For the Week of September 2
Arts and Performances
Exhibitions
AAHD Gallery Exhibition: No Assurance
The Art, Art History, and Design Gallery announces the opening of No Assurance, an exhibition featuring the artworks of teaching scholars in studio art: Coleton Lunt, Keith Kaziak, and Kris Johnson. A closing reception will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 26.
Mondays through Fridays through Thursday, Sept. 26; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 214, Riley Hall of Art
Fall Exhibit—Notre Dame Football Kills Prejudice: Citizenship and Faith in 1924
To mark the 100th anniversary of the historic Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, a new Rare Books & Special Collections and University Archives exhibit explores how Notre Dame leaders harnessed the unprecedented popularity and visibility of the 1924 football team to combat bigotry and promote a more inclusive America. Learn more at library.nd.edu/event/fall-exhibit-2024.
Mondays through Fridays, until Jan. 31; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 102), Hesburgh Library
Sacred Art Visio Divina
Visio divina, or “sacred seeing,” is an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to prayerfully and meditatively enter into an image. Join in for guided sessions of visio divina on the first Tuesday of every month with sacred art in the Mary, Queen of Families Chapel or in the galleries.
Thursday, Sept. 3; 11 to 11:30 a.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Art 180 First Friday
Wondering how to spend 180 minutes with your chosen work of art? Interested in meeting others also participating? 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, Sept. 6; 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Films
Raw (2016)
Director Julia Ducournau has received critical acclaim for her films Titane and Raw. Raw follows the story of a committed vegetarian who experiences an increasingly grim and alarming shift in her dietary cravings after starting veterinary school at her family’s alma mater. $7 adults, $6 faculty/staff, $5 seniors, $4 students.
Tuesday, Sept. 3; 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
National Theatre Live: Dear England (2024)
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays English national team manager Gareth Southgate in this gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered little but heartbreak. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? Set in 2024, Southgate must face many devils to restore the beautiful game. Live theater from Britain’s most exciting stages is filmed and screened in thousands of cinemas around the globe. $20 adult, $18 faculty/staff, $16 seniors, $16 students.
Thursday, Sept. 5; 7 to 10:15 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Seven Samurai (1954)
One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai arrives again in the Browning Cinema after a new restoration, still telling the story of a 16th-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. $7 adults, $6 faculty/staff, $5 seniors, $4 students.
Friday, Sept. 6; 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Space Jam (1996)
Get a laugh-loaded glimpse of the 1990s future as it hadn’t looked before until two of the world’s greatest legends collided in a brand-new universe. When basketball megastar Michael Jordan teams up with animated icon Bugs Bunny, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and many more, hilarity—and out-of-this-world basketball—ensues! $1.
Sunday, Sept. 8; 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
This Western version of Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai may be shorter than the original, with some changes to fit a more traditional Hollywood length, but the story carries the same good versus evil emotional stakes. This time, the story involves a group of American gunfighters hired to defend a Mexican village from outlaws. $7 adults, $6 faculty/staff, $5 seniors, $4 students.
Sunday, Sept. 8; 4 to 6:10 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Athletics and Sporting Events
Visit the Athletics composite schedule for events this week.
Deadlines or Registrations
The Rev. Joseph Carrier, C.S.C., Science Medal Ceremony and Lecture
Spend an evening overlooking the iconic field at Notre Dame Stadium as Michael Levitt, who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, accepts the Rev. Carrier Medal. Levitt is being honored for his groundbreaking work in developing accurate computer models of chemical reactions, integrating features of both classical physics and quantum mechanics. All are welcome to attend this free event. Register online.
Monday, Sept. 9; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Dahnke Ballroom, seventh floor, Duncan Student Center
Notre Dame Children’s Choir Accepting New Singers for 2024–25 Season
Notre Dame Children’s Choir invites children between the ages of 5 and 17 to register for the after-school music education program at no cost to families. All children, regardless of ability or experience, racial or religious background, are encouraged to join the choirs. Led by Artistic Director Mark Doerries and Sacred Music graduate students, choirs rehearse Tuesdays/Thursdays at Sunnyside Presbyterian Church.
Through Thursday, Sept. 5, by appointment in O’Neill Hall of Music
Learning Beyond the Classics—“Global Screens & Local Screams: Contemporary International Horror”
Learning Beyond the Classics returns this fall with a gimlet eye fixed on the horror genre! Enroll in this captivating, semester-long film studies course to explore contemporary international horror cinema and its powerful exploration of global themes such as race, gender, and our shared humanity. Register by Tuesday, September 17. $26 adults; free for students.
In the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
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.
· Bringing Order to Qualitative Madness with ATLAS.ti
Learn how to use ATLAS.ti to bring order to the chaos of your qualitative research project. Presented by Mark Robison, political science and peace studies librarian.
