University Of Notre Dame Research Articles

The Alliance for Catholic Education: how this programme supports Catholic schools in the USA (2007–2020+)

The University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) celebrates 25 years of service to Catholic schools in the United States. ACE began as an effort to provide teachers to under-resourced schools, soon after expanding to include Principal preparation. As the landscape and needs of Catholic education have changed, ACE has expanded its reach to include a wide range of formation programmes designed to strengthen and sustain Catholic education. Programmes have a notable impact on individual participants, schools, and on Catholic education more broadly within the United States.

Soldiers of the Cross, The Authoritative Text: The Heroism of Catholic Chaplains and Sisters in the American Civil War by David Power Conyngham

Reviewed by: Soldiers of the Cross, The Authoritative Text: The Heroism of Catholic Chaplains and Sisters in the American Civil War by David Power Conyngham William John Shepherd Soldiers of the Cross, The Authoritative Text: The Heroism of Catholic Chaplains and Sisters in the American Civil War. By David Power Conyngham. Notre Dame, IN.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2019. 535 pp. $35.00. Having been preserved for over a century in the University of Notre Dame Archives, Soldiers of the Cross is the long-delayed publication of a remarkable unfinished manuscript. The author, David Power Conyngham, was an Irish Catholic immigrant, journalist, and Union Civil War veteran who served in the celebrated Irish Brigade. The wartime service of priest chaplains and sister nurses was widely [End Page 84] considered the most important Catholic contribution to nineteenth-century American society. In Conyngham's words: "true Christian charity knows no sectarianism, religious or political, and that the Catholic chaplain was the soldier of the cross, and not of the sword" (15). After the war, Conyngham interviewed these priests and nuns, or those who had information about them, in order to compile a record of their selfless deeds. Thankfully, Notre Dame preserved his unfinished work after Conyngham's untimely death in 1883. Recognizing that it combines both history and hagiography, editors David Endres and William Kurtz consider it the most comprehensive record of Catholic participation in the Civil War written in the nineteenth century. There have been several excellent studies of Catholics in the Civil War. One of the best and most recent is editor Kurtz's Excommunicated from the Union (2015). This, along with the classic George Barton's Angels of the Battlefield (1897) and Ellen Ryan Jolly's Nuns of the Battlefield (1927), should be read in conjunction with Soldiers of the Cross. Commonly known as "Holy Joes," there were nearly 4,000 wartime chaplains from all denominations on both sides during the war. Of these, Catholic priests, usually Irish or French immigrants, contributed approximately 50 commissioned chaplains to the Union army and 30 on the Confederate side. Additionally, with numbers reaching nearly 700 from 20 religious communities, Roman Catholic sisters or nuns made up about 20 percent of all nurses. As arranged by the editors, Conyngham's work was transcribed with grammatical corrections made as needed. They also wrote short introductory and concluding paragraphs for each chapter, as well as explanatory endnotes. There are 18 chapters on 12 Union chaplains, including the famous William Corby, who was one of seven Holy Cross priests from the University of Notre Dame, and the only chaplain at the Battle of Gettysburg. He notably gave absolution to soldiers on the second day of the battle, an act later commemorated with an iconic statue. Another Union chaplain of note, at least to me personally, was R. C. Cristy of the 78th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a protégé of Prince Gallitzin, who was the renowned Apostle of the Alleghenies. Cristy almost certainly ministered to my relative, William McCombs, a soldier [End Page 85] of the 78th who died in late 1861 along the Green River in Kentucky. A testament to Cristy's quality is the fact that he was elected chaplain in a regiment where only 50 of its nearly 1,000 men were Catholic (125). While Soldiers of the Cross has seven chapters devoted to three Confederate chaplains, this section focuses mostly on the well-known diary of Redemptorist priest James Sheerin, who was present in several major battles throughout the war. Finally, there are nine chapters on the various orders of nuns, including the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Sisters of Mercy. Strangely, though, the Daughters of Charity, who contributed by far the most nurses with some three hundred serving, were not included. The most famous of these nuns was probably Mother Angela Gillespie, a Holy Cross sister and kin to William Tecumsah Sherman. The editors are to be congratulated for rescuing Conyngham's research from relative obscurity. Even though the overall quality of the chapters is uneven, it was a true labor of love. Some interesting chapters are comprised of Conyngham's recycled articles, excerpts from diaries, and testimonial letters from...

