School of Arts and Sciences
May 9, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Professor Wins National Poetry Honors
Notre Dame of Maryland University alumna and Sister Maura Eichner Professor of English Shelley Puhak has won the 2013 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. The prize, created in honor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht,is awarded annually to a poet who has published no more than one book of poetry...
May 5, 2013
Five Notre Dame Women Named to Maryland’s Top 100
Anne Y.F. Lin, Pharm. D. founding dean of the Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy, is being honored as one of Maryland’s “Top 100 Women” by The Daily Record, in recognition of her professional accomplishment, community leadership and mentoring. Joining Dr. Lin on the prestigious list...
April 23, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Showcases Undergraduate Research
Notre Dame of Maryland University is hosting Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day, an annual showcase of undergraduate research in arts and sciences, on Friday, April 26.
Notre Dame President James F. Conneely, Ph.D., is opening the day’s events, followed by remarks from Sara Bass, alumna of the Class...
April 5, 2013
James F. Conneely, Ph.D., is Inaugurated as Notre Dame of Maryland University’s Twelfth President: Leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship will steer University growth
Notre Dame of Maryland University installed James F. Conneely, Ph.D. as its twelfth president at a ceremony today attended by more than 700 students, graduates, faculty, staff, religious and political leaders, and additional guests. Evoking Notre Dame’s mission of educating leaders to transform the world...
March 12, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Welcomes Journalist and Author Kathleen Koch as 2013 Commencement Speaker
Award-winning journalist and author Kathleen Koch will speak at Notre Dame of Maryland University’s 2013 Commencement on May 25 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The historic occasion marks the first commencement of Dr. James Conneely’s presidency and will feature the graduation of the first class...
February 8, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Announces 2012 Departmental Awards
Notre Dame of Maryland announced departmental awards at its 2013 Notre Dame Day celebration on February 7. The following students were among those honored:
- Shykera Allender won the departmental award for communication arts
- Jennifer Ashwell was recognized for representing Notre Dame in the Ethics...
January 28, 2013
There Remains a Place for Women’s Colleges
Letter to the Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education
As president of a university that includes Maryland’s only remaining women’s college, I appreciate the complex forces underlying the decision of the Wilson College board of trustees to admit men to their undergraduate programs (“Seeking Enrollment...
January 21, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Names First Eichner Poetry Award Winners
Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Katherine Way the first winner of the Sister Maura Eichner Award for Young Poets. Named in honor of poet, teacher and Notre Dame alumna, Maura Eichner, SSND ’41, the competition celebrates aspiring young female poets nationwide. Ms. Way is a resident of Arlington...