ND NewsWire
- Alumni Association to hold annual Global Day of Service on SaturdayThis Saturday (April 26), the Notre Dame Alumni Association will host the third annual Notre Dame Global Day of Service, with alumni, parents and friends across the world poised to serve their communities in the name of Our Lady’s University.
- Eight Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsEight current or former University of Notre Dame students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional 16 singled out for honorable mention for the award. Established in 1952, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides financial…
University News
- Eight Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsEight current or former University of Notre Dame students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional 16 singled out for honorable mention for the award. Established in 1952, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides financial…
- Alumni Association announces 2025 spring award winnersThe University of Notre Dame Alumni Association honored several outstanding alumni and staff at its annual board of directors meeting in April. Throughout the year, the association presents awards in six key areas that reflect the University’s commitment to excellence: the arts, athletics, service to the Alumni Association, service to the country, service to humanity, and service to the University.
Faith
- Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to deliver Keeley Vatican LectureRev. Msgr. Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo, undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will deliver the Keeley Vatican Lecture on Monday (Feb. 10) at 5 p.m. at the University of Notre Dame.
- Nearly 500 students, faculty and staff to attend 2025 March for Life in Washington, D.C.On January 24, nearly 500 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff from the University of Notre Dame, Holy Cross College and St. Mary’s College will participate in the 2025 March for Life in Washington, D.C., now in its 52nd year.
International
- CANCELED: University to host Cardinal Pedro Barreto of Peru and Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana as part of Notre Dame ForumAs part of the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum, Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., of Peru and Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana will visit the University of Notre Dame to participate in a conversation with President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., at 11:30 a.m. April 25 in the Smith Ballroom of the Morris Inn. The conversation is open to the public and will also be livestreamed for both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking audiences.
- ‘Who the messenger is matters’: Cultural leaders can positively influence population growthFertility rates across the world have been steadily dropping since 1950. Pinpointing the reasons is at the heart of Lakshmi Iyer's work as a professor of economics and global affairs. Her research exemplifies the kind of population-level research that Notre Dame Population Analytics (ND Pop), a new research initiative at the University, seeks to foster.
Research
- Two Notre Dame historians win Guggenheim fellowshipsTwo faculty members in the University of Notre Dame’s College of Arts & Letters have been awarded fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as part of its 100th class of honorees.
- Castruccio named Fellow of American Statistical AssociationStefano Castruccio, Notre Dame Collegiate Associate Professor in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS), has been named an elected fellow of the American…
Colleges & Schools
- Notre Dame’s theology department ranked best in the worldThe University of Notre Dame has been ranked as the world’s best theology, divinity, and religious studies program by the influential QS World University Rankings. This is the fourth time since 2020 the Department of Theology has received the No. 1 distinction.
- Record-tying four Notre Dame students named 2025 Goldwater ScholarsA record-tying four University of Notre Dame students have been named 2025 Goldwater Scholars in recognition of their exceptional promise as future leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Faculty & Staff
- ND Expert on tariffs and trade policy: ‘How should the US be engaged with the rest of the world?’To make sense of the new administration's recent tariff announcements and policy changes, Robert Johnson, the Brian and Jeannelle Brady Associate Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, explains how tariffs affect global economies and what this means for U.S. engagement in global trade.
- In memoriam: W. David Solomon, founding director of the Center for Ethics and CultureW. David Solomon, associate professor of philosophy emeritus and founding director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, died on February 26, 2025. He was 81.
Commencement
- Notre Dame to confer seven honorary degrees at CommencementThe University of Notre Dame will confer honorary degrees on six distinguished leaders in science,…
- Adm. Christopher Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to deliver Notre Dame’s 2025 Commencement addressAdm. Christopher Grady, the Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be the principal speaker and receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 180th University Commencement Ceremony on May 18, Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., announced today. Grady, currently serving as the 12th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s second-highest-ranking military officer, graduated from Notre Dame in 1984 and received his commission through Notre Dame’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps.
ND News Wire
- Eight Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsEight current or former University of Notre Dame students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional 16 singled out for honorable mention for the award. Established in 1952, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides financial…
- Alumni Association announces 2025 spring award winnersThe University of Notre Dame Alumni Association honored several outstanding alumni and staff at its annual board of directors meeting in April. Throughout the year, the association presents awards in six key areas that reflect the University’s commitment to excellence: the arts, athletics, service to the Alumni Association, service to the country, service to humanity, and service to the University.
