- Three alumnae awarded Thomas R. Pickering and Charles B. Rangel Graduate FellowshipsUniversity of Notre Dame alumnae Irla Atanda and Amber Bryan have been named Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellows. Alumna DeJorie Monroe has been named a Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellow. This is the University’s first Rangel Graduate Fellow and second and third Pickering Graduate Fellows.
- NEH awards four fellowships, digital scholarship grant to Arts and Letters, Keough School facultyThree faculty members in the University of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters and one in the Keough School of Global Affairs have won National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, extending the University’s record success with the federal agency committed to supporting original research and scholarship.
- Supreme Court must determine religious voices deserve a place in the public square, experts sayNotre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the case to ensure that government actors — like the city of Boston — may not create benefits, opportunities or platforms that exclude religious believers.
- Advertising plays key role in satellite TV success, study showsA new study from the University of Notre Dame documents the role of advertising to help explain satellite operators’ continued success.
- Two Notre Dame faculty rank on Edu-Scholar Public Influence listErnest Morrell, the associate dean for the humanities and equity in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters, the Coyle Professor in Literacy Education and the director of the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education, ranked 71st in the 2022 list. Mark Berends, the Hackett Family Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, a professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, placed 169th.
- Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy creates The 1-6-25 Project, sounding alarm about threats to US electoral systemThrough in-depth study and analysis of the factors that led to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the project’s members hope to offer insight into how to protect and strengthen the American electoral system before a likely attack on Jan. 6, 2025 — the day the results of the 2024 presidential election will be certified by Congress.
- In memoriam: John W. Stamper, associate dean, professor of architectureJohn W. Stamper, associate dean and professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, died Wednesday (Jan. 5). He was 71.
- 33rd annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival debuts Jan. 21An annual launching pad for student filmmakers as they begin their careers in the film, television and entertainment industries, the Notre Dame Student Film Festival screens films that were made by undergraduate students during the past year as class projects in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre.
- In memoriam: Subhash Basu, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistrySubhash Chandra Basu, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, died Nov. 15 in his Granger, Indiana, home.
- Department of Theology receives Lilly Endowment grant to expand summer immersion programsThe University has been awarded nearly $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to equip students in the Master of Divinity Program (M.Div.) and Master of Arts in Theology program to better serve in and learn from a diverse, ever-changing world.
