1. Home ›
  2. News

News

Five people stand in front of a building, dressed in formal attire.

Five early-career scholars form second Arts & Letters cohort of prestigious Notre Dame postdoctoral fellowship program

Author: Mary Kinney

Five interdisciplinary scholars have joined the College of Arts & Letters at the University of Notre Dame to continue their research, obtain invaluable support, and engage in professional development as part of the Provost’s…

Read More about Five early-career scholars form second Arts & Letters cohort of prestigious Notre Dame postdoctoral fellowship program

Students walk along a sunlit sidewalk framed by vibrant yellow trees and brilliant red bushes on a college campus during autumn.

Should I Teach at a Liberal Arts College or Research University?

Author: Kyler Schubkegel

Noting the fierce competition to secure tenure-track faculty positions at highly ranked research universities, Kyler Schubkegel, a graduate associate in Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, writes that it’s worthwhile to consider another route to such a job: the liberal arts college.

Read More about Should I Teach at a Liberal Arts College or Research University?

Two smiling men in blue shirts stand on a path before Notre Dame's Main Building with the Golden Dome.

SROP experience helps Devin Ugbaja envision a future in research

Author: Traci DuVal

Devin Ugbaja, a junior sociology student at Henderson State University, crossed the room at the McNair Scholars conference in Florida, hoping to pick up a pen, or perhaps a T-shirt for his father. A devoted Fighting Irish football fan, his father had made sure Ugbaja grew up watching Rudy. Instead, Ugbaja walked away from the University of Notre Dame recruiting table with an opportunity that would eventually bring him to campus as a researcher.

Read More about SROP experience helps Devin Ugbaja envision a future in research

Man with dark curly hair and glasses in a maroon sweater looks at the camera in a blurred science lab.

Researchers show how early RNA-based life may have repaired its genome, providing insight into the origins of life

Author: Erin Fennessy Lawlor

Notre Dame postdoctoral researcher Annyesha Biswas is the first author of a new study revealing how RNA may have repaired itself billions of years ago—offering new insight into the origins of life and a potential tool for detecting disease-related RNA damage today.  

Read More about Researchers show how early RNA-based life may have repaired its genome, providing insight into the origins of life

An East Asian man in a lab holds a clear dish containing a wired device with colorful components, smiling faintly.

Ink-based thermoelectric technology could be solution for replacing problematic refrigerants

Author: Damienne Jugovic

Today’s refrigerants, which are specialized working fluids used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and heat pumps, come with a host of issues including leakage, emissions concerns, flammability, and limited reclamation of used refrigerants. However, a recent study by University of Notre Dame researchers describes a promising alternative for next-generation cooling using thermoelectric technology, which has no moving parts, no gaseous refrigerants, and thus zero leaks.

Read More about Ink-based thermoelectric technology could be solution for replacing problematic refrigerants

Guanhao Zhou

Ph.D. student Guanhao Zhou receives ICSA Student Paper Award

Author: Kathy Phillips

The Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS) is pleased to congratulate Ph.D. student Guanhao Zhou on receiving a 2026 ICSA Student Paper Award from the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) at the 2026 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium. Zhou,…

Read More about Ph.D. student Guanhao Zhou receives ICSA Student Paper Award

Four diverse people smiling: woman outdoors, Asian man in blue Notre Dame graduation cap and gown, man with beard, and man with blue eyes.

Eck Institute’s Ph.D. fellowship helped anthropology student advance global health research

Author: Damienne Jugovic

The global health space has the power to connect researchers across disciplines and bring light to the world’s pressing challenges. For Ph.D. students and candidates who are pursuing research in global health, the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame facilitates this with its Ph.D. Fellowship program.

Read More about Eck Institute’s Ph.D. fellowship helped anthropology student advance global health research

Left to Right: Jane, Fr. Gary, and Anna inside the Notre Dame Newman University Church in Dublin, Ireland

Tradition and transformation: digital engagement and Catholic parish life in contemporary Ireland

Author: Jane Porter

It is a Tuesday evening in Dublin and the city is awake. But inside Newman University Church, inconspicuously tucked among a row of buildings facing St. Stephen's Green, something quieter is happening. Upon entering, each visitor is handed a candle and invited into silence at Taizé, an ecumenical…

Read More about Tradition and transformation: digital engagement and Catholic parish life in contemporary Ireland

Smiling woman in white floral dress and bearded man in blue suit hold their crystal Michiana 40 Under 40 awards.

