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Envisioning greater accessibility

Author: Jack Rooney

By the time Danny Fritz ’22 M.S. and Riley Ellingsen ’22 M.S. graduated from the 11-month ESTEEM master’s program at Notre Dame, they had co-founded a start-up, earned seed money to start developing their innovative product, and now dedicate themselves to expanding accessibility options for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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Connor Moore, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Graduate student Connor Moore named Meenakshi Narain Graduate Scholar at the LPC

Author: Shelly Goethals

Department of Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Connor Moore has been named a Meenakshi Narain Graduate Scholar at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Physics Center (LPC) for 2024. This program is aimed to support exceptional graduate student from U.S. Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) institutions.

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First-year master of sacred music student Uche Aghulor.

MSM voice student Uche Aghulor wins first place in Upper Advanced Classical category at National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions

Author: SMND

Soprano Uche Aghulor, a first-year student in the MSM voice studio, won first place in the Upper Advanced Classical category at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions. The auditions took place at Butler University in Indianapolis on November 4th, 2023.  

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CCCG postdocal research scholar co-hosts Academia Tocqueville in France

Author: Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government

This past summer, Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government (CCCG) Postdoctoral Research Scholar Luke Foster co-hosted Academia Tocqueville, a ten-day seminar in Paris, France studying French political thought at the cultural, historical, religious, and intellectual levels.

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Kellogg Ph.D. affiliates develop program of Catholic leadership and service in Africa

Author: Kellogg Institute for International Studies

“We have heard the long-expressed hope – spoken with great passion by popes, bishops, and other Church leaders, especially in the West – that the future of the Catholic Church is in Africa,” said Rev. Kenneth Amadi…

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The ESTEEM class of 2024.

Meet the students putting the "Irish" in the Fighting Irish for the ESTEEM class of 2024

Author: Notre Dame ESTEEM

Discover how the talented students in the ESTEEM class of 2024 from Ireland are making a substantial impact at the ESTEEM program at the University of Notre Dame. Each student brings a unique perspective to the table, demonstrating the versatility and breadth of the ESTEEM program.

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Second-year MGA student Matthew Bocanumenth is working to bring the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people out of the shadows during his field experience at Outright International.

Inclusive peacebuilder: master of global affairs graduate advocates for LGBTQ+ perspectives

Author: Josh Stowe

Second-year MGA student Matthew Bocanumenth is working to bring the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people out of the shadows during his field experience at Outright International. When his family moved from the United States back to Bogotá, Colombia, Matthew Bocanumenth…

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Postdoctoral fellow Katie Sparrow '18 M.A., '23 Ph.D. leads a class in Rome.

Introducing Katie Sparrow, postdoctoral fellow in Rome

Author: Costanza Montanari

Katie Sparrow is a "5 + 1" postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway. While in Rome, she co-teaches two courses of the foundational class “All Roads lead to Rome” in the fall 2023, and will teach one on her own in the spring 2024 while continuing to develop her own research.…

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(Left to right) Fatima Faisal Khan, Halkano Boru, and Aleithia Low are among the MGA students gaining practical experience through internships.

Embarking on a global odyssey: Keough School's MGA-IPS students set to transform the world

Author: Lisa Gallagher

(Left to right) Fatima Faisal Khan, Halkano Boru, and Aleithia Low are among the MGA students gaining practical experience through internships. Picture this: A group of intrepid second-year students, brimming with passion and commitment, poised to dive headfirst into a world of transformative experiences. These are the students of the Master of Global Affairs program…

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Grace Arntz-Johnson, fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Grace Arntz-Johnson receives U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award

Author: Karla Cruise

Grace Arntz-Johnson, a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has received the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. The award supports research opportunities at DOE laboratories for graduate students pursuing critical energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges.

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Strategic Framework student town halls announced

Author: Kate Garry

The University has organized three town hall sessions this fall for students to learn more about the recently launched Strategic Framework that will guide the University for the next decade. At each session, Provost John McGreevy will give an overview of the Framework and invite student questions.…

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Biology postdoc wins annual Lightning Talk Competition title

Author: Samantha Keller

Tolulope “Kay” Kayode holds the Lightning Talk trophy Postdoctoral researcher Tolulope “Kay” Kayode won the top prize in the second annual Postdoc Lightning Talk Competition on Thursday, September 21, during Postdoc Appreciation Week.    Fourteen postdoc finalists from five departments in the College of Science presented their research in "lightning talk" format—three minutes or less using a singular presentation slide. …

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HBCU alumni pursuing further graduate and professional studies at the University of Notre Dame.

ND graduate and professional students share how HBCUs helped prepare them

Author: Cidni Sanders

Historically Black Colleges and Universities have filled an important role in the U.S. educational landscape for generations. Over the years, a number of Notre Dame’s graduate and professional students have arrived in South Bend by way of an HBCU.  

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Kroc Institute master’s students advancing human rights at the United Nations in Geneva

Author: Sarah Nanjala

The University of Notre Dame’s master of global affairs students have been actively advancing gender equality and the rights of women and girls at the United Nations through field placements at UN Women in Geneva.

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Courtney Luckhardt '11 Ph.D. wins prestigious fellowship in Tübingen

Author: Medieval Institute

Courtney Luckhardt '11 Ph.D. In July we posted the great news that one of our Ph.D. candidates, Jeffrey Berland, would be joining the University of Tübingen's Center for Advanced Studies for a six-month postdoctoral fellowship as part of their program "Migration and Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages…

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‘This is a moment for Notre Dame’: University celebrates historic accomplishments

Author: Notre Dame News

On Tuesday (Sept. 5), in front of a crowd of 450 faculty and academic staff members gathered in DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Leighton Concert Hall, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., dedicated his annual faculty address

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The 2023 Notre Dame-Bielefeld Exchange welcomes German students to Notre Dame for academic dialogue and international collaboration

Author: Khan Shairani, Susan Naramore, and Judit Ramb

Continuing its legacy of international exchange, the University of Notre Dame-University of Bielefeld Transatlantic Workshop met again this May at Notre Dame. Over three days, graduate and faculty workshop participants discussed 18 diverse projects that touched on many places and historical times, from religion in 18th-century India to defense production in the Midwest up to the end of the Cold War.

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