Adah McMillan

Metropolitan Serapion (left), the first hierarch and bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii, walks with Fr. Khaled Anatolios, the John A. O’Brien Professor in the Department of Theology, down a Morris Inn hallway. Metropolitan Serapion and 11 other Coptic bishops came to the University of Notre Dame to have their annual theological consultation.

Bike south along the Link Trail, take a Transpo bus along Route 7, or drive a block past Rocco’s restaurant on South Bend Avenue, and you’ll find a building that’s more than bricks and siding. It’s the region’s newest mental health ally. When it opens this June, the Wilma and Peter Veldman Family Psychology Clinic will expand local access to mental health care through a combination of research, training, and service.

Kasey Buckles, Quinn and Jean Stepan Family College Professor in the Department of Economics (Photo by Jon L. Hendricks/University of Notre Dame) As any good mentor does, Kasey Buckles helps her graduate students produce the best work they can. She keeps them on schedule and refines their research questions. She points them toward analytical tools and connects them with other resources. But she also knows that there’s more to life than writing an economics dissertation.