Medieval Institute alumna Lauren Whitnah '14 Ph.D. named dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Concluding a competitive national search, Nashotah House Theological Seminary has named Lauren Whitnah, Ph.D., as its next dean.
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Strength in key doctoral programs prompts Notre Dame's election to Universities Space Research Association to advance space exploration research
Based on the strength of key doctoral programs in science and engineering, the University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in 1969 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the USRA is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology, and engineering. The USRA consists of 120 universities that work together to advance space-related education, research, development, and operations around the world.
Graduate student co-authors new research showing how elites leverage anti-party protests to disrupt politics
Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to research co-authored by Ann Mische, associate professor of sociology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, and Tomás Gold, a Notre Dame Ph.D. candidate and Ph.D. Fellow at the Keough School’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies: They empower savvy politicians, who channel them to shake up the status quo. The findings provide a framework for understanding recent global political realignments and offer lessons for activists who want to make a meaningful impact.
Notre Dame graduate student researcher identifies a mix of factors behind decline in exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana
As global rates of exlusive breastfeading rise—showing corresponding measurable health benefits for infants—Ghana has seen a significant decline over the same period. Sarah Frick, a 2024 graduate of the Master of Science in Global Health (MSGH) program at the University of Notre Dame, worked with adviser Yenupini Joyce Adams of the Eck Institute for Global Health, Ghanaian mothers, and health care workers in the Sagnarigu Municipal region to research the puzzle of this concerning downward trend.
Graduate School degree recipients encouraged to embrace the future, take up baton of ‘saving the world’
Keynote speaker Sabine Hadida encouraged students to embrace the future and take up the baton of “saving the world” during the Graduate School’s annual commencement ceremony Saturday (May 18) at Notre Dame Stadium.
Eleven Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
A dozen current or former University of Notre Dame students—including two ND-PREP participants—have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional nine singled out for honorable mention for the award.
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ND Law and Graduate School to host Legal History Colloquium: Call for Papers
With the financial support of the American Society for Legal History, Notre Dame Law School and the University of Notre Dame Graduate School will host the ASLH/Notre Dame Graduate Legal History Colloquium during the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Testing emotional resiliency: Graduate psychology student Katie Edler aims to improve mental health
Katie Edler, a graduate student in psychology, conducts an experiment in emotional regulation where she asks children between 6 and 8 years old to complete a simple puzzle with 20 large pieces and then leaves the room.…