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Jada Davis is currently a part of the ESTEEM Class of 2025. She takes the time to share her experience transitioning into a graduate program straight out of undergrad, learning how her background relates to entrepreneurship, and about her capstone project.

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Please join us at the 2025 Notre Dame Queer Studies Symposium featuring research by Notre Dame graduate students on the theme of “Queer (Un)belonging.” This symposium, hosted by the Gender Studies Program with the support of the Notre Dame Graduate School, will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025.

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Sarah Nanjala, a 2022 graduate of the Keough School’s Master of Global Affairs program, works for gender equality in her role with U.N. Women in Geneva. In this conversation, Nanjala shares how her education prepared her to leverage her passion for human rights and advocate for equality on the global stage.

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The University of Notre Dame took home the top prize at the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) in Boston earlier this month, beating out competing teams from Babson College, Dartmouth, and Johns Hopkins University to be crowned regional champions. ESTEEM student and Naughton Fellow Kate O’Farrelly was one of six members of the winning team that will progress to the Global Final in Chapel Hill, NC in April, where they will face universities from around the world in a two-day test of venture capital know-how.

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Six students and alumni of the University of Notre Dame have earned spots on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2025. The annual list, launched in 2011, honors trailblazing entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators under the age of 30.…

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Graduate students from the Colleges of Arts & Letters, Engineering, and Science will participate in the annual 3MT competition at 5:00 p.m., Jordan Hall of Science. The thrilling lightning talk format of 3MT challenges competitors to distill their volumes of research into a concise three-minute presentation using the support of just one visual slide to communicate their work effectively to a non-specialist audience.

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Tim Derr graduated from Notre Dame in 2022 with dual master’s degrees in global affairs and business administration. In this conversation, he shares how his multidisciplinary education helped prepare him to make an impact in sustainable development.

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Yanran Chen, a Ph.D. student in the Psychology Department and graduate associate at Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, used to firmly believe that she wasn’t “teacher material” because she is an introvert. However, she’s come to realize introverts can be great teachers, bringing unique strengths into the classroom. Here, she shares some helpful tips she’s collected from both her own experiences and a recent Kaneb Center workshop.

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When Alberto Solís Castro and Emily Tatum graduated from Notre Dame’s Master of Global Affairs program in 2023, they gained more than prestigious professional degrees — they found in each other a partner for life.

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Dennis Wieboldt, a second-year Notre Dame Law student and Ph.D. student in history at the Graduate School, is an outstanding example of the success of Notre Dame Law School’s dual degree programs. Pursuing a J.D./Ph.D. in law and history, Wieboldt has found a unique opportunity to combine his passion for American legal history with his legal studies, reflecting the Law School’s commitment to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship.

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In recognition of its outstanding commitment to internationalization both on campus and across the globe, the University of Notre Dame has been selected to receive the 2025 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Named for the late Sen. Paul Simon, a longtime proponent of international education, the award is given by NAFSA: Association of International Educators to honor excellence in integrating international education throughout all facets of university and college campuses.

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The University of Notre Dame’s Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) has helped Armenia reach a historic milestone by supporting the acquisition and implementation of the country’s first-ever high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM).

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Building on a long history of partnership, the University of Notre Dame and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile)—widely recognized as one of the top universities in Latin America—have announced the expansion of their dual Ph.D. program. Previously available to engineering students, the program now welcomes candidates from all academic disciplines, reflecting the universities’ shared vision for international collaboration and promoting academic innovation. This marks the first university-wide dual Ph.D. agreement for both institutions.

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