A live podcast, a discussion of conservatism in the age of Trump and conversations with former Notre Dame athletes Ruth Riley and Pat Connaughton are among the events surrounding Saturday’s home football game between the University of Notre Dame and the University of New Mexico. Fans are reminded of new security measures at Notre Dame Stadium, including the University’s clear bag policy and the use of metal detectors at all gates.
Friday, Sept. 13
• Live recording of “Ordered Liberty” podcast, featuring Notre Dame alumna Alexandra DeSanctis, staff writer for the National Review, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., 1030 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls.
• Football Fridays at the Eck, featuring food, prizes and giveaways, “Chalk Talk with Bill and Bill,” conversations with members of the Notre Dame family and more, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eck Visitors Center.
• Mendoza Dean’s Speaker Series: Tom Mendoza, featuring Tom Mendoza, retired vice chairman of NetApp Inc., 11 a.m. to noon, Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of Business.
• “What is Conservatism in the Age of Trump?” featuring Sohrab Ahmari, Iranian-American journalist, editor and author, op-ed editor of the New York Post and contributing editor of the Catholic Herald, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., 1030 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls.
• “‘Looking at the Stars’: Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame,” noon to 5 p.m., through Dec. 14, Snite Museum of Art.
• IDEA Center Innovation Rally, featuring Cayla Weisberg, partner, InvestHER Ventures, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., IDEA Center.
• “What Would You Fight For?” sneak peek, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Eck Visitors Center.
• “My Path: Stories of Inspiration from Young Alumni,” featuring members of the inaugural Domer Dozen, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Hagerty Family Café, Duncan Student Center.
• Cedar Grove Cemetery Open House, 2 to 6 p.m., Cedar Grove Cemetery.
• Graduate Business Programs Open House, 2 to 3 p.m., 203 Mendoza College of Business.
• Live performance: “The Fighting Irish (of Notre Dame Y’all),” featuring Jorge Rivera Herrans ‘20 and Teagan Early ‘20, 2:30 to 2:45 p.m., Eck Visitors Center.
• “Catching Up With … Ruth Riley Hunter and Pat Connaughton,” featuring Notre Dame All-American, NCAA champion and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Ruth Riley Hunter ’01, ’16 MBA and former Notre Dame basketball and baseball player and current Milwaukee Buck Pat Connaughton, 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., Eck Visitors Center.
• Undergraduate Business Program Highlights, 3 to 4 p.m., 159 Mendoza College of Business.
• “The Letters of John McGahern: A Year in the Life (1970),” featuring Frank Shovlin of the Irish Studies Institute at the University of Liverpool, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Snite Museum of Art.
• “Thunder from the Sky: Loud Organ Music in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart,” 3:30 to 3:45 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
• “Paths and Pitfalls: Albuquerque’s Move Toward 100% Renewable Energy,” featuring Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller ’00 and Khalil Shalabi ’88, executive vice president for strategic initiatives and transformation, Lower Colorado River Authority, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Eck Visitors Center Auditorium.
• Daily Rosary, 6:45 to 7 p.m., Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Saturday, Sept. 14
• Confessions at Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
• Cedar Grove Cemetery Open House, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Cedar Grove Cemetery.
• Saturdays with the Saints, “Linus, Cletus, Clement and All the Saints of the Eucharistic Prayer,” featuring Timothy P. O’Malley, director of education, McGrath Institute for Church Life, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall.
• Game Day Rosary, 10:30 to 11 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
• Science Exploration Series, “Seeing into the Black,” featuring Keith Davis, director of the Digital Visualization Theater, 11 a.m. to noon, Digital Visualization Theater, 100 Jordan Hall.
• Saturday Mass in the Crypt, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Crypt of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
• Saturday Scholar Series, “Listening to Puerto Rico: The Importance of Engaged Digital Scholarship in Times of Crisis,” 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Annenberg Auditorium, Snite Museum of Art.
• “‘Looking at the Stars’: Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame,” noon to 5 p.m., through Dec. 14, Snite Museum of Art.
• Post-Game Mass, 30 minutes after the game, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Crypt.
Sunday, Sept. 15
• Mass, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart Crypt; 8 to 9 a.m., 10 to 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Basilica of the Sacred Heart; 11 a.m. to noon, Parish Center Chapel.