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NDIAS Fellow Hollie Nyseth Brehm Publishes Policy Brief on Rwandan Genocide

Published: January 19, 2021

Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Fellow Hollie Nyseth Brehm recently completed a policy brief for the United States Institute of Peace on the research she is conducting at the NDIAS.

Notre Dame launches interdisciplinary Initiative on Race and Resilience

Published: January 18, 2021

Josh Weinhold

The University of Notre Dame has launched the Initiative on Race and Resilience, a new interdisciplinary program focused on the redress of systemic racism and the support of communities of color both within and beyond the Notre Dame campus. Led by the College of Arts & Letters with additional support from the Office of the Provost, the initiative will bring...

How an experience abroad in high school taught Kate Cooper to say “yes” to more opportunities as an undergraduate

Published: January 13, 2021

Colleen Wilcox

Kate Cooper traveled to Rome, Italy with ND Pre-College in the summer of 2015 as a high school junior. What she didn’t know at the time was that this would shape her life significantly in the years to come.

Puebla alumni series: Jesse Hernandez ‘11

Published: January 12, 2021

Jesse Hernandez

Jesse Hernandez is a 2011 Notre Dame graduate and majored in Arts & Letters pre-professional studies and psychology. Hernandez writes about his time in Puebla and how it led to a career in medicine.

I am ND: Meet Jon Camden

Published: January 06, 2021

Gene Stowe for NDWorks

Jon Camden first found his home at Notre Dame 25 years ago when he declared a chemistry major and signed up to take a credit course on playing the organ. The music study led to marching band, liturgical choir and a rich social life focused on Basilica music.

Blue and Gold and Black and White

Published: January 18, 2021

Notre Dame Magazine

From the health disparities that COVID-19 has exposed in communities of color, to the killing of George Floyd that sparked nationwide protests, it has been a tragic and tumultuous year, prompting a reckoning with racial issues across the country, including at Notre Dame.

Tong Zhao awarded Snap Research fellowship for work to enhance intelligent systems

Published: January 17, 2021

Nina Welding

Tong Zhao, a graduate student in computer science and engineering, has received a 2020 Snap Research fellowship. These fellowships honor students who had a positive…

ND Law students win North American region in international environmental moot court competition

Published: January 13, 2021

Denise Wager

Two second-year Notre Dame Law School students, Ambris Saravanan and Mark Simonitis, won the North American regional championship round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition on January 8-9. They now advance to the international finals, which will be held virtually in March.

Two Notre Dame professors named to 2021 Edu-Scholar rankings

Published: January 12, 2021

Theo Helm

Ernest Morrell and Mark Berends are among the 200 scholars named to the 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by Education Week of academics who had the year’s biggest impact on educational practice and policy.

IDEA Center Student Intern Stories: Dayeel Dauphine (ND ‘20) is a Mechanical Design Engineer for Essai, Inc.

Published: January 18, 2021

Emily Tyson

Dayeel Dauphine (ND ‘20) learned about the Innovation Lab from Sarah Kubinski, Outreach Coordinator for the AnBryce Scholars Initiative. Dayeel, a double major in Industrial Design and Theology and an AnBryce Scholar, had been enjoying doing research in Prof.…

Books in Honor of MLK Jr. Day from Notre Dame Press

Published: January 14, 2021

Notre Dame Press News

The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to publish two profoundly moving books this spring that look at the history of the civil rights movement and a great abolitionist and archivist of the Underground Railroad.

ThinkND series to explore world religions

Published: January 13, 2021

Amanda Skofstad

University of Notre Dame theologians from the World Religions World Church program will embark on a seven-session virtual teaching series examining the Catholic Church in a global religion context starting Jan. 26 (Tuesday) and running through October.

Call for Papers: Through Gendered Lenses

Published: January 11, 2021

Gender Studies Program

Through Gendered Lenses: An Undergraduate Academic Journal of Gender Research fosters research in the broad field of Gender Studies and highlights excellent gender-related work being done by undergraduate students across the university.