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Dunn with R&B singer Usher, right, and legendary TV producer Norman Lear in a 2015 event in Lear’s honor at Morehouse College. Photo provided.

The liberation of literacy: Stephane Dunn found her way with words

Author: Allie Griffith

Stephane Dunn ’94 M.A., ’00 MFA, ’00 Ph.D., is a professor, scholar, and co-founder of the Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies Program at Morehouse College with a successful career writing for both academic and creative media. But that impressive resume was never a foregone conclusion and required the Elkhart, Indiana native to dig deep for motivation during her years as a graduate student at Notre Dame.

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Georgina Woah Presentation

Postdoc wins outstanding paper award at ACL Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms

Author: Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center

Georgina Curto Rex, a postdoctoral fellow at the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC), and several coauthors were awarded one of two outstanding paper awards at ACL 2023 (61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics) within the Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms.

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In Memoriam Feature

In memoriam: Jeffrey Kantor, former vice president, associate provost, and dean of the Graduate School

Author: Karla Cruise

Jeffrey Kantor, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, former associate provost, vice president for graduate studies and research, and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame, died unexpectedly on July 12 at his home in Rainy Lake, Minnesota. He was 69.

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Oleksii Kovalenko MGA ’19 on the rooftop of Voice of America in Washington, DC. Photo credit: VOA Ukrainian/Kostiantyn Golubchyk

MGA graduate from Ukraine provides news coverage of war for Voice of America

Author: Renée LaReau

One month after Russian forces invaded his home country of Ukraine in February 2022, Oleksii Kovalenko MGA ’19 joined Voice of America as an international media journalist based in Washington, DC. Since that time, Kovalenko has worked as part of a team of 30 journalists that produces in-depth coverage of Ukraine for the US-owned news agency, the largest international broadcaster in the United States.

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Mse Faculty Retreat Group

Leaders for materials science and engineering Ph.D. program meet to recognize progress, establish new program goals

Author: MSE Staff

Notre Dame introduced the interdisciplinary MSE PhD program in July 2020. Through the end of the Spring 2023 semester, four students have graduated with the interdisciplinary degree.

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Alliance for Catholic Education graduates dressed in black master's regalia, stand for recognition during the ACE Commencement Ceremony.

Carolyn Woo to speak at ACE Commencement

Author: Helm, Theo

Carolyn Woo, the retired CEO of Catholic Relief Services and former dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, will serve as the keynote speaker at 2023 Commencement Ceremony of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday, July 15. “We are honored that Carolyn will speak to our graduates,” said John Staud, the executive director of ACE. “She has spent her life working to improve the lives of children around the world, a mission that resonates with our graduates and exemplifies our Catholic mission.”

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The IDEA Center is the University of Notre Dame’s collaborative innovation hub dedicated to expanding the technological and societal impact of the University’s innovations.

IDEA Center implements entrepreneurship classes for Ph.D. students at Notre Dame

Author: Olivia Poole

Steve Asiala, the assistant director for research engagement at the IDEA Center, has successfully spearheaded the implementation of entrepreneurship classes for Ph.D. students in the College of Engineering, College of Science, and the Graduate School. Starting in Fall 2023, the COE, COS, and the Graduate School, in collaboration with the IDEA Center, will offer two graduate-level, 1-credit courses. These courses will introduce post-qualifying exam students pursuing their Ph.D. in the Colleges of Science and Engineering to the principles of generating impact from research innovations, entrepreneurship, and deep-tech commercialization.

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Notre Dame recognized as a preeminent research university, selected to join Association of American Universities (AAU)

Author: Dennis Brown

The University of Notre Dame has been selected for inclusion in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of the nation’s leading public and private research universities, Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced today.

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Abigail Jorgensen, Ph.D. candidate (Sociology)

Sociology doctoral graduate Abigail Jorgensen: Fulfilling her purpose with hands, heart, and mind

Author: Carrie Gates Jantzen

In her dissertation research, Abigail Jorgensen found that many women associate motherhood with struggle. It’s something she can relate to. While pursuing her doctoral degree in Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology — studying women’s transition to motherhood and how it shapes their identities and political views — she brought home her newborn in the midst of the pandemic. Then, five months later, she contracted COVID-19 in November 2020.

