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Twenty-two University of Notre Dame students have been named finalists for the 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, with another seven singled out as alternates for the award. The finalists include 18 undergraduate students and four graduate students.

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Lauren Yates, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received the 2025 URA Tollestrup award for Postdoctoral Research. The URA Honorary ​Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research, named after celebrated Fermilab scientist Alvin Tollestrup, is one of the honorary awards…

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This is a reminder that if you have graduate students who will participate as postdocs in the 5+1 Teaching and Research or 5+1 Internship tracks for the 25/26 academic year, please follow the instructions below to prepare them for their August 1st postdoc positions. (Step #1 should be completed …

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Joryán Hernández, a peace studies and theology doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, was tapped as the first-ever recipient of the Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU Peacemaker Award from Pax…

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Seven faculty teams of collaborators from the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, USA) and Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine) have received grants from Notre Dame Global and Notre Dame Research to pursue…

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The Graduate School, in partnership with Notre Dame Global and the Center for Italian Studies, offers semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at Notre Dame Rome to advanced Humanities, Social Sciences, and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. students. During the Spring…

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Maritain Graduate Fellow Nicholas Ramirez presents at the Saint Mary’s Seminary and University Moral Theology and Seminary Teaching…

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At its annual meeting in June in Portland, Ore., the Catholic Theological Society of America named Flora Tang, a peace studies and theology doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame, as the recipient of this year’s prestigious Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award. Named after the late Notre Dame theology professor Catherine Mowry LaCugna, the award celebrates the best academic essay from a new scholar in the field of theology within the Roman Catholic tradition.

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Carbon emissions continue to increase at record levels, fueling climate instability and worsening air quality conditions for billions in cities worldwide. Yet despite global commitments to carbon neutrality, urban policymakers still struggle to implement effective mitigation strategies at the city scale. Now, researchers at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, the College of Engineering and the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society are working to reduce carbon emissions through advanced simulations and a novel artificial intelligence-driven tool, EcoSphere.

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The late Pope Francis, in one of his last acts, conferred the honour of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great upon Carmel and Martin Naughton, Trustee Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. The papal honor is in recognition of the Naughtons’ outstanding philanthropy in the areas of education and the arts, particularly in the provision of philanthropic support and scholarships to Catholic education at the University of Notre Dame and Kylemore Abbey, and in their transformative contributions to higher education in Ireland.

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This summer, members of the Hans J. Morgenthau (HJM) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program spent a week in the Philippines engaging in staff rides, seminars, and briefings. Now in its 5th year, the HJM Program is a non-residential fellowship that aims to prepare up and coming scholars to think more deeply about grand strategy in both conceptual and historical contexts.

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Anemia is a "silent epidemic." It affects nearly 2 billion people globally, yet many people ignore its symptoms. Typically caused by the consumption of iron-deficient foods, anemia develops gradually. Its symptoms—such as fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath—are frequently dismissed or misattributed.

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