University of Notre Dame students were awarded 12 Fulbright grants for 21.4 percent of its total number of applicants for the 2011-12 academic year, placing them among the top 15 universities in the nation.

The U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, Fulbright recently announced the complete list of colleges and universities that produced the most 2011-2012 U.S. Fulbright students. The success of the top-producing institutions is highlighted in the Oct. 24 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More

The University of Notre Dame's student newspaper, the Observer ran an article on Oct. 27 about a song that honors Congregation of Holy Cross founder Blessed Basil Moreau. A portion of that article appears below ...

Director of folk choir speaks at Saint Mary's

Composer Steve Warner said it is exciting to watch different communities adapt and work with his song "Cross of Our Hope" in a lecture at Saint Mary's Wednesday evening. Read More

Yesterday (Oct. 24), the Vatican issued a document calling for the gradual creation of an international political authority empowered to regulate financial markets and address the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document argues that the current global economic crisis illustrates the urgency of establishing such an authority.

According to Rev. Oliver Williams, C.S.C., “many people will not find this a good idea, given the poor record of United Nations countries in human rights, for example, but the document stresses that we begin thinking about this matter, not that it be done overnight.” Read More

University of Portland has been named the top producer of Fulbright scholars in the nation among “master’s universities” for the second consecutive year, according to a study released today by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read More

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the board of directors of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), the non-partisan, non-profit organization that has sponsored and produced all U.S. presidential and vice presidential debates since 1988.

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A new collaboration between the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) and Athletics Department is bringing a new experience to young people in the South Bend area, combining the excitement of Fighting Irish football and the development of life skills that can convey inspiration and success.

The new collaboration, called the Irish Experience League initiative, brings together ACE’s Play Like a Champion Today® (PLC) educational program and the Youth and Community Programs office within Notre Dame Athletics. Read More

The Angelus Student Film Festival, celebrating its 16^th year, will present its 2011 winners and finalists with more than $50,000 in cash awards and industry prizes at its screening and awards ceremony, Saturday, October 8, at the Directors Guild of America. Read More

It was a joyous homecoming on Friday, Oct. 7 for Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C. The Wilkes-Barre native, was inaugurated as King's College ninth president for the Congregation of the Holy Cross school. Read More

Religious scholar Dr. Anita Houck will explore the conversation between Catholic Christian theology and the lived experience of single adults during two upcoming public lectures at King’s College. Houck is the 33rd speaker in the history of theMoreau Lectures series at King’s. Read More

“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”

That plea, issued by Blessed Pope John Paul II in his encyclical letter “Evangelium Vitae,” (The Gospel of Life), has been taken up by the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association, which is sponsoring a month-long campaign of prayer for the protection of all human life from conception to natural death. Read More

In an ongoing effort to help young men interested in discerning a call to religious life and the priesthood with the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers, the Office of Vocations recently launched a revamped, interactive website, www.holycrossvocations.org. The robust website now features valuable tools designed to first introduce potential candidates to what a life as a Holy Cross priest or brother entails, and then helps lead the men deeper into their discernment process. Read More

The Wernle Youth & Family Treatment Center will recognize Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, with its 2011 national Catalyst for Change Award at a dinner Oct. 5.

Located in Richmond, Ind., Wernle is a family-focused, child-centered agency that provides opportunities for the growth and development of troubled children and their families – individually, interpersonally and socially – through caring programs and healing relationships. The residential treatment facility annually assists some 200 children and families in Indiana and Ohio. Read More

Rev. John Ryan, C.S.C., will be formally inaugurated as the ninth president of King’s College at a Convocation ceremony to be held at on Friday, Oct. 7. Read More

The University of Portland Pamplin School of Business Administration is one of 294 outstanding institutions for master’s in business administration (MBA) students, according to the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual Best Business Schools guidebook. The Princeton Review surveyed more than 19,000 students at the best AACSB-accredited MBA programs in the world to compile the rankings. Read More