On Tuesday (May 23), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of several awards as part of a broader recognition of all those Notre Dame faculty members who have…

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame set out to understand how and why forgetfulness can occur — whether it be forgetting your cellphone or, even worse, forgetting your child in the backseat of the car. Nathan Rose, the William P. and Hazel B. White Assistant Professor of Brain, Behavior and Cognition in the Department of Psychology, set up an experiment to better understand this lapse in what researchers call prospective memory, or the ability to remember critical but routine behaviors.  

In light of the fast-paced and dramatic changes to the AI landscape, as well as calls for government oversight of the technology, University of Notre Dame experts reflect on the opportunities, concerns and impacts of AI on different fields — including entertainment and media, the arts, politics, the labor market, education and business.

Jay Caponigro, senior director of community engagement at the University of Notre Dame, died Thursday (May 11) after a more than year-long illness. He was 54.

Jay Patrick Dolan, founder of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, died on May 7, 2023, in Salem, Oregon. He was 87 years old.

In an effort to help marketers design messages to encourage healthy choices, new research from John Costello and Frank Germann, marketing professors in the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business introduces “uptrend messaging.” Rather than focusing on the fact that most consumers don’t follow the recommendations, it instead emphasizes the positive — that the percentage engaging in healthy behaviors is increasing.

A new study, forthcoming in The Accounting Review from Jessica Watkins, assistant professor of accountancy in the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, found that, alongside 8-K reports featuring negative news, managers tend to push out simpler, unrelated press releases to divert attention from the harder-to-read regulatory filings.

Stephanie Barclay, director of the Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative, participated in oral argument before the en banc Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California, to represent the National Congress of American Indians, an Apache tribal elder and other groups that protect Native American cultural heritage and rights in Apache Stronghold v. United States.

Frederick H. Baumer Jr., a University of Notre Dame alumnus and longtime comptroller and endowment manager for his alma mater, died April 15. He was 87. “Working alongside Fred for my first seven years was a true blessing,” Drew Paluf, associate vice president and controller, said. “His intellect, guidance, patience and overall love for Notre Dame was evident each and every day. …

Kate Garry, currently director of communications and marketing for the University of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters, has been appointed executive director of academic communications, effective May 10. In her new role, Garry will report to Charles and Jill Fischer Provost John T. McGreevy, serving in his cabinet and leading strategic communications and marketing efforts for the academy.

University of Notre Dame professors Anna Haskins, the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology and associate director of Notre Dame’s Initiative on Race and Resilience, and Joel Mittleman, assistant professor of sociology, used data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to determine how 15-year-old children of incarcerated fathers view their own educational futures.

While Christine Becker, an associate professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television and Theatre, believes that a Writers Guild strike is very likely, she argues that it is incorrect to suggest that writers want it. “More precisely, WGA members feel forced to strike,” she said Becker, “because withholding their labor now is the only way to force the studios to justly support it going forward.”

Professor Tim Hubbard shares how he uses virtual reality in the classroom as a researcher at the forefront of this field.

American studies and history professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, who has led the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism for the past 11 years, will step down from the position in June, with Notre Dame historian Darren Dochuk and theologian David Lantigua becoming co-directors. Cummings, the Rev. John A. O'Brien College Professor of History, has been associated with the center for nearly 30 years, starting when she arrived at the University as a doctoral student in history.

Research from Mendoza’s Rafael Zambrana argues that mutual fund fee structures can be set up to incentivize long-term thinking, and this yields better results for investors with the patience to commit their capital.

Roy Scranton is an associate professor of English, director of the Creative Writing Program and founding director of the University’s Environmental Humanities Initiative. As we approach Earth Day, he reflects on why the humanities are essential to addressing climate change — and how the initiative’s efforts support the Notre Dame mission.

Michael M. Stanisic, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a beloved teacher known for his wit and generous spirit, died April 11. He was 65. Stanisic joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1988 after earning bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering from Purdue University. An expert in robotics, he authored and co-authored textbooks and numerous papers in leading journals on kinematics, a branch of mechanics that deals with mathematical descriptions of motion. He also invented and patented new types of robotic joints.…

Notre Dame International has announced that Maria Mercedes Salmon has been appointed director of the University of Notre Dame’s Global Center in Mexico.