An electronic nose developed by Notre Dame researchers is helping sniff out bird flu biomarkers for faster detection and fewer sick birds. Read the story

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This story is part of a series of features highlighting the managing directors of the University's strategic initiatives. The managing directors are key (senior) staff members who work directly with the…

Off the southwestern coast of India, a pool of unusually warm water forms, reaching 100 feet below the surface. Soon after, the air above begins to churn, triggering the summer monsoon season with its life-giving yet sometimes catastrophic rains. To better understand the link between the formation of the warm pool and the monsoon’s onset, five members of the University of Notre Dame’s Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory set sail into the Bay of Bengal aboard the Thomas G. Thompson, a 274-foot vessel for oceanographic research.

This past Friday, September 12, Bartholomew County Circuit Court Judge Kelly S. Benjamin entered an order vacating Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC) client Jason Hubbell’s 1999 convictions for murder and criminal confinement based on the State of Indiana’s withholding of material exculpatory evidence implicating another man in the murder.

The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative will host the Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith and Human Flourishing on the University’s campus from Monday, Sept. 22 through Thursday, Sept. 25. This event will draw together a dynamic, ecumenical group of educators, faith leaders, technologists, journalists, policymakers and young people who believe in the enduring relevance of Christian ethical thought in a world of powerful AI.

This fall, Notre Dame students are turning research into real-world solutions. In a unique course, Early Childhood Development and Poverty Alleviation: A Global Perspective, 27 students are learning how the science of early childhood development can break cycles of poverty — and then applying…

As the planet faces mounting environmental crises, including a decline in global biodiversity, a new study from the University of Notre Dame calls for a seemingly simple yet transformative practice: better conversations. In a co-authored paper published in Conservation Biology, Daniel C. Miller outlines five key principles to foster more effective and inclusive dialogue about conservation. The paper builds on more than a decade of collaborative work in conservation social science and presents a framework to address one of the field’s most pressing yet underexamined issues—how conservationists talk to one another.

The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced its faculty awardees for the 2025-2026 cohort. Faculty from leading Irish universities and Notre Dame have come together to work on four research projects as a part of the Naughton Faculty…

Notre Dame Law School is pleased to welcome four new clinical faculty members for the 2025–26 academic year. “It is an honor to welcome such a distinguished group of clinical professors to Notre Dame Law School. Their impressive achievements and deep sense of vocation will enrich our academic…

Six interdisciplinary scholars have joined the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame to continue their research, obtain invaluable support, and engage in professional development as part of the inaugural Provost’s…

This is the first in a series of features highlighting the managing directors of the University's strategic initiatives. The managing directors are key (senior) staff members who work directly with the faculty directors to help implement and operationalize the vision for the initiatives, oversee initiative staff, and serve as thought partners for the faculty directors.

Three collaborative, multi-unit teams have been awarded funding by the University-wide Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative to advance health-related research and education.…

University of Notre Dame Provost John T. McGreevy has appointed faculty directors for the final two priority areas identified in Notre…

In his most recent book, “Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress,” Scranton, an associate professor of English, defines the impasse he sees as “not only political and institutional, but cognitive, existential and narrative” and asserts that the only path forward is through embracing what he terms ethical pessimism. “A lot of people confuse pessimism with nihilism, apathy and despair,” Scranton said. “But pessimism is actually about recognizing our limits, letting go of unrealistic goals, finding solidarity in the fact of human suffering and doing what you can now, not in some utopian future.