To blend past and present, art and teaching, FiresideND and NDWorks Podcast step inside to see the sights and hear the sounds of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, opened to the public Friday, December 1, 2023.

Inside the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, a sprawling space has been crafted to unite classic and contemporary in a dance that engages the senses. From its stunning atrium, rich with natural light, to a chapel bringing a light of its own to this sacred space, the new centerpiece of the University of Notre Dame’s Arts Gateway is poised for a new chapter of engagement with the arts. Director of Internal Communications Jenna Liberto talks with Becherer as the finishing touches are being put on the new museum — a centerpiece of Notre Dame’s Arts Gateway. Joe Becherer, director and curator of sculpture for the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, shares his hopes for these new artistic spaces and why it’s time for Notre Dame’s art collections to shine.

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Episode Topic: Designing to the Rhythms of Time (https://go.nd.edu/26b947)

The 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate Ben Pentreath will join us to discuss the importance of combining architecture and artistry to create urban environments that are beautiful and sustainable for generations. He will lean on his experience as a master planner to illustrate how designing in harmony within local landscape, heritage, and climate allows for an authentic experience for its community members. He will also share his views on the importance of beauty alongside conservation and how to best design for the communities of the world.

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Episode Topic: The Neuroscience of Design: What All Architects Need to Know 

Mark Hewitt’s research on the neuroscience of design is gaining interest across the architectural field. He will discuss his work and discoveries that are based on scientific studies about visual perception and cognition. His lecture, based on his book Draw in Order to See: A Cognitive History of Architectural Design, will expand on how architecture and science influence the modern mind.

Featured Speakers:

• Mark Alan Hewitt, FAIA, is one of America’s foremost scholar-architects.

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Restoring Reason, Hope, and Faith in Architecture. 

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Episode Topic: Economy, Community, and Moral Theology

Ethics at Work Crew chats with Fr. Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C. '13, '19 MDiv. Fr. Gil has a variety of interests: economy, technology, ecology, and communion theology. Interestingly, Fr. Gil tells us that communion and community should be at the forefront of the way we think about economy.

Featured Speakers:

• Fr. Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C. '13, '19 MDiv, Holy Cross Priest and doctoral student in Moral Theology in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America.

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Ethics at Work. 

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Episode Topic: Economy, Community, and Moral Theology

Today the Ethics at Work Crew chats with Fr. Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C. '13, '19 MDiv. Fr. Gil has a variety of interests: economy, technology, ecology, and communion theology. Interestingly, Fr. Gil tells us that communion and community should be at the forefront of the way we think about economy.

In today’s episode, we set the scene for understanding community through the lens of The Road by Cormac McCarthy to begin to unpack how economy involves relationships and meaning. This book gives us an image of communion, which structures everything about the Christian faith. Fr. Gil views the economy as a means for relationships. He pushes us to see each other at the ends of economic exchange and invites us to remember our relationships and human dignity in these exchanges. Looking at the messy human relationships across economic communities, Fr. Gil highlights how technology obscures the relationships that drive the economy. He reminds us that the common good can only be achieved in the collective, so setting up communities of virtue require relationships and common deliberation. Justice starts with an internal disposition of charity toward the other met by systems that enable the common deliberation. Just technologies encourage us to see each other more clearly and to act with charity towards each other.

We invite you to consider with us the social concerns at the heart of economic exchange and to consider the people inside and across our economic endeavors.

Featured Speakers:

• Paul Blaschko, Ph.D., assistant teaching professor at the University of Notre Dame
• Megan Levis, Ph.D., assistant professor of the practice with Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns and with the College of Engineering
• Walter Scheirer, Ph.D., the Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame
•  Fr. Gilbrian Stoy, C.S.C. '13, '19 MDiv., Holy Cross Priest and doctoral student in Moral Theology in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America.

The Ethics at Work podcast is edited and produced by Nat Todaro and Megan Levis. To learn more about the ethics at work project you can find us at ethicsatwork.nd.edu.

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Ethics at Work Podcast.

