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Father Ian Boyd, CSB
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Obituary: Father Ian Boyd, CSB

Obituary of Father Ian Boyd, CSB, founder of the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and The Chesterton Review.

black and white headshot of Slavoj Žižek
Monday, March 11, 2024
Žižek Returns – Again

Internationally renowned academic Slavoj Žižek is once again coming to Seton Hall, this time to present a talk entitled “Why Authoritarian Leaders Are Obscene.”

Kevin Cummings
Thursday, March 7, 2024
The Twelfth Annual Servant Leadership Day

The Twelfth Annual Servant Leadership Day will be held on Tuesday, April 16, and is a celebration of Seton Hall University’s commitment to forming students as "servant leaders in a global society."

Chad Thralls, Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
University Core Names Teacher and Scholar of the Year

The University Core is pleased to announce our Teacher of the Year, Chad Thralls, Ph.D., and Scholar of the Year, Roger Alfani, Ph.D. They bring a standard of excellence to the Core and to Seton Hall.

A painting of St. Thomas Aquinas by Sandro Botticelli.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Inside the Core, We Read of Faith and Reason

Inside the Core we are reading medieval scholars Moses Maimonides, Ibn Rushd, and Thomas Aquinas. The latter is linked closely to the origins of the Catholic University.

Rev./Dr. Forrest Pritchett
Friday, January 26, 2024
Inside the Core, we celebrate Prayer for Christian Unity

Several of us in the Core participated in a service of Prayer for Christian Unity at St. Helen's Church in Westfield where Seton Hall's Rev. Pritchett gave the sermon, and Cardinal Tobin presided.

Graham Burnett with a beard smiling in front of a cityscape
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Spring 2024 Humanities Colloquium Hosts D. Graham Burnett

What is "attention"? How has the understanding of attention changed over time? Princeton Professor D. Graham Burnett will examine these questions, and more, on Thursday, 2/8 at 1 p.m. in the Beck Room

Death of Socrates
Friday, January 19, 2024
Inside the Core: Core II Classes

Core II classes begin by reading ancient Greek texts, such as Plato's Crito, and early Christian texts from the New Testament and other writers, like Tertullian, Justin Martyr, and Perpetua.

Chad Thralls
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Core Fellow Featured in Today's American Catholic

University Core Fellow and author Chad Thralls contemplates the changing seasons of basketball play with his noontime contingent along with the lessons of impermanence, joy and community.

Zaccaron Speaking at Lonergan Lecture
Monday, December 18, 2023
Francesca Zaccaron presents Fall 2023 Lonergan Lecture

The Toth-Lonergan Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies for the Center for Catholic Studies delivered this fall’s public lecture, “Communication, Cosmopolis, and Contemporary Education."

Professor Redwine, customers Alyssa Houseley and Amanda Grace, Prof. Enright, and Professor Alfani
Monday, December 18, 2023
Inside the Core

Inside the Core we held a bake sale to help a refugee family met by Core Fellow Roger Alfani on his research trip to East Africa last summer.


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