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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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ND Graduate School alum leads study on anemia in The Gambia

Author: Damienne Jugovic

Anemia is a "silent epidemic." It affects nearly 2 billion people globally, yet many people ignore its symptoms. Typically caused by the consumption of iron-deficient foods, anemia develops gradually. Its symptoms—such as fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath—are frequently dismissed or misattributed.

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History Ph.D. students hold workshop with students from Germany and Ukraine

Author: Jakob Krusche and Victoria Basulto

As the Spring 2025 semester drew to a close, the History Department at the University of Notre Dame hosted the Transatlantic Workshop by welcoming professors, postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. candidates, and graduate students from institutional counterparts in Germany and Ukraine.

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Connecting faith & global development: Keough School education prepared graduate to make an impact helping vulnerable children

Author: Josh Stowe

Seiko Kanda, a 2020 graduate of the Keough School’s Master of Global Affairs program, shares how his education prepared him for a career in the nongovernmental organization sector — and how it deepened his understanding of religion and its role in global development and humanitarian work.

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Vaccine scientist Teresa Lambe to deliver Graduate School commencement address

Author: Erin Blasko

Teresa Lambe, who played a critical role in the fight against COVID-19 as a principal investigator in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine program, will deliver the keynote address during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony on May 17 at the University of Notre Dame.

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Expanding endometriosis research: Postdoctoral researcher Ell Handy focuses on women’s health

Author: Deanna Csomo Ferrell

Ell Handy, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame with the Bioengineering Life Sciences Initiative (BELS), seeks to uncover new ways to diagnose and treat endometriosis, a debilitating gynecological disorder affecting approximately 10 million women worldwide.

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Learn What It Takes to Be a Human: Teaching in the Humanities

Author: Salvatore Riolo

Writing for the Notre Dame Learning website, Salvatore Riolo, a graduate associate at Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Italian studies at the University, says that to teach humanities means to cultivate human nature and the different potentials of each student with attention to cultural intelligence.

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Graduate School honors 2025 alumni, faculty, and student award winners

Author: Eric Heath

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2024–2025 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 17.

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Angera to represent Notre Dame at national competition after winning campus and regional Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) contests

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Can you explain your research in three minutes or fewer, using just one slide? Meet this year's local finalists, including the doctoral student who will represent Notre Dame at the national competition after going on to win the regional competition.

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Stretchable bioelectronics promise more accurate health monitoring devices

Author: Karla Cruise

Yanliang Zhang, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Collegiate associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, together with colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Purdue University, has created a novel material that seamlessly transitions between soft tissues and stiff electronics—stretchy enough to move with the body’s dynamic changes yet stiff enough to maintain electrical connectivity. The team’s results have been published in Advanced Materials.

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Notre Dame graduate students engage lawmakers at 6th Annual Indiana Science Communication Day

Author: Colleen Wilcox

Graduate students from the University of Notre Dame joined peers from across Indiana at the Statehouse for the 2025 Indiana Science Communication Day, an event aimed at encouraging doctoral students to apply their research on a broader scale and bridging the gap between researchers and policymakers.

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Notre Dame researchers develop new, ultra-power-efficient 5G antenna

Author: Brett Beasley

Fifth-generation (5G) wireless network users have gained more rapid upload and download speeds, lower latency, and greater reliability on their mobile devices, but the rollout of 5G technology has also come with a steep energy cost. 5G networks require more energy than previous generations, with each base station consuming as much energy as 73 U.S. households. Now, with funding from the U.S. Army, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are launching an effort that could help reverse this trend.

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Soft, air-filled 'muscles' power a new robotic exosuit created at Notre Dame

Author: Brett Beasley

The phrase “robotic exosuit” likely calls to mind something metallic, rigid, and hinged—Iron Man’s suit or the dozens of other, similar apparatuses that appear on screen, in video games, and even on the red carpet. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are working to show that for many real-world applications, there is value in exploring robotics’ softer side.

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