Event Recap

The signature event of the 2010-2011 Notre Dame Forum, “The Global Marketplace and the Common Good”, featuring Thomas Friedman, the influential Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist from The New York Times. Friedman has examined a wide range of subjects in his work, including globalization and worldwide economic issues, religious fundamentalism and terrorism, and the Middle East conflict.

Event Photos

Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist from The New York Times talks at the signature event of the 2010-2011 Notre Dame Forum: The Global Marketplace and the Common Good.

From left to right: Gary Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology, Shanna Gast, senior economics major, Carolyn Woo, Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business, Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist, and Norah O’Donnell, NBC News correspondent participate in the round table discussion.

Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist from The New York Times talks at the signature event of the 2010-2011 Notre Dame Forum: The Global Marketplace and the Common Good.

Thomas Friedman and event moderator Norah O’Donnell of NBC during the question and answer portion of the event.

Many in the Notre Dame community turned out for the signature Forum event, creating a full house at the Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.