For the Week of March 20
Arts and Performances
Exhibitions
Virtual Slow Look
Take a slow look at Markey Robinson’s “Road or Days Beyond Recall.” Tools of mindfulness meditation will be used as a way to approach and understand the painting through a guided look.
Tuesday, March 21; 12:30 to 1 p.m. via Zoom
MFA Open Studios
First- and second-year MFA students will open their studios to the public.
Thursday, March 23; 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Riley Hall of Art and Design
Closing Reception for AAHD Gallery Photography Exhibition: “From Outside to Within” by Bill Kremer
Thursday, March 23; 5 to 7 p.m. in the Art, Art History and Design Gallery (Room 214), Riley Hall
Films
“Stranger than Paradise” (1984)
With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch’s one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, “Stranger than Paradise,” forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema. Faculty/Staff: $6. Free for students. 89 minutes.
Wednesday, March 22; 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
[POSTPONED] “Klondike” (2022)
Expectant parents Irka and Tolik live near the Russian border in a disputed territory during the early days of the Donbas war. As Tolik’s separatist friends expect him to join their efforts, Irka’s brother thinks the couple has betrayed Ukraine. Irka tries to make peace between her husband and brother by asking them to repair their bombed house. Director Maryna Er Gorbach is scheduled to make a virtual appearance. Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute Film Series: “Cinema in the Shadow of Empire.” Free but ticketed. 100 minutes.
Wednesday, March 22; 7:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
National Theatre Live: “The Crucible” (2023)
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power. Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Faculty/Staff: $18. Students: $16. 170 minutes, one intermission.
Thursday, March 23; 6 to 8:45 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
“Corsage” (2022)
As her 40th birthday approaches, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps) is thrown into turmoil as she anticipates being considered an old woman. Faced with a future of strict ceremony and royal duties, she rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy. Faculty/Staff: $6. Students: $4. 114 minutes.
Thursday, March 23; 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Friday, March 24; 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 25; 9:30 p.m.
“Saint Omer” (2022)
A young novelist attends a trial in Saint Omer Court of Law in order to write about the case of a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake the novelist’s convictions and call into question our own judgment.
Faculty/Staff: $6. Students: $4. 122 minutes.
Friday, March 24; 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, March 25; 3 and 6:30 p.m.
“High School Musical 2” (2007)
Having rounded spring break, our eyes turn toward the summer. The East High Wildcats are ready to have the best summer break of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay’s family. $1. 104 minutes.
Sunday, March 26; 1 to 2:45 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
“Faya Dayi” (2021)
In her hypnotic documentary feature, Ethiopian-Mexican filmmaker Jessica Beshir explores the coexistence of everyday life and its mythical undercurrents. Using light, texture and sound, the film illuminates the spiritual lives of people whose experiences often become fodder for ripped-from-the-headlines tales of migration. Free but ticketed. 120 minutes.
Sunday, March 26; 4 to 6 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Performances
Emily Albrink, Soprano, and Kathleen Kelly, Piano
In anticipation of the release of their album, “Force of Nature,” superb recitalists Emily Albrink and Kathleen Kelly perform a program of all-new art song commissions, including new works by Jake Heggie and Rene Orth. Free.
Tuesday, March 21; 7 to 8 p.m. in the LaBar Recital Hall, O’Neill Hall of Music
Creative Writing Reading by Patricia Lockwood
Once dubbed the “Poet Laureate of Twitter,” the award-winning author Patricia Lockwood returns to Indiana. A Q&A and book signing will follow. Presented by the Gender Studies Program, NDIAS, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, John J. Reilly Center and Notre Dame Magazine. May include mature/sensitive content. Free but ticketed. Tickets are available at performingarts.nd.edu.
Wednesday, March 22; 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Fridays at Noon Concert
Join the Department of Music for a noontime concert featuring its students, Glenn Foley ’24, trombone; Hope Yuan ’24, violin; Ian Johnston ’23, horn; Brigid O’Driscoll ’26, mezzo-soprano; and Camila Holden ’25, mezzo-soprano.
Friday, March 24; noon to 12:45 p.m. in the LaBar Recital Hall, O’Neill Hall of Music
ND Glee Club Spring Concert
The program will include music from Renaissance Spain and Italy, contemporary sacred settings, European folk songs, music in various American popular styles and exciting new arrangements of music by Stevie Wonder. General: $8. Faculty/Staff: $6. Students: Free.
