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Faculty at Notre Dame come from communities and cultures all over the world. They conduct research and scholarship on topics and issues that span numerous academic disciplines. They share with students not just their areas of expertise but also their questions and concerns about the enduring issues and latest developments that shape our times.

But their role in broadening and sharpening the lenses through which we understand ourselves and the world around us extend well beyond individual research projects, classroom lectures, course syllabi, or a list of academic programs.

The selection of stories below helps illustrate the many other ways Notre Dame faculty foster diversity, support inclusion, and enliven the entire Notre Dame community.

Notre Dame economist Jing Cynthia Wu wins Richard Stone Prize in Applied Econometrics

Published: January 18, 2023

Beth Staples

Notre Dame economist Jing Cynthia Wu’s paper that details a new model to examine economic effects of unconventional monetary policy in the Euro area has won the Richard Stone Prize in Applied Econometrics from the Journal of Applied Econometrics. The journal awards the prize every two years for the best paper with substantive econometric applications. Econometrics uses economic theory, mathematics,...

ND Law implements new DEI programming series to connect students and law firms

Published: January 13, 2023

Denise Wager

This fall, Notre Dame Law School debuted a new series of events called “Including YOU!” to create more opportunities for law students from communities…

Keona Lewis to join Notre Dame as assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion

Published: January 05, 2023

Cidni Sanders

Keona Lewis, associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity and inclusion at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. 1.

‘A plurality of voices’: Building multi-faith engagement at Notre Dame

Published: December 19, 2022

Carrie Gates

In many religions — including the Islamic and Jewish traditions — the heart is the center of thought and the seat of wisdom. And for a growing number of faculty and students of these faiths, their hearts are leading them to the University of Notre Dame.

CSLC cookbook now available: Recipes From Across the World

Published: December 12, 2022

Maureen Hogan

Recipes from Across the World Collaborating across languages and cultures is a key skill in today's world. Our question in the Center this semester was easy. How do you get multiple language departments, over 100 students, and a large international community to learn those skills? Publish…

The Rev. Canon Hugh Page appointed inaugural VP for institutional transformation and advisor to the president

Published: April 27, 2022

Dennis Brown

The Rev. Canon Hugh R. Page Jr., vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame, will become the University’s first vice president for institutional transformation and advisor to the president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president, announced today.

Environmental activist Sharon Lavigne to receive Notre Dame’s 2022 Laetare Medal

Published: March 30, 2022

Carrie Gates

Sharon Lavigne, an environmental justice activist, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2022 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 177th University Commencement Ceremony on May 15 (Sunday).

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to speak at Notre Dame

Published: March 16, 2022

Carrie Gates

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times Magazine and a 1998 alumna of the University of Notre Dame, will return to campus to speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday (March 15) in the Leighton Concert Hall of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child receives $3.4 million to support resilient education in Haiti

Published: March 02, 2022

Institute for Educational Initiatives

These awards — from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the LEGO Foundation and USAID — build on Notre Dame’s long history in Haiti and its ongoing commitment to strengthen Haitian education through the Institute for Educational Initiatives.

Notre Dame observes Black History Month with campus events

Published: February 01, 2022

Erin Blasko

The University of Notre Dame is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with a number of events.

Season Two of "Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show" Premieres this Month

Published: January 18, 2023

Brent Ameneyro

"Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show” is returning for a second season later this month, but with a twist. Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, is collaborating once again with The Writer’s Center and Poet Lore…

Philosopher, Buddhism scholar Jay Garfield to deliver Justice and Asia lecture

Published: January 13, 2023

Liu Institute

Jay Garfield …

Tijana Milenkovic to receive 2023 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Published: January 05, 2023

Karla Cruise

Tijana Milenkovic, professor of computer science and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award.

Students celebrate Las Posadas on campus

Published: December 14, 2022

Chloe McCotter

University of Notre Dame students gathered on campus Wednesday (Dec. 7) to celebrate Las Posadas, a Latin American tradition.