Friday, Sept. 6; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Collaboration Hub (Room 220), Hesburgh Library
Faith and Service
Tutoring Opportunity to Help Students with Literacy
Are you frustrated by educational opportunity gaps? Be part of the solution! Become a high-impact tutor with TutorND. TutorND will support you to help a child in South Bend Community Schools learn to read. Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/TutorND or, if you have questions, email Ben DeMarais: bdemarai@nd.edu.
Tutoring sessions scheduled throughout the week depending on your availability.
Health and Recreation
Artful Yoga
Engage with the Raclin Murphy Museum as a space for well-being and inspiration! Join yoga instructor Steve Krojniewski outside on the Hiler Family Terrace (if the weather is agreeable) or in the galleries to relax and recharge while surrounded by works from the collection. Mats are provided or you can bring your own.
Thursday, Sept. 5; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Lectures and Presentations
The True Family Lecture Series
The Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government is joined by ND Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society to host its inaugural True Family Lecture Series on American religious freedom: “Evaluating the Latest Supreme Court Teachings” and “Comparing the Original Teachings of the American Founders.”
Wednesday, Sept. 4; 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Room 1130, Eck Hall of Law
Thursday, Sept. 5; 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Lecture—“New Light on the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome (1880-1911): The Neo-Renaissance as the National Style of the Kingdom of Italy”
The Vittoriano Monument, honoring Victor Emmanuel II, stands as a pivotal piece in the evolution of Roman architecture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Please register to join the School of Architecture for the first lecture of its fall 2024 series as Paolo Coen, professor of art history and museum studies at the University of Teramo, provides a deeper understanding of its role in shaping modern Rome and its landscape.
Wednesday, Sept. 4; 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. in the Manfredi Family Auditorium (Room 109), Walsh Family Hall School of Architecture
Conversation: “States Without Armies: Why They Exist and How They Survive?”
This conversation featuring Zoltan Barany, the Frank C. Erin, Jr., Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, focuses on the experiences of the army-less states of Costa Rica, Iceland, Mauritius, Panama, and the Solomon Islands.
Thursday, Sept. 5; 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Room C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Summus Master Class—“Pain-Free Pathways: Mastering Chronic Pain Relief”
Learn about effective treatments for chronic pain, including medication vs. non-medication options, when surgical intervention may be necessary, and when to seek medical attention, with Dr. Padma Gulur, medical director of the Acute Pain Service, anesthesiologist, and pain medicine specialist at Duke Pain Medicine Clinic.
Thursday, Sept. 5; 1 to 1:30 p.m. virtually
Discussion—“Disassembling (and Reassembling) the Apocalypse. The Critical Edition of Joachim of Fiore’s Liber Figurarum”
Join the Department of Classics for a discussion led by Marco Rainini, professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies, Medieval Institute, Department of Classics, and the History of Philosophy Forum.
Thursday, Sept. 5; 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 117, O’Shaughnessy Hall
Presentation: “Assessing Drivers of Implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Indiana”
Rachel Svetanoff, visiting associate of policy and practice with the Pulte Institute for Global Development, and Paul Perrin, its director of evidence and learning, will share insights from their work to inform decision-makers and the public about the applicability of the SDGs as a guiding framework for cultivating bipartisanship on international and local development. Register online.
Friday, Sept. 6; 10 to 11 a.m. in the auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Talk: Economic Outlook with Federal Reserve Board Governor Chris Waller
Please join Federal Reserve Board Governor Chris Waller as he delivers his views on the state of the economy and the proper stance of monetary policy. Following his speech, he will take questions from the audience. The Federal Reserve is America’s central bank and oversees the domestic economy.
Free but ticketed event. Tickets available at the ticket office one hour prior to the event.
Friday, Sept. 6; 11 a.m. to noon in the Patricia George Decio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
College of Arts and Letters’ Crash Course Series
The first of this fall’s talk series is “AI in the Wild,” with John Behrens and Alexi Orchard of the Technology and Digital Studies Program. Generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI in which computer systems generate media such as text, images, sound, video, or combinations based on prompts or other information provided to the computer. These systems—including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, and DALL-E—are evolving rapidly and have led to extreme excitement, confusion, and fear. In this session, attendees will actively participate in learning how systems like ChatGPT work, how to predict and manage their behavior, and how to consider some of the social and personal consequences of their application. Review the series’ website for other titles and topics.
Friday, Sept. 6; 2:30 p.m. in Room 155, DeBartolo Hall
Lecture—“Ireland in 1939: From the Anti-partition Struggle to the ‘Emergency’”
A first reflection on the ongoing Through Foreign Eyes project, this lecture will explain the purpose of the ongoing research and its future. It will consider the foreign diplomatic coverage of Irish politics in 1939 from the point of view of Dublin-based foreign diplomats who represented different regimes and interpreted Irish affairs accordingly. Presented by Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, professor of history at Maynooth University and visiting fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
Friday, Sept. 6; 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room B101, Jenkins Nanovic Halls
MVP Fridays—Ross Douthat: “Is There Hope for America’s Future?”
