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Notre Dame experiment sent to the space station; could lead to more effective early cancer screenings

The study, led by Tengfei Luo, a professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, will...

June 03, 2021
Notre Dame faculty receive competitive NSF early career awards

Five Notre Dame faculty members received prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development Awards in 2021. Since 2014, Notre Dame faculty...

May 05, 2021
Mark Berends appointed director of the Notre Dame Institute for Educational Initiatives

Berends, an expert on the myriad factors that influence student academic achievement, has written and published extensively on educational reform,...

May 03, 2021
Notre Dame Forum 2021 will explore ‘Care for Our Common Home: Just Transition to a Sustainable Future’

During the 2021-22 academic year, the University, through its annual Notre Dame Forum, will engage in a series of conversations...

April 22, 2021
Notre Dame Department of Theology ranked No. 1 in the world by QS World University Rankings

Ranked No. 1 for the second consecutive year, the Department of Theology placed ahead of Harvard University, the University of...

March 12, 2021
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces its 2021-2022 class of fellows

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has announced its faculty fellowship class for 2021-2022. The 11 residential fellows...

February 11, 2021
Two Notre Dame professors named to 2021 Edu-Scholar rankings

Ernest Morrell and Mark Berends are among the 200 scholars named to the 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by...

January 13, 2021
Faculty fellow Pete Buttigieg nominated as Secretary of Transportation

Pete Buttigieg, former South Bend mayor, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and a faculty fellow in the University of Notre Dame’s...

December 17, 2020
Faculty in science, engineering named AAAS fellows

Peter M. Kogge, Jeanne Romero-Severson and Jennifer L. Tank have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

November 29, 2020
Lamberti to serve as Program Director for National Science Foundation

Ecologist Gary A. Lamberti has been named a rotating program director for the Division of Environmental Biology of the National Science Foundation.

October 12, 2020
Nathan Swenson, tree ecologist, to join biology department and lead UNDERC

Nathan Swenson, a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, has been named a professor in...

September 29, 2020
Notre Dame receives $40 million federal award to improve global education outcomes

The Pulte Institute for Global Development — together with the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) and its Global Center for the Development of the Whole...

August 24, 2020
Notre Dame announces annual research awards funding

The University of Notre Dame has received $172.5 million in new research funding awards for fiscal year 2020 – the...

July 21, 2020
Notre Dame launches materials science and engineering doctoral degree program

Students can now earn a distinctive, interdisciplinary doctoral degree in materials science and engineering through the College of Engineering and...

July 14, 2020
Former South Bend mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg joins Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study

Buttigieg will work on two research projects at the NDIAS: one that explores how to restore trust in political institutions...

June 25, 2020
Nitesh Chawla appointed the founding director of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society

Nitesh V. Chawla, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, has been appointed the founding director of...

June 23, 2020
University of Notre Dame announces new associate vice president for research

Mark Berends, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, has been named an associate...

June 03, 2020
A Decade of Progress: Continuing Notre Dame’s journey to grow as a preeminent Catholic research university

While the University of Notre Dame has continued its commitment to inquiry and endeavor over the entirety of its history,...

April 27, 2020
Working towards a healthier, more sustainable planet

At Notre Dame researchers are working to provide solutions to society’s complex environmental challenges to minimize the trade-offs between human welfare...

April 21, 2020
Notre Dame elects Marie Lynn Miranda provost

Marie Lynn Miranda, the former provost of Rice University and a distinguished scholar in the field of children’s environmental health,...

March 17, 2020
Stefanos Polyzoides appointed dean of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture

Stefanos Polyzoides, co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and partner in Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists,...

February 26, 2020
Patricia Culligan appointed dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering

Patricia J. Culligan, currently the chair and Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, has been...

January 21, 2020
Notre Dame announces significant growth in research funding

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have received $180.6 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019 — $100...

August 05, 2019
Notre Dame awarded transformational Lilly Endowment grant to accelerate regional innovation and workforce and economic development

The University of Notre Dame announced Friday (April 26) a $42.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to form the...

April 26, 2019
Notre Dame receives its largest research award to study spatial repellents against mosquito-borne diseases

Notre Dame will lead a five-year program to determine the efficacy of a spatial repellent product in preventing mosquito-borne diseases...

February 11, 2019
Notre Dame unveils largest Mach 6 quiet hypersonic test facility in US

The $5.4 million project is the first step in a partnership between Notre Dame and Purdue University to develop multiple...

November 30, 2018
Committee identifies priorities for nation’s future water resource challenges

Jennifer Tank, Galla Professor of Biological Sciences and director of the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, served as one of 15...

October 25, 2018
Walther Cancer Foundation matching gift seeks to spur support for cancer research at Notre Dame

the Walther Foundation has made a $3.5 million matching-fund gift that it hopes will inspire those with a similar passion to...

September 17, 2018
Growth in Notre Dame research and scholarship funding continues

The University of Notre Dame continued the steady expansion and growth of its research, scholarship, and creative endeavor programs during...

August 08, 2018
Community research collaboration creates better system for treating trauma patients

Trauma, or any kind of severe physical injury, continues to be today’s leading cause of death for people 46 and...

July 11, 2018