52 Sorin Fellows to Walk in 2018 Commencement
This May, more than 50 participants in the Center for Ethics and Culture's Sorin Fellows student formation program will graduate as part of the Class of 2018 from the University of Notre Dame. Established in…
CEC Presents Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Mary Ann Glendon
The Center for Ethics and Culture presented the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Harvard Law School…
CNN Publishes Op-Ed by CEC Director Carter Snead on What the Alfie Evans Case Laid Bare
In a piece entitled "The Alfie Evans case is straight out of a dystopia," CEC Director O. Carter Snead wrote,
Little Alfie Evans has recently passed away, but the struggle
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CEC Director Carter Snead Comments on US Abortion Law and the Irish 8th Amendment
In an Irish Times op-ed responding to an earlier letter claiming that many American states "have very conservative abortion laws," CEC Director O. Carter Snead corrected…
CEC Public Policy Fellow to Speak at UN
Center for Ethics and Culture Public Policy Fellow Mary O'Callaghan will be a featured speaker at a panel discussion about Down Syndrome hosted by the Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission…
In Memoriam: Germain Grisez (1929-2018)
The Center for Ethics and Culture mourns the death of philosopher Germain Gabriel Grisez, professor emeritus of Mount Saint Mary's University,…
Pausing to Reflect on Pro-Life Victories
As the United States observes the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court's tragic and misguided decision to deny unborn children the equal protection of the law, the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, the university's primary locus of pro-life research, teaching, and public engagement, has stepped…
Largest ND Contingent Ever Join in March For Life 2018
On January 19, the Center partnered with the Notre Dame Right to Life student club to send 1,034 students and nearly 100 faculty and staff to the…
CEC Presents Vita Institute: New York
A Grateful Thanks: 2017 CEC Year in Review
As 2017 draws to a close, the director and staff of the Center for Ethics and Culture would like to extend a sincere "Thank you!" to the many benefactors and friends who have helped us further our mission to…
Statement on Fall Conference Presentation by John Waters
O. Carter Snead, the William P. and Hazel B. White Director of the Center for Ethics and Culture, issued the following statement addressing questions related to John Waters's presentation at the Center's 18th Annual Fall Conference:
The history of the Mother and Baby…
CEC's 18th Annual Fall Conference Explores Good and Evil
More than 750 scholars and guests are gathering at the University of Notre Dame for the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 18th annual interdisciplinary Fall Conference, “Through Every Human Heart,”…
Carter Snead Reappointed to Pontifical Academy for Life
Carter Snead, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture and professor of law, has been re-appointed as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life, the pope’s principal advisory group on life issues and bioethics.
CEC Welcomes Two New Program Managers to the Staff
The Center for Ethics and Culture welcomes two new staffers to the CEC this week. Petra Farrell and Pete Hlabse join the team to oversee and further develop the student formation and culture of life programming at the CEC.
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Mary Ann Glendon to receive 2018 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal
The University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture will award the 2018 Notre Dame Evangelium…
CEC Launches "Ethics and Culture Cast" Podcast Series
The Center for Ethics and Culture launched a bi-weekly podcast series, Ethics and Culture Cast, featuring lively conversations with professors, fellows, and friends of the Center. Hosted by the CEC's communications…
Nash Promoted to CEC Associate Director for Operations
Laura Nash, Center for Ethics and Culture Event Planning Program Manager, has been promoted to Associate Director for Operations. In the newly created position, she will oversee the Center's day-to-day operations…
ND Vita Institute Prepares Pro-Life Leaders for Worldwide Mission
Current and future pro-life leaders from around the world gathered on the campus of the University of Notre Dame for a week-long…
Center Participates in Convocation on Catholic Social Thought
From May 31–June 2, Carter Snead, director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, participated in an exclusive meeting of the directors of the leading US university centers and institutes whose work focuses on Catholic Social Thought. The convocation was hosted at Georgetown University and…
In Memoriam: Peter Lawler
The Center for Ethics and Culture mourns the death of Peter Augustine Lawler of Berry College, who passed away on May 23, 2017. Lawler had been a frequent…
Congratulations to our Sorin Fellows of the Class of 2017!
The Center for Ethics and Culture is proud to salute the Sorin Fellows of the Class of 2017! Through their affiliation with the Center, these students have had the opportunity to deepen their…
CEC co-hosts Colloquium "On Secularization" at Sorbonne
Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal Presented to the Jerome Lejeune Foundation
The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture awarded the 2017 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation at a Mass and banquet on April 29, 2017, attended by more than 400…
CEC Director Carter Snead Explains the Guiding Vision of the Center for Ethics and Culture
In a letter to the editor published by the ND-SMC Observer, director Carter Snead described the vision that informs the work of the Center for Ethics and Culture. Writing in response to a previously published op-ed penned by a Notre Dame alumnus, Professor Snead wrote,
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Hope Steffensen Awarded Polking Family Fellowship for Law Studies
February 24, 2017 -- The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture is excited to announce the 2017 CEC Polking Family Fellow, which results in a full tuition fellowship for three years of study at…
In Memoriam: Michael Novak
The Center for Ethics and Culture lost a great friend upon the death of author, journalist, diplomat, and philosopher Michael Novak on February 17, 2017. "Michael was a kind man and influential Catholic thinker…
CEC Director Snead Profiles the Pro-Life Legacy of US Rep Henry Hyde
In a featured article in the January 2017 issue of Columbia Magazine, CEC Director Carter Snead profiled…
New Graduate Student Fellowship Honors CEC Founding Director David Solomon
As the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's 17th Annual Fall Conference came to a close, William P. and Hazel B. White Director O. Carter Snead announced the establishment of a $1.25 million endowed graduate…