Friday, March 24; 8 p.m. in the Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Lu`au: Na Mele O Hawai’i
Lu`au: Na Mele O Hawai’i (the songs of the islands). Join in for a night of Hawaiian culture as students from the Hawai’i Club travel across the eight Hawaiian islands through song, dance, food, flowers and fun activities! ND affiliates: $12. General public: $18.
Sunday, March 26; 4 to 8 p.m. in the Dahnke Ballroom, Duncan Student Center
Athletics and Sporting Events
Visit the Athletics composite schedule for events this week.
Saturday Showdown: No. 2 ND Men’s Lacrosse vs. No. 1 Virginia
Don’t miss this men’s lacrosse showdown at Arlotta Stadium! No. 2 Notre Dame (5-0) vs. No. 1 Virginia (6-0). Free admission for all fans (as for all men’s lacrosse regular season home games). (Rankings and team records are as of the Monday, March 13 Inside Lacrosse Poll). Student giveaways: chicken sandwich, chips, water and Under Armour T-shirts. All while supplies last.
Saturday, March 25; noon to 2 p.m. at Arlotta Stadium
Awards and Competitions
Notre Dame Leprechaun Tryout Workshops
Review the website for more details.
All will be located in Heritage Hall (upstairs above gate 2), Joyce Center
Learn the jig and about the Leprechaun’s role and responsibilities: Thursday, March 23; 5 to 6 p.m.
Pep Rally Prep and Defining Your Why Date, Thursday, March 30; 5 p.m.
Improv Prep and Defining Your Why (cont.), Tuesday, April 4, 5 p.m.
Application Deadline for CRC Graduate Award for Computational Science and Visualization
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in computational sciences and visualization by Notre Dame students and recent graduates. Awardees will receive $1,000 cash and a plaque. Apply by Friday, March 31. Learn more.
Deadlines or Registrations
Bookstore Basketball Tournament Registration is Open
Help make this year’s tournament one of the biggest and best yet! Register on IMLeagues or via this link. $40 per team.
Through Tuesday, March 21
Time-Out for Tech — “Examining the Kill Chain: How Cybercriminals Execute Successful Attacks”
Cybercrime is a big business and the criminals are smart. Come to this session to learn how these cyberattacks work and what you can do to stay safe. The Zoom link will be added to the calendar event the day before the session.
Thursday, March 30; 2 to 2:30 p.m. via Zoom
Take the Dome Home This Summer with Online Courses
Make the most of your summer with Notre Dame’s Summer Online program. With more than 50 online courses to choose from, the Summer Online program has what you need to get ahead or back on track this summer. Graduate students, use your Summer Tuition Scholarship toward qualifying courses in the Summer Online catalog. Registration opens Wednesday, March 22, and remains open until early June. Apply at summersession.nd.edu/apply.
Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon 2023 — Registration Closes March 31
Registration closes Friday, March 31, for the 2023 Hesburgh Libraries Hackathon, where teams of undergrads come together to reimagine solutions to everyday problems. Resources and technical assistance will be provided. You collaborate, create and innovate to bring new solutions that help with this year’s theme: “Hacking for Harmony.” Learn more and register at hackathon.library.nd.edu.
Friday, March 31, through Sunday, April 2, in Hesburgh Library
Submit Your Events for Earth Week
Earth Week 2023 is Monday through Saturday, April 17-22. Is your department, office or student group hosting an event in honor of Earth Week? The Office of Sustainability wants to know about it! Please consider submitting your events. The office will share them on its events page and calendar, and promote them on social media.
Information Session: Energy Studies Minor
Students from all majors can be leaders in the energy future. Learn more about the non-technical coursework, networking and experience-based capstone that have made Energy Studies one of the most relevant minors on campus. Register for a brief information session.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Teaching with the Columbus Murals
The Columbus Murals on the second floor of the Main Building will be uncovered from Monday, March 20, through 11 a.m. Friday, March 24, 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.
Panel Discussion — “1972 and Onward: Women in Sports”
Join the Gender Relations Center, the minor in Sport, Media and Culture, and Athletics for Women’s History Month as they take a closer look at the lived experiences of Notre Dame coaches, athletes and administrators to reframe the narrative of women in sports. Light refreshment to follow.
