Notre Dame's Digital Visualization Theater (Astrophysics): Professor on Christmas "Star"

Events at www.nd.edu/

Friday December 8, 2017, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: DVT in Jordan Hall of Science (View on map.nd.edu)

 

An astrophysics perspective presented by Grant Mathews, professor of physics.

Was it a comet, a nova, a supernova or a planet alignment? Who were the "wise men from the East"? Professor Grant Mathews will review the many astronomical postulates and describe the evidence and possible answers to the nature and time of this special event.

Followed by a special video presentation of “A Season of Lights” by Loch Ness Productions.

Originally published at physics.nd.edu.

Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, December 9, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. in the Digital Visualization Theater.

https://events.nd.edu/events/2017/12/08/what-when-was-the-christmas-star/

Winter Storm Warning in effect (Berrien County, Michigan) -- Friday & Saturday

National Weather Service posted this WARNING statement on Friday 12/8/2017:

HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. PLAN ON DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 9 INCHES, ARE EXPECTED. * WHERE... IN INDIANA, LA PORTE AND ST. JOSEPH IN COUNTIES. IN MICHIGAN, BERRIEN COUNTY. * WHEN... FROM 1 AM EST  SATURDAY TO 12:01 AM SUNDAY NIGHT LATE. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
details at www.weather.com/ 

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

December 6 (annual Saint's Day) -- especially observed in Germany, Austria, and other German-speaking nations // other European nations / churches / families

Pope Francis and Nuclear Weapons -- a Panel Discussion (Univ. of Notre Dame): Dec. 5, 2017

www.nd.edu/ EVENTS  4 - 5:15 p.m. Tuesday Dec. 5 -- C103 Hesburgh Center for International Studies, Campus, University of Notre Dame
Panel Discussion: "The Pope and the Bomb"

A panel discussion featuring:

Gerard Powers: Moderator

Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies

Michael Desch

Professor of Political Science; Director, Notre Dame International Security Center

Chris Haw

PhD candidate, Theology & Peace Studies

Kathleen Kollman

MGA ’19, Global Affairs​

Mackenzie Nolan

B.A. ’19, Political Science

While President Trump was in Asia dealing with North Korea’s nuclear program, five University of Notre Dame faculty and 12 current and recent students participated in a major Vatican conference on nuclear disarmament. The conference “Perspectives for a world free from nuclear weapons and for integral disarmament,” was ​convened by Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Nov. 10-11, 2017.

 The gathering, which was meant to further the momentum of a July 2017 treaty banning nuclear weapons,​ was highlighted by a groundbreaking address by Pope Francis, in which he declared that “the threat of their [nuclear weapons] use, as well as their very possession, is to be firmly condemned.”

What is the significance of this conference and the Pope’s address? How will the Catholic Church’s efforts to stigmatize nuclear weapons impact the wider debate on nuclear proliferation and disarmament? What are the pastoral implications of a moral condemnation of nuclear weapons? How can Notre Dame students and faculty become more engaged on nuclear issues?

Documentary: "Dolores" -- on life and impact of Farm Workers Union activist / feminist -- Center Human Rights, IUSB

Tuesday December 5, 2017

 crhc:film / documentary | "Dolores"
 6pm to 8pm

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. 

With unprecedented access, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. 

From Director Peter Bratt and Executive Producer Carlos Santana, "Dolores" is currently in limited release around the United States, and this South Bend (1040 W. Washington) showing is currently the only showing in Indiana.

www.iusb.edu/  EVENTS -- Center for Civil Rights -- www.crhc.iusb.edu/ 

Jewish Tradition and Human Rights: Rabbi Arik Ascherman - Torah Tzedek at Notre Dame Noon Dec. 5

Time: Tuesday December 5, 2017, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

Rabbi Arik Ascherman

Founder and Director of Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice)

Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice) is an Israeli human rights NGO founded in September 2017 by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, who led Rabbis for Human Rights for 21 years. Its goals are to strive for a society that honors God’s image in every human being, and for the human rights that this necessitates, and to educate society that honoring God’s image in every human being, protecting human rights and taking concrete action to further these goals is a human and religious obligation in general, and in particular a Jewish religious obligation. For many who support a human rights agenda in Israel and around the world, Rabbi Ascherman serves as a role model, demonstrating that it is both possible and obligatory for a religious Jew to work for universal human rights and uphold international law, based on the Jewish tradition.

www.nd.edu/ EVENTS

Holiday Historic Walking Tour - Dec. 3, 2017 from 1 - 5 p.m. West Washington, South Bend IN near west side

https://downtownsouthbend.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2017%20Holiday%20Historic%20Walking%20Tour%20Brochure.pdf#overlay-context=holiday-events-2017

Open to the public and all ages -- Free

While there will be guides at some locations, most of the tour is self-guided.

Sponsored Downtown South Bend -- see www.DowntownfortheHolidays.com/

(574)-282-1110