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Rare Disease Day a Reminder of the Importance of Research

The University of Notre Dame’s Warren Family Research Center for Drug Discovery and Development is focusing on collaboration, as it...

February 28, 2017
Statement by Father John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president, University of Notre Dame

A statement on guidance memos released by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday (Feb. 21).

February 22, 2017
Statement to Notre Dame international students and scholars

A message to international students from Michael E. Pippenger, vice president and associate provost for internationalization.

January 30, 2017
Statement by Father John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president, University of Notre Dame

A statement on President Trump’s recent Executive Order.

January 30, 2017
Colombia awards Douglass Cassel Country’s Highest Honor for Foreign Citizens

Colombia has conferred upon University of Notre Dame Law School professor Douglass Cassel the Order of Merit, the highest award...

September 28, 2016
Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development awarded $1.2 million contract to support USAID impact evaluation in Honduras

The focus of NDIGD’s research, under Dexis’ Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Collaborative Learning and Adapting program, will be to...

September 09, 2016
Kroc Institute's George Lopez to judge new MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition

George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s...

June 03, 2016
A tough childhood can lead to a shorter life for baboons

What is true for humans is also true for baboons: The tougher the childhood, the higher the risks of premature...

April 20, 2016
Astrophysicists catch two supernovae at the moment of explosion

For the first time, a “shock breakout” in an exploding supergiant star has been discovered at visible wavelengths. An international...

March 22, 2016
Glynn Affiliate and Labor Economist Professor Abigail Wozniak Presents at Brookings Panel

The decline in the fluidity, or dynamism, of the U.S. labor market has been occurring along a number of dimensions...

March 10, 2016
Overall fluidity of US labor market has been declining for over three decades, research finds

The decline in the fluidity, or dynamism, of the U.S. labor market has been occurring along a number of dimensions...

March 04, 2016
One year later, Father Jenkins remembers Father Hesburgh

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/191800/200x/father_hesburgh.jpg(Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.)! _The following is a statement from "Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.":http://president.nd.edu, president of the...

February 26, 2016
Psychologists Find Parent Interaction Vital to Child's Well-being as Adult

Did you receive affection, play freely, and feel supported in childhood? Childhood experiences like these appear to have a lot...

January 19, 2016
A global celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and legacy

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/185130/200x/droeshoutportrait_firstfoliofolger_300.jpg(Shakespeare's First Folio)! In January, "Shakespeare at Notre Dame":http://shakespeare.nd.edu/ will kick off “SHAKESPEARE: 1616-2016,” a yearlong series of performances,...

January 05, 2016
Asian carp could cause some Lake Erie fish species to decline, others to increase

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/185396/200x/silver_phelpsphoto_300.jpg(Two silver carp on the Mississippi River in Missouri. Photo by Sara Tripp/Missouri Department of Conservation. Courtesy of University...

January 05, 2016
A look back on 2015

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/184939/original/dome_scenic_800x480.jpg(The Main Building at sunset)! From construction cranes spanning across the campus to a record high in research funding,...

December 21, 2015
Parent touch, play and support in childhood vital to well-being as an adult

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/184953/200x/newborn_touch_300.jpg(Newborn)! Did you receive affection, play freely and feel supported in childhood? Childhood experiences like these appear to have...

December 21, 2015
Statement on Regional Cities of Northern Indiana earning $42 million grant

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/154980/affleck_graves_headshot_200.jpg(John Affleck-Graves)! "John Affleck-Graves":https://www.nd.edu/about/leadership/council/john-affleck-graves/, executive vice president of the University of Notre Dame and chair of the Regional Development...

December 16, 2015
How Researchers Are Turning ‘Star Wars’ Droids into Reality

p(image-right). !http://al.nd.edu/assets/184534/r2d2_and_c3po_icon.jpg(R2-D2, left, and C-3PO droids from "Star Wars")! After nearly 40 years of pop culture relevancy, the _Star Wars_...

December 15, 2015
Astrophysicists produce the first age map of the halo of the Milky Way

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/180591/200x/beers_group_300.jpg(Daniela Carollo, left, Timothy Beers and Vinicius Placco)! "Watch video":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAJ7eMHtdOQ&feature=youtu.be !http://news.nd.edu/assets/9632/video_camera.gif(Video)! University of Notre Dame astronomer "Timothy Beers":http://physics.nd.edu/people/faculty/timothy-c-beers/ and...

October 29, 2015
Origami-inspired shelters could serve military, disaster relief efforts

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/171084/original/thrall_origami_800x480.jpg(Ashley Thrall with the origami shelter in the Ave Maria Press building)! Most people are familiar with origami, the...

August 04, 2015
ND-GAIN joins researchers examining weather extremes and city infrastructure

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/133042/200x/ndgain_300.jpg(ND-GAIN)! The University of Notre Dame’s "Global Adaptation Index":http://gain.org is joining a team of researchers who, with National Science...

July 29, 2015
Notre Dame receives $1.6 million from Accenture to expand technology and opportunity in Uganda and South Africa

The University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) has received $1.6 million from Accenture — one of the...

July 28, 2015
Record number of students named Fulbright finalists

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/170596/200x/fulbright_scholars_300.jpg(Fulbright finalists at the 2015 reception)! Eighteen University of Notre Dame students have been named "Fulbright grant":http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about/fulbright-us-student-program finalists in...

July 24, 2015
Thirty percent of corporations say climate change has impacted business materially

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/164198/200x/climate_change_300.jpg(Climate change)! An inaugural survey examining how corporations are addressing the need to adapt their business operations to changing...

May 14, 2015
ND-GAIN seeking applications for Corporate Adaptation Prize

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/133042/200x/ndgain_300.jpg(ND-GAIN)! The "Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index":http://gain.org (ND-GAIN) at the University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the...

May 14, 2015
1st Source Bank Commercialization Award goes to Mendoza professor Joe Urbany

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/161893/200x/joe_urbany_300.jpg(Joe Urbany)! Research that makes it to the marketplace doesn’t only originate in science and engineering labs. For the...

April 15, 2015
ND-GAIN funded by Kresge Foundation to develop U.S. Urban Adaptation Assessment

p(image-right). !http://news.nd.edu/assets/152673/200x/la_smog_300.jpg(Smog in L.A.)! The "University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index":http://gain.org/ (ND-GAIN) will lead an adaptation advisory committee to...

January 05, 2015
2014: Year in Review

The calendar year 2014 was filled with many notable moments of accomplishment, celebration and reflection at the University of Notre...

December 18, 2014
TEDxUND now accepting applications for 2015 event

p(image-right). !(noborder)http://news.nd.edu/assets/121299/tedxund_227.jpg(TEDxUND)! "TEDxUND2015":http://tedx2015.nd.edu/ organizers at the University of Notre Dame announced Monday (Sept. 22) that they are accepting speaker applications...

September 23, 2014