Wednesday, March 22; 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the auditorium, Eck Visitors 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.
∙ Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Python
This hands-on workshop is an introduction to the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK), a very popular suite of Python (programming language) modules making the process of text mining easier. By the end of the workshop you will have a working knowledge of Python and exposure to the inner workings of the NLTK.
Tuesday, March 21; 11 a.m. to noon in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
∙ 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, March 22; 2 to 3 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
∙ Hosting a Static Website on Github
With the provided Bootstrap 4 template, and tools like Bootstrapr.io for customization, creating a professional-looking website has never been easier. With sites like GitHub, one can easily upload and host that website for free. In this workshop, you’ll build a very simple website and learn how to use terminal commands to host it on Github for free.
Friday, March 24; 1 to 3 p.m. in Technology Commons (Room 264), Hesburgh Library
∙ Teaching with Audio: Planning and Assessing Sound Projects in the Classroom
Interested in assigning an audio project? This workshop is geared toward instructors who want to incorporate sound assignments into their syllabi. After an introduction to several options for assignments and assessments, we’ll discuss and workshop assignment ideas in small groups. This session will be presented by one of the NFCDS Pedagogy Fellows.
Friday, March 24; 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 246), Hesburgh Library
Public Domain Day Series Workshop: Music Modernization Act
Learn what recordings have entered the public domain and what that means for you as a creator. The presentation will also look at a project that samples public domain recordings and transforms them into hip-hop elements. There will also be an introduction to Audacity, a free sound editing program. Register online.
Wednesday, March 22; 1 to 2 p.m. in the Music Library (Room 310H), O’Neill Hall of Music
Faith and Service
Environmental Science Sustainable Apparel Event
Join in upcycling thrifted clothes with a stunning iron-on ES patch. Clothes and patches are free. Donations will also be accepted for Unity Gardens. All are welcome!
Wednesday, March 22; 6 to 8 p.m. in Geddes Coffee House, Geddes Hall
Sustainable Style Swap
Join the Student Government Department of Sustainability for a sustainable style swap!
Clothing items can be donated in bins in residence halls or at the event to get swap credits or items can be bought for a small cost. Leftover clothing will be donated to St. Margaret’s House/Goodwill. Funds collected go to the South Bend Center for the Homeless.
Friday, March 24; noon to 4 p.m. in the McNeill Room (Room 116), LaFortune Student Center
Romero Days: Mass (in Spanish)
A Mass to commemorate the martyrdom of St. Óscar Romero on the anniversary of his death will be celebrated by a very special guest, Rev. José M. Tojeira, S.J. (El Salvador), who is visiting for Romero Days 2023.
Friday, March 24; 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the chapel, Malloy Hall
Health and Recreation
Ryan Hall Wheelchair Basketball
Please join Ryan Hall’s annual signature event, Wheelchair Basketball, a 5v5 tournament and wheelchair free-throw competition. Free snacks and Crumbl cookies! Huge prizes for first, second and third places. To sign up for a 5v5 team, fill out this form by noon Friday, March 24: shorturl.at/nyFUZ. $25 for a team of five, donation for free-throw competition; all proceeds benefiting Whirlwind Wheelchair.
Saturday, March 25; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Bookstore Basketball Courts
Lectures and Presentations
Brian D’Arcy ’08, Partner, Sixth Street
Join the Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing, BlackND Capital and the Department of Africana Studies to welcome Brian D’Arcy ’08, partner at Sixth Street, to speak about his career and experiences. All are welcome! There will be free Chick-fil-A for all attendees. Registration required.
Monday, March 20; 7 to 8 p.m. in Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business
Conversations That Matter — “Virtual Apocalypse: Renewing Christian Culture in a Digital World”
Episode 1: “The Art of Virtue,” featuring L.M. Sacasas, executive director, Christian Study Center of Gainesville; Felicia Wu Song, professor of sociology, Westmont College in Santa Barbara; and Rev. Paul A. Soukup, S.J., professor, Santa Clara University College of Arts and Science. Explores the relationship between the ways that technology is shaping our experiences of faith and community and the virtues required to live well under digital conditions. Registration is required.
