Peter S. Gonzales, ND ‘16 and JD ‘19, joins ILS Advisory Council

Peter S. Gonzales, a commercial litigation associate at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, is the newest member of the Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) Advisory Council.

As a young alum on the council, he will advance Notre Dame’s mission by serving as an ambassador for ND in his community and profession. Specifically, he will provide counsel and professional expertise, advance research aims, leverage his networks to provide opportunities for students and graduates, and support University priorities, including those relevant to ILS. Read More

James Goodwin '61 Featured in Notre Dame Magazine

PLS/GP alumus James Goodwin '61 was recently featured in Notre Dame Magazine. Goodwin is an attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the publisher of the city's Black newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle. In September, Goodwin also participated in the ND Klau Center's "Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary" project, where he spoke about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. You can watch the video here Read More

PLS alumnus and political scholar Chris Beem ’83 on how liberal arts students develop valuable professional skills

With a Side of Knowledge is a podcast produced by the Office of the Provost at the University of Notre Dame. The 10th episode of the show’s third season, “On Democracy and Difficult Questions,” was released Thursday, Dec. 5, and features Chris Beem, managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University. Read More

Program of Liberal studies alumnus uses big data to fight inequality in education

For his entire academic career, Sean Reardon ’86 has sought to use his passions — the humanities and quantitative research — to make a difference in the field of education. One of the nation’s leading experts on educational inequality, Reardon researches how opportunities and outcomes vary in the United States for students of different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds. Reardon’s path to his current position, Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education at Stanford University, is long and sprawling. It includes stops on a South Dakota Indian Reservation, a New Jersey Quaker school, and further academic work at Harvard and Penn State — but it all began at Notre Dame. Read More

Michael Leary-Presidential Appointment

The President nominated Michael Leary (PLS '86) to fill the position of Inspector General of the Social Security Administration. We have included the link to the White House web site for the announcement.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/18/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts Read More

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Peter S. Gonzales, ND ‘16 and JD ‘19, joins ILS Advisory Council

James Goodwin '61 Featured in Notre Dame Magazine

PLS alumnus and political scholar Chris Beem ’83 on how liberal arts students develop valuable professional skills

Program of Liberal studies alumnus uses big data to fight inequality in education

Michael Leary-Presidential Appointment