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Celebrating Our Sorin Fellows of the Class of 2026
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture congratulates the 203 student Sorin Fellows who completed their studies at…
de Nicola Center Presents Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Wm. David Solomon
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture presented the 2026 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal—the nation’s most important award for heroes of the pro-life movement—to the family of the late Wm. David Solomon, associate professor of philosophy emeritus and founding director of the Center, at a Mass and dinner attended by more than 400 guests on May 1, 2026, at the University of Notre Dame.
Remembering de Nicola Center Faculty Fellow Ernest Morrell
Postdoctoral Fellow James Wilson on Studying the Bible and Literature
James Wilson, the de Nicola Center’s 2025–26 postdoctoral fellow, has long held a fascination with Southern writer William Faulkner. The author became the subject of Wilson’s dissertation at the University of Cambridge, which Wilson is currently working to develop into a book.
Myser Fellow Angela Knobel on Motherhood and the Moral Life
Angela Knobel is no stranger to South Bend. The de Nicola Center’s 2025–26 Myser Visiting Fellow received her doctorate in philosophy from Notre Dame and considers the University a second home. “I’ve always loved Notre Dame,” she says. “From the moment I set foot on campus as a prospective graduate student a million years ago, Notre Dame has felt like home to me. I remember walking around campus all those years ago thinking, ‘I can be happy here.’” Now an accomplished professor of philosophy at the University of Dallas, Knobel is spending this year as the de Nicola Center’s Myser Fellow researching and reflecting on the theme of motherhood in preparation for a new book, Other Selves: Motherhood and the Moral Life.
Welcoming Visiting Scholar Rev. Roberto Regoli
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture is pleased to partner with the University of Notre Dame’s Global Catholic Research Initiative to welcome Rev. Roberto Regoli to the University as a visiting scholar for the Spring 2026 semester. Father Regoli is professor of contemporary Church history and former director of the Department of History and Cultural Heritage of the Church at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, as well as the recently appointed president of the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger–Benedict XVI. During his residency with the de Nicola Center, Father Regoli will serve as the inaugural visiting fellow of Notre Dame’s Global Catholic Research Initiative.