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Episode Topic: The Higher Calling of Education

As part of the Virtues & Vocations webinar series, Conversations on Character and the Common Good, we are pleased to welcome Laurie Patton to discuss The Higher Calling of Education. Dr. Patton is the 17th president of Middlebury, and the first woman to lead the institution in its over 200-year history. Before coming to Middlebury, Patton was the Dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion. Her scholarly interests are in the interpretation of early Indian ritual and narrative, comparative mythology, literary theory in the study of religion, and women and Hinduism in contemporary India. The live conversation will include time for audience questions.

Featured Speakers:

• Suzanne Shanahan is Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director and Professor of the Practice at Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns
• Laurie L. Patton is the 17th president of Middlebury, and the first woman to lead the institution in its 222-year history. Patton joined Middlebury in 2015 after serving as dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and as the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion.

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Episode Topic: Middle Eastern Cultural Landscapes - Sustainable Recovery and Development

Focusing on how to build and create continuity and consistency with the remaining historic fabric of a place, landscape architect and designer Annalinda Neglia will speak about the deterioration of Middle Eastern cities, in particular. This lecture will help listeners understand the cultural expressions of places, how authenticity, continuity, and connecting both tangible and intangible heritages were created, and how they can be built today.

Featured Speakers:

• Giulia Annalinda Neglia is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at the Department of Civil Engineering Sciences and Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy). 

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Restoring Reason, Hope and Faith in Architecture. 

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Join us for a conversation with Admiral Christopher W. Grady ’84, the 12th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Bryan P. Fenton ’87, the 13th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command — two of 41 active-duty four-star officers in the U.S. uniformed services — as they discuss the long tradition of military and public service shared by Notre Dame alumni.

Associate Vice President for Federal and Washington Relations Laura McAleer ’98 moderates the discussion and explores the distinguished careers of our honored guests.

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Episode topic: African American Architects 1865-1945

This lecture delves into some of the least-known contributions of African American architects during the crucial period of emancipation to the end of World War II. The discourse will highlight speaker Dreck Spurlock Wilson’s editing and compiling of the book African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945, which prompts exploration of the historical influence of those who are virtually unknown in the world of architecture.

Featured Speakers:
Dreck Spurlock Wilson, ASLA, NOMA is a graduate of Iowa State University and the University of Chicago. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Architectural History at Howard University and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Morgan State University.

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Episode topic: Fukushima - Resilience, Recovery, and Redemption

On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima coastline in eastern Japan experienced a devastating triple disaster. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake, so strong that it shifted the earth’s axis, caused a tsunami that generated 50-foot waves. And even though the tsunami caused most of the 18,500 disaster-related deaths, the most globally recognized disaster is the nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which led to the yearslong evacuation of 200,000 people in the region.

Even though these disasters occurred more than 12 years ago, their effects linger, and many people in Fukushima are still determining how to rebuild their lives.

In May, a Notre Dame research team of three faculty members, five undergraduate students, and an engineering alumnus visited Japan to examine resilience from multiple perspectives—business, engineering, culture, science, economics and more.

With sponsorship from the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, the team interviewed Fukushima residents who have returned to their homes; small business owners who are hoping to revitalize the area; mental health professionals who are helping families cope with the lingering trauma of the disasters; and many others who are invested in the renewal of the area.

The team also had the opportunity to tour the Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which is still in the process of being decommissioned, and the evacuation zone of abandoned homes, businesses, and communities. 

Moderator:

• Michel Hockx, Director, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs

Speakers:

• Jessica McManus Warnell, Rex and Alice A. Martin Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, Management & Organization Teaching Professor, Mendoza College of Business
• Noriko Hanabusa, Japanese Language Teaching Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Robert Wachter '21, Assistant Consultant and Water Resources Engineer at civil engineering firm WSP USA

Additional Resources:

• John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
• Real Fukushima Tours
• Futubaya Ryokan
• article: Allan Njomo presents Fukushima research at the 31st annual Association for Practical and Professional Ethics International Conference
• Article: Winter session course focuses on Fukushima disaster and recovery
• Video: Anthropocene Lessons from Japanese History

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