Tuesday, March 21; noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom
Lecture: “Judicial Specialization and Deference in Asylum Cases on the US Courts of Appeals”
In this talk, Maureen Stobb from Georgia Southern University, will discuss her research with colleagues using a sample of more than 4,000 cases decided by the U.S. Courts of Appeals between 2002 and 2017 to see whether exposure to asylum cases over time emboldens federal judges to challenge administrative asylum decisions and assert their personal policy preferences.
Tuesday, March 21; 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Room C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Asia Leadership Forum with Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Maria Ressa, a Filipino and American journalist who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for reporting on abuses of power and fake news, will be the distinguished speaker for the Asia Leadership Forum, sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and co-sponsored by Notre Dame International. Diane Desierto, professor of law and global affairs at Notre Dame and an international human rights attorney, will moderate a discussion after the lecture. Free but ticketed.
Tuesday, March 21; 4:30 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
The Cushwa Center Lecture — “Finding Mom in a St. Patrick’s Day Minstrel Show: A Family’s Legacy of Irish American Catholic Anti-Blackness”
Maureen H. O’Connell will deliver the 2022-23 Cushwa Center Lecture. O’Connell is a professor in the Department of Religion at La Salle University. Her writing and teaching focus on Christian/Catholic social ethics, racial justice, and the arts and social justice. She is the author of “Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness.”
Tuesday, March 21; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 205/207, McKenna Hall
Talk: “Insider/Outsider: Algorithms of Racial Intimacy on YouTube and Beyond”
This talk by Miriam J. Petty will consider Black YouTube content, viewership, recommendations and the politics of the algorithm as essential context for understanding the risks and pleasures of more mainstream, commodified and mediated moments of intraracial intimacy. Part of a series on De-Centering Film, Television and Theatre.
Tuesday, March 21; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom
Panel Discussion Webinar: “Education and the New AI”
Artificial intelligence is changing rapidly with new technologies that create complex artistic images from scratch and generate human-looking text in seconds. These systems are changing how we work, teach and learn. Learn about the latest developments in AI and how they are impacting education and the workforce of the future.
Tuesday, March 21; 8 to 9 p.m. via Zoom
Scientia’s Talk Science
Join Notre Dame’s undergraduate research journal, Scientia, for Talk Science! This week’s event features senior Grace Bradley, speaking on “COVID-19 Isolation and Marital Relationships,” followed by Keith Davis, leading an interactive tour of the universe in the Digital Visualization Theater. RSVP requested. Pizza will be provided.
Wednesday, March 22; 6:30 to 8 p.m.: (6:30 to 7 p.m. in Room 105) and (7 to 8 p.m. in the Digital Visualization Theater), Jordan Hall
Artist Talk: Craig Drennen
The Department of Art, Art History and Design kicks off the MFA Walkthroughs with an artist talk by walkthrough critic Craig Drennen. Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow. His recent solo exhibitions include “Merchant, Mistress, and T” at Freight+Volume Gallery in New York City and “First Acts” at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
Thursday, March 23; 9 to 10 a.m. in Room 200, Riley Hall
Meetings with the Psalms and Psalters Presents “On Augustine’s Enarrationes in Psalmos”
Hildegund Müller, associate professor of classics and senior liaison for research, presents the next installment of the international academic series sponsored by the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, the University of Warsaw and the University of Notre Dame. Registration required.
Thursday, March 23; noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
Romero Days 2023: “A Church and University in Service of Human Rights”
Sessions led by David Lantigua on “The Salvadoran Church and the Struggle for Human Rights” and Matthew Ashley on “Ignacio Ellacuria’s Vision of a University in Service of Human Rights,” with special guest keynote speaker Rev. José M. Tojeira, S.J., from Central American University, El Salvador, on “A Church and University in Service and Human Rights, Then and Now.” In English and Spanish (with translations).
Thursday, March 23; 1 to 6 p.m. in Room 1050, Jenkins Nanovic Halls and the auditorium, Hesburgh Center
Talk: “An Unexpected Narrative”
Join the Department of American Studies for a talk by multimedia artist Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, a professor in the Department of Native American Studies at UC Davis and director of the C.N. Gorman Museum. Tsinhnahjinnie’s work is held in several collections including the National Museum of the American Indian and the Museum of Modern Art.
