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May 08, 2019

Sheedy Award winner Ernesto Verdeja praised for commitment to peace and justice

For his work in the classroom, Verdeja has been selected to receive the 2018 Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award —...

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April 29, 2019

No Clear Way Forward: Venezuela Experts Discuss Country’s Future

When Margarita López Maya’s husband needed surgery last year, the couple faced an unexpected roadblock: finding a healthy donor for the...

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April 29, 2019

Nicholas Grandpre, ND 2019, has been awarded the John Quincy Adams Society's 2019 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest

His essay, "Conflict with China is Not Inevitable", is published in The National Interest.…

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April 18, 2019

Two Notre Dame faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Declan Kiberd and Dianne Pinderhughes have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest...

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April 17, 2019

Political science and economics alumnus Carlos Lozada wins Pulitzer Prize

Notre Dame faculty member and alumnus Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the Washington Post, is the recipient of...

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April 17, 2019

American Politics and Constitutional Studies Ph.D. candidate, Maryann Kwakwa, named to the first class of the APSA Public Scholarship Program

"Meet the First Class of the APSA Public Scholarship Program"…

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April 16, 2019

Former House Speaker Ryan joins Donnelly, McDonough on Notre Dame faculty

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan will join the University of Notre Dame faculty as a...

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April 16, 2019

Political science and computer science major named 2019 Truman Scholar

Senior Prathm Juneja, of South Bend, Indiana, has been named a 2019 Truman Scholar. Juneja is among 62 students —...

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April 10, 2019

Many coastal homes are unprotected from hurricanes and homeowners have no intention of retrofitting, study finds

According to the study, 62 percent of coastal homeowners are not considering taking any action to reduce the vulnerabilities of...

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April 10, 2019

Juan Albarracin Dierolf, a 2018 Ph.D., awarded an Honorable Mention for the Best Dissertation in Social Sciences – Melhor Tese em Ciências Sóciais (Sérgio Buarque de Holanda prize) by the Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association

Congratulations to Juan Albarracin Dierolf, a 2018 Ph.D., whose dissertation was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Best Dissertation in...

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April 03, 2019

Judge Amul Thapar talks about Scalia and religious liberty

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was well known for his devotion to the Catholic Church and his...

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March 28, 2019

On Capitol Hill, in Hollywood, and in the medical field, Arts and Letters students gain valuable skills and experience through summer internships

From the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., to FX Networks in Los Angeles, Notre Dame students gain valuable...

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March 26, 2019

Research with a Purpose: Dissertation Year Fellow Studies Conflict, Police Reform

Research can and should solve real-world problems. That’s according to Lucía Tiscornia, a dissertation year fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International...

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March 21, 2019

Rice and Kerry find common ground at Notre Dame

Former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (M.S. ’75) took the stage Tuesday night...

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February 27, 2019

‘Scattered But Still Connected’: Relationships Built at Kellogg Lead to Research Project in Uruguay

A new research project on policing in Uruguay indirectly got its start at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. “Police...

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February 27, 2019

Video: The political science major at Notre Dame

What is the political science major like at Notre Dame? “A lot of people think that political science is just...

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February 15, 2019

‘The Reality Is That Nobody Knows’: Experts Address Venezuela’s Future

In Venezuela, food is increasingly scarce, millions have fled the country in recent years, and two men have claimed the...

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February 07, 2019

Army ROTC cadet blends history and political science research to study causes of human trafficking in home state

Senior Mary Ninneman has been to Thailand, Greece, and Washington, D.C., studying the causes and effects of human trafficking —...

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December 14, 2018

Political scientist Vincent Phillip Muñoz awarded NEH fellowship, continuing record funding for humanities research

Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and concurrent associate professor of law, has been offered a fellowship from...

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November 29, 2018

Emilia Justyna Powell and Ilana Rothkopf present paper in Algeria

Associate Professor Emilia Justyna Powell and Graduate Student Ilana Rothkopf recently traveled to Algeria by official invitation from the Algerian...

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