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Hispanic alumni offer advice to help students navigate college and life

Published: September 29, 2023

The Success Stories of Hispanic Alumni virtual panel is a signature Hispanic Heritage Month event held in response to students’ desire to connect with alums who share their cultural heritage and experience.

Thomas Berg explores how religious liberty can reduce polarization in book talk hosted by ND Law’s Religious Liberty Initiative

Published: September 22, 2023

Arienne Calingo

In Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age, author Thomas Berg shows us how reaffirming religious freedom cultivates the good of individuals and society. In a book talk hosted by Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative…

Anthony Banderas-Infante '26 recounts summer internship at D.C.'s KID Museum

Published: September 18, 2023

Anthony Banderas-Infante

Through the Cross Cultural Leadership Program (CCLP) run by the Institute of Latino Studies at Notre Dame, I was given the opportunity to intern at KID Museum this past summer. KID Museum, located in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC, describes itself…

Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month

Published: September 15, 2023

diversity.nd.edu

Find out about events taking place on Notre Dame’s campus and get resources to learn more about the annual observance

To examine the US in the world, Perin Gürel puts diplomatic policy documents in conversation with cultural products

Published: September 13, 2023

Jon Hendricks

“I might look at how a movie depicts Iran and how that movie is then interpreted in Turkey and how that relates to foreign policy, both Turkish foreign policy but also U.S. foreign policy and Iranian foreign policy,” said the associate professor of American studies. The title of her in-progess book, America's Wife, America's Concubine: Turkey, Iran, and the Politics...

English language at ND: a bridge, a door, and a passion

Published: September 10, 2023

Staff

The English language is a major lingua franca in today’s world–that is, a “bridge language” that two speakers of different languages can use to communicate with each other. For a variety of reasons, people from all across the world have chosen to devote their lives to studying English for themselves and teaching the language to others. One of those individuals...

Notre Dame Law School holds moot court program for TRIO students

Published: September 05, 2023

Jonathan Bailey

This summer, Notre Dame Law School hosted a moot court tournament for over 30 seventh and eighth graders in the South Bend community participating in Notre Dame’s TRIO Talent Search Summer Academy. The academy welcomes middle school students from first-generation, minority, and low-income backgrounds to Notre Dame every summer for two weeks.

TSU and ND grad Algie Oldham became a pillar of the community

Published: September 01, 2023

Notre Dame Magazine

Members of the Oldham family will celebrate their connections to both Tennessee State and Notre Dame when the schools meet on the football field September 2.

Notre Dame business student spends summer teaching and working at school for disabled in Uganda

Published: August 31, 2023

Shannon Roddel

Sophomore Anna Koeberlein spent the summer in Jinja, Uganda, where she taught English to students at Holy Cross Lake View school and volunteered at St. Ursula’s, a boarding school for Ugandan children with disabilities.

Students recognized for their contributions to Latino Studies

Published: August 30, 2023

Oliver Ortega

Each year, the Institute for Latino Studies recognizes exemplary work by undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences. This past academic year, five students were recognized for their written work in classes related to Latino Studies or Spanish-speaking populations. Four graduate students and one undergraduate students were celebrated for their contributions.…

Prashant Kamat receives Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry

Published: September 27, 2023

John LeSage

Prashant Kamat, the Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C, Professor of Science, has added yet another accomplishment to his long list of accolades. Kamat was recently honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) with the 2024 Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry…

ND graduate and professional students share how HBCUs helped prepare them

Published: September 18, 2023

Cidni Sanders

Historically Black Colleges and Universities have filled an important role in the U.S. educational landscape for generations. Over the years, a number of Notre Dame’s graduate and professional students have arrived in South Bend by way of an HBCU.

Sharon Hu receives 2023 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award

Published: September 17, 2023

Karla Cruise

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received the 2023 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award from the Design Automation Conference (DAC). DAC is the largest industry event devoted to electronic computer-aided design.

Robinson Center awarded $500,000 to expand Talk With Your Baby program

Published: September 14, 2023

Erin Blasko

The Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center has been awarded a $500,000 Early Learning Initiative Grant from Early Learning Indiana in support of its Talk With Your Baby Program.

Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic students help draft UK Parliamentary report on the state of religious liberty in Nepal

Published: September 13, 2023

Arienne Calingo

A group of student fellows in Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic worked with the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief to draft a report that was submitted to the United Kingdom Parliament. This report aims to assist the Nepalese government in ensuring that religious freedom is fully respected throughout Nepal.…

Fighting for those with cystic fibrosis

Published: September 09, 2023

What Would You Fight For

A collaboration between Notre Dame and Trinity College Dublin explores a novel method to treat cystic fibrosis. Eva Martin was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 3 weeks old. Though all babies are tested at birth in Ireland, Eva's symptoms began before the bloodwork was even processed. “She was hugely symptomatic at birth,” her mother, Bernie, recalls. Eva’s skin was peeling...

