For the Week of October 11
University Campaigns and Initiatives
University Celebrates Founders’ Day
Founders’ Day is this Tuesday and Wednesday. Early in the University’s history, Founders’ Day was a campus-wide celebration on the feast day (Oct. 13) of Edward the Confessor, patron saint of Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C, the Holy Cross priest who founded Notre Dame. Notre Dame is reviving the celebration as an opportunity to consider our history, understand our present and imagine our future. To learn more about Founders’ Day, please visit foundersday.nd.edu.
Arts and Performances
Exhibitions
The Big Draw: Snite Sketches
The Big Draw Festival, the world’s largest drawing festival, is intended to get people drawing because drawing can be a tool for wellbeing, thought, creativity and social and cultural engagement. Drawing materials will be available in the Snite galleries all month long. Grab a drawing board, paper and a pencil, then head into the galleries to sketch.
Snite Sketches is available daily during museum open hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays until 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.
Slow Look
Slow down during your week by stopping by the museum for a 20-minute mindful look at a work of art. Walk away feeling relaxed and recharged as you use tools of mindfulness for a guided look at Sébastien Bourdon’s “Pastoral Landscape with a Flock of Sheep and an Ox-Cart.”
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 12:30 to 1 p.m. in the Snite Museum of Art
Films
“Da 5 Bloods” (2020)
The second installment in the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study’s Resilience Film Series will feature director Spike Lee’s film “Da 5 Bloods,” followed by a panel discussion with Mary Frances Phillips, NDIAS Faculty Fellow; Father Aaron Michka, former NDIAS Fellow; and Peter Cajka, assistant teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies, American studies. Free but ticketed.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 7:30 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
“Another Round” (Denmark, 2020)
Winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature, this film follows four upper secondary school teachers who embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness. McWell Tix are available for Friday’s and Saturday’s screenings. ND student $4. Fac/Staff $6.
Thursday, Oct. 14; 7 p.m. in the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (free but ticketed Thursday, courtesy of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies)
Friday, Oct. 15; 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 16; 7 p.m.
Performances
Schola Musicorum 55
A concert of Gregorian chant, Renaissance motets and early organ music. The chants, taken from various medieval sources, are some of the most famous in the Gregorian chant corpus. Motets by Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria and William Byrd. Organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Dieterich Buxtehude. Recommended for ages 7 and up. Free for ND students and fac/staff with netID. Must be logged in for special pricing.
Tuesday, Oct. 12; 9 p.m. in the Reyes Organ and Choral Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
ND Music Festival
Enjoy a night of music performed by some of your favorite student performing art clubs. Admission is free with NDID and students can enter through Gate E starting at 6:30 p.m. Also, don’t miss out on free food from some amazing food trucks.
Postponed from last week due to inclement weather. Now Thursday, Oct. 14; 7 p.m. in Notre Dame Stadium
Acousticafé
Thursday, Oct. 14; 9 to 11 p.m. on Library Lawn
Athletics and Sporting Events
Visit the Athletics composite schedule for events this week.
Closures, Limited Hours and Cancellations
Hesburgh Library Fall Break Building Hours
Find hours for services and branches at library.nd.edu/hours. During fall break, the Hesburgh Library will be open:
Sunday, Oct. 17; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday to Friday, Oct. 18-22; 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 23; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Deadlines or Registrations
“Show Some Skin” Call for Stories
“Show Some Skin” gives voice to unspoken stories about identity and difference. Anonymous submissions about individuals’ experiences are respectfully presented by combining the arts of personal storytelling and performance. Share your story at this link.
Accepting submissions until Friday, Oct. 15.
Girl Talk: Let’s Talk About Abortion
All female students in the Notre Dame, Holy Cross and Saint Mary’s community are invited to participate in this opportunity to meet one-on-one with another student to discuss abortion in a respectful, constructive setting. All students will receive a $5 gift card to Einstein Bagel Co.
To participate, fill out the Google form by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15.
Register for Senior Thesis/Capstone Research and Writing Camp
Senior Thesis Camp is designed to assist juniors and seniors who are writing theses or working on capstone projects. Jumpstart your research and writing process by establishing a framework for writing/research, working in Hesburgh Library spaces and consulting with librarians and writing tutors. Coffee, tea, lunch and snacks will be provided.
Monday through Friday, Oct. 18-22; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 231, Hesburgh Library
Time-Out for Tech: What’s New in Google?
Google apps are used every day on campus, and Google is constantly adding new features to make them even better. Join this session to learn about the latest updates that may make your work life easier. The Zoom link will be added to the calendar event the day before the session.
Wednesday, Oct. 20; 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. via Zoom
Conference: “Strong A(s) F(eminist)”
The goal of this University-sponsored conference is to address issues relating to the role of gender in sports using a diversity of voices and range of disciplines through “Strong A(s) F(eminist)” flash talks and the “Reclaiming Physical Culture” interactive installment.
Monday, Oct. 25; 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the McKenna Conference Center and the weight room of the Joyce Center (use Gate 4 to enter)
Tuesday, Oct. 26; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Educational and Research Opportunities
Hesburgh Libraries Workshops:
Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Python
Get exposure to Python and the inner workings of the Natural Language Toolkit.
