The ThinkND Podcast

Episode Topic: Improving Community Outcomes Listen in to a conversation among researchers, practitioners, and community partners on how they engaged in deep learning from the unexpected results of a multi-year randomized controlled trial study on preventing homelessness. Featured Speakers: Carrie Cihak, King County Evidence & Impact OfficerVincent Quan, Co-Executive Director, J

Episode Topic: New Light on the Victor Emmanuel II Monument (https://go.nd.edu/c924ee) 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 join the School of Architecture as Paolo Coen provides a deeper understanding of its role in shaping modern Rome and their u

Episode Topic: Is Women's Literature...Bad? Trashy romances. Sizzling beach reads. Chick lit. Fluff. As a culture, why do we describe women’s literature in the words that we do? In this episode, Chris Hedlin, assistant director and assistant teaching professor in the Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society at Notre Dame, talks with Ashley Reed, Associate Profess

Episode Topic: Four Poetas on Catholic Imagination Experience a Letras Latinas reading and conversation featuring Adela Najarro, Natalia Treviño, Gina Franco, and Sarah Cortez at Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture fall 2024 conference Ever Ancient, Ever New: On Catholic Imagination. These writers of faith continue to draw on the wisdom, wonder, and beauty of th

Episode Topic: Christology Contemplate Thomas Aquinas’ writings on the predestination of Christ, Christ’s knowledge and our virtue, and Christ’s co-assumption of power through the lens of Christology, the branch of Christian theology concerned with Jesus’ person, role, and nature. 00:00 Introduction and Joshua Lim's Talk on Christ's Predestination 07:42 Bonaventure's Interp

Episode Topic: Indigenizing Galleries This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Indigenous Voices. How do we go about changing inaccurate representations of Native people and Native artists? How can galleries and museums become safe community spaces for contemporary Indigenous voices? Listen in to Debra Yepa-Pappan, Co-Founder and Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Cen

Episode Topic: That's Women's Work (A History) How did some kinds of labor in the U.S. – care work, teaching, and domestic chores, for example – come to be seen as properly the concern of women, while other kinds of work, like business careers and scholarly pursuits, became coded masculine? In this episode, listen in to a conversation with Dr. Dan Graff, Director of the Higgins

In this edition of Expl(ai)ned, a monthly newsletter by The New AI Project, explore DeepSeek’s market-upending release, President Trump’s second-term approach to regulation, and AI in the Super Bowl. In Taming AI, a column about ethics, policies, and regulation, examine the emerging “tech oligarchy” and the evolving relationship between the tech industry and U.S. politics.

Delve into the historical practice of cross-dressing in Shakespeare’s theater, the narrative trope of cross-dressing heroines, as well as the contemporary practices of cross-casting in modern Shakespeare productions. Moderated by Jennifer Birkett ’23 Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate at Shakespeare at Notre Dame, the conversation features Peter Holland, McMeel Family Chair

What will the process of creation and renewal look like by 2035? How will we leverage innovation to meet the challenges of the future in areas from our power grid and collaborative intelligence to community health and resilience building? Explore questions, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade. Let these ideas serve as a springboard for struc