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The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has selected five Notre Dame Ph.D. students for its Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Program. After a competitive application and interview process, these students were selected on the basis of their research profile, commitment to interdisciplinary engagement and community participation, and fit with the NDIAS research theme for the 2023–2024 academic term, "The Long Run".…

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Former Notre Dame Sociology graduate student Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D. has received the “Best Dissertation Award” from the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) section devoted to study of Collective Behavior and Social Movements.  All dissertations defended in 2022 were eligible for the award.  The title of his dissertation is Black Lives Matter University: How Activist Knowledge Affects Organizational Sustainability…

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Elischia Fludd, a GLOBES and master of global affairs graduate student majoring in sustainable development, conducted research on the impact of coal ash waste on groundwater in Indiana. 

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Recently, an immersion weekend through the University of Notre Dame’s Online MS in Data Science program offered students the chance to delve into the topic. In January, they put their data science knowledge into practice by learning from experts in their field about the application of data science in healthcare and medicine during the in-person immersion weekend in North Carolina.

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ND alumna Paola Uparela Reyes '19 Ph.D. has recently been the recipient of two article awards: 2023 José María Arguedas Essay Award for the essay:‘Multiplicarse ha la tierra de gente y de fruto’: Gender and Re-production in Las Casas’s and Guaman Poma’s Biopolitical Projects (1516, 1615) by LASA (Latin American Studies Association) - Peru Section.  …

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The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2022–2023 academic year. These awards include: the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award; the James A. Burns, C.S.C, Awards; the Dick and Peggy Notebaert Award; the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards; and the Social Justice Award. The award winners will be formally recognized for their achievements at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony to be held at Notre Dame Stadium on May 20.

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2015 ESTEEM alumnus Okanlami has both led and been a part of numerous initiatives to raise awareness of the program and adaptive sports and inclusive recreation as a whole.

Read More about Making sports and exercise more accessible: ESTEEM alumnus Feranmi Okanlami '15 M.S.

John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the keynote address during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony.

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In August 2022, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA) invited proposals on the theme of “The Connected World.” Inspired by Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world, ISLA aimed to foster deep analysis of the interconnectedness of social, cultural, political, and economic life around the globe. Over the past academic year, the Institute awarded thirteen Annual Research Theme grants to faculty and graduate students in the College of Arts and Letters. With ISLA support, scholars in Africana studies, art, art history, and design, English, history, political science, psychology, and Romance languages and literatures are studying such diverse places as Brazil, Canada,…

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Jean Porter finds it difficult to describe her approach to mentoring graduate students, because it changes with each and every one. As a mentor, the John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology has been described as providing candid and clarifying advice while also offering patience, support, and generosity. She has guided and encouraged 28 doctoral students as they finished their dissertations, then written recommendation letters for them and given further advice as they launched their own careers.  “It’s just about forming a personal relationship with the student,” Porter said. “In my experience, there’s no substitute for that.” In recognition of the time and attention she has dedicated to her students, helping them grow intellectually and find their scholarly voices, Porter has been selected as the inaugural winner of the College of Arts & Letters Graduate Student Mentorship Award.

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On March 31, 2023 Dr. Laurent Dubois delivered a lecture on “Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies,” presenting three snapshots from Francophone history to ask how we can use sources to think differently about larger narratives.

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Students in Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity program cited a visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe as the emotional highlight of their pilgrimage to Mexico City.…

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The NSF-funded Soft Materials for Applications in Sustainability and Healthcare Engineering (SMASH Engineering) REU site at the University of Notre Dame will provide an immersive, full-time research experience for undergraduate students beginning the summer of 2023.

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A team of Notre Dame scientists, including graduate student and Schmitt Fellow Alyssa La Bella, have discovered the mechanisms by which the fungal pathogen Candida albicans may form infections on urinary catheters.

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The MFA class of 2023 exhibition at the South Bend Museum of Art runs through mid-June.

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Ten University of Notre Dame Graduate School students have been named National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows, the most since 2016.

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Michael Hildreth, professor of physics and astronomy and senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School effective July 1.

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Georgina Curto Rex, a postdoctoral fellow at the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC) who specializes in applied AI, has been appointed as a visiting scholar at the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students in the University’s studio art and design programs unveiled their latest work to the campus community on March 8 at the opening reception of this year’s Solarium Art Show in Bond Hall. An annual collaboration between the Graduate School and the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, this year’s exhibition — titled FREQUENCIES, in a nod to the “vibrational energy” of this year’s pieces — featured nine students across a variety of visual disciplines

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Jack O'Meara '17 M.S., named to the 2023 "Forbes 30 Under 20 Europe" list. Jack O’Meara, a 2017 alumnus of the University of Notre Dame’s ESTEEM Graduate Program…

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