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View of the city from Maddie's apartment in Brazil.

Ph.D. student’s trip to São Paulo offers opportunity for collaboration and growth

Author: Jessie Carson

Before traveling to Brazil to conduct research, fourth-year engineering Ph.D. student Maddie Watson had never been outside the US. A West Virginia native, she was accustomed to her small town, so the buzz and energy of a city like São Paulo was a change of pace for her, one that she welcomed. For Maddie, spending time in the country that her research would impact wasn’t just necessary for her studies—it was a chance for personal growth, too.

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Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellow Antônio Lemos publishes new work

Author: Laura Moran Walton

Antônio Lemos, a 2024–25 Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellow with the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, has published a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal on Migration and Human Security. Titled "The Theological Foundations of the Right to Stay in Catholic Social Teaching," the article is part of a special issue of JMHS focused on the "Right to Stay"—the right to have the freedom to choose whether to stay in one's homeland or move to a foreign country. 

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Theresa Rice at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Trier, Germany.

Past and present collide in Trier, Germany, for liturgical studies Ph.D. student

Author: Theresa Rice

Theresa Rice is a third-year Ph.D. student in liturgical studies at Notre Dame. She spent four weeks in Trier, Germany, pursuing independent research on liturgical participation and material devotion, in conjunction with a summer course at the University of Trier on “Bible and Liturgy.”

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Maria Camila Peralta Benavidez, wearing a periwinkle blazer, gestures with a pen in her right hand as she speaks during a business meeting. She sits at a long table with other professionals. A notebook lays open in front of her.

Master of global affairs graduate supports global development education in work at the International Monetary Fund

Author: Josh Stowe

Maria Camila Peralta Benavidez ’23 MGA works as a project manager and data management analyst at the International Monetary Fund, supporting online learning opportunities through its Institute for Capacity Development. In this conversation, she shares why she chose the Keough School and describes how it prepared her to navigate cross-cultural differences and work in a fast-paced global development organization.

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Current ESTEEM program student Sam Kibirige works with 3D printers in the IDEA Center's Innovation Lab.

Notre Dame recognized as a top graduate school for aspiring entrepreneurs

Author: Brett Beasley

The University of Notre Dame has been named a top school for students aspiring to launch their own businesses. The Princeton Review, in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine, ranked the University at #14 on its list of the Top 50 Graduate Entrepreneurship programs for 2025.

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Emmanuel Ojeifo, Ph.D. student in the Department of Theology, wears a LASER shirt while doing field research.

Members of the 2023 LASER program pass the baton to this year’s cohort

Author: Mary Hendriksen

“While certainly a leadership program at its core,” explains Dr. John Lubker, the Graduate School’s associate dean for academic affairs, “LASER is designed to develop a very broad range of skills, all in alignment with the University’s goal to empower its students to be ‘a force for good in the world.’

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Eddie McGrady, doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

McGrady named a Meenakshi Narain Graduate Scholar

Author: Shelly Goethals

Department of Physics and Astronomy graduate student Christopher "Eddie" McGrady has been named a Meenakshi Narain Graduate Scholar at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Physics Center (LPC) for 2025. This program is aimed to support exceptional graduate students from the U.S. Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) institutions. It will fund Eddie to spend a year resident at the Fermilab LPC benefiting from the mentorship of resident LPC scientists.

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Graduate students participate in a workshop on high-performance liquid chromatography

New HPLC workshop enhances graduate students' lab skills and career development

Author: Brett Beasley

The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH) at the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with Waters Corporation, recently hosted its first workshop on High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The event equipped graduate students with vital technical skills while bridging the gap between academic learning and industry requirements.

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2025-26 Dissertation Research Fellowships at Notre Dame Rome

2025–26 Dissertation Research Fellowships at Notre Dame Rome: Call for applications

Author: Provided

The Graduate School, in partnership with Notre Dame Global and the Center for Italian Studies, is offering semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at Notre Dame Rome to advanced Humanities, Social Sciences, and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. students. Information session: October 29; application deadline: January 15, 2025.

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Alumna Jessica Ashman, doctoral candidate Maria Caterina Gargano named Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellows

Author: Erin Blasko

University of Notre Dame alumna Jessica Ashman and graduate student Maria Caterina “Cat” Gargano have been selected as Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Established through bipartisan legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate,…

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Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics graduate student and professor (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)

Notre Dame Dublin launches IBM Graduate Fellows research program for Ph.D. students

Author: Margaret Arriola

Notre Dame Dublin has reinvigorated their partnership with IBM Ireland through a new Joint Study Agreement. Over the 2024 summer session, IBM Ireland hosted the first two students on the IBM Graduate Fellows Program, a 10-week research internship for Notre Dame Ph.D. students in STEM disciplines

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2024-25 Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellows (from left) Matthew Mullin, Benjamin J. Young, and Laura López-Pérez.

Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellowship: Institute for Ethics and the Common Good program receives endowment gift, new name

Author: Laura Moran Walton

The Wilsey Distinguished Graduate Fellowship program is a year-long, interdisciplinary cohort experience that equips dissertating graduate students to carry out boundary-pushing research in ethics. Through the program, which was created in partnership with the College of Arts and Letters, fellows deepen their vocational discernment, expand their skills for engaging public audiences, and grow their professional network as they work in community with other scholars from across the University and beyond.

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Five students supported by MSE Fellowships in 2024-25.

MSE Ph.D. fellowship projects focus on quantum materials, topological crystalline superconductors, biomaterial scaffolds, Kagome metals, and organic semiconductor materials

Author: MSE Staff

The University of Notre Dame’s Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) program has awarded fellowships to five graduate students for the 2024–2025 academic year. This year’s fellowship projects cover diverse areas including quantum materials, topological crystalline superconductors, biomaterial scaffolds, Kagome metals, and organic semiconductor materials.

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A photo of Austin Wyman in front of a background of a brain scan.

What Would You Fight For: Notre Dame psychologists combating America's mental health crisis

Author: Office of Brand Content

Doctoral student Austin Wyman ’23 was young when a relative's mental health crisis hit home. Lack of accessible care led to an episode that left his family reeling. Now, Wyman is working to ensure other families don’t experience that kind of tragedy as Notre Dame builds a new clinic to advance research, education, and clinical care to address mental health issues.

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