Medieval Institute alumna Lauren Whitnah '14 Ph.D. named dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary
Concluding a competitive national search, Nashotah House Theological Seminary has named Lauren Whitnah, Ph.D., as its next dean.
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Strength in key doctoral programs prompts Notre Dame's election to Universities Space Research Association to advance space exploration research
Based on the strength of key doctoral programs in science and engineering, the University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in 1969 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the USRA is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology, and engineering. The USRA consists of 120 universities that work together to advance space-related education, research, development, and operations around the world.
Graduate student co-authors new research showing how elites leverage anti-party protests to disrupt politics
Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to research co-authored by Ann Mische, associate professor of sociology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, and Tomás Gold, a Notre Dame Ph.D. candidate and Ph.D. Fellow at the Keough School’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies: They empower savvy politicians, who channel them to shake up the status quo. The findings provide a framework for understanding recent global political realignments and offer lessons for activists who want to make a meaningful impact.
Notre Dame graduate student researcher identifies a mix of factors behind decline in exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana
As global rates of exlusive breastfeading rise—showing corresponding measurable health benefits for infants—Ghana has seen a significant decline over the same period. Sarah Frick, a 2024 graduate of the Master of Science in Global Health (MSGH) program at the University of Notre Dame, worked with adviser Yenupini Joyce Adams of the Eck Institute for Global Health, Ghanaian mothers, and health care workers in the Sagnarigu Municipal region to research the puzzle of this concerning downward trend.
Graduate School degree recipients encouraged to embrace the future, take up baton of ‘saving the world’
Keynote speaker Sabine Hadida encouraged students to embrace the future and take up the baton of “saving the world” during the Graduate School’s annual commencement ceremony Saturday (May 18) at Notre Dame Stadium.
Eleven Notre Dame students, alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
A dozen current or former University of Notre Dame students—including two ND-PREP participants—have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional nine singled out for honorable mention for the award.
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ND Law and Graduate School to host Legal History Colloquium: Call for Papers
With the financial support of the American Society for Legal History, Notre Dame Law School and the University of Notre Dame Graduate School will host the ASLH/Notre Dame Graduate Legal History Colloquium during the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Testing emotional resiliency: Graduate psychology student Katie Edler aims to improve mental health
Katie Edler, a graduate student in psychology, conducts an experiment in emotional regulation where she asks children between 6 and 8 years old to complete a simple puzzle with 20 large pieces and then leaves the room.…
Keough School establishes two new doctoral programs
Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs has established two new doctoral programs in sustainable development and peace studies. The peace studies and sustainable development programs will enable doctoral students in the Keough School to examine from different perspectives the intersection of poverty, the environment, violent conflict and peace. Both programs will enroll students beginning in fall 2025.
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How postdoctoral researcher Seth Koren makes sense of the universe’s mysteries using physics
Billions of years ago, the very early universe was incredibly hot and dense — conditions could only be described as extreme. Today, physicists attempt to recreate these conditions using enormous accelerators, detectors and colliders to get particles up to the high energy that existed long ago.…
From the army to anthropology: Postdoc’s path to peace-and-justice research has been a journey
Helal Khan’s path to becoming an anthropologist who researches peace and justice has taken him all over the world. In his home country of Bangladesh, Khan was an army officer stationed along the Myanmar…
Guiding the next generation: Philosophy professor Michael Rea receives Arts & Letters Graduate Student Mentorship Award
Michael Rea is the Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy, director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion, and recipient of the 2024 College of Arts…
Kaneb Center and Graduate School present Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Earlier this month, Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence and the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame hosted a ceremony recognizing the 49 winners of the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards.
Kellogg’s Economic Development Working Group benefits Ph.D. students and faculty alike
Kellogg Doctoral Student Affiliate Lixia Ren will graduate from the University of Notre Dame in May as an economist, but not before taking her long walk through…
MSE graduate students learn, practice presentation skills in inaugural “elevator pitch” competition
MSE Elevator Pitch Competition Students and Judges Students…
Medicinal chemist Sabine Hadida to deliver Graduate School Commencement address
The University of Notre Dame Graduate School will hold its annual commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. May 18 (Saturday) at Notre Dame Stadium. Sabine Hadida, a renowned medicinal chemist, will deliver the keynote address. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will confer the various master’s and doctoral degrees.
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Graduate School honors 2024 alumni, faculty, and student award winners
The Graduate School is pleased to announce…
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Solarium 2024 celebrates creations by MFA students in studio art and design
In what has become a spring semester tradition, the Graduate School’s light-filled suite of offices in Bond Hall is once again a gallery space displaying the works of talented Notre Dame master of fine arts (MFA) students—including three award winners.
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New approach means better connection, easier accessibility to support students
Operating between the academic world and its clinical counterpart, a team of staff members known as care and wellness consultants functions as the front line for students seeking support for their distinct needs — everything from academic help to mental health counseling.
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Downes, Lechartre, and Mathews claim top honors in 2024 Shaheen Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) finals
Three winners named in an evening focused on the importance of conveying why “your research matters”—in no more than three minutes.