Georgetown University announced Monday that it has appointed Dr. Fauci the Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine’s department of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
Higher Education
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Do Catholic universities have a future?
The central concern of the Rev. James Heft in his new book is not only how “to preserve the continuity of the Catholic intellectual tradition, but also recognize how it might be adapted.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith in Focus
Writing music for the women of the Passion helped me embrace the contradictions of being Catholic
The Notre Dame Folk Choir was like a family I did not want to leave behind.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Can you be a theologian outside of academia? I’m going to find out.
A doctorate in theology does not qualify you for much outside of being a theology professor, and I have been nothing but a graduate student or professor since I was 21.
Posted inFaith, News
Traditional Latin Mass moves off Steubenville campus after Vatican restrictions
A Catholic university in Ohio is making alternate arrangements for students to attend what is commonly called the “traditional Latin Mass,” after the local bishop implemented recently issued restrictions from the Vatican.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
A Catholic bookworm’s guide to March Madness
America isn’t always great about sports coverage—but college basketball has been an exception, particularly when it comes to March Madness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The Cambridge critics who revolutionized the way you read
With his new book ‘The Critical Revolutionaries,’ Terry Eagleton focuses on the scholars who revolutionized literary study and foreshadowed the New Criticism movement that became widespread in mid-century American universities.
Posted inGoodNews, Politics & Society
Formerly incarcerated men now pursuing higher education find community at Harlem’s Ignacio House
Since 2019, Ignacio House has housed 15 “resident scholars” who study at N.Y. colleges and universities at a site in the Bronx.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An anti-racism examen for Jesuit universities
Jesuit colleges and universities can and must embrace anti-racism efforts by drawing from our mission.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Father Mike Schmitz balances a popular media ministry with being a college campus priest
Podcast episodes and YouTube videos featuring Father Michael Schmitz rack up thousands, even millions, of views. But for students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Father Mike isn’t a celebrity priest. He’s their chaplain.