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Heartland Aflame: A Notre Dame professor unearths the mysteries and the lessons of native grasslands

Author: Brett Beasley

Guided by Ryan Sensenig, a grassland ecologist at the University of Notre Dame, doctoral student Max Scheel helped design a small "pocket prarie" on campus. Read more about the fascinating work they are doing.

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Keough School welcomes a new generation of global changemakers

Author: April Toler

This fall, the Keough School of Global Affairs welcomed a diverse group of undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students who bring global experience and a shared commitment to tackling today’s pressing challenges—from climate change to post-conflict peacebuilding. Among them are national debate champions, Peace Corps volunteers, Fulbright scholars and grassroots leaders who have professional experience in more than 40 countries.

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Italian studies Ph.D. travels to Italy with support from Nanovic Institute

Author: Inha Park

Inha Park ‘28 is a third-year Ph.D. student in Italian Studies. This summer, with support from the Nanovic Institute, Park traveled to Milan and Bolzano to explore the emergence of the Corea (Korea) and and Sciangai (Shanghai) neighborhoods peripheral to major Italian cities.

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Summer Immersion Experiences Ignite Passion and Illuminate Career Paths for 20 Students

Author: Paloma Garcia-Lopez

Dr. Jessala Grijalva, Post Doctoral Research Scholar at the Institute for Latino Studies developed a special course for the new South Bend and El Paso cohorts in this program. Dr. Grijalva also graduated from the Graduate School in August 2024 earning her Ph.D. here, as well.

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Twenty-two Notre Dame students selected for 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Author: Erin Blasko

Twenty-two University of Notre Dame students have been named finalists for the 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, with another seven singled out as alternates for the award. The finalists include 18 undergraduate students and four graduate students.

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Yates awarded 2025 URA Tollestrup award for Postdoctoral Research

Author: Shelly Goethals

Lauren Yates, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received the 2025 URA Tollestrup award for Postdoctoral Research. The URA Honorary ​Tollestrup Award for Postdoctoral Research, named after celebrated Fermilab scientist Alvin Tollestrup, is one of the honorary awards…

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Doctoral student Joryán Hernández to receive inaugural Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU Peacemaker Award

Author: Kate Chester

Joryán Hernández, a peace studies and theology doctoral student at the University of Notre Dame, was tapped as the first-ever recipient of the Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU Peacemaker Award from Pax…

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Graduate School students among many involved in new research collaborations with Ukrainian Catholic University

Author: Erin Fennessy Lawlor

Seven faculty teams of collaborators from the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, USA) and Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine) have received grants from Notre Dame Global and Notre Dame Research to pursue…

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Gavin Moulton reflects on Dissertation Research Fellowship

Author: Costanza Montanari

The Graduate School, in partnership with Notre Dame Global and the Center for Italian Studies, offers semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at Notre Dame Rome to advanced Humanities, Social Sciences, and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. students. During the Spring…

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Doctoral candidate Flora Tang honored with 2025 Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award

Author: Kate Chester

At its annual meeting in June in Portland, Ore., the Catholic Theological Society of America named Flora Tang, a peace studies and theology doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame, as the recipient of this year’s prestigious Catherine Mowry LaCugna Award. Named after the late Notre Dame theology professor Catherine Mowry LaCugna, the award celebrates the best academic essay from a new scholar in the field of theology within the Roman Catholic tradition.

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Smarter tools for policymakers: Notre Dame researchers target urban carbon emissions, building by building

Author: Christine Grashorn

Carbon emissions continue to increase at record levels, fueling climate instability and worsening air quality conditions for billions in cities worldwide. Yet despite global commitments to carbon neutrality, urban policymakers still struggle to implement effective mitigation strategies at the city scale. Now, researchers at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, the College of Engineering and the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society are working to reduce carbon emissions through advanced simulations and a novel artificial intelligence-driven tool, EcoSphere.

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Vatican honors Martin and Carmel Naughton with papal award

Author: Margaret Arriola

The late Pope Francis, in one of his last acts, conferred the honour of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great upon Carmel and Martin Naughton, Trustee Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. The papal honor is in recognition of the Naughtons’ outstanding philanthropy in the areas of education and the arts, particularly in the provision of philanthropic support and scholarships to Catholic education at the University of Notre Dame and Kylemore Abbey, and in their transformative contributions to higher education in Ireland.

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NDISC Hans J. Morgenthau fellows visit the Philippines

Author: Kathryn Heyser '23

This summer, members of the Hans J. Morgenthau (HJM) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program spent a week in the Philippines engaging in staff rides, seminars, and briefings. Now in its 5th year, the HJM Program is a non-residential fellowship that aims to prepare up and coming scholars to think more deeply about grand strategy in both conceptual and historical contexts.

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