A Powerful Means for Doing Good
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Researchers at Notre Dame are inspired by its Catholic mission and founder Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.’s vision for the University to be “one of the most powerful means for doing good” in the world. Notre Dame faculty and students pursue globally significant research, scholarship, and creative endeavor that advances discovery, fosters innovation, and drives lasting positive impact.
Notre Dame Research is committed to supporting researchers in doing what they do best: delivering cutting-edge, globally significant research, scholarship, or creative endeavor. That impact unfolds in a number of core facilities and resources, as well as in thematic research areas such as health and well-being, environmental sustainability, advanced computation and AI, and more. Faculty find their homes in one of Notre Dame’s seven colleges or schools.
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Notre Dame students using AI to help businesses solve problems
October 29, 2026
A group of Notre Dame students is using the power of AI to help local businesses solve real-world problems. The university’s iNDustry Labs launched its AI Leaders of Tomorrow fellowship program back in February. Since then, 50 students have completed almost 30 projects, according to Dave Hemler, iNDustry Labs’ senior director of AI and applied learning.
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Free lead screening kits available at South Bend City Hall for Safety Week
October 27, 2026
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is highlighting efforts in South Bend to help families identify lead hazards in their homes before they become a serious health threat. “Lead poisoning is devastating to children, especially very young children, because it affects their cognitive abilities. And if children are exposed to lead too long, it can become permanent, and then it affects the rest of their life,” said Heidi Beidinger, a professor at Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health.
Researchers watched parents interact with their 3-year-olds, then followed the children for 15 years; those who experienced more warmth and encouragement showed stronger reward responses later
October 16, 2026
The research was led by Kaylin Hill, a psychologist at the University of Notre Dame, and her team. The study, published in Communications Psychology, examined the relationship between parenting behavior at age three and the development of the brain's reward responses at ages 9, 12, 15, and 18.
Positive parenting teaches kids how to experience joy
October 14, 2026
University of Notre Dame psychologist Kaylin Hill has devoted the past 15 years of her career to better understanding emotions and depression—and how to break the cycle of intergenerational mental health issues. Hill, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s psychology department, has found that parents’ child-rearing methods during the preschool years coincide with how that child experiences joy and satisfaction across adolescence—a period during which the risk for mental health issues is at its highest.
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-Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.