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December 2020

Aprahamian joins steering committee for Science Public Engagement Partnership

Published: December 21, 2020

Freimann Professor Ani Aprahamian has been invited to join the steering committee for a Department of Energy Office of Science and Kavli Foundation partnership, SciPEP (Science Public Engagement Partnership.

2020 Architecture Research Forum Focuses on Equity

Published: December 14, 2020

Evan Vandermeer

Excitement surrounding undergraduates’ return to in-person instruction the week of September 6 was complemented by the highly anticipated 2020 School of Architecture Student Research Forum, which was held via Zoom on the evenings of Tuesday, September 8 and Thursday, September 10, 2020.…

American studies professor wins Frederick Douglass Book Prize — the seventh book award for her research on slaves’ courtroom testimony

Published: December 10, 2020

Carrie Gates

Sophie White, a professor in the Department of American Studies, has won the prestigious 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her work, Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana. The prize, sponsored by Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, recognizes the best...

Social design professor receives grant to mitigate youth violence in South Bend through access to arts programming and community engagement

Published: December 03, 2020

Carrie Gates

Neeta Verma’s teaching and research examines a range of social inequities facing the local community — including homelessness, poverty, and the digital divide. But the issue she finds most pressing is youth violence — and she believes that art and design can play a key role in breaking its vicious cycle. With a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, she is launching a...

Two Notre Dame professors listed as Highly Cited Researchers for 2020

Published: December 02, 2020

Deanna Csomo McCool

Stuart Jones and Prashant Kamat, both professors in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, have been named Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Web of Science.

VIDEO: "Peace in Absentia" panel discussion

Published: December 18, 2020

Christine Cox

The Liu Institute cosponsored the panel discussion "Peace in Absentia: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Voices on Arab-Israeli Normalization" on December 1, 2020. Presented by the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the event featured panelists Laila El-Haddad, the Rev. Mitri Raheb, Rabbi Brant Rosen, and Hatem Bazian. The discussion was moderated by Charles Powell.…

Wrongful Convictions: Notre Dame law students pursue exoneration cases in nearby Elkhart

Published: December 14, 2020

Brendan O'Shaughnessy

Elliot Slosar was in a Zoom meeting in April with Notre Dame law students working on a wrongful conviction case when he got a call asking him to pick up Andy Royer, whom a judge had just freed after 16 years in prison.

Niele Ivey speaks up about speaking out

Published: December 09, 2020

USA Today

USA Today article highlights how Notre Dame's women's basketball coach balances sports with social justice

Alumni Spotlight: Janaeé Wallace '16 is Investing in STEM Founders

Published: December 03, 2020

Gene Stowe

Janaeé Wallace knew she wanted to help finance STEM-based businesses so they could grow the economy in The Bahama Islands and across the Caribbean before she knew what incubators and venture capitalists were. ESTEEM taught her. “I wanted to build something that would help get STEM-based businesses financing to grow their business and the economy throughout the Caribbean,” she says....

Hildreth to serve as interim dean, McDowell as interim associate dean of research in the College of Science

Published: December 02, 2020

Deanna Csomo McCool

Michael Hildreth, associate dean of research in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, will serve as interim dean of the College of Science beginning January 1, 2021. That day, Mary Ann McDowell…

Engineering Professor Ahsan Kareem appointed to The Engineering Academy of Japan as a foreign associate

Published: December 14, 2020

Laurel Clements

Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Ahsan Kareem, has recently been appointed as a foreign associate of The Engineering Academy of Japan…

Athletics staff, student-athletes provide gifts to local families amid pandemic

Published: December 10, 2020

Erin Blasko

Notre Dame Athletics, in partnership with the South Bend Community School Corp. (SBCSC), hosted a drive-thru version of its annual gift-giving event, “A Brighter Christmas,” on Sunday (Dec. 6) at the Compton Family Ice Arena.

A conversation with Provost Marie Lynn Miranda

Published: December 09, 2020

Cidni Sanders

Marie Lynn Miranda has many insights to share about her life, career path and leadership style. She’s also known for sharing her delicious home-baked treats with colleagues in the Main Building. Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame, touched on these topics and more during an interactive conversation…

Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal advice for students: “You can be an entrepreneur and an executive”

Published: December 03, 2020

Carol Elliott

Jayshree Ullal was interviewed by Tom Mendoza (ND ’73), former president and vice chairman of the pioneering data management company NetApp, for Notre Dame’s new webinar series, Tom Mendoza Presents.

Professor Nicole Stelle Garnett named adjunct fellow by Manhattan Institute

Published: December 01, 2020

Notre Dame Law School

John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law Nicole Stelle Garnett has joined the Manhattan Institute as an adjunct fellow. Garnett's research focuses on property, land use, urban development, local government law, and education policy.…