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Karen Angeles, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (2013)

Blazing a family trail: First-generation student Karen Angeles earns doctoral degree in engineering

Author: Brendan O'Shaughnessy

Not a single member of Karen Angeles’ extended family in southern California had ever attended college. It just didn’t seem like a realistic possibility because it had never been done before. But Angeles didn’t stop at college—she continued onward to Notre Dame to get a doctoral degree in structural engineering and graduated on May 20.

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John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, delivered the keynote address during the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday (May 20) at Notre Dame Stadium.

Graduate School degree recipients praised for ‘grit,’ reminded ‘your research matters’

Author: Erin Blasko

John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, delivered the keynote address during the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony on Saturday (May 20) at Notre Dame Stadium, reminding members of the class of 2023 of the Graduate School’s motto: “Your research matters.”

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Haleemah Ahmad and Oneile Baitloti will graduate in May 2023 from the Master of Global Affairs program.

Keough School announces two graduate students as recipients of the annual Hesburgh Global Fellowship

Author: Kate Chester

For the first time ever, two graduate students have been tapped by the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame to receive the prestigious annual Hesburgh Global Fellowship simultaneously.

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ESTEEM alumnus Andrew Wiand ’11, ’12 M.S., is currently the executive director and director of operations for enFocus, Inc.

ESTEEM alumnus Andrew Wiand ’11, ’12 M.S.: Shaping the next generation of leaders

Author: Andrew McGuinness '24

Many more talented people will make their way to South Bend and Notre Dame over the years to come. Not all will stay, of course. But the work being done by Wiand and enFocus aims to ensure that talent will continue to make both places thrive.

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Camden Hoover, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences

Biology graduate student and postdoc earn prestigious fellowships to study glial cells

Author: Deanna Csomo Ferrell

A graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher each received prestigious fellowships from the National Institutes of Health for work they are doing to investigate the roles of glial cells during the development of the nervous system.

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2023-2024 cohort of NDIAS Distinguished Graduate Fellows

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces its 2023–2024 class of Distinguished Graduate Fellows

Author: Kristian Olsen

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has selected five Notre Dame Ph.D. students for its Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Program. After a competitive application and interview process, these students were selected on the basis of their research profile, commitment to interdisciplinary…

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Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D.

Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D. wins "Best Dissertation" award

Author: Sociology Department

Former Notre Dame Sociology graduate student Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D. has received the “Best Dissertation Award” from the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) section devoted to study of Collective Behavior and Social Movements.  All dissertations defended in 2022…

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Elischia Fludd, second-year MGA student.

GLOBE graduate student Elischia Fludd publishes policy brief on Indiana coal ash groundwater contamination

Author: Elischia Fludd

Elischia Fludd, a GLOBES and master of global affairs graduate student majoring in sustainable development, conducted research on the impact of coal ash waste on groundwater in Indiana. 

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Master's students in the data science program's immersion weekend, January 2023.

MS in Data Science immersion tackles uses of data in healthcare

Author: Caroline Crawford

Recently, an immersion weekend through the University of Notre Dame’s Online MS in Data Science program offered students the chance to delve into the topic. In January, they put their data science knowledge into practice by learning from experts in their field about the application of data science in healthcare and medicine during the in-person immersion weekend in North Carolina.

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Paola Uparela Reyes '19 Ph.D.

Alumna Paola Uparela '19 Ph.D. receives two article awards

Author: Maurcia Marschke

ND alumna Paola Uparela Reyes '19 Ph.D. has recently been the recipient of two article awards: 2023 José María Arguedas Essay Award for the essay:‘Multiplicarse ha la tierra de gente y de fruto’: Gender and Re-production in Las Casas’s and Guaman Poma’s Biopolitical Projects (1516, 1615) by …

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