Thursday, March 23; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 312, DeBartolo Hall
Lecture: “Social Networks and Agricultural Markets”
Jeremy Magruder from University of California, Berkeley, will present a lecture on new research on network transactions in factor markets, as part of the New Frontiers in Economic Development lecture series.
Thursday, March 23; 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Lecture: “Christian Sex and the Birth of Religious Pluralism in Twentieth-Century Europe”
Udi Greenberg, associate professor of history at Dartmouth College, studies and teaches modern European history. His scholarship and teaching focus especially on the history of ideas, politics and gender and sexuality. Organized by the research cluster on Transnational France.
Thursday, March 23; 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 1030, Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Ten Years Hence Lecture: “Global Governance and the War in Ukraine”
Presented by David Cortright, professor emeritus and former director of the Peace Accords Matrix at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs. Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the Eugene Clark Distinguished Lecture Series endowment. Open to students, faculty, staff and the Notre Dame community.
Friday, March 24; 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business
Conversation: “The Border Has to Be Crossed”
Aliyeh Ataei is an Iranian Afghan author and screenwriter whose books have won major literary awards, including “Mehregan-e-Adab” for best novel. Atiq Rahimi is a French Afghan writer and filmmaker. The conversation will take place in Farsi, with English interpretation provided by Nasim Fekrat, an award-winning blogger, journalist and photographer from Afghanistan. Register online.
Friday, March 24; noon to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom
Book Launch — “Fines Infrapolíticos: de la Razón, la Representación y la Narrativa Española Moderna”
Launch of a new book by Pedro Aguilera-Mellado from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, featuring panelists/commentators Cristina Moreiras-Menor, University of Michigan; Gabriela Méndez-Cota, Universidad Iberoamericana, México; Julián Gutiérrez-Albilla, USC,;Patricia Keller, Cornell University; and Gareth Williams, University of Michigan. In Spanish.
Friday, March 24; 2 to 4 p.m. via Zoom
Talk: “Lookism, Discrimination and Shame”
Heather Widdows, professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick, is a moral philosopher working on the modification of bodies, the rising demands of beauty, addressing lookism and the way that visual and virtual culture is shaping what it means to be human. Reception immediately following in the first-floor philosophy department lounge in Malloy Hall.
Friday, March 24; 3 to 5 p.m. in Room 131, DeBartolo Hall
Lecture — “We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland”
Journalist and public intellectual Fintan O’Toole will discuss his most recent work on Irish culture and history. Reception to follow in the Great Hall, O’Shaughnessy. Review the poster.
Friday, March 24; 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in the Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum of Art
Lucy Scholars Collaboration Hour: “What Is Our Collective Responsibility for Ensuring Ethical Use of Generative AI?”
The Lucy Institute is bringing you the latest on generative AI and its potential impact on college students and society. This event will feature a 30-minute generative AI tutorial (basic and advanced prompting in DALLE 2 and ChatGPT) and a one-hour discussion focusing on how college students should (or should not) learn and work with generative AI ethically.
Friday, March 24; 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 1030, Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Debate: “How Moral Are Markets?”
A debate between James Otteson, the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics, Mendoza College of Business, and Michael Anton, a lecturer and research fellow at Hillsdale College, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and a former national security official in the Trump and George W. Bush administrations. Sponsored by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
Friday, March 24; 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business
Safety, Parking and Traffic
Severe Weather Preparedness Week
As winter transitions to spring, it’s time to prepare for the possibility of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. The next test of the NDAlert system is scheduled for 1:50 p.m. Thursday, March 23. This system engages email, cell phone and text messaging as well as indoor and outdoor speakers to inform the Notre Dame campus community about an emergency situation.
Read about the difference between a watch and a warning, and what to do when a tornado siren has sounded.
Social Gatherings
2010s Pop Culture Trivia
Is it too late now to say sorry? Hope not. Come along with SAO on a pop culture trip down memory lane through the 2010s. Kick off the opening night of Library Lawn with trivia, mini doughnuts, dumplings, prizes and more! The first 25 people to check in will receive an exclusive Notre Dame tumbler.