Tuesday, Oct. 12; 11 a.m. to noon in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
Archival Research Lab II: Inside the Archive
The second of a two-session workshop, providing an introduction to advanced archival research. In part two, you will “enter the archive,” completing the registration process and handling and examining different archival materials and formats. Note: Students may attend one or both sessions.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 10 to 11:15 a.m. in Rare Books and Special Collections (Room 103), Hesburgh Library
Using the Distant Reader
Learn how to quickly read and analyze arbitrarily large corpora of textual materials with Distant Reader.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
Intro to Github and Markdown
Learn the basic functions of contributing to a repository and writing documents in its preferred plain-text format, Markdown.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 1 to 2 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 246), Hesburgh Library
How to Make a Book
This hands-on workshop will teach attendees how to bind books using different techniques.
Friday, Oct. 15; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship (Room 247), Hesburgh Library
Creating Impactful Presentations
This workshop will help you gain the skills to create impactful slide decks for professional presentations.
Friday, Oct. 15; 1 to 3 p.m. via Zoom
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2021 Shaheen 3MT Final Competition
Come and support your peers as they compete in this year’s competition explaining their research in less than three minutes. Audience members will get to vote for the People’s Choice Award.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Carey Auditorium, Hesburgh Library
Workshop — “HyperDocs: Designing the Digital Learning Space for Students”
In this workshop, look at the HyperDocs trend in education, review different tech tools for designing and sharing HyperDocs with students and examine how to use a HyperDoc in a learning management system like Canvas.
Friday, Oct. 15; noon to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom
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Research Opportunity:
Practice Statistics and Earn $20
Undergraduate students, take a break from studying and help in an effort to study tests. You have an opportunity to participate in research that will help the psychology lab better understand how different test formats influence test-takers’ experience and performance. Access the prescreening form here. If you complete it and are eligible, a researcher will contact you.
Begins Monday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. online and will continue until at least the end of the fall semester.
Faith and Service
Why Postgraduate Service?
Join the Center for Social Concerns staff for a conversation about how to discern the right postgraduate service program for you. Recent graduate Annie Maguire, who just completed a year of service at Casa Juan Diego in Houston, will also share her experience of postgrad service.
Monday, Oct. 11; 7:30 p.m. in the Coffee House, Geddes Hall
Information Session: Catholic Social Tradition (CST) Minor
Interested in adding an academic minor? The CST Minor is an interdisciplinary program committed to providing undergraduate students with a deeper understanding of the social ramifications of the Catholic faith. Pop into the info session any time to learn more about the minor and hear from program staff and students.
Tuesday, Oct. 12; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 208, Geddes Hall
Information Session: International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP)
Practice global solidarity by participating in ISSLP 2022. The program includes a four-credit course in Catholic social tradition and a four- to eight-week service learning program with organizations around the world. Join the final info session to ask questions and hear from past participants and program staff. Application closes Monday, Oct. 25.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 7 to 8 p.m. in the McNeill Library, Geddes Hall
Health and Recreation
Midterm Stress Relievers
Sponsored by the Student Union Board.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 5 to 7 p.m. in the Dahnke Ballroom, Duncan Student Center
McWell Recess: Connection and Play
You’re invited to take a break with the McWell Senior Fellows at Recess, a weekly event to discover opportunities for active breaks in your busy life. This week, McWell will be on North Quad with an activity to encourage connection and play. Follow @McWellND for more details.
Friday, Oct. 15; 12:30 to 2 p.m. on North Quad
McWell Break Room Special Feature: The Enneagram
The Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. Book the McWell Break Room this month to explore more about the Enneagram, your type and how to support your self-care based on your type. Reserve at mcwell.nd.edu and follow @McWellND for more.
In the McWell Break Room
Lectures and Presentations
Lecture: “Roadmap for a Green Energy Future”
Today, amid widespread coverage of the threats posed by climate change, the world still relies on fossil fuels to meet much of its energy needs. What would a roadmap to a greener future — one that is both just and sustainable — look like? Bill Hederman, a champion for green energy innovation, will deliver this distinguished lecture. Save the date to attend in person. Register to attend via Zoom.
Monday, Oct. 11; 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Room 1030, Jenkins Nanovic Halls, and via Zoom
Lecture — “Common Good Originalism: The Path Forward?”
This lecture features Josh Hammer, opinion editor at Newsweek. Hammer advocates for common good originalism, a jurisprudential framework in which interpreters of legal texts prioritize certain substantive ideals of natural justice and human flourishing. Q&A to follow. Co-sponsored by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
Monday, Oct. 11; 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in the McCartan Courtroom (Room 1170), Eck Hall of Law
Talk: “Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories”
Featuring Sa’ed Atshan, acting associate professor of anthropology, Emory University. This
talk will examine the enduring nature of Western aid to Palestine and how Palestinians endure their lives as humanitarian subjects. This reveals the paradoxes of humanitarianism in both facilitating and subverting colonial processes.
