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   Advancing precision tools for tracking antibiotic resistance

   Every year, nearly 5 million people die from causes related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the phenomena by which microorganisms like...

   August 13, 2026

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   Researchers develop groundbreaking method for printing blood capillary networks

   Professor Yanliang Zhang and colleagues have created a novel hybrid bioprinting technique that produces vascular networks containing capillaries fewer than...

   August 11, 2026

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   Ultra-efficient 5G antenna developed at Notre Dame performs in Army field tests

   Jonathan Chisum, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has spent nearly...

   July 30, 2026

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   IDEA Center grants to support commercialization of faculty innovations spanning natural materials, cancer drug delivery, and bio-particle production

   The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame has announced the awardees of this year’s Research Commercialization Grants (RCGs)....

   July 23, 2026

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   Latest ND-GAIN Country Index integrates new World Bank Business Ready data set

   The University of Notre Dame's Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) has adopted…

   July 15, 2026

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   Researchers show how early RNA-based life may have repaired its genome, providing insight into the origins of life

   In a study published in Nature Communications, Saurja DasGupta, a biochemist at the University of Notre Dame, and colleagues present...

   July 13, 2026

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   Notre Dame researchers to advance quantum microscopy, biosensing technology, and electronics fabrication with support from NDnano

   Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) has announced the awardees of the inaugural Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF) Support Grants....

   June 30, 2026

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   ND-GAIN looks to usher in a new era of decision-support, building on more than a decade of international leadership

   In recent years, billions of dollars have been pledged worldwide for climate adaptation: taking action to prepare for and adjust...

   June 18, 2026

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   Notre Dame engineer receives inaugural ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators award to power lymphatic disease research

   As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful swelling...

   June 08, 2026

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    ND Sensor Initiative announces installment of new, specialized mass spectrometers

    The Shimadzu…

    June 03, 2026

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    Annual McCloskey New Venture Competition closes with multi-day event showcasing Notre Dame entrepreneurship

    On Thursday, April 23 and Friday, April 24, the annual McCloskey New Venture Competition culminated in a celebration of excellence...

    May 22, 2026

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    New study conducts in-depth analysis of Multiple Sclerosis research models

      More than 1 million people in the U.S. live with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that damages the brain,...

    May 18, 2026

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    Notre Dame’s Kyle Doudrick named to EPA Science Advisory Board

    Kyle Doudrick, associate professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to serve on the Science...

    April 30, 2026

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    Notre Dame’s Nathan Swenson elected 2026 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

    Nathan Swenson, the Gillen Director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) and professor in the Department...

    April 15, 2026

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    Brian Blagg receives top honor as Notre Dame and 1st Source honor faculty innovation at commercialization awards dinner

    On Tuesday, March 24, University leaders, faculty members, and community partners gathered in downtown South Bend to celebrate research and...

    April 01, 2026

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    Notre Dame researchers uncover the molecular driving force behind hallmark of aggressive, metastatic cancers

    To invade healthy tissues and continue growing, aggressive cancers mimic and circumvent the body’s native piping system of veins and...

    March 23, 2026

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    Notre Dame ranks among top 100 US universities granted utility patents for third straight year

    The University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025,...

    March 19, 2026

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    Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models

    Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils....

    February 25, 2026

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    Notre Dame’s Edward Maginn elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    Edward Maginn, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre...

    February 10, 2026

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    Notre Dame researchers to advance biothreat surveillance, containment, and operational preparedness

    Three faculty teams have been selected as the first recipients of awards from the Notre Dame Biothreat Surveillance, Containment, &...

    February 03, 2026

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    How light reflects on leaves may help researchers identify dying forests

    A new study from researchers at the University of Notre Dame, published in Nature: Communications Earth & Environment, uncovers a...

    January 08, 2026

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    Visit from Hanyang-ERICA delegation advances international research exchange

    Earlier this fall, a delegation from Hanyang University, South Korea, visited the University of Notre Dame to engage in conversation...

    December 18, 2025

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    Notre Dame reflects on another year of impactful research

    During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, researchers at the University of Notre Dame sustained the institution’s legacy of impact for studying...

    December 15, 2025

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    Alumni founder of carbon-capture start-up receives NSF funding to collaborate with Notre Dame researchers

    Alec Houpt, who earned his doctorate from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) at the University of Notre...

    December 08, 2025

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    Notre Dame ranked 12th-best for graduate programs in entrepreneurship

    The University of Notre Dame has been ranked as the 12th-best graduate school for entrepreneurship by the Princeton Review and...

    November 21, 2025

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    New computational process could help condense decades of disease biology research into days

    At 10 one-millionths of a meter wide, a single human cell is tiny. But something even smaller exerts an enormous...

    November 11, 2025

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    Notre Dame's Rad Lab shepherds in next generation of radiation research with historic expertise

    When the Radiation Research Building was blessed by Father Theodore Hesburgh during its dedication on September 1, 1963, then-Chairman of...

    November 06, 2025

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    Notre Dame Research, Under Armour reach historic partnership to pursue innovations in materials, data analytics and human performance

    Over the next decade, both organizations will co-invest in research initiatives that span multiple colleges and disciplines, and allow Notre...

    November 05, 2025

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    Karen Deak named Executive Director of Notre Dame’s IDEA Center

    Karen Imgrund Deak, pictured above, has been named executive director of the IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame....

    October 17, 2025

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    Career planning platform Runwayz takes home the Amy Hirsh Guarino Award

    On Friday, September 19, members of the University of Notre Dame and South Bend communities gathered to celebrate the legacy...

    October 14, 2025