world. Lunch will be available for participants. Registration is required.
Thursday, April 4; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1050, Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Digital Visualization Theater (Planetarium) Show: “Into the Shadow”
On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America from Mexico to Maine, and the South Bend area will experience 97 percent of totality. In preparation for this exciting solar event, Keith Davis, director of the DVT, will give three identical presentations in the 50-foot domed planetarium so you can learn all about solar eclipses. Free and open to the public, but ticketed.
Thursday, April 4; 6 to 7 p.m. in Room 100 (DVT), Jordan Hall of Science
Thursday, April 4, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 5, 7 p.m.
Signs of the Times: “Diversity and Inclusion in South Bend”
Cynthia Simmons-Taylor, diversity and inclusion officer for the city of South Bend, will speak at the Center for Social Concerns as part of the monthly Signs of the Times series that connects campus to community experts around justice topics. Bring your lunch. Dessert and drinks will be provided.
Friday, April 5; noon to 1 p.m. in the Coffee House, Geddes Hall
Lecture: “An Odyssey Through the Uncharted Waters of Post Lithium-Ion Batteries”
Join ND Energy and the Electrochemical Society Notre Dame Student Chapter for a lecture by John Muldoon, a 2002 alumnus and senior principal scientist at the Toyota Research Institute of North America. Muldoon will discuss advanced energy storage technologies and current developments in going “beyond lithium-ion” batteries.
Friday, April 5; 3 to 4 p.m. in Room 127, Nieuwland Science Hall
Roundtable: “(Re-)Introducing Vatican II”
Join the Cushwa Center for a roundtable discussion of Shaun Blanchard and Stephen Bullivant’s “Vatican II: A Very Short Introduction” (Oxford, 2023). A panel of Notre Dame faculty will provide opening remarks on the book. After the coauthors offer their own comments, the discussion will open for questions and answers with the larger group.
Friday, April 5; 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Rooms 205-207, McKenna Hall
2024-25 Organs and Origins Conference Series
How might interdisciplinary dialogue among biology, engineering, philosophy and theology frame and strengthen the latest insights into the nature of life? This inaugural conference of the Organs and Origins series is where faculty and students will be guided across the disciplines to consider organs and organisms in new ways. Twenty-nine fellowships are available for faculty, postdocs and graduate students who seek to enrich their teaching and research through this learning experience. Register by Tuesday, April 2.
Friday, April 5; 4 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 105, Jordan Hall of Science
Saturday, April 6; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall
Jay P. Dolan Seminar in American Religion
Stephen Bullivant of St. Mary’s University, London, will discuss his book “Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America” (Oxford, 2022) at the Cushwa Center’s spring 2024 Jay P. Dolan Seminar in American Religion. Commentators for this seminar are Ruth Braunstein, University of Connecticut, and David Campbell, Notre Dame.
Saturday, April 6; 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Rooms 205-207, McKenna Hall
International Conference — “Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture and Politics”
This international conference, hosted at Notre Dame, will engage select texts from Benedict XVI’s pontificate, considering their enduring and intergenerational import, and the legacy they point toward today. With talks by Rémi Brague, Tracey Rowland, Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J., and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, among others. Register by Saturday, April 5. ND/SMC/HCC faculty, staff and students: free.
Sunday, April 7; 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Smith Ballroom, Morris Inn
Monday, April 8; 9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 9; 9 a.m.
Safety, Parking and Traffic
Eclipse Glasses Distribution
The solar eclipse that will cross North America on Monday, April 8, will require special eclipse glasses to view safely. Whether you watch at the ND Watch Party or elsewhere, please pick up your glasses within your school/college or at locations across campus. Those include the Welcome Desk at Duncan Student Center, 315 LaFortune Student Center, Jenkins Nanovic Forum, Great Hall at Hesburgh Center for International Studies and the Office of the Provost.
Tech Tips, Tools and IT Maintenance
Canvas Tip: Control Which Courses Are on Your Dashboard in Canvas
As you continue to teach using Canvas, the upcoming semester’s course sites may begin to displace this semester’s active sites. Favoriting your active course sites will keep them pinned in place until you’re ready for the new semester.
Don’t Lose Access to Your Box Shared Files — Take Action by April 17
The second phase of the Account Lifecycle process has begun and may affect your important files and folders. All Box accounts owned by staff members who left the University more than a year ago will be deleted on Wednesday, April 17 — including the files and folders associated with them. If you still use this shared content, the only way to maintain access is to move it to a Box Group account before this date.
Don’t Lose Access to Your Google Shared Files — Take Action by April 17
The second phase of the Account Lifecycle process has begun and may affect your important files and folders. All Google accounts owned by staff members who left the University more than a year ago will be deleted on Wednesday, April 17 — including the files and folders associated with them. If you still use this shared content, the only way to maintain access is to move it to Shared drives before this date.
Also This Week ...
Recycling Trivia Topic: Toter Talk
For this week’s trivia subject, Building Services and Sustainability will touch base on everything you ever wanted to know about Notre Dame’s humble, hard-working recycling toters on campus. Read the FAQ here, and answer the trivia question.
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.