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Alumnus Alan Page, trailblazing jurist and Hall of Fame football player, to be featured speaker at MLK Day event

Published: January 18, 2021

Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page, a 1967 University of Notre Dame graduate and the first African American justice to serve on Minnesota’s highest court, will join G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean of Notre Dame Law School, for a virtual “fireside chat” at noon Jan. 18 (Monday) as part of the University’s commemoration of Martin Luther...

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.

Aprahamian joins steering committee for Science Public Engagement Partnership

Published: December 21, 2020

Shelly Goethals

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.

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…

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...

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.…

United Way in need of support, now more than ever

Published: November 24, 2020

Gwen O'Brien, NDWorks

The COVID-19 pandemic has made 2020 a rough year for everybody. For some of our Michiana neighbors, it’s been unbearable. “Our food bank and pantries are getting slammed. People are lining up at 8:30 a.m. for a 4:30 p.m. food distribution, and we haven’t yet hit the peak of this crisis. How can you wrap your head around that?” said…...

Having Coffee with Dianne Pinderhughes

Published: November 19, 2020

Notre Dame Magazine

Dianne Pinderhughes has been observing protests and marches for racial and social justice since her childhood in segregated Washington, D.C. In 2020, after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, things seem different.

Notre Dame Stories: Office Hours: Finding the "Just Right Home"

Published: November 13, 2020

Andy Fuller

Architecture professor Marianne Cusato is an industry leader in the home building industry. In her book, The Just Right Home, Cusato suggests criteria for home buying and community that is at times contrarian to some of today’s popular home buying trends.

Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Names New Associate Director

Published: November 06, 2020

Kristian Olsen and Brandi Klingerman

Maria Di Pasquale will join the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) as associate director beginning on November 9, 2020.

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...

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.

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.…

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...

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: Sharon Yoon book launch event for "The Cost of Belonging"

Published: November 30, 2020

Christine Cox

Yoon's book analyzes how the rise of transnationalism has affected the social and economic lives of Korean migrants searching for wealth and stability in Beijing’s Korean enclave.

In Memoriam: Thomas F. Broden, emeritus professor of law

Published: November 23, 2020

Kevin Allen

University of Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Thomas F. Broden Jr. — a pioneer in clinical legal education and a skilled advocate for civil rights and the indigent — died Nov. 20 at his home in South Bend. He was 96.

Liu Institute welcomes seven new faculty fellows in fall 2020

Published: November 18, 2020

Christine Cox

The Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies approved seven new faculty fellows during the fall 2020 semester. The scholars examine Asia and Asia-related topics from a range of colleges, schools, and departments at Notre Dame.

Phillips named Fellow of National Society of Black Physicists

Published: November 12, 2020

Deanna Csomo McCool

L. Arielle Phillips, research assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP).

USAID awards $8 million to Notre Dame to expand early literacy, learning programs

Published: November 05, 2020

Theo Helm

With USAID’s support, Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Haiti and Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), in partnership with the Pulte Institute for Global Development, have begun work on Strong Beginnings: Leveraging the home, school and church to develop the whole child in Haiti.

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.

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.

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.…

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…

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…

Faculty in science, engineering named AAAS fellows

Published: November 24, 2020

Notre Dame News

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

Assistant dean's family has welcomed dozens for Thanksgiving each year

Published: November 23, 2020

New York Times

Dr. Jan Sanders was the first Black pediatrician to have her own practice here. Her husband, Leo McWilliams, is an assistant dean in the University of Notre Dame engineering department and a “quadruple Domer.” For decades, the couple have been the unofficial parents for many Black students at Notre Dame. This year, that family is scattered, reflecting on the year’s crises.

FTT professor wins theatre society prize for essay on adaptations of The Wiz and is appointed associate editor of prestigious journal

Published: November 18, 2020

Arts and Letters

La Donna Forsgren, an associate professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, has won the American Society for Theatre Research's Oscar G. Brockett Essay Prize. The award, given annually to the best essay of theatre research in a scholarly English-language publication, honored Forsgren’s “The Wiz Redux; or Why Queer Black Feminist Spectatorship and Politically Engaged Popular Entertainment Continue...

You drive like a girl: Study uncovers gender bias in perceptions of ride-sharing performance

Published: November 09, 2020

Shannon Roddel

While digital brokerages provide a more efficient method for the exchange of goods and services and an improved way for consumers to voice their opinions about the quality of work they receive, bias and discrimination can emerge as part of the review process, according to Notre Dame research.

Dean Galvin’s impact and legacy

Published: November 03, 2020

Tammi Freehling

Mary E. Galvin, the William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame since 2015, recently announced she will step down from the position effective December 31, 2020. Notably, Galvin is the first woman to serve as dean in the college’s 155-year history.