Political scientist Rachel Porter earns award for best doctoral dissertation about American government

Published: September 05, 2023

Beth Staples

The assistant professor analyzed text from more than 5,000 congressional candidates’ campaign websites in 2018 and 2020, and learned that while much of today’s politics is polarized and nationally oriented, theories of strategic candidate behavior also need to reflect locally oriented campaigning. “So, for instance, I find that candidates are a lot more likely to talk about local issues, district...

Romance languages professor wins NEH grant for analysis and preservation of poet Rubén Darío’s influential work

Published: August 31, 2023

Mary Kinney

María Rosa Olivera-Williams is leading a team of scholars from the U.S., England, and Argentina to analyze four volumes of Nicaraguan writer Rubén Darío lesser-known journalistic essays. She recently won an NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations grant, which will allow her to continue compiling, analyzing, and publicizing Darío’s work.

Keough School of Global Affairs awarded for Urban Poverty and Business Initiative

Published: August 30, 2023

Kirianna West

The McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, received the 2023 Entrepreneurship Practice Award for its Urban Poverty and Business Initiative from the Academy of Management. The award recognizes research programs that are significantly advancing the practice of entrepreneurship.

Yichun Wang receives Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from NIH for novel drug-delivery platform

Published: August 30, 2023

Karla Cruise

Yichun Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to visit Notre Dame

Published: September 26, 2023

JP Shortall

Renowned author Colson Whitehead will visit Notre Dame on Oct. 3 (Tuesday) to deliver the 2023 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Lecture at 5 p.m. in the Patricia George Decio Theatre of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Pride runs deep among ND faculty and staff who graduated from HBCUs

Published: September 18, 2023

Cidni Sanders

Scholars and professionals from across campus share how Historically Black Colleges and Universities helped make them who they are today.

Holly Goodson elected as fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology

Published: September 17, 2023

Rebecca Hicks

Holly Goodson, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been selected as a Fellow of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). She joins 18 other distinguished scientists from across the globe in the 2023 cohort of fellows. Her formal recognition will take place in Boston later this year at Cell Bio 2023, the joint meeting of the ASCB and the...

Now scheduling IRR artist-in-residence class visits

Published: September 14, 2023

Pauline Namuleme

The IRR 2023-24 Artist-in-Residence is David Martin, a Pokagon Potawatomi painter, bead worker and tattoo artist. During his residency he is open to visit classes during the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters. If you are interested in having David come speak to or work with your class, please fill out this request form…

Notre Dame receives AmeriCorps grant to support psychologist's TutorND initiative

Published: September 13, 2023

Helm, Theo

The University has received a $640,000 grant from AmeriCorps that will allow it to continue serving children in the South Bend area and in schools working with the Alliance for Catholic Education.

Paul Ocobock’s new book pores over history of Kenyan coffee

Published: September 06, 2023

Jon Hendricks

“What I want from this book is for people to have a sense of, as the coffee machine is dripping the coffee into their pot … the long history of this beverage,” said the associate professor of history. After Kenya gained independence in 1963, Ocobock said farmers’ coffee production exploded. “We're so much more connected now to the people who...

Notre Dame partners with Tennessee State and nine other HBCUs to grow the U.S. microelectronics workforce

Published: September 01, 2023

Brett Beasley

When it comes to making semiconductor chips in the United States, “we need all hands on deck,” says Matthew Morrison, associate teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Morrison recently joined Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. The initiative provides $50 million to support science, technology, engineering, arts, and math opportunities...

Alumni Association and YoungND Board announce 2023 Domer Dozen honorees

Published: August 31, 2023

Allie Griffith

The Notre Dame Alumni Association announced its 2023 Domer Dozen cohort, honoring 12 graduates ages 32 and younger for excellence in their contributions in faith, service, learning or work — the core pillars of the Alumni Association’s mission.

Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal, professor of digital scholarship and English, explores ethical implications of technologies

Published: August 30, 2023

Jon Hendricks

The concurrent assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre also makes video games, including Frack! The Game, a strategy contest that takes prompts from real-world incidents to explore the ethical, socioeconomic, and environmental landscape of injecting liquid at high pressure into the earth to force open fissures and then remove oil or gas.

‘Powerful Conversations’ with TSU President Glenda Baskin Glover to explore race, gender and faith in leadership

Published: August 30, 2023

Jessica Sieff

“Powerful Conversations,” a series hosted by Angela Logan, the St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program and associate teaching professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, will explore the importance of race, gender and faith to the work of leadership. Logan’s first guest is Glenda Baskin Glover, president of Tennessee State...