Tuesday, Oct. 12; 4 to 5 p.m. in Room C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Talk: “Historical and Cultural Challenges of Nation-Building Projects in Angola and Mozambique”
Join the conversation about Angola and Mozambique sponsored by the Department for Romance Languages and Literatures and the Teaching Beyond the Classroom grant.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. via Zoom
Lecture — “Clashing Paradigms in the Age of Emergency: Europe’s Mediating Role in Democracy, Human Rights and the Authoritarian Challenge to International Law”
Diane A. Desierto holds a joint appointment in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Notre Dame Law School, where she is professor of law and LLM faculty director. Complimentary lunch will be available 30 minutes prior to the lecture while supplies last.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Elizabeth E. Nanovic Seminar Room (Room 1050), Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Traditional Dance and Modern Music in Tanzania
Today, Tanzania is host to a vibrant music scene. Tanzanian musicians express themselves with a wide range of genres from traditional music and dance of ethnic groups, to newer genres like Bongo Flava. In this cultural conversation, FLTA Clement Kigelulye will share this cultural phenomenon.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 334, Bond Hall
Mexico Virtual Lecture Series — “Building Good Neighbors: Experiential Learning Locally and Abroad”
This presentation will explore how experiential and community-engaged learning, coupled with guided reflection, can have incredible power in advancing cultural empathy and cultural competency to make students better scholars, collaborators, business people and, most importantly, better neighbors to Mexican friends, neighbors and coworkers.
Thursday, Oct. 14; noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom
The Accomplice Project: Physical Launch
Join the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies for the physical launch of Accomplice, a student-led project supported by Kroc’s Mediation Program. The event will bring together the Notre Dame community in discussion around institutional change that is needed to decolonize Notre Dame.
Thursday, Oct. 14; 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies
Presentation — “Lead Free by Three: Lead Poisoning Prevention in St. Joseph County”
The Eck Institute for Global Health collaborates with the St. Joseph County Department of Health to facilitate research and support programs that improve the well-being of residents in and around the county while providing extensive practical experience for master’s-level ND graduates. Juan Esteban Baus will discuss his work on lead poisoning prevention.
Thursday, Oct. 14; 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 1050, Jenkins Nanovic Halls (Zoom link also available)
Engaged Learning Forum — “The Just Wage Initiative: Enlisting Stakeholders in Search of the Common Good at Work”
What makes any given wage just or unjust? That’s the question a group of scholars and students at Notre Dame set out to answer. They’ve come up with a new Just Wage framework and online tool that promotes discernment and dialogue across the economic spectrum in the hopes of fostering a fairer, more inclusive economy. Join in person or via Zoom.
Friday, Oct. 15; 1 to 2:15 p.m. in the Coffee House, Geddes Hall (also via Zoom)
Safety, Parking and Traffic
Joyce Parking Lot Closure to Affect Faculty, Staff and Student Parking
The Joyce Parking Lot closed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, and will re-open at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, for the All Schools Mass, which will be held for local Catholic schools at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The drive directly in front of the Joyce Center is closed and there is no through-traffic allowed into the Joyce Lot. Alternate parking due to this closure is in the Compton and Innovation Park Lots for students and faculty/staff. The campus shuttle from the Bulla Faculty/Staff Lot to the Snite Museum is still available. Any vehicles parked in the Joyce Lot at the time of closure will be towed. For any questions, please contact Thomas Kauble in Parking Services at tkauble@nd.edu. Review the aerial map for more details.
Social Gatherings
Cocktail with a Curator
Join in a program toasting amazing works of art with deliciously themed cocktails. This month, spend time with Joseph Becherer, museum director and curator of sculpture, looking closely at several of Jim Dine’s “Pinnochio” works and then socialize with friends while enjoying cocktails created by Rohr’s bartenders. Must be 21 or older to attend. $10 per person; free for members.
Thursday, Oct. 14; 6 to 7 p.m. in the Snite Museum of Art
“Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Are you looking to experience the perfect cinematic mix of camp, sci-fi and rock ’n ’ roll, complete with live actors? Come and enjoy a live “shadowcast” performance of the classic horror parody “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” There will be food, fun and fancy dance moves aplenty.
Thursday, Oct. 14; 9:30 p.m. to midnight in Legends
English Conversation Table
The English Conversation Table (ECT — formerly English Language Table) is a bi-monthly opportunity to practice English with both native and non-native speakers and to make some new friends in the process. It’s free and open to anyone at Notre Dame.
Friday, Oct. 15; 5 to 6 p.m. via Zoom
Also This Week ...
Canvas Tip: What Do the Icons in the Canvas Gradebook Mean?
The Canvas Grades tab can display different icons for an assignment based on its status or unique grade type. While some assignments are given a point-based grade, others may simply earn a check mark for completion. Learn what all the icons mean to understand how you’re doing.
Open Office Hours with Provost Miranda
Provost Marie Lynn Miranda regularly 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 needed, and you can come with questions or ideas, or just come to say hello.
Wednesday, Oct. 13; 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Sorin Room, LaFortune Student Center