Friday, March 24; 9 to 11 p.m. on Library Lawn
Shamrock Festival
Join SAO for a night of food, fun and activities at the Shamrock Festival! Food trucks will include your savory favorites: tacos and elephant ears. Irish Dance will perform at 9:30 p.m. Hop on the zipline or sign up to participate in the annual cornhole tournament. Be one of the first 50 people to check in to claim an exclusive bucket hat.
Saturday, March 25; 9 p.m. to midnight on Library Lawn
Tech Tips, Tools and IT Maintenance
Conquer Your Clutter: Defensive Calendaring Tips
Join the Conquer Your Clutter Challenge. Do you know how to use your calendar to protect your time to focus on work priorities? You can find out more about defensive calendaring in the Conquer Your Clutter Challenge. Join the challenge for valuable productivity tips delivered right to your inbox. Once registered, you will be entered in a raffle to win prizes too!
Canvas Tip: Create a To-Do List on your Canvas Dashboard
Your dashboard is presented in Card view by default, which organizes the view by course. But if you’d rather arrange your dashboard to show a weekly to-do list, switch to List view.
Also This Week ...
ND Water Week
In honor of World Water Day, join Notre Dame’s week-long celebration of all things H2O! ND Water Week features a water-focused panel, blessing of the lakes, seminar, service activities and more. All for free. To learn more, please visit environmentalchange.nd.edu/H2O.
Monday through Friday, March 20-24
∙ #WhyWater
The first step to accelerating change for water-related challenges is by spreading awareness. Tell your friends and family why water matters to you by posting on social media with the hashtags #WhyWater and #NDWaterWeek. Make sure you also tag @SustainableND throughout the week to be entered in a raffle to win a Hammes Bookstore gift card.
∙ Seminar: “PFAS in Brazilian Waters: A Tale of Two Sources”
Virtual Seminar by Juliana Leonel, professor of oceanography, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
Tuesday, March 21; 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom
∙ PFAS Panel
This panel centers on what per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are and how Notre Dame is leading the way on cutting-edge methods to measure and treat these “forever chemicals.” Faculty panelists include PFAS researchers Kyle Doudrick, Gary Lamberti and Graham Peaslee. Moderated by Jennifer Tank. The event will begin with an introduction to PFAS presented by ND students/postdocs, followed by a Q&A session with faculty panel members. Refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, March 22 (World Water Day); 4 to 5 p.m. in the Carey Auditorium (Room 107), Hesburgh Library
∙ Operation Du Lac: Bless and Serve
Join in an afternoon of prayer and service dedicated to our beautiful campus ecosystem. There will first be a blessing of the lakes with Rev. Terrence Ehrman, C.S.C., followed by a lake cleanup brigade. The gear will be provided — you bring your goodwill and energy!
Thursday, March 23; 3 to 5 p.m., meet at the Grotto
∙ Stormwater Badge Installation
Join in an afternoon focused on regional water quality. Volunteers will help label storm drains and grates on campus. These labels spread awareness of potential impacts to our campus lakes and the St. Joseph River and help to prevent dumping of pollutants. Volunteers will first get snacks, an overview of the campus stormwater management system and instructions before breaking up into groups to label.
Friday, March 24; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., meet at the Office of Sustainability, Room 101, Mail Distribution Center
∙ Water Week Dinner
Head to the dining halls to enjoy the main dinner entrée, wild Alaskan pollock, which comes from sustainable fisheries in Alaska.
Friday, March 24; 4:30 to 8 p.m. in North and South Dining Halls
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Admitted Student Days
This on-campus event offers newly admitted students and their families the opportunity to meet and hear from University leadership, faculty, current students and other members of the Notre Dame community. Join the Enrollment Division in welcoming the ND Class of 2027 to campus!
Regular decisions were released on Thursday, March 16, at 18:42 (6:42 p.m. ET), a nod to the University’s founding year of 1842. The University admitted 1,698 students to the Class of 2027, bringing the total to 3,399 applicants who were invited to join the Class of 2027.
Admitted Student Days takes place Sundays and Mondays, March 26-27, and April 16-17.
Provost Open Office Hours
Provost McGreevy holds open office hours to meet and get to know members of the Notre Dame community. These office hours are open to all Notre Dame faculty, staff and students. No appointments are needed, and you can come with questions or ideas, or just come to say hello.
Friday, March 31; 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Dooley Room (first floor on the north side of the main lounge), LaFortune Student Center