- Six new faculty members join Notre Dame psychology department to advance research on mental health, sleep disorders, substance use, and other issuesThe new assistant professors — Ryan Carpenter, Haya Fatimah, Kaylin Hill, Matthew Robison, Elizabeth Shewark, and Ivan Vargas — will further research in their subfields of cognitive, behavioral, clinical, and developmental psychology. Their scholarly work will aim to address the psychological causes and effects of various issues such as trauma, self-harm, sleep disorders, and substance use disorder.
- Professor Emeritus Clark Power Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and NutritionAt their annual meeting on Friday, September 6th, the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition awarded a lifetime impact award to Dr. Clark Power, professor emeritus of liberal studies at Notre Dame and executive director of the Play Like a Champion Today Educational Series. “I…
- MSE PhD fellowship projects focus on quantum materials, topological crystalline superconductors, biomaterial scaffolds, Kagome metals, and organic semiconductor materialsThe University of Notre Dame’s Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) program has awarded fellowships to five graduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Notre Dame juniors Faiza Filali, Angela Olvera named Obama-Chesky Voyager ScholarsUniversity of Notre Dame juniors Faiza Filali and Angela Olvera have been named to the third cohort of Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholars. They are Notre Dame’s second and third Voyager Scholars after senior Raleigh Kuipers, who recently returned from Latin America as a member of the second cohort.
- 2024-25 Rita Bahr Cari Scholars AnnouncedThe Klau Institute is proud to announce its Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund Scholars for 2024-25. The recipients are human rights lawyers from Latin America enrolled in the LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law. This year's recipients are: …
- Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals as an American Agenda through Localization, Compassion, and Youth EmpowermentContinued, principled U.S. participation and leadership at the U.N. is not simply a diplomatic politesse, but a necessary way forward towards creating a safer, sustainable, more prosperous world. Current data shows the world is 43 years behind schedule to meet the 2030 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a shared global and domestic agenda intended to improve quality of life for people and the planet.
- English associate professor and ISLA director Kate Marshall recognized as member of All-Faculty TeamAt every Notre Dame home football game, the Office of the Provost honors a distinguished member of the faculty as part of the All-Faculty Team. As the Fighting Irish played Miami University on Saturday, Sept. 22, Kate Marshall was recognized.
- With NEH grant, Eileen Hunt will ensure Wollstonecraft’s treatises about human rights continue to inform scholarshipEileen Hunt will produce the first book that integrates and contextualizes Mary Wollstonecraft’s two visionary treatises that advocate for human rights for all and Daniel Machiela will host workshops about Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls research.
- Leading expert in Responsible AI, Kay Firth-Butterfield, joins Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society as visiting scholarSociety will face drastic changes as we all begin to access artificial intelligence (AI) programs for increased efficiency in performing tasks previously conducted by humans. From education…
- Renowned Indigenous Artists and Curators to Speak October 3rd and 4thThe Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is delighted to announce an upcoming symposium on Indigenizing museum spaces to be held on October 3 and 4, 2024. The symposium will feature prominent Indigenous artists and curators who will attend classes, meet students, and offer artist demonstrations on Thursday,…
- Virtual learning detrimental to school attendance, especially in districts with higher poverty rates, study findsSince the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. This increase was tied to the mode of instruction during the early years of the pandemic. In particular, schools that employed virtual learning as the primary teaching mode during the 2020-21 school year experienced a greater increase in chronic absenteeism in the following year. That increase was significantly greater in school districts with higher levels of poverty, according to new research from William Evans, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics and co-founder of Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities.
- The Notre Dame Global iSURE program welcomes first cohort of African studentsThe International Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (iSURE) program provides invaluable opportunities for international students to conduct research at the University of Notre Dame during the summer session. In addition to working on cutting-edge research with Notre Dame faculty, iSURE students…
- iLocater receives $4.3 million in federal grant funding to advance its capabilitiesThe iLocater team was recently awarded a pair of grants that will significantly bolster iLocater’s planned scientific capabilities: a $2.7 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research…
- Laser Diode team at Notre Dame finds business clarity through $550,000 Partnerships for Innovation NSF grantThe two-year Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) grant will help fund the commercialization of a novel laser diode invented by Doug Hall, an associate professor of electrical engineering at Notre Dame, and two former electrical engineering graduate students.
- Research Project Outcomes: A vision for inclusive educational technologyThe potential of artificial intelligence in education is immense, reshaping the traditional learning environment. Digital tools create more dynamic and interactive lessons, boosting engagement and enjoyment while significantly enhancing accessibility. However, as the educational landscape rapidly…
- ND Founders Profile #159: After an early career in finance, this fouNDer discovered his true home with the startup AbodeTYLER BLIHA Company Founded: Abode Graduation Year: 2014 Title: Founder …
- Strategies to Incorporate Technology for Active LearningI knew after completing my bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that I wanted to pursue a Ph.D. My passion for learning biology stems from positive experiences I have had with both high school and collegiate faculty. In gratitude…
- Professor Stephen Tierney Appointed Honorary King's CounselProfessor Stephen Tierney, global distinguished professor of law at the Notre Dame London Law Programme, has been appointed Honorary King's Counsel by His Majesty The King on the nomination of the…
- Anton Burri-Wenzel joins Notre Dame Law School as first research fellow for the Program on Law & EconomicsAnton (Toni) Burri-Wenzel has joined Notre Dame Law School as the inaugural post-doctoral Research Fellow for the Program on…
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