Sones de México Ensemble teaches students to write corridos

Published: December 02, 2022

Alessandra Gonzalez

Students and members of the Notre Dame community came together for a corridos songwriting workshop hosted by the Institute for Latino Studies. The workshop was led by Juan Dies, co-founder…

Inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion case competition winners address wealth gap

Published: April 11, 2022

Chloe McCotter

The winning team’s case focused on making educational opportunities more accessible to Indiana residents.

New pathway for DNA transfer discovered in tumor microenvironment

Published: March 30, 2022

Deanna Csomo Ferrell

University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.

Women Lead 2022

Published: March 07, 2022

Notre Dame News

As we pursue an end to the pandemic, we seek a world that incorporates sustainability in every sense of the word, in every aspect of society. Meet seven Notre Dame women who are helping to create such a world through their research, scholarship, and creative endeavors.

Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on threats to HBCU institutions

Published: February 09, 2022

Notre Dame News

“We deplore the bomb threats made against a number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. These institutions deserve our respect and support for their contributions to American higher education and this nation, and we stand in solidarity with them.”

Notre Dame experts reflect on Brown Jackson and Childs as frontrunners for Supreme Court nomination

Published: January 31, 2022

Carrie Gates and Colleen Sharkey

Dianne Pinderhughes, Matthew Hall and Christina Wolbrecht comment on Biden’s short list.

Notre Dame Law School serves community on 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Published: January 18, 2023

Denise Wager

More than 100 Notre Dame Law School students, faculty, and staff volunteered on Monday, January 16, to serve the greater South Bend community.

Beijing Global Gateway staff share special message for Lunar New Year

Published: January 12, 2023

Colleen Wilcox

Staff at the Beijing Global Gateway (BGG) are creating a special message to help the University of Notre Dame community…

How to End Poverty: Evidence-based Impact + Centering Community

Published: December 21, 2022

Kat Desai

LEO managing director, Heather Reynolds, recently guested on the …

Notre Dame’s Nosang Myung elected an NAI Fellow

Published: December 14, 2022

Brett Beasley

Nosang Myung, the Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election as an NAI Fellow is the highest professional honor awarded solely to academic inventors.

Afghan voices call for inclusive aid, development, and governance

Published: December 02, 2022

Josh Stowe

The international community should leverage the insights of everyday Afghans to design bottom-up approaches to aid and development and negotiate a political settlement that promotes government accountability. That was the consensus among speakers at a recent panel discussion at the …

Political motivation often comes down to personal assessment of other races’ deservingness

Published: March 30, 2022

Colleen Sharkey

While maybe not racially prejudiced, a broad swath of American citizens nonetheless do and say things that racists do, according to a new study.

Novel study linking undocumented immigrants with primary care services significantly reduces emergency department use

Published: March 16, 2022

Colleen Sharkey

Wilson Family LEO Assistant Professor Adrienne Sabety and a colleague from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) partnered with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to determine how access to primary care would affect both undocumented immigrants’ health and the use of emergency departments for routine care.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to speak, hold book signing

Published: March 04, 2022

Sue Ryan

New York Times bestselling author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will speak at the University of Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. March 25 (Friday) at Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Author Elijah Anderson discusses being ‘Black in White Space’

Published: February 07, 2022

Chloe McCotter

The Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame hosted Elijah Anderson, the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University, via Zoom on Friday (Feb. 4) for a conversation about his new book, “Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life.”

In celebrating MLK Day, students consider what it means to be a ‘beloved community’

Published: January 19, 2022

Erin Blasko

Walk the Walk Week, an annual celebration at the University of Notre Dame of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., kicked off Tuesday (Jan. 18) with a student-focused panel discussion titled “Walk the Walk: Building the ‘Beloved Community’ at Notre Dame” — a reference to King’s vision of a global community characterized by an all-inclusive spirit...