Jakarta, Indonesia, faces a paradox. Its economy and population are soaring, but the city itself is sinking. Excessive groundwater use is causing land subsidence of up to ten inches annually. Experts warn that by 2050, the subsidence, combined with rising sea levels and extreme weather, could leave a third of the city underwater. In response, the Indonesian government is weighing plans to relocate the capital at an estimated cost of $35 billion.  

Lowering operating costs, enhancing worker safety and improving throughput without compromising quality are just some of the benefits the South Bend-Elkhart Manufacturing Accelerator’s Surface Finishing Cobots cohort is seeking to provide area companies. The cohort, hosted by University of Notre Dame’s…

The University of Notre Dame’s Democracy Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support research and education projects led by Notre Dame faculty and students and convenings that will…

Current ESTEEM program student Sam Kibirige works with 3D printers in the IDEA…

Undergraduate and graduate students at the Keough School are conducting research that will inform policymakers working on global conflict prevention work, thanks to a partnership with the U.S. Department of State.  

Notre Dame Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic helped secure the release of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priests, Fr. Bohdan Geleta and Fr. Ivan Levytskyi, from Russian captivity on Friday, June 28. The Ukrainian priests began their ministry in Berdiansk in 2019. After the full-scale…

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Peyton Marrone is a senior undergraduate at Notre Dame majoring in Political Science with a double minor in Computing & Digital Technologies and Philosophy. She received a 2024 Visiting Summer Scholar Award from the Keough-Naughton Institute and Queen's University, Belfast for her project…

Notre Dame Law School hosted the Symposium for Philosophical Foundations of Precedent on October 31 at the University of Notre Dame. The symposium…

Peacebuilding activists Nidal Foqaha, Tehila Wenger and Ezzeldeen Masri joined the University of Notre Dame’s Lisa Schirch on Nov. 11 for a discussion in DeBartolo Hall about how to resolve the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in a way that provides peace, security and equal rights for all people living in the region. The event was the second in the Israel-Palestine Series of the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum on “What Do We Owe Each Other?”

On Saturday, November 9, 2024, the University of Notre Dame marked the successful opening of a Large Mach 10 Quiet Wind Tunnel, the first and only facility of its kind in the world. The facility supplies a unique environment for exploring hypersonic flight dynamics, turbulence, flight control, and…

The union representing dockworkers at U.S. ports walked away from the negotiating table with port employers this week over automation concerns as the two sides face a mid-January deadline to finalize a deal and prevent the resumption of a strike. Business Analytics Professor Kaitlin Wowak discusses potential supply chain disruptions.

Black men on buses and trains — whether as passengers or transit workers — face hostile encounters that threaten their sense of safety and well-being, according to a new study by a Keough School of Global Affairs sociologist. By reinforcing racist tropes that they are dangerous or invisible, these…

Notre Dame Law School stands ready to advocate and defend religious freedom for all people. Read the story  

The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG) has received a generous endowment gift to support its highly competitive fellowship program for graduate students. Thanks to the generosity of Michael and Barbara Wilsey, the program will now be known as the Wilsey…

For over a decade, Notre Dame Law School students have dedicated their fall and spring breaks to immersing themselves in the rich culture…