News: 2016

Surprise success can be a good thing. But according to new research, it comes with added temptations.

July 29, 2016

Notre Dame student Stephen “Pete” Freeman, a sociology and gender studies major, has been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin...

July 28, 2016

On July 22 & 23, the Center for Ethics and Culture presented a special Notre Dame Vita Institute for the Archdiocese of...

July 28, 2016

July 26, 2016 (Notre Dame, Ind.) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 9,354,181 to researchers at...

July 28, 2016

The University of Notre Dame’s NSF-funded QuarkNet program uses particle physics experiments to engage, inspire, and educate high school students,...

July 27, 2016

  Malcolm Fraser Jr., the University of Notre Dame’s Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, C.S.C., Professor of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute...

July 26, 2016

Researchers comparing mouse and macaque brains have found evidence of an evolutionary universal brain structure in mammals that enables comparisons...

July 25, 2016

The University of Notre Dame’s new Donald R. Keough School of Global Affairs announces the opening of applications for its...

July 25, 2016

New research from the University of Notre Dame places a new upper limit on the total number of people who...

July 25, 2016

Funded by a grant from the Army Research Office, Dong Wang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is studying...

July 25, 2016

Garrison Crouch, a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been awarded a NASA Space Technology...

July 22, 2016

Kenneth T. Christensen, the Collegiate Professor of Fluid Mechanics and assistant dean of faculty development in the College of Engineering...

July 21, 2016

Tamara Kay, a scholar with extensive experience in Latin America and Africa, will join the new Keough School of Global...

July 21, 2016

New research completed at the University of Notre Dame’s Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) – West indicates that as sinking brine...

July 21, 2016

During tough economic times, women engage in the “lipstick effect,” stocking up on cosmetics and beauty products — a simple...

July 20, 2016

Brian Baker, recently named the Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Structural Biology, has been appointed to the position of...

July 20, 2016

Local entrepreneurs have solar energy, Internet connectivity, skills training, and mentors to build businesses and create jobs.

July 18, 2016

Muriel Mcclendon (Chicago State University), Sarah Bliese (Hamline College), and Albert Vargas (UND) spent two weeks in Eldoret and Nairobi...

July 18, 2016

The Medieval Institute was pleased to welcome again guest speaker Reverend Canon Doctor Federico Gallo, director of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana...

July 14, 2016

The University of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters has launched a new, guaranteed postdoctoral fellowship that will incentivize...

July 14, 2016

Alex Perkins, Ph.D., Eck Family Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics,...

July 14, 2016

Bruce Huber, associate professor of law, has been appointed the Robert and Marion Short Scholar, a three-year rotating appointment for...

July 14, 2016

Through the generosity of several donors, The Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine was able to provide summer research...

July 13, 2016

More than 60 science, engineering, and medical librarians from colleges across the country will come to the Great Lakes Science...

July 12, 2016

The University of Notre Dame has a long legacy of excellence in nuclear physics research, beginning in 1937 with its...

July 12, 2016

The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) at Notre Dame is hosting the first ever Women in Science Regional Conference on Sep. 30th - Oct 1st. Graduate students will have...

July 11, 2016

When battling cancer, everything is on the table. Radiation therapy. Surgery. Chemo. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled researchers, like Associate...

July 08, 2016

Rev. Terrence P. Ehrman, C.S.C. has been appointed as the Assistant Director of Life Sciences Research and Outreach at the...

July 08, 2016

Introducing herself around campus in 2011, biochemist Sharon Stack sought faculty far outside her academic background. She wanted to get...

July 08, 2016

Notre Dame alumna Ray’Von Jones ’16 wants to make a difference in the world of education. And her sociology and...

July 08, 2016