Internal stakeholders' perspective on lean energy and environmental sustainability: the case of Notre Dame University - Louaize

This study will contribute to the understanding of the relationship between Energy and Environmental Sustainability (EES) Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours in order to recommend actions to be undertaken by the Notre Dame University - Louaize using Lean Management techniques. A survey-based analysis was conducted on a random sample of 458 NDU - Louaize Internal Stakeholders (NDUIS) - students, faculty and staff. A linear regression was performed on the data collected. The adjusted R-square was 21%. The results showed that there was no causal relationship between EES Knowledge and Behaviour for NDUIS. As for EES Attitudes, they positively impacted Behaviour. Since 75% of the respondents were students, a particular attention was given to them in the analysis. From the lean management perspective, all EES initiatives were associated with Lean tools. Little literature exists on the Lean Management aspect of energy and environmental sustainability on university campuses, hence the originality of this study.

Internal stakeholders' perspective on lean energy and environmental sustainability: the case of Notre Dame University - Louaize

This study will contribute to the understanding of the relationship between Energy and Environmental Sustainability (EES) Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours in order to recommend actions to be undertaken by the Notre Dame University - Louaize using Lean Management techniques. A survey-based analysis was conducted on a random sample of 458 NDU - Louaize Internal Stakeholders (NDUIS) - students, faculty and staff. A linear regression was performed on the data collected. The adjusted R-square was 21%. The results showed that there was no causal relationship between EES Knowledge and Behaviour for NDUIS. As for EES Attitudes, they positively impacted Behaviour. Since 75% of the respondents were students, a particular attention was given to them in the analysis. From the lean management perspective, all EES initiatives were associated with Lean tools. Little literature exists on the Lean Management aspect of energy and environmental sustainability on university campuses, hence the originality of this study.

First and Second Thessalonians by Nathan Eubank

Reviewed by: First and Second Thessalonians by Nathan Eubank Florence Morgan Gillman nathan eubank, First and Second Thessalonians (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019). Pp. 208. Paper $21.99. This is the final volume in the NT series of Baker Academic's Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. The series is "written for those engaged in or training for pastoral ministry and others interested in studying Scripture" and, as such, focuses on "the meaning of the text for faith and life rather than on the technical questions that occupy scholars" (p. 11). The author of this volume, Nathan Eubank, who now teaches at the University of Notre Dame, assumes that both Thessalonian letters were authored by Paul. He holds that 1 Thessalonians is most likely Paul's oldest surviving letter, and he opines that 2 Thessalonians may well be Paul's second oldest (p. 24). In explicating 2 Thessalonians, E. occasionally notes how a passage would be treated if it were not by Paul. He characterizes the Christians in Thessalonica to whom Paul writes as gentiles (p. 44). At the same time, he relates the material in Acts 17:1-9 to 2 Thessalonians without questioning any possible Lucan discrepancies (e.g. Acts' portrayal of the group as a mix of Jews and gentiles). The format of the text, cited from the NABRE, is organized according to textual units of the epistles correlating with the author's outline of each letter. Relevant material in the NT, OT, Roman Lectionary and Catechism sections are listed beneath the cited text. Then a brief general introduction leads into E.'s commentary, which is followed by a section entitled "Reflection and Application" for each text segment. Frequently interspersed throughout the volume are some thirty lengthy sidebars (many by E. but some quoted from ancient writers, church documents, etc.) and a few black-and-white photos (e.g., a map, relevant numismatic material, and illustrative artworks). In this commentary, E. has in view his intended student audience. In that regard the volume includes a brief glossary of academic terms. It also has an index of pastoral topics and an index of sidebars. There is, however, no index of authors cited. Based on the very few female biblical scholars who appear in the footnotes (e.g., Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Rebekah Eklund), E. does not indicate he is otherwise conversant with the significant body of feminist biblical scholarship on the Thessalonian correspondence extending from the latter decades of the twentieth century (e.g., Lone Fatum, "1 Thessalonians," in Searching [End Page 706] the Scriptures, vol. 2, A Feminist Commentary [ed. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza [New York: Crossroad, 1993] 250-62; and, in the same volume, Mary Ann Beavis, "2 Thessalonians," 263-73) up to the most recent full commentary available three years before E.'s publication: Florence M. Gillman, Mary Ann Beavis, and HyeRan Kim-Cragg, 1–2 Thessalonians (Wisdom Commentary 52; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2016). Nor does his list of pastoral topics include any of the pressing issues in church ministry today regarding gender and female leadership in the church, even though he treats Paul's remarks on sexual ethics in 1 Thessalonians 4 and leadership in 1 Thessalonians 5. Florence Morgan Gillman University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110 Copyright © 2020 The Catholic Biblical Association of America

The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology: A Virtue Perspective by William C. Mattison III

Reviewed by: The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology: A Virtue Perspective by William C. Mattison III Charles Nathan Ridlehoover william c. mattison iii, The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology: A Virtue Perspective (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017). Pp. xiii + 279. $100. In modern literature on the Sermon on the Mount, there is no shortage of historical-critical, literary, and, more recently, postcolonial and feminist studies. This reservoir of scholarship provides ample resources for those inquiring about the origins, structure, and background of individual passages in the Sermon. Yet, amid this body of literature, very little has been written on the convergence of virtue-centered ethics and the Sermon. William Mattison, who is associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, has written the present volume to fill this perceived void. His overarching purpose is that this text will not only further studies of the Sermon and virtue-centered ethics but will also contribute to the ongoing study of their intersection. To accomplish this task, M. begins with an explanation of the book's need, structure, and methodology. M. unabashedly admits his preference for a Thomistic ressourcement (meaning in continuity with patristics) virtue approach to morality (emphasis his). The section on the book's structure is especially helpful. The book's chapter order follows from M.'s rendering of the Sermon's structure. The book ends with the Lord's Prayer, which M. argues is the center of both the Sermon and foundational for the life of the church (with which I wholeheartedly agree). In terms of the individual chapters, M. addresses exegetical questions relevant to the biblical text but always as a segue to broader questions within a virtue-centered approach to morality. The first chapter begins with an analysis of the beatitudes (Matt 5:1-16). In many ways, this chapter sets the tone for M.'s reading of the Sermon. His initial argument is that the Sermon is primarily concerned with happiness. Happiness, of course, is the topic of numerous classical treatments of ethics and, therefore, as the Sermon's argued theme justifies the present study. M. continues with an analysis of each beatitude and its relation to qualifying conditions and subsequent rewards. The second chapter details the theme of "fulfillment" in Matt 5:17-48. Included in this chapter is an examination of the differences in Jesus's relationship to both the moral and the ceremonial laws of Judaism. M. argues that there is more continuity than is generally acknowledged between the old laws and Jesus's "new law." The highlight of this chapter is M.'s attention to the questions, (1) why are there six laws, and (2) why these six laws? In chap. 3, M. examines Matt 6:1-18, arguing that this section of the Sermon is a textbook lesson for intentionality and Thomistic action theory. Thomistic action theory explains the nature of certain acts with regard to their ends—in the case of Matthew 6, the concept of rewards. M. desires to correct the misunderstanding that [End Page 328] virtue theory is focused only on interiority. In chap. 4, he details the most structurally difficult section of the Sermon, 6:19–7:12, tracing the theme of single-mindedness throughout these verses. The first section, 6:19-34, examines one's view of temporal goods, and the second section, 7:1-11, examines one's relationships with brothers/sisters, outsiders, and God. This chapter is M.'s strongest exegetical chapter, particularly in regard to 6:25-34. The conclusion of the Sermon (7:13-29) is detailed in chap. 5. Given the eschatological (future) aspect of these verses, M. explains the Sermon conclusion in light of the virtue/vice of hope and presumption. The final chapter examines the Lord's Prayer and its relation to the theological (petitions 1–3) and cardinal virtues (petitions 1–4). In reading this volume, one will immediately be impressed with the organization and writing. Each chapter's introduction clearly states the author's thesis, and the explanations of difficult concepts are stellar. As M. states in his acknowledgments, the concerns of this book are for the ongoing work of Catholic...

Asterism, and When a Language Is Said to Be Lost, and Self-Portrait as I

Asterism, and When a Language Is Said to Be Lost, and Self-Portrait as I Ae Hee Lee (bio) Asterism Today too, the sky archesin faithful trajectory andeven when there's no eyeto keep it company, it unfurlsstars for the season.Tonight, my wonder is a needlewithout a thread,it embroiders with the missinglinks between a satellite's silver, the dyingedges of a sore, an oxtail boneI once nibbled clean,my grandmother's braidsturned tinsel after two wars,words, aluminum, allure,alumbrar, aludir—Yesterday's cloudmight become shadowedwith rain over some strangerI will meet another day [End Page 35] and the sheen over redpomegranate seedson my sister's hand warbleswhite like the seabetween us.I have many questionsI leave unresolved for tomorrowand tomorrow: every starperiphery and center,part lyre, part storied lover,not a single thing untethered. [End Page 36] When a Language Is Said to Be Lost or prodigal, it's really underway.This is the principle of mass conservation:that memory can be exhausted into feathery grayashes, but the mind, like hair, can't help but absorb,carry the smell of smoke wherever it goes. Belongingsplits easier than an atom into being, longing, and language, yes,I have known it to erode into dust, but also birtha new mountain within the mouth. [End Page 37] Self-Portrait as I I think, therefore I am. Or I amlying here because you think of me:your back blooms: my spine, a caterpillar,has found a resting place on it: you a warmline adding to my line: we convergeinto a single letter, write out the hanja 人over the swirling galaxyof our dark blankets to mean us a soul.In Spanish, yo is the first person singular,a pair made from consonant and vowel. With my airand your ear, we utter into existence.And I stands alone, untilwe get intimate, peel the dress from its diphthongthighs. Ai: love, morning and you risefor me. Ready the scent of eggs and coffee.Our yo omitted, personhood and timeinfused into action. Outside:the city stirs to make the city. [End Page 38] Ae Hee Lee Ae Hee Lee was born in South Korea and raised in Peru. She received her MFA from the University of Notre Dame and is a PhD candidate in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in the Georgia Review, Southeast Review, Poetry, Pleiades, Denver Quarterly, and the Adroit Journal, among others. She is the author of two chapbooks: Bedtime // Riverbed (Compound Press, 2017) and Dear Bear (Platypus Press, 2021). Copyright © 2020 Middlebury College Publications

Notes and Comments

Notes and Comments William John Shepherd Association News In light of the continuing public health crisis, the American Catholic Historical Association has regretfully cancelled the in-person annual conference originally scheduled for Seattle, January 2021. The ACHA earlier cancelled its Spring Meeting at the University of Scranton, originally scheduled for April 17–18, 2020. The public health emergency presented by COVID-19 closed the University of Scranton campus until at least April 12 and made holding any gathering impractical and inadvisable. As an alternative to the Annual Meeting, the Program Committee and Executive Council have planned a series of four webinars drawn from accepted panels for the Annual Meeting. The ACHA Annual Business Meeting will take place virtually after the January webinar. See the ACHA website for further details. Annual elections of ACHA leadership have been suspended for one year and the new President and Executive Council will be inaugurated in New Orleans in January 2022. Given limited opportunities to meet this year, and the cancellation of the annual meeting, the Executive Council seeks additional time to manage our delayed and/or cancelled ACHA activities. The ACHA'S Executive Council has approved the following statement on Racism and Complicity: "As a scholarly association dedicated to promoting a deep and widespread knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church broadly considered, the American Catholic Historical Association reaffirms our condemnation of racism, and acknowledges the Catholic Church's troubled history of complicity in white supremacy as a participant in imperial projects in the Americas, and the United States specifically. We recognize Catholic pasts of slave holding, segregation, and policing, among other parts of this history. The ACHA further recognizes the importance of non-violent protest to a democratic society and the long history of Catholic participation in it, and celebrates the centrality of witness to the Catholic tradition. While each of these has been the subject of crucial study by scholars of Catholicism, we recognize that the work of history is ongoing, and calls us to reflect, to engage in work of companionship, solidarity, and discernment, and to seek [End Page 662] wisdom in how to talk with one another about difficult issues tearing at our nation. We honor knowledge produced within the Black community and other marginalized communities, and seek to center it across this work. "Our corollary mission is the advancement of historical scholarship through the support of our diverse membership. This means providing the resources that we need to learn, educate, and reflect on the past in service of the present and the future. To that end, we invite all ACHA members who are able and interested to share resources that illuminate racial violence and expropriation from the perspective of Catholic history, along with the voices and experiences of Black Catholics that have often been omitted from narratives of the Catholic past. "The Executive Committee therefore solicits the membership to think about recommended books or articles, primary source documents or texts from your research, or links to a recorded talk or oral history. Please share those resources and your reflections on them with us via social media with the hashtag #achahistory and tag @achahistory, e-mail them to us at acha@achahistory.org, or send them to us using the form below. We will repost them for the education and edification of our membership on our social media and here on achahistory.org." In partnership with the University of Notre Dame's Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, the American Catholic Historical Association will launch the Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., Prize. It celebrates the life and legacy of Father Cyprian Davis, O.S.B. (1930–2015), a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana, respected academic, and beloved teacher and lecturer who pioneered the study of the history of Black Catholic in America. The prize recognizes outstanding research on the Black Catholic experience. Please submit an application form with the following documents attached: current curriculum vitae; 1,000-word project description, including plans for publication. Applications must be submitted with required materials by December 31, 2020. Applicants will be notified by early March and will be invited to the annual meeting of the...

Introducing our Inaugural Early Career Advisory Board

Introducing our Inaugural Early Career Advisory Board

The Qur’ān and the Bible: Text and Commentary

The Qur’ān and the Bible: Text and Commentary

High Nuclearity Uranyl Cages Using Rigid Aryl Phosphonate Ligands

AbstractInvited for the cover of this issue is research led by Pius Adelani at St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. The cover image shows the one‐pot in situ phosphonate ligand condensation reaction and serendipitous self‐assembly of high nuclearity uranyl cages.

Hard Truths: The Importance of Teaching Race in Introductory American Government and Politics for Undergraduates

Watson earned his B.A. in religious studies from the College of William and Mary in 1995, his M.A. in international peace studies and conflict resolution from the University of Notre Dame in 2001, and his M.A. and doctorate in political science from the University of New Mexico in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Research interests include the politics of race and ethnicity, domestic and global health inequalities, national health care systems, and public health policy. His dissertation explored how the historical legacies of racism, specifically anti-miscegenation laws once common across the U.S., may indirectly impact modern-day racial disparities in infant mortality rates.

The Origins of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the United States: Early Developments in Indiana and Michigan and the Reactions of the Ecclesiastical Authorities

The origins of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (hereafter, CCR) can be traced to Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), in 1967, when two Catholics were baptised in the Holy Spirit. The movement soon spread to the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), all of which became centres of the expanding renewal. Here were the first organisational forms of the movement, such as the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Service Committee (CCRSC, later NSC), and several other organised attempts at outreach, such as the Notre Dame Conferences. This article analyses the initial Catholic charismatic experiences in Indiana and Michigan, the formation of the first charismatic communities and the immediate reaction of the ecclesiastical authorities. While the Catholic hierarchy initially distanced itself, this approach was later superseded by the legitimisation of the movement, which was achieved due to the work of a number of theologians who located the movement's religious practices within the tradition of the Church, to Cardinal Léon Joseph Suenens's work of mediation between the CCR and the Vatican and to Pope Paul VI's welcome offered to Catholic charismatics at the Grottaferrata Conference (Italy) in 1973.

Data for: “The politics of polarization: Governance and party system change in Latin America, 1990-2010”

Data for: “The politics of polarization: Governance and party system change in Latin America, 1990-2010”

Simultaneous multi-descent regression and feature learning for facial landmarking in depth images

Face alignment (or facial landmarking) is an important task in many face-related applications, ranging from registration, tracking, and animation to higher-level classification problems such as face, expression, or attribute recognition. While several solutions have been presented in the literature for this task so far, reliably locating salient facial features across a wide range of posses still remains challenging. To address this issue, we propose in this paper a novel method for automatic facial landmark localization in 3D face data designed specifically to address appearance variability caused by significant pose variations. Our method builds on recent cascaded regression-based methods to facial landmarking and uses a gating mechanism to incorporate multiple linear cascaded regression models each trained for a limited range of poses into a single powerful landmarking model capable of processing arbitrary-posed input data. We develop two distinct approaches around the proposed gating mechanism: (1) the first uses a gated multiple ridge descent mechanism in conjunction with established (hand-crafted) histogram of gradients features for face alignment and achieves state-of-the-art landmarking performance across a wide range of facial poses and (2) the second simultaneously learns multiple-descent directions as well as binary features that are optimal for the alignment tasks and in addition to competitive landmarking results also ensures extremely rapid processing. We evaluate both approaches in rigorous experiments on several popular datasets of 3D face images, i.e., the FRGCv2 and Bosphorus 3D face datasets and image collections F and G from the University of Notre Dame. The results of our evaluation show that both approaches compare favorably to the state-of-the-art, while exhibiting considerable robustness to pose variations.

Race, Town, and Gown: A White Christian College and a White Suburb Address Race

Research Article| October 01 2019 Race, Town, and Gown: A White Christian College and a White Suburb Address Race Brian J. Miller; Brian J. Miller Brian J. Miller is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College in Illinois. He has published on the growth and development of suburbs as well as depictions of suburbs and suburban housing on television. Additional research interests in housing, social media use among emerging adults, and religion and place have also resulted in published studies. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Notre Dame in 2009. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google David B. Malone David B. Malone David B. Malone (M.A., M.S.Ed., M.S., C.A.) serves as Dean of the Library at Calvin University. Prior to joining Calvin, David was Associate Professor of Library Science at Wheaton College, where he oversaw their archives and special collections during his twenty-five-year career there. With research interests in nineteenth century American religion, his publications have appeared in biographical and historical encyclopedias, as well as library science and history journals. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) (2019) 112 (3): 293–316. https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.3.0293 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Brian J. Miller, David B. Malone; Race, Town, and Gown: A White Christian College and a White Suburb Address Race. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) 1 January 2019; 112 (3): 293–316. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.3.0293 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Genesis Apocryphon and Related Documents

Genesis Apocryphon and Related Documents

Book forum

Presently a research associate at the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame, Donna Freitas has spent her career examining the intimate lives of young people, looking closely at “hookup culture,” dating, romance, sexual assault, as well as college students’ religious and spiritual identity. She has visited more than 200 campuses, providing lectures and interviewing and surveying thousands of students. Freitas prefaces her latest book, Consent on Campus: A Manifesto, by writing that she hopes to bring awareness to the issues of sexual assault, consent education, and rape culture on college campuses. She directly calls college and university presidents to combat sexual violence on campuses. In this timely book, Freitas synthesizes her expertise, explores differing opinions, and offers evidence and examples from real-life experiences, dividing this “manifesto” into three parts.

Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Hacienda Cocoyoc, Morelos, Mexico January 7-10, 2019Editors:LUIS ACOSTAInstituto de FísicaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoPAULINA AMADOR-VALENZUELAInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones NuclearesDANEIL JOSÉ MARÍN-LÁMBARRIInstituto de FísicaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoINTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEEDaniel Bardayan University of Notre Dame, USAFrancesco Cappuzzello INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, ItaliaOsvaldo Civitarese Universidad Nacional de La Plata, ArgentinaJerry Draayer Louisiana State University, USAAlfredo Galindo-Uribarri Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USAMaría José García Borge ISOLDE-CERN, SwitzerlandReiner Krücken TRIUMF, CanadaJorge López University of Texas at El Paso, USATakashi Nakamura Tokyo Institute of Technology, JapanThomas Papenbrock University of Tennessee, USAJorge Piekarewicz Florida State University, USAStuart Pittel University of Delaware, USAElena Santopinto Università degli Studi di Genova, ItaliaW. Michael Snow Indiana University, USAAdam Szczepaniak Indiana University, USAPiet Van Isacker GANIL, FranceMichael Wiescher University of Notre Dame, USAORGANIZING COMMMITTEELuis Acosta IF-UNAMPaulina Amador-Valenzuela ININDaniel José Marín-Lámbarri IF-UNAMSPONSORSInstituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAMInstituto de Física, UNAMInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones NuclearesDivisión de Física Nuclear de la SMFPREFACEAs every beginning of the year, the 42nd edition of the Symposium on Nuclear Physics was celebrated at the Hacienda Cocoyoc, most precisely, from January 7th to 10th, 2019. The Symposium was early thought as a small meeting designed to bring together some of the leading nuclear scientists around the world. Its most distinctive feature is to provide a forum for specialists in different areas of nuclear physics: both theorists and experimentalists, students, postdocs, senior and junior scientists, in a relaxed and informal environment, providing them with a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and thus, maybe establish new scientific collaborations as well as to upgrade the already existing. After the first meeting in Oaxtepec in 1978, the Symposium was organized every year without interruption, arriving now to its 42nd edition.The scientific program consisted of 36 invited talks and 15 posters on a wide variety of hot topics in contemporary nuclear physics, ranging from the traditional fields of nuclear structure and reactions to nuclear astrophysics, hadronic physics, relativistic heavy ions, nuclear instrumentation and applied nuclear physics.At the meeting there were representatives of many large international collaborations to report on the most recent research progress and the most recent developments in laboratories like Notre Dame, Cyclotron Institute Texas A&M and NSCL/MSU (USA); LUNA-LNGS, LNS and LNL from INFN (Italy); the facilities of TRIUMF (Canada), TU-Dresden (Germany) and iThemba Labs (South Africa), as well as recent results obtained in local Mexican facilities like ININ and LEMA.On the theoretical side, interesting new developments were presented in nuclear dynamics, nuclear structure, Equation of State, neutrino physics, beyond-the-Standard-Model physics, weakly bound nuclei, nuclear clusters, shell model, hadronic physics and QCD.The high quality of the talks and posters, the expertise of the speakers and the broad spectrum of subjects covered in the meeting, shows that nuclear physics continues being a very active area at the frontier of scientific research which establishes bridges between many different disciplines, putting together theoretical and experimental researchers and having an extension to the instrumentation developments and applications. Is important to mention the large amount of young researchers and students that participated in this Mexican meeting, giving a nice spirit to the Symposium.This special volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series contains 23 contributions that were presented on this Symposium edition. We want to thank the support received from the Nuclear Physics Division of the Mexican Physics Society, the IF-UNAM and the ICN-UNAM.Finally, we would like to thank all our colleagues for their enthusiastic participation in this 42nd edition of the meeting. In particular, we are grateful to the members of the International Advisory Committee for their invaluable suggestions and to the anonymous referees for their time and dedication in helping us to maintain the high standard of the contributions published in the proceedings of the Symposium.We want as well to thank to Nicoll De Los Ríos who repeated as logo-designer for the 42nd edition of this international Symposium.Luis AcostaPaulina Amador-Valenzuela Daniel José Marín-Lámbarri