Tuesday, January 17, 2012
From February 23-26 at 7:30 p.m., Xavier Players will present Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal. It is for an adult audience.
Monday, January 9, 2012
MLK, Jr Week events are free and open to the public, except where noted. Co-sponsored by Xavier’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, Center for Faith & Justice, National PanHellenic Council, Interfaith Community Engagement, Alpha Phi Alpha, Women’s Center, Student Life and Leadership, Black Student Association, History Department, Psychology Department, and Student Government Association. For more information, please visit www.xavier.edu/mlk.
Monday, January 9, 2012
On the heels of the Iowa Caucuses, Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream debunks 5 Myths about the American Dream in the Sunday (January 8) Washington Post. Michael Ford, the Center’s Founding Director, cites its current research revealing a deep schism between the Presidential campaign’s relevance to the American Dream, Americans’ distrust in government and elected officials, along with the declining importance of home ownership to an individual’s definition of the Amer
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
On May 19, 2005, the exhibition, “A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People,” opened at Xavier University and ran until July 15 of that year. Since then it has been displayed at 16 additional locations, including the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
News from Xavier University's Center for Mission and Identity.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Xavier’s Office of Interfaith Community Engagement and the Gallagher Student Center (GSC) have invited students, faculty and staff to launch paper airplanes at precisely 4:30 PM on Thursday, December 1st in the GSC atrium.
Monday, November 28, 2011
A team led by Xavier University MBA international student Rudhir Patil recently won the 14th annual Venture Capital Investment Competition of Silicon Valley at Santa Clara University. Patil is in California working, but is taking his capstone class online with Xavier. Originally from India, he came to Xavier via New Zealand, where he is a citizen. Via the Jesuit MBA Network, he is also a visiting student at Santa Clara University.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
For the past three years, Xavier University has sent a five-person team to the Regional Ethics Bowl, Central States in Indianapolis. On Saturday, November 12, the team qualified for the first time in the school's history for the National Ethics Bowl, placing second out of 22 teams.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
For the third year, Xavier University students will shed "nearly all" their clothes and/or dress Guatemala-style, despite the chill, Thursday, November 17, at 7:00 p.m., for the Nearly Naked Mile. Participants race one mile through the Xavier campus to raise funds to send 12 pre-professional health students to service in Guatemala from Dec. 31- Jan. 7.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Xavier University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a showing of the film Mooz-lum followed by a discussion with the film’s producer on Wednesday, November 16 at 7 pm in the Gallagher Student Center Theatre on the Xavier campus. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Nine students from Northern Kentucky and one from Indiana are enrolled in the first cohort of Xavier's Northern Kentucky MBA program. They will spend 24 months taking 18 classes. They represent Procter and Gamble, Sunny Delight Beverages Co., the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, GE Aviation, Hydro Systems Co., Hill-Rom, and Fidelity Investments.
Friday, November 11, 2011
On Nov. 7 and 8, Xavier University offered students, faculty and staff a chance to hear and experience firsthand the treatment of waste and urban water in Greater Cincinnati.
Friday, November 11, 2011
This morning at 11:00 a.m., the Xavier University community gathered for a 30-minute ceremony celebrating the service of our Armed Forces and honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. (See link to slideshow below.)
The ceremony was held on the university campus at The Shrine of Our Lady, Queen of Victory and Peace.
Monday, November 7, 2011
On the 73rd anniversary of what is considered the beginning of the Holocaust, November 9, 2011, the Xavier University community will quietly raise an alarm.
Monday, November 7, 2011
This Veteran’s Day, November 11, at 11:00 a.m., the Xavier community will gather for a 30-minute ceremony celebrating the service of our Armed Forces and unveiling new plaques at the base of The Shrine of Our Lady, Queen of Victory and Peace, located off Dana Avenue near the guard shack on University Drive.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
James Riordan, S.J. of Xavier University will join over 1,000 others passionate about faith-inspired social justice who will gather in Washington, DC, from November 12-14, 2011, for the 14th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ) sponsored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Xavier University in Cincinnati presents “Gender-Based Violence: A Community In Dialogue” a conference of experts from across the United States convened by Xavier University president Michael Graham, S.J. and the Xavier Women's Center. It will be held Tuesday, November 8 from 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at the Schiff Conference Center on the Xavier campus.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Chris Manolis, a professor of marketing at Xavier University, and James Roberts, professor of marketing at Baylor University in Waco, TX, have found that “Living with a sensible, balanced amount of free time promotes well-being [of teens] not only directly, but also by helping to alleviate some of the negative side effects associated with living in our consumer-oriented society.”
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Photographs of those who live, work and play in the neighborhood of Evanston will be on public display starting this Saturday October 22 at the Evanston Recreation Center, on the campus of Xavier University campus and at selected sites throughout Evanston
Monday, October 17, 2011
On Friday, Oct. 21, the public is invited to a free lecture by Pakistani Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, who will explore the contemporary issues facing Muslims in America – our fastest growing religious group.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Xavier University’s Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue presents journalist Robin Wright speaking on “Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World” Monday, November 7 at 7:30 pm at the Duff Banquet Center on the Xavier campus. Her talk is free and open to the public.