- ND-GAIN to launch Global Urban Climate Assessment, measuring climate resiliency at the city levelBuilding on its pioneering Country Index, which ranks climate vulnerability and readiness across more than 180 countries, the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) will soon begin tracking the progress of such efforts in cities around the world. Based on evolving climate vulnerability and adaptation research, the Global Urban Climate Assessment (GUCA) aims to develop a pilot decision-support tool to inform actions and investments in urban areas.
- A laboratory for social innovation: Resilience and recovery in UkraineThe war in Ukraine has showcased the resilience of the Ukrainian people and made the country a living laboratory where new models of social development can be conceived and tested. It was a frosty morning in February 2022, and dark clouds hung overhead. On this otherwise normal winter day, Ukrainians woke to news they had long dreaded. Russia had launched a full-scale invasion, and though its forces were still hundreds of miles from the city of Lviv, the life of its residents had already changed. Eventually, the war would reach this medieval city in Ukraine’s far west. Missiles would rattle its buildings, but its people have remained unshakeable. On that Thursday morning, students at Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) woke up and went to class, and they have been doing it ever since. In times of war, the university’s role is even more essential. Academic research has helped document Ukrainians’ resilience in the face of adversity, and it seeks to lay the foundation for a recovery that ensures freedom and prosperity for the next generations.…
- Rare Books and Special Collections exhibit explores emancipation during the 19th centuryMaking and Unmaking Emancipation in Cuba and the United States explores the fraught, circuitous and unfinished course of emancipation over the 19th century in Cuba and the United States. It will remain on display in 102 Hesburgh Library, Rare Books and Special Collections through December 15.
- For the Second Year, Notre Dame Ranked Among the Top Schools For Graduate Studies In EntrepreneurshipFor consecutive years, the University of Notre Dame has ranked within the top 50 graduate schools for entrepreneurship, as recognized by The Princeton Review in its annual “Top 50 Undergraduate and Top 50 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies” ranking. The ESTEEM Graduate Program at the University is a key contributor to this accolade. Furthermore, the University’s comprehensive entrepreneurial profile also includes programming and course work offering from the Mendoza College of Business and the Keough School of Global Affairs. The University secured the 18th position in this year’s ranking.…
- AMST Students Work with One More Citizen to Support Members of the Local CommunityThis semester, students in Professor Jennifer Huynh’s Immigrant America course were part of the inaugural semester of volunteers for One More Citizen, a non-profit that prepares members of the local community to take the U.S. citizenship test. …
- NDTL Develops CO₂ Component Test Capability and Successfully Tests High Efficiency Transcritical CO₂ CompressorNDTL Propulsion and Power (NDTL) has designed and built a closed test loop and a CO₂ storage and management system to support testing for supercritical and transcritical CO₂ power and thermal management components. The test loop can be installed in NDTL’s 10-megawatt, 5-megawatt, or 3-megawatt test cells to match the power, speed, and flow requirements of a particular test article. NDTL recently completed testing of the first stage of a high-efficiency multistage transcritical CO₂ compressor.…
- Pilot program helps Robinson Center youth pursue passion for tennisStudents in the Robinson Community Center's afterschool program visited Lakeland Academy of Tennis recently as part of a pilot progam aimed at introducing South Bend-area youth to the fast-paced racket sport.
- On the world stage: Kroc Institute’s Peace Accords Matrix invited to brief the UN Security CouncilThe aim of Chapter 6 of the United Nations Charter is both broad and thoughtful. It requires countries with disputes that have the potential to lead to war to first seek solutions through peaceful methods. These include “negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice,” according to the charter. If alternative dispute resolutions fail, countries must refer their disputes to the UN Security Council…
- Gold Mass Lecture describes science behind sperm-egg fusion and identical twinningA neurobiologist during the 2023 Gold Mass Lecture at the University of Notre Dame in November broke down one argument that some use about when life begins—that the phenomenon of identical twins is counter to the science of human life’s beginnings at sperm-egg fusion. Using research, analogies, videos, and logic, Maureen Condic,…
- From the MI Podcast: "Discussing Donkeys in Lion-Suits with Dr. Emily Mahan"Listen Now Check out this recent episode of Meeting in the Middle Ages, the Medieval Institute's podcast! In this episode, our hosts Ben and Will sat down with Dr. Emily Mahan, who recently received her PhD from Notre Dame's Medieval Institute, to discuss the power of medieval fables, the value of a postdoctoral fellowship, and how writing poetry led her to writing creatively in her dissertation.…
- Former ND-GAIN Research Associate brings food systems into focus at UN climate summitLater this month, more than 70,000 participants will attend the UN climate summit in Dubai. In the months leading up to the summit, known as COP28, Mohammed Farrae, a Master of Global Affairs graduate (2022) from the Keough School of Global Affairs and former ND-GAIN Research Associate, has been preparing to convene key groups that will showcase climate-smart strategies for agricultural food systems. This effort is critical because agriculture contributes to climate change while simultaneously being hurt by its effects.…
- Eck Institute announces 2023-2024 graduate research fellowsEck Institute 2023-2024 graduate research fellows. Four Ph.D. students at the University of Notre Dame have joined the Eck Institute for Global Health as graduate research fellows…
- Notre Dame to lead new consortium funded to strategize wireless innovation and economic development in the midwestThe University of Notre Dame and a group of over twenty partners have been selected for a Strategy Development Grant…
- Notre Dame undergraduates create route optimization app to help reduce fuel costs, travel time and carbon emissionsThe app, which integrates seamlessly with Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze, not only saves drivers’ time and money, but also reduces their carbon footprint. It is targeted toward people running everyday errands and independent drivers for companies like Amazon, Walmart and Target — who represent an underserved population, according to the students.
- Anthropologist's studies aim to correct history about 'woman the hunter'New research from Cara Ocobock, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, combined both physiological and archaeological evidence to argue that not only did prehistoric women engage in the practice of hunting, but their female anatomy and biology would have made them intrinsically better suited for it.
- Exploring the Maritain papers at Notre Dame: Five questions with Jacob SalibaJacob Saliba Jacob Saliba recently received a Research Travel Grant from the Cushwa Center for his dissertation project, “The Discovery of the Sacred in Interwar France: From Contestation to Cooperation, 1919–1941.” A doctoral candidate at Boston College, Saliba visited the University of Notre Dame in June 2023 to see materials at the Jacques Maritain Center’s collection, which includes papers of Jacques Maritain, Yves René Simon, and Charles de Koninck—materials that have been…
- Disinformation expert explores history and future of fake news in new bookThe era of fake news feels brand-new. But a new book, “A History of Fake Things on the Internet,” takes a deeper look into the origins of online deception.
- Notre Dame CI Compass researchers help lead the national cyberinfrastructure conversationOver the last few months, CI Compass center leadership traveled across the United States to share their research and lead conversations on research and cyberinfrastructure. The leaders engaged in multiple cyberinfrastructure (CI) and research events that continued to shape discussions around knowledge and practices on significant areas of work like artificial intelligence (AI), data governance, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interperable, Reusable) data, and bringing more students into the CI community.…
- Notre Dame Law School establishes new Global Human Rights ClinicNotre Dame Law School announces the establishment of a new Global Human Rights Clinic. Launching in the spring of 2024, the new clinic will be the experiential learning unit of the Law School’s LL.M. Program in Human Rights Law…
- Thomas O’Sullivan Takes First in 1st Source Bank’s 2023 Commercialization Awards, Tengfei Luo Runner-UpThomas O’Sullivan, associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering, has been named first place prize winner of the 2023 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award. Tengfei Luo…
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