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He Marched on Washington With MLK and Still Fights for Social Justice Today as a Priest

Fr. Ray Kemp is a lifelong resident of Washington, DC, and remembers the city through some of the most pivotal moments of modern U.S..…

July 24, 2025

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The Must-Read Books While You’re Traveling This Summer, From Professors Who Study the World

From a French professor’s pick of a novel in Nazi-occupied France to a religious scholar’s favorite deep dive into Chinese Confucianism, here are the books they say you…

June 17, 2025

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What It Means for the First American To Be Chosen as Pope

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, has been chosen as the successor to Pope Francis. Pope Leo XIV, his chosen papal name, will be the first American…

May 9, 2025

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What Jesuits Will Miss the Most About Pope Francis

Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J., vice president for Mission & Ministry, met Pope Francis twice during his pontificate, first in 2013 and again in 2023 when he hosted a conference on the…

April 30, 2025

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The Solidarity Project: How Pietro Bartoli (C’17) Is Finding the Spirit of Service In Community

A theology major and history and Jewish civilization minor, Bartoli completed a senior honors thesis that examined the contemporary relationship between Jewish and Catholic…

September 26, 2024

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Julia Watts Belser Rethinks Biblical Portrayals of Disability, Wins National Jewish Book Award

Professor Julia Watts Belser has been shaking up the worlds of theology and disability studies with her latest book, Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual…

March 8, 2024

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How Davis Fellow Nami Bolat (C’25) Tracked a Cult-Like Group of Artists Across Three Continents

Nami Bolat (C’25), who is double majoring in French and theology and religious studies and minoring in Japanese, spent the past few months researching the Nabis. Bolat spent…

August 26, 2023

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Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities Showcases Academic Tenacity

The breadth of research on display was vast, touching on topics as disparate as how Confucian martyrs functioned in the Joseon kingdom of Korea and how access to cell phones…

May 20, 2022

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Innovative Faculty Members Honored with Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award

Julia Watts Belser, Yulia Chentsova Dutton and Janeth Presores were honored with the 2021 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Since 1996, the awards have honored faculty…

April 29, 2022

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College Academic Council Recognizes Scholastic Tenacity and Independent Thought

This year’s event honored Erin Cline, a professor of Chinese philosophy whose work in the classroom has transformed her students’. …

March 20, 2022