Ross Douthat, a political analyst and New York Times columnist, will speak as part of the Center for Social Concerns’ MVP Fridays series exploring questions of meaning, values, and purpose. Reception to follow.
Friday, Sept. 6; 4 to 6 p.m. in the Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall
Science Exploration Series: “Pop Goes the Nova! Learn to find the ‘Blaze Star’” (DVT show)
A once-in-a lifetime nova event occurs about every 80 years. T Coronae Borealis, called the “Blaze Star,” is composed of a white dwarf and a red giant that is slowly stripped of hydrogen by the gravitational pull of the dwarf until the material explodes. Join Keith Davis, in the DVT to learn how to spot the event with your own eyes. Open to the public.
Friday, Sept. 6; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Digital Visualization Theater (Room 100), Jordan Hall of Science
Saturdays with the Saints Lecture Series: Saints and Their Miracles
Santiago Schnell, dean of the College of Science, presents “Our Lady of Lourdes and Her Healings” in the lecture series Saints and Their Miracles, a Notre Dame football gameday series that combines the University’s rich traditions of Catholic faith and spirited gamedays. Presented by the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Open to the public.
Saturday, Sept. 7; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Andrews Auditorium (lower level), Geddes Hall
Safety, Parking, and Traffic
2024 Football Gameday Parking Guidelines
Please review the important information about where to move your vehicle to on gamedays. (link to PDF)
Social Gatherings
South Asia Group Fall Semester Kickoff: Chai and Samosa
Do you have an academic interest in South Asia? Do you want to connect with faculty and students who share your interest? Join the South Asia Group for chai and samosa to kick off the new semester!
Free and open to the ND community. Registration required.
Tuesday, Sept. 3; 2 to 3:15 p.m. in Room 2148, Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Young Singles Community Happy Hour
The Young Singles Community of Notre Dame (YSC) is a social group for Notre Dame faculty and professional staff who are unmarried. The group hosts regular social events, including both indoor and outdoor activities, around the South Bend area. Join our first event to kick off the new school year with provided food and drink. No reservations required; all you need to do is show up! For more information contact Shawn Miller at smille57@nd.edu.
Wednesday, Sept. 4; 4 to 6 p.m. in Seven on 9, Corbett Family Hall
Football Fridays at the Eck
Kick off your game weekend at Football Fridays at the Eck presented by Guinness! Join Fighting Irish fans for live music, tailgate food, interviews with Notre Dame celebrities, student group performances, the Football Fridays Backyard with beer and wine for purchase, and more. Check out the website for a detailed schedule of events. Free and open to the public.
Friday, Sept. 6; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Eck Visitors Center
Bargetto Wine Tasting
John Bargetto, owner of Bargetto Winery in Santa Cruz, California, will join Legends for its first Football Friday tasting. He will lead you through a sampling of three of his estate wines. Light bites provided. Register on OpenTable by scrolling down to “Experiences” and clicking the “reserve” button. $25.
Friday, Sept. 6; 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the patio, Legends
Tech Tips, Tools, and IT Maintenance
Get to Know AI: Campus Workshops and Events
Open to all faculty, staff, and students, these sessions will provide valuable insights into the role of generative AI in both everyday life and within our University. Whether you’re curious about AI’s potential or eager to explore its applications, there’s something for everyone. For more details and the full schedule of events, visit ai.nd.edu.
Canvas Tip: Select Which Tool Is Your Canvas Course Home Page
Most information for a course site is contained in the Syllabus or Modules tool. If you would rather skip your blank home page, tell Canvas to use another tool as the site’s landing page instead.
Also This Week ...
Museum of Biodiversity Tours
Visit and see the extensive collections of amphibians, fish, birds, mammals, insects, parasites, and fossils that have been collected over the last 150 years. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, Sept. 6; noon to 2 p.m. in Room 102, Jordan Hall of Science
Campus Green Tour
Sign up to take a guided tour of “green” spaces on campus and learn about the sustainability initiatives happening at Notre Dame on Friday, September 6. Only 20 spots are available, so don’t wait to register! Once these spots are full, registrants will be waitlisted and contacted if a spot becomes available. This event is open to the public and weather-dependent.
Friday, Sept. 6, and multiple future Fridays; noon campus-wide
Columbus Murals Uncovered
The Columbus Murals on the second floor of the Main Building will be uncovered from Tuesday, September 3, through noon Friday, September 6, to allow instructors and their students to engage with and discuss the murals. More information about the Columbus Murals, their history, and their use by instructors can be found here.
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.