- 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.
- Hauenstein, Putman named as Simons FellowsTwo University of Notre Dame professors were named fellows of the Simons Foundation for 2024, which will allow them the opportunity to intensely focus on their research for up to a year. Jonathan…
- Three Notre Dame faculty named 2024 Guggenheim FellowsBarbara Montero, a professor of philosophy; Gretchen Reydams-Schils, a professor in the Program of Liberal Studies; and Roy Scranton, an associate professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Humanities Initiative, are among the 188 scholars, scientists and artists chosen from approximately 3,000 applicants for the fellowship. The Guggenheim Foundation awards these fellowships to outstanding scholars in order to add to the educational, literary, artistic and scientific power of the country.
- Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab Supports Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight SeriesIn partnership with the MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab is pleased to announce…
- With NIH grant, American studies professor spotlights often-overlooked experiences of disabled people in early U.S. history“I want disabled people to know that they have a history in the nation’s founding period, even if this history is left out of most textbooks,” said Laurel Daen, Notre Dame assistant professor of American studies. “I think my research deepens, expands, and transforms our national story in critical ways and provides important context as we work towards greater access and equality in the present."
- Center for Social Science Research uses data to help strengthen teacher connections for Alliance for Catholic Education projectUnderstanding the data within human connections is one of the things that the Center for Social Science Research (CSSR) at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society does best. The…
- Pinar Zorlutuna elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of FellowsPinar Zorlutuna, Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Bioengineering Program at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2024 College of Fellows.
- Distinguished leaders to receive Notre Dame honorary degrees, Laetare MedalThe University of Notre Dame will confer honorary degrees on four distinguished leaders in business, science, the Catholic Church and the arts at its 179th University Commencement Ceremony on May 19. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will deliver the Commencement address.
- University of Notre Dame to establish Jenkins Center for Virtue EthicsThe University of Notre Dame today announced the establishment of the Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Center for Virtue Ethics, a signature element of the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative emerging from the University’s strategic framework.
- Notre Dame students offer solutions to tuberculosis challenges at 2024 Global Health Case CompetitionStudents from almost every discipline at the University of Notre Dame spent several days preparing presentations on one of the world’s most pressing global health challenges: tuberculosis. …
- Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Adds Insights to Conference on Mineral and Natural ResourcesThe University of Notre Dame was the only university participant in a pivotal international seminar held in Accra, Ghana, addressing the theme “Conflicts in Africa in the Context of the Exploitation of Natural and Mining Resources." …
- Center for Civic Innovation joins Lucy Family Institute to foster data-driven advancements in South Bend communitiesThe mansions of the Studebaker and Oliver families that line West Washington Street in South Bend stand as a testament to the city’s history as a powerhouse of industrial innovation. Just a few blocks to the west, the University of Notre Dame…
- Five interdisciplinary research proposals selected for inaugural Arts & Letters Research Innovation LabsThe University of Notre Dame College of Arts & Letters and Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA) has selected five research proposals that will foster innovation, encourage interdisciplinary research, and answer the world’s most crucial questions to comprise its inaugural group of Research Innovation Labs.
- Keough School establishes two new doctoral programsNotre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs has established a new doctoral program in sustainable development and a new track within its existing doctoral program in peace studies. The peace studies and sustainable development programs will enable doctoral students in the Keough School to examine from different perspectives the intersection of poverty, the environment, violent conflict and peace. Both programs will enroll students beginning in fall 2025.
- Notre Dame to host US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and poets Carmen Giménez and heidi andrea restrepo rhodesThe University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) and Creative Writing Program will present a poetry reading and discussion on Wednesday (April 10) at 4:30 p.m. The event, which takes place in the Reyes Family Board Room in McKenna Hall, is free and open to the public.
- Brain Awareness Fair set for Saturday in South BendThe Neuroscience and Behavior Major at the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with Self-Healing Communities of Greater Michiana, will host a Brain Awareness Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (April 6) at the Howard Park Event Center in South Bend.
- Irish language and literature professor earns Chicago Book Prize for research on European folklore studiesDiarmuid Ó Giolláin has won the 2023 Chicago Folklore Prize for his book that broadens the understanding of the origins…
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