dCEC Welcomes David Younger as Student Formation Program Manager
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture is pleased to welcome David Younger to the staff as its new Student Formation Program Manager, where he will oversee the more than 300…
dCEC Director Honored by St. Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Dallas
The St. Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Dallas honored O. Carter Snead, professor of law at…
dCEC to Present 2022 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Dr. John Bruchalski, MD
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame will present the 2022 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Dr. John T. Bruchalski,…
Director and Fellows of de Nicola Center cited in Landmark 6th Circuit Dissent Calling for Roe to be Overturned
dCEC Director Carter Snead Files Amicus Brief in Landmark Abortion Case
dCEC Director Carter Snead to Receive Expanded Reason Award
O. Carter Snead, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School and director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, will receive the 2021 Expanded Reason Award…
Center Director Interviewed in Wall Street Journal
Center Director Coauthors Statement on Moral Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccines
"March On, Notre Dame!" Highlights the University's Pro-Life Commitment
January 27, 2021 – The University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture has released a video entitled "March On, Notre…
de Nicola Center’s Winter Conference to Discuss Our Obligations to One Another
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame will present a virtual conference January 12–14,…
dCEC to Present 2021 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Vicki Thorn
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame will present the 2021 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Vicki Thorn, founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Project Rachel and executive director of the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing, at a celebration on April 24.
“Vicki Thorn’s work is a living witness to the unconditional love and mercy that lies at the heart of the Culture of Life,” said O. Carter Snead, the director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. “We originally wanted to honor Vicki this past April at a gala celebration gathered with hundreds of friends and champions of life, but the pandemic and associated safety protocols necessitated a postponement. We look forward to presenting her with the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal in 2021.”
dCEC to Host Panel Discussion about Racism and the Culture of Life
Announcement About the 2020 Notre Dame Fall Conference
It is with a heavy heart that the de Nicola Center announces the cancellation of our 2020 Fall Conference, originally scheduled to take…
dCEC to Present 2020 Vita Institute Pro-Life Intellectual Formation Program via Webinar Series
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will present the 2020 Notre Dame Vita Institute, its annual intellectual formation program for pro-life leaders, as a series of five…
NDLS Dean G. Marcus Cole: "I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something."
The following essay was shared with the Notre Dame Law School faculty by G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law. We are proud to publish it with his permission:
I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something.
– G. Marcus Cole
Over the past several days, I have received numerous messages of care and support from friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, each of whom simply wanted to express their concern for how I might be feeling in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. For many, I am perhaps one of the only African-American men in their social or business circles. Others, especially those who know me well, are cognizant of my own personal experiences with racial violence. Their expressions of love and support are rooted in the fact that the circumstances surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are strikingly similar to my own accounts of an attack on my father over fifty years ago, one I witnessed as a little boy. What my friends may not know, but surely suspect, is that each report of racial violence at the hands of a police officer or group of men brings to the surface the vivid memories of that terrible night.
dCEC Celebrates Our 103 Graduating Sorin Fellows
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture salutes the more than 100 student Sorin Fellows who completed their studies at Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and Holy Cross College in 2020. In all, 75 undergraduates and 28 graduate and professional school Sorin Fellows joined their classmates in virtual…
Notre Dame Sends 800 to the 2020 March For Life
On January 24, more than 800 students, faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross…
In Memoriam: Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020)
Sir Roger Scruton by Pete Helme
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture mourns the death of philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, who died of complications…
2019 In Review: A Banner Year for the dCEC
In 2019, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture celebrated its twentieth year of sharing the richness of the Catholic moral and intellectual tradition both…
Michael Bradley Awarded Polking Family Fellowship for Law Studies
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture is pleased to announce the recipient of the Polking Family Fellowship for the 2019–20 academic year. Michael Bradley, who earned his Bachelor…
dCEC's John Finnis Appointed as Companion of the Order of Australia
In the Queen's Birthday Honours announced on June 10, 2019, John M. Finnis, a Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture…
20th Annual Fall Conference to Discuss Friendship
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture is pleased to invite abstract submissions for its 20th annual Fall Conference, November 7–9, 2019. This year's conference will explore the theme…
dCEC Co-hosts Conferences in Paris Discussing the Political Dimensions of the Church
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame is cohosting a pair of colloquia in Paris to take place May 27–29, 2019, at the Law School of the Université…
dCEC Presents Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Women's Care Center
de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture Dedication Celebration
His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was the principal celebrant and homilist at the dedication Mass for the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on April 26, 2019.
Watch the April 27th Evangelium Vitae Medal Presentation on YouTube
The University of Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will present the 2019 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to the Women’s Care Center Foundation at a Mass and banquet…
dCEC Director Carter Snead to deliver 16th Annual Harvey Lecture
Anthony and Christie de Nicola Make Transformative $10 Million Gift to Support the CEC
Established in 1999, the Center for Ethics and Culture has long been part of the University of Notre Dame’s wider efforts to share the richness of the Catholic…
CEC Director Carter Snead Comments on Gene-Edited Babies
2019 Evangelium Vitae Medal to be Presented to the Women's Care Center
The Center for Ethics and Culture will award the 2019 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal — an award for heroes of the pro-life movement — to the Women’s Care Center Foundation.