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The Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS) is pleased to congratulate Ph.D. student Guanhao Zhou on receiving a 2026 ICSA Student Paper Award from the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) at the 2026 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium. Zhou,…

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The global health space has the power to connect researchers across disciplines and bring light to the world’s pressing challenges. For Ph.D. students and candidates who are pursuing research in global health, the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame facilitates this with its Ph.D. Fellowship program.

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It is a Tuesday evening in Dublin and the city is awake. But inside Newman University Church, inconspicuously tucked among a row of buildings facing St. Stephen's Green, something quieter is happening. Upon entering, each visitor is handed a candle and invited into silence at Taizé, an ecumenical…

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Congratulations to the Graduate School's Jamila Lee-Johnson, recently named to Michiana Forty Under Forty. As assistant dean for inclusive excellence, Lee-Johnson leads initiatives that expand access to graduate education and research opportunities at Notre Dame. Beyond campus, she is dedicated to mentoring young women and helping prepare emerging leaders for service on nonprofit boards and foundations.

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What do a conductor, a chemist, and a neurobiologist have in common? At first glance, not much. Yet that wasn't the impression visitors got when they walked into Jordan Hall of Science during the second annual Beauty of Understanding Showcase. Easel after easel lined the hall, displaying research through watercolor paintings, elegant data, acrylics, comic-style illustrations, photography, musical performances, and three-dimensional exhibits as graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and teaching scholars shared creative interpretations of their research.

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Ignacio Guarachi, one of our 2026 3MT participants, talks about why he participated in this year's 3MT competition and what his takeaways were. 

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How do social media platforms shape our sense of belonging online? Read about the research of Notre Dame graduate student Emelia Hughes, who studies how algorithms, recommendation systems, and online communities influence identity, connection, and how we interact in digital spaces.

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In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, an ideal vision of family life would have shown that parents are continuing to share in caregiving responsibilities and spending quality time with their children — dads, in particular. Many people hoped that the behavioral changes caused by lockdowns would persist, allowing dads more time and flexibility in the long term and ultimately reshaping how we view fatherhood in general. However, according to new research from Notre Dame anthropologist and fatherhood expert Lee Gettler, those fathering benefits have not outlasted the pandemic itself.

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Douglas and Diana Berthiaume have made a transformational gift to the University of Notre Dame to advance biomedical research through strategic investments in critical infrastructure. The gift, totaling $35 million, establishes the Center for Biomedical Discovery. It includes $5 million in seed funding for multidisciplinary research teams, promoting new collaborations among biomedical researchers in the Colleges of Science and Engineering.

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Virna Vidal Menezes, a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and a fellow in Notre Dame’s Program for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (ND PIER),…

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Applications are now open for the 20th International Summer School in Dante Studies, jointly organized by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali di Ravenna, and the University of Verona.…

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New instrumentation installed through the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative will expand analytical capabilities available to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty conducting research across disciplines.

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University of Notre Dame rising senior Katharine Steffes has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship worth $35,000 in support of her graduate education. She is Notre Dame’s 11th Beinecke Scholar overall and third since 2023.

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A new study co-authored by Notre Dame postdoctoral researcher Nabin Pradhan links climate change to rising childhood stunting in 34 African countries. Learn how global warming and inequality impact child health.

Read More about When global warming becomes malnutrition: New study links climate change, childhood stunting and local inequality

The global health space has the power to connect researchers across disciplines and bring light to the world’s pressing challenges. For Ph.D. students and candidates who are pursuing research in global health, the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame facilitates this with its Ph.D. Fellowship program.

Read More about Eck Institute’s Ph.D. fellowship helped anthropology student advance global health research

The Institute for Ethics and the Common Good (ECG) is proud to announce its new class of Graduate Fellows for the 2026–27 academic year. This group of emerging scholars will spend the year with the institute, dedicated to addressing critical ethical issues in their…

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From proud smiles and inspirational speeches to the conferral of degrees and joyful embraces, here's a gallery of images that capture memorable moments from our Graduate School Commencement Ceremony and celebration of the Class of 2026.  [gallery:'the-graduate-school-commencement-2026']

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Conductor Gayle Rhodes ('27), a Master of Sacred Music student, has been selected to have her work exhibited…

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Applications are now open for the 20th International Summer School in Dante Studies, jointly organized by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the Centro Dantesco dei Frati Minori Conventuali di Ravenna, and the University of Verona.…

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