- College of Arts & Letters launches ND Population Analytics to accelerate policy-relevant work through big dataIn partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative, the College of Arts & Letters has launched a data-focused research effort that will foster and advance multidisciplinary work on a wide range of pressing demographic issues facing society, including poverty, rising inequality, declining health in the United States, family instability and falling religious participation.
- Notre Dame faculty, students and administrators reflect on experiences in the Middle EastSeveral distinguished experts from the University of Notre Dame gathered Dec. 4 at the Eck Visitors Center Auditorium to discuss their personal and professional connections to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. This was the third event in the Israel-Palestine Series of the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum on “What Do We Owe Each Other?”
- Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute and Berthiaume Institute ignite student engagement through the launch of the Health Equity Data Science ChallengeStudents at the University of Notre Dame are working together to leverage data to investigate the impacts of the opioid crisis, maternal morbidity, racial inequity and other vexing health obstacles. The Health…
- Engineer Ashley Thrall named fellow of the National Academy of InventorsThe National Academy of Inventors has named Ashley Thrall, the Myron and Rosemary Noble Collegiate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, to its 2024 class of fellows. Election as an academy fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
- Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief to support Indigenous efforts to protect sacred site in TexasLast week, Notre Dame Law School’s Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in a case before the Supreme Court of Texas, advocating…
- Sowing Knowledge Across Continents: Prof. Vanesa Miseres Explores Botanical and Feminist Connections in Berlin…
- Pulte Institute Convenes Partners from FAO, USAID, and CARE to Discuss Emergency Crop InterventionsOn December 3, 2024, the Pulte Institute for Global Development hosted "Ethnography in Evaluation: Findings from an Emergency Crop Intervention in South Sudan" at the Keough School's Washington, D.C., office.
- Scissor-like Enzymes: Mehdi Alikhani’s research into matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their practical implicationsLike little scissors for our tissue, matrix metalloproteinases, or MMPs, are enzymes in our bodies that work to repair damaged tissue and aid in healing wounds. Mehdi Alikhani, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame in the Department of…
- With capstone projects, global affairs seniors make an impact on important global issuesMore than 60 Keough School of Global Affairs seniors tackled capstone projects this semester, working with faculty to address major global issues through three distinct pathways — policy, research and internships.
- From the Peace Corps to consulting for sustainable outcomes in Africa: one MGA graduate’s path…
- Annual Christmas Lecture to feature engaging science TV show host, podcaster, and NASA communicator Michelle ThallerMichelle Thaller, former assistant director for science communication at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will unveil how we can use…
- Notre Dame School of Architecture hosts annual summit for 100-Mile CoalitionOn Saturday (Dec. 7), the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture will host its second annual summit for the 100-Mile Coalition. Created by the school’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative, the coalition comprises community leaders from cities within a 100-mile radius of the University. The coalition seeks to bring together city and nonprofit organization leaders who are working toward solutions related to housing shortages, disinvested communities, failed infrastructure and stagnant economic growth, as well as talent and workforce retention.
- Tracing Intellectual Legacy: from Henri de Lubac to Gustavo GutiérrezWhen Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P. passed away last month (October 22, 2024), Pope Francis sent a video message to be played at his funeral Mass which was livestreamed from Gutiérrez’s home country of Peru. Gutiérrez, a mestizo priest who spent most of his life pastoring a poor parish in the slums of Lima,…
- Pulte Institute joins global consortium using research to end povertyThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research.
- Notre Dame surpasses 87 percent for undergraduate study abroad participationThe University of Notre Dame has once again received national recognition for its commitment to internationalization and global education in newly released rankings from the Institute of International Education. For the 2022-23 academic year, study abroad participation among Notre Dame undergraduates increased by more than 10 percentage points from the previous year — from 77 to 87.5 percent, according to new data published in the Open Doors report.
- Collaboration with Facilities Design and Operations helps Notre Dame grow its global presenceIf you work on Notre Dame’s campus, you can often hear the hum and rumble of a construction site nearby—maybe it’s a new dorm going up, an old building being renovated, or a parking lot getting a geothermal upgrade. This important and innovative work is hard to miss if you’re coming to campus every…
- From the Research Blog: "Ivo of Chartes, De adventu Domini (On the Advent of the Lord)"Cambridge, Corpus Christi, Parker Library 289. Ivo of Chartres, Sermo de sacramentis neophitorum, here ascribed to Hugh of…
- Irish Island Memories: The Inishbofin Library Local Studies CollectionInishbofin community members investigating…
- End poverty, preserve the planet, build community: A Uganda farming institute’s bold missionTen years after its founding, an ambitious sustainable farming community in Uganda is poised to enter a promising new phase of growth. Co-founded by Keough School of Global Affairs professor Emmanuel Katongole…
- Librarian Tara Kenjockety cultivates connections to foster student successLibrarian Tara Kenjockety connects students with people and tools to cultivate their success.
