Building a Beloved Community

What’s Your Next Step? with Nydia Morales-Soto

Last month, Notre Dame observed the 10th annual Walk the Walk Week. Now we ask: How do we continue building an ever more welcoming and inclusive campus community? Nydia Morales-Soto, chair of Somos ND, a year-long recognition of the more than 160 years of Hispanic and Latino contributions to Notre Dame, shares her next step toward building a Beloved Community.

What Would You Fight For?

Santiago Schnell’s fight for those with rare disease is personal; listen to his touching letter to his family

Ahead of Rare Disease Awareness Day this Friday, February 28, Santiago Schnell, the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, shares what fuels his personal commitment to advancing rare disease research that changes lives.

Plus, watch University social media channels Friday for more Rare Disease Awareness Day content, and share with your colleagues and friends.

Hear more of the story behind this What Would You Fight For?

Rare diseases are more common than you think, and Notre Dame isn’t forgetting about the people at the heart of this fight. Notre Dame Stories talks to Barb Calhoun and Sean Kassen about the critical link between rare disease research and patient advocacy

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Mark your calendar for the Spring Staff Town Hall

All staff members are invited to attend a town hall on Tuesday, March 18, to hear from University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., Executive Vice President Shannon Cullinan, Vice President for Human Resources Heather Christophersen, and Vice President and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua. Click to view all sessions and times.

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Dan Cook joins facilities design and operations as University architect and vice president

Cook arrived on campus last month after serving as executive director of planning, design, and construction at the University of Texas at Austin. A 1996 Notre Dame alumnus, he succeeds Doug Marsh, who will continue as a key leader of the facilities design and operations team through May.

Research

Legacy in preservation: Notre Dame safeguards irreplaceable manuscripts

For more than six decades, Notre Dame has played a pivotal role in ensuring timeless treasures can never be lost, housing approximately 12,000 reels of microfilm containing reproductions of the collections of Biblioteca Ambrosiana, a 400-year-old library in Italy.

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Research

Notre Dame develops data-driven approach to fight homelessness

A new homelessness prevention toolkit provides a step-by-step guide for launching, operating, and managing an effective homelessness prevention system. Read more about the research and collaboration coming from the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO).