The exhibit highlights 125 years of the student experience at CUA. It features displays on athletics, academics, campus buildings, songs, and student life.
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The 18 students in the Master of Science in Business Analysis program visited New York City last month to query top executives of nine companies.
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Renate Chancellor, clinical assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, has been awarded the 2012 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)/Norman Horrocks Leadership Award.
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The Catholic University of America has joined the Cristo Rey Network of partner colleges and universities that support the success of graduates from the Cristo Rey high schools.
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For the faculty and staff of Catholic University, the Christmas recess begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Catholic University President John Garvey has appointed H. Ken DeDominicis as the University’s new vice president for institutional advancement.
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John Rist will become the first Father Kurt Pritzl, O.P., Chair in Philosophy in January.
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Catholic University and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception collected nearly $11,500 for A Simple House at the 23rd Annual Christmas Concert for Charity.
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Catholic University professor Monsignor Stephen Rossetti returns home after his mission to the coldest continent.
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In a proposed long-range Master Plan, Catholic University is envisioning big changes to its campus.
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At a conference this week at Catholic University, advocates for measures to expand school choices for disadvantaged families celebrated a “watershed” year and described the efforts as a work of “social justice.”
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Four art history seniors helped curate the current exhibit at Salve Regina Gallery.
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The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) has dismissed a complaint filed by George Washington University law professor John F. Banzhaf III in response to The Catholic University of America’s single-sex housing policy.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will present a weeklong series of music performances in Catholic University’s Hartke Theatre featuring many of the groups sponsored by the school.
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Honoring CUA’s 125th anniversary, Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., president of Providence College, will deliver the lecture, “Saint Thomas Aquinas: Companion and Patron.”
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At Catholic University, Tobias Hoffmann has been able to work beside other faculty who are leaders in the study of medieval philosophy.
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The following events will take place over the next month at Catholic University as students, faculty, and staff prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and the Christmas season.
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Policy experts and educational administrators will discuss the Catholic schools’ perspective on tuition tax credits for parents seeking to choose their children’s K-12 schools.
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Provost James Brennan has presented the 2011 Faculty Awards for Teaching Excellence to three professors.
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This Veterans Day, Catholic University President John Garvey, students, and other volunteers will read the names of 6,200-plus servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past 10 years.
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Catholic University broke ground on Monroe Street Market during a ceremony for the project.
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Suor Angelica and La voix humaine to be performed Friday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 20.
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The Catholic University of America broke ground this morning on a $200 million mixed-use development named Monroe Street Market during a ceremony on the University’s South Campus.
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The week of Nov. 14, CUA will highlight its increasing global engagement by celebrating International Education Week.
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CUA engineering students build a solar energy system at the Franciscan Monastery in Northeast D.C.
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The University will participate in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call by conducting a roll call of the servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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This play is the premiere of a work by Catholic University M.F.A. playwriting candidate Rachel K. Barclay.
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Biomedical engineers from around the world will discuss developing standards for “phantoms” — devices and materials that mimic biological media which are used to test biomedical optical imaging methods and instruments.
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Catholic University hosted a town hall meeting on the University’s new strategic plan, a document outlining CUA’s priorities for the next 10 years.
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The Department of Drama is launching a new Reading and Discussion Series, featuring plays followed by discussions with leading experts on the topic explored in each play.
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Catholic University and the Basilica present the 2011 Christmas Concert for Charity benefiting A Simple House.
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In 2007, School of Engineering Dean Charles Nguyen initiated two programs with universities in Vietnam.
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VSL completes first phase of a major project to capture and recycle a dangerous radioactive element in nuclear waste cleanup.
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Cardinal Kurt Koch of Switzerland will give a lecture titled "Fundamental Aspects of Ecumenism and Future Perspectives."
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CUA offers experts who can discuss the new English translation of the Roman Missal.
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A CUA study focuses on the memories of Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and neutral fans about the 2003 and 2004 playoff series.
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The Office of Campus Ministry hosts an evening of Halloween games and trick-or-treating on campus for youngsters.
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The discussion of a 2011 survey of U.S. Catholics will be held at the National Press Club. Register online.
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For the second year in a row, more than 30 faculty members, students, and alumni of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will perform at Carnegie Hall.
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Internationally acclaimed Benjamin T. Rome School of Music piano professor Ivo Kaltchev and Bulgarian violinist Lilia Donkova will perform.
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The University Archives recently launched finding aids detailing items in two collections that pertain to Catholic lay women.
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Michael J. Naughton will speak on “Shrinking Ubiquity to the Nanoscale: New Uses for an Old Technology.”
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In a daylong conference, policy experts and survivors will discuss the issue of trafficking in human persons.
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Ann Cody, a Paralympic gold medalist and member of the U.S. Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame, spoke about her life and sports career before a crowd of about 150 guests.
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The Knights of Columbus has honored Catholic University Council 9542 for its outstanding fraternity-building programs.
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Performances take place in Hartke Theatre Oct. 28 through Oct. 30.
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CUA hosted an Oct. 5 Symposium on the Priesthood that drew more than 320 priests and seminarians.
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The Catholic University of America is celebrating Disability Awareness Month.
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Cody, a Paralympic gold medalist and member of the U.S. Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame, will talk about her life and sports career.
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Approximately 1,100 Catholic University students and their families will gather at CUA for Family Weekend.
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The conference “The Catholic Identity of Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools” took place Oct. 2 to 4 at The Catholic University of America.
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The Department of English will present a two-day conference dedicated to the work of acclaimed poet and novelist Robert Penn Warren.
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U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced $159 million in grant money to 36 partnerships between private and public sector entities — including one involving Catholic University.
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Michael Reisch, professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, will deliver a lecture on 'Social Justice for the Elderly and the Intergenerational Compact.'
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Adèle Naudé Santos will deliver the George Marcou Memorial Lecture.
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Peter Beyer, a member of the German Bundestag (parliament), will give the talk.
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Anglican theologian delivers talk on "Red Toryism," followed by a discussion.
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The University continues its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a discussion on “The Catholic Education of Hispanic Youth.”
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The Conventual Franciscan friars make their annual rounds to bless student rooms.
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Catholic University President John Garvey issued the following statement regarding the death of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, trustee emeritus of the University.
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A symposium earlier this month brought together Catholic University theologians and members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine for several days of discussion on intellectual collaboration as a way to support the Church’s new evangelization.
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Theological College, the national diocesan seminary of CUA, will install Very Rev. Phillip J. Brown, S.S., as the seminary’s 15th rector during a Mass.
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Daniel R. Gibbons, clinical assistant professor of English and director of undergraduate studies in English, delivered the address at the Class of 2015 Convocation.
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John L. Esposito, a professor at Georgetown University, will present the 37th Annual Thomas Verner Moore Lecture.
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On the occasion of the publication of “Why Priests Are Happy: A Study of the Psychological and Spiritual Health of Priests,” by Monsignor Stephen Rossetti.
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A three-day conference for Catholic educators and educational researchers titled “The Catholic Identity of Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools.”
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A cleanup crew that included members of the Catholic University community as well as Brookland residents picked up trash, trimmed bushes, and cut back weeds along Taylor Street at the north end of campus.
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Catholic University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has named Rose Asuquo and Trevor Riley recipients of the 2011-2012 Howard and Mathilde Rovelstad Scholarship.
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Through its competitive internships, VSL has provided would-be scientists hands-on work experience in leading-edge scientific research.
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Miguel Díaz, the first Hispanic to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, urged CUA students to “walk with others.” as a way to promote diversity.
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Learn about trees and how to properly plant and care for them from the experts at Casey Trees, then help plant 30 trees on CUA grounds.
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The University celebrates a couple's gift of more than 200 engravings – lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and mezzotints by more than 50 artists.
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Screening and discussion of the film “Little Town of Bethlehem,” a story of a Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew who strive to bring peace to the Holy Land.
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Assistant Professor of Law Mark L. Rienzi will deliver a lecture on Celebrating the Constitution We Can All Agree On, 4:30 p.m., Great Room A., Pryzbyla Center.
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Catholic University Professor of Chemistry Diane Bunce has won the American Chemical Society’s 2012 George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education for “outstanding contributions to chemical education.”
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CUA Professor David Jobes briefed members and staff of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on preventing suicide among veterans.
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by Rev. Jude DeAngelo, O.F.M. Conv., Catholic University chaplain and director of Campus Ministry, Sept. 11, 2001.
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The Catholic University of America observed the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by performing service around Washington, D.C., on Saturday and gathering for a Sunday evening Mass, where the victims were remembered.
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The president addressed members of the Catholic University community who gathered for Mass in honor of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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The president addressed a group of 158 volunteers from Catholic University who participated in the 9/11 Day of Service.
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The Office of Facilities, Maintenance, and Operations is in the final stages of implementing the relocation of all offices formerly located in Marist Hall as the University prepares to undertake repairs to that building necessitated by the recent earthquake.
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James Zabora, dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service (NCSSS) at The Catholic University of America, has been awarded the 2010 Ruth Knee – Milton Wittman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health and Mental Health Policy.
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Experts at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., are available to discuss the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
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Approximately 20 history students from Catholic University attended a Sept. 7 screening of the documentary “REBIRTH” at the invitation of the White House.
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The School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
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The School of Architecture and Planning welcomes Juhani Pallasmaa this fall as the 2011 Walton Critic and professor in residence.
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On Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, ensembles from Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will perform as part of the Mutual Inspirations Festival, a two-month-long series of events hosted by the Embassy of the Czech Republic to celebrate the 170th birthday of composer Antonín Dvorák.
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The Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies presents a conference on the efforts to combat terrorism since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Because of damage caused by the recent earthquake, Marist Hall will be vacated while repairs are being made.
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A service sign-up fair on the University mall marked the official launch of the Cardinal Service Commitment, in which Catholic University will strive to perform 125,000 hours of charitable service by next Founder’s Day, April 10, 2012 — the University’s 125th birthday.
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The University has decided to vacate Marist Hall while repairs are made to cracks in some exterior walls that were caused by the recent earthquake.
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At a Mass invoking the Holy Spirit, The Catholic University of America launched a new academic year and a service campaign for its 125th anniversary with President John Garvey challenging students, faculty, and staff to “transform” acts of service into Christian charity.
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by Most Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington and Chancellor, The Catholic University of America, Sept. 1, 2011.
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On the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the University will commemorate victims in a special Sunday Mass.
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The new academic year will officially begin with the celebration of the Mass of the Holy Spirit at 12:10 p.m. in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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As repairs to McMahon Hall come to a conclusion, preparations are underway for an orderly transition to reoccupying the building.
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Miguel Díaz will launch The Catholic University of America’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a talk on Sept. 13.
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The School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America presents its fall lecture series, focusing on contemporary German architecture.
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The National Catholic School of Social Service at The Catholic University of America is the recipient of the 2011 Partners in Advancing Education for International Social Work Award.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America presents several events this fall.
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On the first day of fall semester classes, more than 50 CUA students gathered to compete with President John Garvey in a game of Knockout to inaugurate the University's new basketball court.
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After the first day of orientation wrapped up with a playfair and a late-night breakfast, new students and their parents learned more about students’ new home away from home on the second day of orientation.
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Due to the forecasted adverse weather conditions this weekend, The Catholic University of America will allow returning students to move in to the residence halls beginning Friday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m.
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Due to the forecasted adverse weather conditions this weekend, The Catholic University of America will allow returning students to move in to the residence halls beginning Friday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m.
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Welcoming the Class of 2015 to The Catholic University of America, President John Garvey told this year’s new students that faith and virtue are key to academic success.
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President John Garvey and his wife Jeanne, wearing bright yellow T-shirts that said “Welcome!” on the front and “Cardinal move-in crew” on the back, looked like pros as they carted boxes up the steps of Quinn and Reardon residence halls.
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Due to the forecasted adverse weather conditions this weekend, The Catholic University of America will allow returning students to move in to the residence halls beginning Friday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m.
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The Catholic University of America will welcome more than 1,000 new students and their families on Aug. 25 for the start of Orientation 2011.
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Catholic University will host Family Weekend on Friday, Oct. 7, and Saturday, Oct. 8.
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The Catholic University Alumni Association will help to sort and pack donated food Aug. 20 at the Capital Area Food Bank in support of the University's Cardinal Service Commitment.
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The School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America presents its 44th annual Fall Lecture Series, which this year will explore the philosophical thought of Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological explorations of the question of “being.”
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Randall Ott, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, received an UNBUILT Award from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
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New students will arrive at The Catholic University of America for orientation on Thursday, Aug. 25.
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The new academic year will officially begin with the celebration of the Mass of the Holy Spirit at 12:10 p.m. in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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On a muggy August morning, President John Garvey met up with five CUA students to shoot a few hoops on the University’s new outdoor basketball court.
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For the first time since World Youth Day was begun by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1985, a delegation of students from The Catholic University of America will together attend the international youth gathering with the Pope in Madrid this week.
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Timothy Guillot and Bob Bartlett, graduate students in CUA’s Department of Drama, are among the five finalists in the Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, sponsored by the Alliance Theatre of Atlanta.
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Venigalla Rao, chairman and professor of the Department of Biology, was a featured speaker at the 30th annual meeting of the American Society of Virology.
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The University Archives has launched its 100th finding aid detailing the contents of a 90-box collection containing records from the National Catholic Community Service.
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Santiago Rodriguez, eminent Cuban-born pianist, will perform a recital dedicated to the memory of his deceased colleagues on Saturday, Aug. 6, at The Catholic University of America as part of the 3rd Annual Washington International Piano Festival.
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On Oct. 5, The Catholic University of America will host the Symposium on the Priesthood, which will explore a comprehensive, groundbreaking study by a Catholic University professor showing that priests enjoy an extraordinarily high rate of happiness and satisfaction, among the highest of any profession.
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Catholic University President John Garvey issued the following statement regarding the death of Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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Catholic University President John Garvey has appointed Lawrence J. Morris as the University’s new general counsel.
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As part of his ongoing research on suicide prevention, Catholic University Psychology Professor David Jobes will work with soldiers with suicidal tendencies at Fort Stewart, a U.S. Army base in Georgia.
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NASA has awarded Catholic University a grant of $124,704 to develop a way to better predict which eruptions on the sun’s surface will hit Earth.
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Professors and students from The Catholic University of America will join colleagues from other Catholic universities and the Vatican Observatory at a conference next month in Brazil to discuss their research on the universe.
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For the first time since World Youth Day (WYD) was begun by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1985, a delegation of students from The Catholic University of America will together attend the international youth gathering this summer.
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The Catholic University of America offers two experts who can discuss the new English translation of the Roman Missal, the ritual text for the celebration of the Mass. The new translation is being introduced to U.S. parishes now and will replace the current text in November.
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Catholic University has won $4.94 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop artificially intelligent, Web-based software for configuring multiple spacecraft into clusters capable of performing different jobs as needs evolve.
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The Catholic Press Association (CPA) has honored CUA Magazine, which is mailed to more than 65,000 Catholic University alumni and friends, with two first-place awards and one second-place honor.
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John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America, has appointed Rev. Mark Morozowich as acting dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies, effective July 1 and until the appointment of a permanent dean.
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Two rising CUA seniors got a head start on their final year of college last month when they attended a Catholic social teaching symposium in New York City.
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The Catholic University of America has won a grant of $82,163 from the National Science Foundation so undergraduate students can conduct solar physics research at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Catholic University President John Garvey has appointed Associate Professor John McCarthy as dean of the University’s School of Philosophy. His four-year term begins July 1.
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Catholic University has issued a report detailing the progress it has made in sustaining and promoting its Catholic identity over the course of the last decade.
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Catholic University’s Department of Business and Economics announces the creation of a new master’s program in Integral Economic Development Management.
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The Catholic University of America has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth more than $8 million from NASA to establish a science center for collaborative research in solar-heliospheric sciences at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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The Catholic University of America will host a four-day conference Sept. 26 to 29, 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, known as Vatican II.
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John Boehner, the 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, told CUA’s Class of 2011 that he began his day by counting his blessings.
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by John A. Boehner, the 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, May 14, 2011.
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The Catholic University of America will confer more than 1,500 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees during its 122nd Annual Commencement Ceremony to be held outdoors at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14.
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America’s Catholic cardinals gathered to raise scholarship funds for The Catholic University of America in Phoenix Friday, May 6, at the 22nd American Cardinals Dinner.
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While their research and scholarship vary widely, three professors of physics, music, and politics who were honored April 28 by The Catholic University of America all reflect the highest levels of faculty accomplishment at CUA.
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On a rainy and cool Saturday earlier this month, junior Sarah Spierenburg found herself digging up a “dead body” in the mud on campus.
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Catholic University’s Steel Bridge Building Team has been invited to participate in a national competition as a result of its first-place win in the regional contest of the three-day American Society of Civil Engineers Virginia Conference.
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Ten CUA students studying German played an integral role in a new exhibit at the German-American Heritage Museum in Northwest Washington, D.C.
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The Catholic University of America is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review.
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Junior Jocelyn Grecko says it’s always been her dream to intern at Fox News Channel. She accomplished that dream this semester when she learned she would be working on the channel’s “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace.”
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Under a blue sky in bright sunlight, President John Garvey recognized six students from The Catholic University of America (CUA) their innovative solar-powered picnic table that was recently installed on the patio outside the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center.
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John A. Boehner, the 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, will address the Class of 2011 at the 122nd Annual Commencement Ceremony of The Catholic University of America at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14.
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Six Catholic University students will be recognized by University President John Garvey for their solar-powered picnic table, which was recently installed on the patio outside the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center.
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John Garvey, President of Catholic University, announced today that Monsignor Kevin Irwin, Dean of the University’s School of Theology and Religious Studies (STRS), will be stepping down from his position effective June 30, 2011.
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Dave Smith, Eliot Coleman Professor of Poetry and chair of The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and David Gewanter, professor of English and creative writing at Georgetown University, will read their poetry at The Catholic University of America on April 20.
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A memorial Mass will be held for Rev. Raymond Potvin, who was a professor at CUA for more than 40 years. Father Potvin, who passed away on March 18, was a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology. Following the Mass, friends, former colleagues, and students will be invited to share remembrances in the chapel.
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On April 1, approximately 40 CUA students gathered on an unseasonably chilly and damp morning to plant 10 Yoshino cherry trees adjacent to the Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies.
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Shakespeare’s dark and wildly comic fairy tale is an epic tale of courage and resilience as Shakespeare’s most intrepid heroine undergoes a hazardous journey to regain her lost love and find redemption. Set against the ancient conflict of a declining Imperial Rome and an insurgent British population, myth and history collide in a grand and timely adventure.
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Associate Professor Cathleen Gray says her participation at the Journey Towards Healing conference in Northern Ireland earlier this month “had an impact on me like no conference I had ever been to.”
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Eric Gregory, professor, Department of Religion, Princeton University, will present a lecture titled “Num Tertium Quid? Civic Virtues and Augustinian Eudaimonism” as part of the School of Theology and Religious Studies’ Moral Theology and Ethics Area Annual Lecture Series.
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Catholic University Office of Facilities Operations and Casey Trees will sponsor a tree planting for students, faculty, and staff.
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John Golin, professor of biology, has received a three-year grant of $497,728 from the National Science Foundation to study the biochemistry of a particular type of cellular protein that enables the cell to protect itself from toxic compounds.
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Professors at The Catholic University of America are available to speak to the media on two topics related to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan: a) survivor anxiety and trauma and b) safe disposal of nuclear waste.
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The Catholic University of America’s Office of Admissions will host Cardinal Visit Days every Tuesday and Wednesday in April.
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One month after the passing of Philosophy Dean Rev. Kurt Pritzl, O.P., University President John Garvey announced that an endowed chair in the School of Philosophy will be named in Father Pritzl's honor.
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CUA Cares is collecting donations and soliciting prayers for victims of the earthquake in Japan earlier this month.
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On March 17, 2011, the inaugural Most. Rev. David M. O’Connell Service Scholarship was awarded. The press release that follows and details the awarding of the scholarship was posted on the Diocese of Trenton website.
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Back from her spring break mission trip to Jamaica, Jeanne Garvey reflected on how well she got to know the 18 students who traveled with her on the mission trip.
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The Provincial Council of the Society of St. Sulpice, Province of the United States announces the appointment of Sulpician Father Phillip J. Brown, S.S., J.D., J.C.D., as Rector of Theological College, the seminary of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, effective July 1, 2011.
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The New American Bible, Revised Edition, released this week by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, reflects the work of four biblical scholars affiliated with The Catholic University of America who served as editors and translators for the project.
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Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington and chancellor of The Catholic University of America, will present a lecture titled, “Why a ‘New Evangelization’ Now?”
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Scrapomatic, a blues band featuring Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Mike Mattison, will perform at The Catholic University of America on March 24.
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In an episode of the new documentary series “Living Your Faith,” Monsignor Kevin Irwin, CUA’s dean of theology and religious studies, reflects on “the common good,” a concept from the Scriptures that encourages Catholics to set aside their individual needs and fears for the betterment of the wider community.
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Noting that when she was in college, spring break meant fun in the sun, Jeanne Garvey, wife of CUA’s President John Garvey, will be trying out an alternative this year.
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Friends and colleagues of Jane Pesci-Townsend will gather in Hartke Theatre for a musical tribute to her life.
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As the panel discussion moderator at a recent Congressional briefing, Dean James Zabora outlined ways that the social work profession can impact health care reform.
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The late Mathilde Rovelstad, a professor of library and information science who taught at Catholic University for 30 years, left a bequest in her estate of more than $892,000 to add to the largest scholarship in the history of CUA’s School of Library and Information Science.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music presents “From Spain to the New World: A Concert of Spanish and Latin American Music.”
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CUA alumni will participate in a panel discussion titled “Mastering the Balanced Life” in which they will talk about how they balance their faith, family, and finances while pursuing professional and educational goals.
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Second-year M.F.A. acting student Lauren Davis has just performed Hamlet’s first soliloquy and now sits on the floor of the Lab Theatre, facing her seven classmates; Associate Professor Gary Sloan; and actor Ted van Griethuysen, their guest teacher for the day.
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Catholic University and the Dominican House of Studies said farewell today to a beloved CUA philosophy dean who was remembered for his friendship, a gift he shared generously with colleagues, fellow priests, friends, and family.
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Gabriela Morales of the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs will discuss OLA’s social services available to the Latino community.
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CUA’s Hispanic Civic and Global Engagement Talk Series has been drawing upwards of 100 students at each lecture.
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The purpose of the summit is to develop strategies to maintain German-language instruction in the United States.
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John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America, issued the following statement upon learning of the passing of Rev. Kurt J. Pritzl, O.P. on Feb. 21.
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Martin A. Nowak, professor of biology and mathematics at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, will deliver a talk titled “Evolution and Christianity.”
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Senior biomedical engineering major Andrew Hoffmaster has won a $500 award for a paper he wrote about designing robotic hands to help rehabilitate stroke patients.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will stage three performances of “Man of La Mancha.”
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One hundred years ago, librarians from the D.C. Public Library and staff of Catholic University’s library began teaching courses in library science on campus.
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Four Catholic University seniors will join the 2011 Teach for America program following graduation, and teach for two years at an urban or rural public school in the United States.
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A key tenet of the Catholic tradition is to be a keeper for a brother or sister, to care and look out for others, especially friends.
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Andrew Yeo, assistant professor of politics, has been awarded a fellowship from the East Asia Institute to participate in the Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will stage three performances of two 20th-century American operas: Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti.”
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More than 8,000 nurses have graduated from Catholic University’s School of Nursing since it was founded in 1935.
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The Catholic University of America Press has released its 2011 spring and summer catalog, which features 19 new titles in categories that range from religion and church history to philosophy and medieval studies.
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Anne M. Butler, Trustee Professor Emerita, Utah State University, and former editor of the Western Historical Quarterly, will lecture on the history of Catholic sisters in the American West for this year’s Catholic Daughters of the Americas Annual Lecture at CUA.
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With a dull thud, a wrecking ball started chipping away this morning at the top south corner of Spellman Hall, one of three Catholic University buildings slated for demolition in the coming weeks.
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Senior Andrew Gravunder's success in the Egg Drop Contest was emblematic of Engineering Week, according to Binh Q. Tran, assistant dean in the engineering school and chair of the biomedical engineering department.
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His life story could be made into a movie of its own: a young Australian hops on an American ship, sails across the Pacific, and ends up in California where he breaks into the movie business.
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The Catholic University of America is accepting nominations for a special award this spring as part of the celebration of President John Garvey’s inaugural year theme “Intellect and Virtue: The Idea of a Catholic University.”
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music’s Town and Gown Community Chorus and Chamber Players will present a spring concert, “For God So Loved the World.”
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The Office of Campus Ministry and its social justice group, Students on the Mount, will celebrate Solemn Vespers on the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a former slave from the Darfur region of Sudan who was canonized by Pope John Paul II.
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CUA’s School of Engineering presents a seminar by David Muirhead, CUA civil engineering alumnus.
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CUA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering hosts this year’s meeting on research on landmine and buried explosive object detection.
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Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, will speak at CUA on work from his most recent book, The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in a Modern World.
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The Catholic University of America announces today that, for the first time, it appears as No. 13 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) Top 20 College and University list of the largest green power purchasers
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Professor Jon Anderson at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is available to discuss social media and the politics of the Middle East.
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Rev. Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B., of the Pontificio Ateneo Sant' Anselmo in Rome and Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Ore., will receive Catholic University’s Annual Johannes Quasten Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Leadership in Religious Studies.
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CUA’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures presents its 23rd Annual Robert N. Nicolich Lecture with Georgia Cowart, professor of music at Case Western Reserve University, as the speaker.
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Despite several inches of snow and ice that fell overnight and kept Catholic University closed until noon today, students, faculty, and staff filled the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 12:10 to celebrate the Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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As part of the “Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration,” students in the musical theatre program at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will perform “The Age of Dreams: Musicals from 1961,” directed by Pauline Grossman, dance instructor.
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Mario Gamboa, founder and director of Centro de Alfabetización en Español (CENAES), will discuss literacy in Spanish as part of the Hispanic Civic and Global Engagement Talk Series.
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On the day before his inauguration as Catholic University’s 15th president, John Garvey addressed CUA students in Caldwell Hall Auditorium before they left campus to participate in the 38th Annual March for Life.
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The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music will stage four performances of Victor Herbert’s “The Enchantress.”
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Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., the secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, will travel from the Vatican to be the principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass in honor of Catholic University's patron St. Thomas Aquinas.
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According to CUA education scholar Merylann Schuttloffel, the Jan. 25 inauguration of John Garvey as the 15th President of The Catholic University of America will reflect his unique role in American Catholic life.
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Approximately 300 members of the CUA community — including President John Garvey and his wife, Jeanne —participated in a day of community service on Monday, Jan. 17, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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The Catholic University of America announces several music and theater events for the Spring semester.
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On Monday, Jan. 24, the day before his inauguration as Catholic University’s 15th president, John Garvey will address hundreds of CUA students in Caldwell Hall Auditorium at 10:15 a.m. before they leave campus to participate in the 38th Annual March for Life.
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Approximately 300 members of the CUA community — including President John Garvey and his wife, Jeanne — are expected to participate in a day of community service on Monday, Jan. 17, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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Venigalla Rao, chairman and professor of the Department of Biology, has been awarded $100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design a new vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS.
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