- Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends recognized for their influence on educational practice and policyErnest Morrell and Mark Berends, professors from the University of Notre Dame Institute for Educational Initiatives, were among 200 scholars selected for the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by Education Week that highlights academics who had the year's biggest impact on educational practice and policy.
- Nitesh Chawla elected 2024 AAAI Fellow for outstanding contributions to AIThe Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has elected Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, as one of its 2024 fellows.
- Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends recognized for their influence on educational practice and policyErnest Morrell and Mark Berends, professors from the University of Notre Dame Institute for Educational Initiatives, were among 200 scholars selected for the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by Education Week that highlights academics who had the year's biggest impact on educational practice and policy.
- Nitesh Chawla elected 2024 AAAI Fellow for outstanding contributions to AIThe Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has elected Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, as one of its 2024 fellows.
- Arts and Letters faculty continue record NEH success, winning three fellowships and a major grantThree faculty members in the College of Arts and Letters have won National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowships, extending the University of Notre Dame’s record success with the federal agency committed to supporting original research and scholarship.
- Anthropologist offers blueprint for new ways of being and relating to others in wake of disasterFor Aidan Seale-Feldman, an assistant professor and a medical and psychological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, providing the right kind of care for victims of disaster is crucial. She finds insight by studying the diverse ways humans respond to catastrophe and loss, and how those responses are shaped by cultural, social and political factors.
- ‘Woman the hunter’: Studies aim to correct historyNew 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.
- In memoriam: Thomas J. Schlereth, emeritus professorThomas J. Schlereth, a longtime professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and author of a widely read in-depth history of the University, died Saturday (Nov. 11) at Ernestine M. Raclin House for hospice care in Mishawaka. He was 82. The oldest of five children and raised…
- Thomas O’Sullivan takes first, Tengfei Luo second, in 1st Source Bank Commercialization AwardsThomas O’Sullivan, associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is the first-place winner of the 2023 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award. Tengfei Luo, the Dorini Family Professor for Energy Studies, placed second.
- In memoriam: Michael Montalbano, adjunct assistant teaching professorMichael Montalbano, adjunct assistant teaching professor at the Mendoza College of Business, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday (Nov. 7) at his home in South Bend, Indiana. He was 66.
- Democracy in darkness: Notre Dame historian explores the role of secrecy in representative governmentThere are lessons to be learned from democracy’s shadowy origins about both the dangers and potential utility of secrecy in a representative government, said Katlyn Marie Carter, an assistant professor of history. In new research, Carter explores how debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the Age of Revolutions shaped modern democracy — and how they can shed new light on current examples of political misconduct.
- Acclaimed teaching scholar James Lang joins Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb CenterJames M. Lang, the author of several popular books on teaching, including “Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It” and “Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning,” has joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame through September of next year.
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