Two Notre Dame employees named to Michiana Forty Under 40

Author: Colleen Wilcox

Congratulations to the Graduate School's Jamila Lee-Johnson, recently named to Michiana Forty Under Forty. As assistant dean for inclusive excellence, Lee-Johnson leads initiatives that expand access to graduate education and research opportunities at Notre Dame. Beyond campus, she is dedicated to mentoring young women and helping prepare emerging leaders for service on nonprofit boards and foundations.

Read More about Two Notre Dame employees named to Michiana Forty Under 40

Visitors view "Drawing the RNA World" scientific comic posters displayed on easels by large windows and an arched doorway.

Notre Dame graduate students explore the beauty of research through the Beauty of Understanding Showcase

Author: Traci DuVal

What do a conductor, a chemist, and a neurobiologist have in common? At first glance, not much. Yet that wasn't the impression visitors got when they walked into Jordan Hall of Science during the second annual Beauty of Understanding Showcase. Easel after easel lined the hall, displaying research through watercolor paintings, elegant data, acrylics, comic-style illustrations, photography, musical performances, and three-dimensional exhibits as graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and teaching scholars shared creative interpretations of their research.

Read More about Notre Dame graduate students explore the beauty of research through the Beauty of Understanding Showcase

Smiling woman in clear glasses, gold cardigan, and dangle earrings, stands before a vintage bookshelf.

ReSearching for the Common Good: Emelia Hughes

Author: David Cramer

How do social media platforms shape our sense of belonging online? Read about the research of Notre Dame graduate student Emelia Hughes, who studies how algorithms, recommendation systems, and online communities influence identity, connection, and how we interact in digital spaces.

Read More about ReSearching for the Common Good: Emelia Hughes

Smiling man in glasses holds a happy baby with fingers in mouth, both sitting in a patterned hammock outdoors.

Long-term study of COVID lockdown and family life shows unexpected, lasting effects on fatherhood

Author: Tracy DeStazio

In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, an ideal vision of family life would have shown that parents are continuing to share in caregiving responsibilities and spending quality time with their children — dads, in particular. Many people hoped that the behavioral changes caused by lockdowns would persist, allowing dads more time and flexibility in the long term and ultimately reshaping how we view fatherhood in general. However, according to new research from Notre Dame anthropologist and fatherhood expert Lee Gettler, those fathering benefits have not outlasted the pandemic itself.

Read More about Long-term study of COVID lockdown and family life shows unexpected, lasting effects on fatherhood

Blue-gloved hands use a pipette to precisely manipulate liquid in a small clear lab dish with a square well.

Douglas and Diana Berthiaume make groundbreaking gift to support strategic investment in biomedical research infrastructure

Author: Erin Blasko

Douglas and Diana Berthiaume have made a transformational gift to the University of Notre Dame to advance biomedical research through strategic investments in critical infrastructure. The gift, totaling $35 million, establishes the Center for Biomedical Discovery. It includes $5 million in seed funding for multidisciplinary research teams, promoting new collaborations among biomedical researchers in the Colleges of Science and Engineering.

Read More about Douglas and Diana Berthiaume make groundbreaking gift to support strategic investment in biomedical research infrastructure

Dante Alighieri, wearing a pink robe and laurel wreath, holds a book, standing between the dark rocks of Hell (left), Mount Purgatory (center-right, with ascending figures), and the golden cityscape of Florence (right, featuring the Duomo).

XX International Summer School in Dante Studies (August 22–27, 2026)

Author: Demetrio Yocum

Applications are now open for the 20th International Summer School in Dante Studies, jointly organized by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali di Ravenna, and the University of Verona.…

Read More about XX International Summer School in Dante Studies (August 22–27, 2026)