Notre Dame’s research emphasis, mentorship benefit economics alumni moving on to top Ph.D. programs Department chair Eric Sims said the University’s undergraduate economics major, which has had nearly 40 alumni enter Ph.D. programs in... September 12, 2023
Political scientist Rachel Porter wins award for best doctoral dissertation about American government The assistant professor analyzed text from more than 5,000 congressional candidates’ campaign websites in 2018 and 2020, and learned that... September 05, 2023
Connor Kaufmann wins Fulbright to attend summer institute in Scotland Connor Kaufmann was selected for the program based on academic excellence (3.7 minimum GPA), a focused application, extracurricular and community... July 26, 2023
History major and Latino Studies Scholar wins Fulbright to attend summer technology, innovation, and creativity institute in Scotland Connor Kaufmann was selected for the program based on academic excellence (3.7 minimum GPA), a focused application, extracurricular and community... July 25, 2023
Romance languages and literatures professor’s book about undocumented migration wins Caribbean Studies Association’s most prestigious prize Notre Dame professor Marisel Moreno’s book about the largely unknown and dangerous phenomenon of undocumented sea migration within the Caribbean... July 10, 2023
Design professor wins Fulbright Scholar Award to create an interactive, digital Norwegian folktale Sarah Edmands Martin, an assistant professor of visual communication design, has been named a 2024 Fulbright Scholar and will use... May 09, 2023
Psychologist Mark Cummings, inaugural A&L Research Achievement Award winner, lauded for a career focused on how families function and boosting their resilience The numbers alone are remarkable. Notre Dame psychologist E. Mark Cummings has secured $40 million in grant funding to conduct... April 27, 2023
Africana studies professor Zach Sell wins Paul E. Lovejoy Prize Zach Sell’s book, “Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital,” has won the 2022 Paul... March 27, 2023
Family guy: Notre Dame anthropologist Lee Gettler broadens perspectives on fatherhood, raising healthy children In his Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory inside Corbett Family Hall, Lee Gettler has freezers full of saliva samples... March 22, 2023
Women Lead 2023 — Alison Rice: Discovering the voices leading a literary revolution Throughout Alison Rice's career, her research, writing and teaching have amplified the voices and experiences of women, including those from... March 08, 2023
Irish professor’s biography of novelist and satirist Flann O’Brien garners two awards prior to publication Brian Ó Conchubhair’s Irish language book about author Flann O’Brien has won two literary awards. And it’s not even on... February 23, 2023
English professor receives Distinguished Scholar Award from Keats-Shelley Association of America, honoring a lifetime of research on Romantic-era writers The Keats-Shelley Association of America has honored English professor Greg Kucich for his outstanding academic career dedicated to its namesake... February 15, 2023
Theology, psychology professors to expand research on how sacred art impacts spiritual understanding with Templeton Religion Trust grant Notre Dame theology and psychology professors are using science and technology to understand how people respond to sacred art. Robin... February 15, 2023
Papal Bull earns Notre Dame historian Margaret Meserve her second Marraro Prize Notre Dame historian Margaret Meserve’s book Papal Bull: Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome has won the American Catholic... February 01, 2023
Anthropologist wins prestigious NEH fellowship to explore toll of climate change in Sierra Leone Notre Dame anthropologist Catherine “Cat” Bolten has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to support the writing... January 13, 2023
Modern American History journal to be based at Notre Dame and co-edited by Dochuk, expanding opportunities for graduate students Notre Dame historian Darren Dochuk has started his five-year term as co-executive editor of Modern American History, the go-to journal... January 09, 2023
Papal Bull earns Notre Dame historian Margaret Meserve her second Marraro Prize Notre Dame historian Margaret Meserve’s book Papal Bull: Print, Politics, and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome has won the American Catholic... December 15, 2022
College of Arts & Letters creates new minor in international security studies The College of Arts & Letters has added a minor in international security studies (ISS) to help students understand root... December 07, 2022
Theology, psychology professors to expand research on how sacred art impacts spiritual understanding with Templeton Religion Trust grant Notre Dame theology and psychology professors are using science and technology to understand how people respond to sacred art. Robin... November 15, 2022
Data-driven new Notre Dame faculty use advanced methodologies to reassess long-held theories and identify new trends in American politics As political scientists, Rachel Porter and Erin Rossiter know the importance of being fluent in several languages. Porter understands R, Stata,... November 02, 2022
New visual and material culture graduate minor created to enhance A&L students’ research, teaching skills A new graduate minor in visual and material culture has been created for Notre Dame students interested in gaining foundational... October 26, 2022
Psychology professor and NIH-funded research team to study how racial discrimination affects adolescent Asian Americans’ mental health Hate crimes, discrimination, and harassment against Asian Americans in the United States have risen rapidly in recent years, and Notre... October 14, 2022
Notre Dame philosopher and psychologist team up to study whether intellectual humility is a virtue — and if it’s helpful or harmful to the marginalized and oppressed Intellectual humility — being free to think and listen without being concerned with the need to “be right” — could... September 21, 2022
With Getty Scholar Grant, art history professor will bring image of Central America into sharper focus For generations, North Americans have seen media images of poverty, disease, civil war, and crime in Central America, including photographs... September 19, 2022
With Huntington fellowship, English professor and medievalist researches depictions of animals in medieval literature and philosophy Michelle Karnes, a Notre Dame associate professor of English, has been chosen as a Mellon Fellow by The Huntington, a... September 07, 2022
Eileen Hunt’s book Artificial Life After Frankenstein wins award for broadening horizons of contemporary political science Eileen Hunt, a professor in the Department of Political Science, has won the David Easton Award for her 2021 book,... August 22, 2022
Political science professor wins Emerging Scholar Award from American Political Science Association The annual honor recognizes Jeff Harden as the top scholar in the field of state politics and policy who has... June 16, 2022
With Huntington fellowship, English professor researches depictions of animals in medieval literature and philosophy Michelle Karnes, a Notre Dame associate professor of English, has been chosen as a Mellon Fellow by The Huntington, a... June 09, 2022
A Q&A with Karl Berg ’22 on the Early Christian Studies program, coordinating a new graduate conference, and why Notre Dame is a great place for classics and theology research Karl Berg ’22, who earned an M.A. in Early Christian Studies from Notre Dame’s Department of Classics, is co-organizing the... May 17, 2022
Pandemic pivot: Political science Ph.D. candidate leads team of scholars and students studying whether border closures affected COVID-19’s spread When the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly halted international travel, Mary Shiraef’s fieldwork plan to investigate the outcomes of communist-era border policies... May 09, 2022
