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City of South Bend, Notre Dame leaders share insights on research and community impact

Author: Colleen Wilcox

Notre Dame’s growing research partnerships with the City of South Bend don’t just advance innovation—they create meaningful opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to apply their expertise for the good of the community. The ongoing efforts to strengthen research partnerships in the South Bend community were the focus of a panel discussion among leaders at the University of Notre Dame and the City of South Bend. The November 14 conversation highlighted collaborative projects already underway and explored opportunities for deeper engagement that can create lasting impact across the region. .

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Spring 2026 SAI Graduate Fellowship Program Invites Applications

Author: Laura Kresnak

Notre Dame Scientific Artificial Intelligence (SAI) Graduate Fellowship The Notre Dame Scientific Artificial Intelligence (SAI) Initiative is excited to announce a semester-long Spring 2026 fellowship program for PhD students seeking to newly…

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Breakthrough Research. Talented Scholars. Inaugural Notre Dame’s Postdoc Spotlight Delivers.

Author: Traci DuVal

The concept wasn’t new—the competition challenged scholars to present their complex research in just three minutes, equipped with a single slide, in a way that anyone could understand. While the Graduate School has hosted the Shaheen Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for graduate students for a decade, it’s the first time postdoctoral scholars have been challenged to present and compete in a similar format.

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Peace studies graduate Isabel Güiza-Gómez wins prestigious dissertation award for research on peace and land reform

Author: Kate Chester

A recent Graduate School alum wins prestigious award. Isabel Güiza-Gómez’ graduated with her Ph.D. in peace studies and political science from Notre Dame in August…

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Rodrigo de Pool Alcantara Postdoc Profile

Rodrigo De Pool Alcantara: Exploring the symmetries underlying the fabric of mathematics

Author: Lorenzo Rose

The abstract world of mathematics reveals many hidden realities of the physical world. Rodrigo De Pool Alcantara, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame in the Department of Mathematics, acknowledges and applies this…

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Alumni Association honors five alumni at annual fall board meeting

Author: Julianna Marchese

The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association (NDAA) recognized the 2025 recipients of four of its most prestigious awards during its fall gathering of the NDAA board of directors, honoring alumni who have made lifelong contributions to service, philanthropy, mentorship and the performing arts.

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Alumni Spotlight: Julia Schneider (Ph.D. ’11)

Author: Medieval Institute

The Medieval Institute is pleased to present our Fall 2025 Alumni Spotlight. In this series we feature the career paths of medieval studies alumni. Look for a new installment each semester, and follow our weekly news features regarding Medieval Institute-supported programming, events, and guest lectures on our news and events feed.

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Notre Dame Postdoc Spotlight FINALS event details: November 6, Jordan Hall of Science. A smiling young man with dark hair, wearing a black turtleneck and a black-white houndstooth blazer, stands before a stone archway.

Come support Dr. Ashley Castelino, competing in the inaugural ND Postdoctoral Spotlight!

Author: Medieval Institute

The MI's Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ashley Castelino, will be competing in the inaugural ND Postdoctoral Spotlight competition, presenting "Dogs, Death, Disease, and Healthcare in Medieval Iceland."

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Ansari Institute launches Global Fellows program

Author: Rebekah Go

The Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural class of Global Fellows. Six holders of newly minted PhDs are participating in a year-long process of transforming their dissertations into monographs, by subjecting their manuscripts-in-progress to the constructive criticism of their peers and senior colleagues in the study of “religion and global politics,” broadly considered. For the majority of the 2025-’26 academic year, they work from their current locations around the world and gather virtually on a regular basis. They will meet in person for a culminating conference at year’s end.

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Emily Wedel pursues ecological research across communities and continents

Author: Gray Nocjar

“Plants can’t move when times get tough.” These were the words of Emily Wedel, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at Notre Dame. She studies the field of plant ecology, which she described as the analysis of strategies…

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Clinical psychology Ph.D. student awarded NIH grant, bridging research on alcohol use and self-harm

Author: Hailey Oppenlander

Clinical psychologists often narrow in on just one topic for their research. But the life experiences researchers study don’t always occur separately in the real world. “Labs will study addiction, or they'll study suicide,” said Melissa…

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Postdoc Spotlight set for November 6 event

Author: Traci DuVal

Finalists in the Graduate School's inaugural Notre Dame Postdoc Spotlight are getting ready to compete in a dynamic, fast-paced competition that celebrates their groundbreaking research on November 6 in Jordan Hall on Notre Dame’s campus.

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Superblack material reflects less than 0.4% of visible light across the full spectrum and is robust, low-cost and easy to customize

Robust, low-cost superblack material leverages fundamental geometry and engineering methods

Author: Karla Cruise

Cave entrances often appear black and forbidding. Light enters, but little escapes, absorbed as it “bounces around” the interior. To trap light in much the same way, engineers at the University of Notre Dame have devised a superblack material from a matrix of microscopic, sheer-walled “caves”—each just 10 microns wide. The result reflects less than 0.4% of visible light across the full spectrum. Unlike many superblack materials which are fragile and expensive, theirs is robust, low-cost and easy to customize. Their results were published in Nature Communications.

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