- Literacy scholar Ernest Morrell elected to American Academy of Arts & SciencesErnest Morrell, the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers. Morrell was one of the 250 members of the newest AAAS class announced today. Other notable names among the group include filmmaker George Clooney, Apple CEO Tim Cook, novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and 1993 Notre Dame alumnus Carlos Lozada.
- Notre Dame faculty fight malaria resurgence in BangladeshBetween 2008 and 2020, districts across the country of Bangladesh saw a 93% reduction in malaria cases. Today, as the world reflects on the World…
- Anthropologist's research shows there’s no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to addressing men’s health issues globallyAt a time when health resources are at a premium and need to be wisely allocated, health professionals must find points within men’s lives when it makes the most sense to intervene and advocate for preventive care for promoting better health outcomes. Life transitions such as marriage and fatherhood are often pivotal and crucial intervention points. But just like every man is different, health concerns across global communities differ as well. Research from the University of Notre Dame finds that not all life transitions produce the same health results, and not all men’s global health policies should look the same from one country to another.
- How postdoctoral researcher Seth Koren makes sense of the universe’s mysteries using physicsBillions of years ago, the very early universe was incredibly hot and dense — conditions could only be described as extreme. Today, physicists attempt to recreate these conditions using enormous accelerators, detectors and colliders to get particles up to the high energy that existed long ago.…
- From the army to anthropology: Postdoc’s path to peace-and-justice researchHelal Khan’s path to becoming an anthropologist who researches peace and justice has taken him all over the world. In his home country of Bangladesh, Khan was an army officer stationed along the Myanmar…
- Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab Awards Nearly $1,000,000 to Build Collaborative Research Projects between Teams of Notre Dame Faculty and International ScholarsThe Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab announced today that it has selected 17 projects to receive almost $1,000,000 in funding for 2024 through its third annual Call for Proposals (CFP). Each year, the Lab releases a CFP for the purpose…
- Jason Rohr named U.S. national champion for Frontiers Planet Prize for breakthrough sustainability researchJason Rohr, Galla Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, is the United States national champion for the Frontiers Planet Prize,…
- Notre Dame faculty members Jarek Nabrzyski and Jennifer Tank selected as inaugural VPR FellowsUniversity of Notre Dame researchers Jarek Nabrzyski and Jennifer Tank have each been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President for Research (VPR) Fellow within…
- Faith in the MissionOn the wall in the elegant office suite known by the modest address of 400 Main Building hang the framed portraits of 16 priests. They are the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross who founded a college in the Indiana wilderness, who saved the young school from ruin after a devastating…
- Words Fly Through Air: Notre Dame marks the 125th anniversary of the first known wireless transmission in the United StatesEvery day, people use mobile devices to communicate, stream video, check the weather, navigate, play games, and use thousands of other apps. Only in the most recent decades have these technologies become more accessible. Wireless technology also underlies radio astronomy, satellites, television and…
- Shields family makes gift to Notre Dame for new state-of-the-art athletics facilityA group of former University of Notre Dame football student-athletes led by linebacker Jack Shields is providing generous support for a new Fighting Irish football facility — one that, combined with the existing Guglielmino Athletics Complex (“Gug”), will accommodate the current and future needs of the University’s athletics programs.
- Notre Dame celebrates 125 years of wireless innovation and educationThe University of Notre Dame is celebrating 125 years of wireless research, education and innovation with a modern re-enactment of one of the first long-range wireless transmissions conducted in the United States and a full-day symposium of panels and…
- Student Researcher Investigates PFAS AccumulationScat, something that most may not think much about — or even like dealing with — is, for Juan Flores, a fascinating look into animal behavior and aquatic chemistry. His research, with the guidance of Daniele Miranda, assistant research…
- Five Notre Dame faculty elected AAAS Fellows as program celebrates 150th anniversaryToday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, announced its newest class of AAAS Fellows, including five faculty from the University of Notre Dame. This class represents…
- Visit by Fr. Paolo Benanti, AI advisor to Pope Francis, deepens Notre Dame’s commitment to socially responsible data and AI innovationBest known for providing expert advice on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to Pope Francis, Fr. Paolo Benanti has a contagious enthusiasm for the ethics of technological advancement.…
- Subhash L. Shinde elected 2024 MRS Fellow…
- Notre Dame launches University-wide Democracy Initiative to advance research, education and policy efforts to sustain and enhance democracyThe University of Notre Dame has launched an ambitious new Democracy Initiative, an interdisciplinary research, education and policy effort focused on advancing solutions to sustain and strengthen global democracy.…
- Researchers update supercomputing infrastructure that powers research at Notre DameTwice each year, the High Performance Computing (HPC) team at the Center for Research Computing (CRC), and a ten-person team work 150–200 hours to ensure that Notre Dame’s research computing…
- Notre Dame researcher explores how technology can defend democracyGrowing public disenchantment with social media often highlights how it has poisoned political discourse. Critics say its business model leverages negative emotions to maximize user engagement, fueling mistrust and polarization. Keough School of Global Affairs scholar Lisa Schirch sees opportunity in a new class of deliberative technologies and their implications for democracy.
- Notre Dame International extends global outreach and presence with new name: Notre Dame GlobalBeginning today (April 15), Notre Dame International will adopt a new name, Notre Dame Global, and will introduce itself on its new portal at global.nd.edu. The rebrand emphasizes the interconnectedness of the University of Notre Dame’s 12 locations around the world and reflects Notre Dame Global’s vital role in advancing Notre Dame as a leading global Catholic research university, on par with but distinct from the world’s best private universities.
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