Dionne Irving Bremyer named finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Dionne Irving Bremyer, an associate professor of English at Notre Dame, has been named a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner... March 13, 2023
Historian Patrick Griffin named honorary member of Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s highest academic honor Patrick Griffin, the Madden-Hennebry Professor of History and director of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, has been named an... February 09, 2023
Alumna Tess Gunty wins National Book Award for debut novel Alumna Tess Gunty, class of ’15, has won the National Book Award for fiction for her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch.” Born and... November 17, 2022
Notre Dame scholar of Dead Sea Scrolls elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Notre Dame theologian James VanderKam, a renowned scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, has been elected to the American Academy... May 03, 2022
American studies professor wins NEH fellowship for book on Turkey, Iran, and the history of comparisons made between the two Perin Gürel, a Notre Dame associate professor of American studies, has won a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for... April 14, 2022
Anthropology major embarks on effort to preserve and document her native Nigerian language, spoken by only 200,000 people Godiya Simon came to Notre Dame needing to learn a language in order to be successful. Now, she’s headed to... March 31, 2022
Notre Dame historian wins NEH grant for project that seeks to disrupt understanding of why the Habsburg Empire crumbled John Deak, a Notre Dame associate professor of history, has won a collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for... March 28, 2022
With grants from NSF and Templeton Foundation, Notre Dame professor explores symmetry in philosophy, physics With support from two major research grants, Notre Dame associate professor of philosophy Nicholas Teh has been exploring new ideas... March 10, 2022
Military historian wins book award and research grant for his efforts to fill in major gaps in understanding of 20th-century international relations Notre Dame historian Ian Ona Johnson received significant recognition this month for his influential research on military history — including... March 01, 2022
College of Arts & Letters launches Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise & Society, a selective program focused on finding meaning in business through the liberal arts Notre Dame’s College of Arts & Letters is launching a new selective program that will offer specialized coursework, programming, and... February 24, 2022
Romance languages and anthropology faculty win Humanities Without Walls grant to create program for Latinx women to share childbirth experiences through art and literature Two faculty in Notre Dame’s College of Arts & Letters have won a three-year grant from Humanities Without Walls in... February 07, 2022
College of Arts & Letters launches new minor in health, humanities, and society Notre Dame’s College of Arts & Letters has launched a new minor in health, humanities, and society, an interdisciplinary program... October 28, 2021
Political scientist receives Religion and International Studies Distinguished Scholar Award Daniel Philpott, a Notre Dame professor of political science, has received the 2021 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies... April 22, 2021
Notre Dame poet named finalist for prestigious Kingsley Tufts Award Joyelle McSweeney, a Notre Dame professor of English and Creative Writing Program faculty member, has been named a finalist for... April 05, 2021
Political scientist receives NSF RAPID grant to research prevalence of public belief in voter fraud Brian Fogarty, director of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Science Research, has received a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant from... March 01, 2021
Notre Dame launches interdisciplinary Initiative on Race and Resilience The University of Notre Dame has launched the Initiative on Race and Resilience, a new interdisciplinary program focused on the... January 18, 2021
English professor wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, has won the 2019 PEN/Faulkner... April 30, 2019
Two Notre Dame faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Declan Kiberd and Dianne Pinderhughes have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest... April 23, 2019
Film professor emeritus receives lifetime achievement award from Society for Cinema and Media Studies Donald Crafton — a Notre Dame film, television, and theatre professor widely considered the pre-eminent scholar on early animation — received the Distinguished... April 16, 2019
Van der Vliet Oloomi’s novel named finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, an assistant professor of English at Notre Dame, has been named a finalist for the... March 22, 2019
How an innovative Notre Dame philosophy course gets undergrads excited about contemplating and constructively debating life's big questions An innovative Notre Dame course, God and the Good Life, is not only transforming the way students are introduced to... March 20, 2019
Notre Dame psychologist elected chair of American Psychological Association’s Commission on Accreditation David A. Smith, a Notre Dame professor of psychology, has been elected chair of the American Psychological Association’s Commission on... March 15, 2019
Sociologist Christian Smith wins book award for research building innovative theory of religion Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame, has won the Society for the Scientific... December 14, 2018
Sociologist Christian Smith wins book award for research building innovative theory of religion Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame, has won the Society for the Scientific... November 17, 2018
Notre Dame psychologist guides Templeton grant project on civic virtues Notre Dame psychologist Darcia Narvaez is helping lead a $3.9 million Templeton Religion Trust grant that will support new research on... September 06, 2018
Art historian wins grant from Graham Foundation to complete book on American artist Alison Knowles Nicole Woods, a Notre Dame assistant professor of modern and contemporary art history, has won a grant from the Graham... June 19, 2018
Notre Dame receives Mellon Foundation grant to grow philosophy course into national curricular model Philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan has received an $806,000 grant from the The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand her popular... June 14, 2018
Political scientist Sarah Zukerman Daly awarded 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Notre Dame political scientist Sarah Zukerman Daly is one of 31 nationwide recipients of 2018 Andrew Carnegie fellowships, the Carnegie... April 25, 2018
Prominent women in political office boost female candidates down ballot, new research finds Researchers found that a state with a female governor or U.S. senator will see an increase in the proportion of women... March 23, 2018
American studies professor named to Norman Rockwell Center’s new Society of Fellows Established to bring leading thinkers to the study of nearly 200 years of American illustration art, the group hopes to... March 23, 2018
