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Discover the Beauty of Understanding

Published: May 27, 2026

Author: Traci DuVal

The University of Notre Dame invites the Notre Dame community and the broader community to experience the second annual Beauty of Understanding Showcase and Reception, a celebration of the beauty that surrounds us—even in unexpected places.

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After commencement: four Notre Dame graduate students share a look back and a look ahead

Published: May 18, 2026

Author: Traci DuVal

For many, college graduation is a reflective and emotional milestone. It's the close of a chapter shaped by hard work, new life experiences, and lasting friendships. For graduate students, the feeling often runs even deeper. Many describe it as finally setting down a weight they have carried for years. As the Graduate School celebrates the Class of 2026, we asked four graduates to reflect on the end of this chapter and the excitement of what lies ahead.

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The Commencement of the Graduate School class of 2026

Published: May 16, 2026

Author: Erin Blasko

Mary Cunningham Boyce delivered the keynote address Saturday during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony, encouraging students in this moment of profound change, from rapid advances in science and technology to the increasing threat of global climate disaster, to “set aside any sense of a well-worn path to ‘success.’