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As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful swelling of the limbs. Secondary lymphedema occurs when a person’s lymph nodes are damaged, blocked, or impaired. Globally, the most prevalent trigger of secondary lymphedema is mosquito-borne…

The University of Notre Dame announced the launch of the Earth and planetary sciences (EPS) minor, a multidisciplinary program designed to prepare students for the rapidly expanding global space sector. A collaboration between the College of Engineering, the…

This year, two Notre Dame students received a Freeman Award for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA), a national award that provides scholarships to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in East or Southeast Asia. The needs-based funding aims to assist the recipient with the cost of the study abroad…

Pictured Frankie Jones, Remick faculty and one of seven researchers on the project. A survey of more than a thousand Catholic grade…

The Program in Sacred Music and the Department of Music are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Amanda Quist as Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at University of Notre Dame. Dr. Quist joins Notre Dame from Western Michigan University, where she served as Director of …

Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs, has been appointed director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, effective July 1, 2026. “The Ansari Institute plays a vital role in advancing Notre Dame’s commitment to understanding religion as a force for good in global affairs,” said Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keoug…

Joseph Reilly, a rising third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2026-27 academic year.

Rev. John I Jenkins C.S.C.(Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame) Commonweal, the oldest independent, lay-led, Catholic journal of opinion in the United States, created the award in 2024 in recognition of the journal’s 100th anniversary. Father Jenkins will be presented with the award, which is given biennially, at the Commonweal Benefit Dinner on Oct. 5 in New York City.

When the FIFA World Cup 2026 games kick off this week, bringing global attention to cities across North America, communities from Boston and Miami to Toronto, Dallas and Los Angeles will come together for one of the world’s largest sporting events. In these same cities, the University of Notre Dame’s Urban Poverty and Business Initiative (UPBI), a program aimed at helping underrepresented populat…

New research published in Nature Sustainability and led by Notre Dame has explored how rice-fish coculturing — an intervention technique that introduces fish into the rice fields — could help reduce disease incidence and poverty along the northern Senegal River basin, a hot spot for schistosomiasis.

Michael Pfrender, professor and associate chair in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been named interim department chair, effective July 1. Pfrender, who is also the director of the Genomics…

The Harper Cancer Research Institute is pleased to congratulate Professor Michael Kerin, a member of HCRI’s Industry Advisory Board, on his election as President of RCSI, the Royal…

Earlier this spring, the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative (NDSI) installed two new instruments in the Analytical Science and Engineering (ASEND) core facility, made possible with funding from the Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative and support from Notre Dame Research. A new permanent acquisition, a Shimadzu LCMS-8050 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, is engineered for fast, high-se…

In October 2025, two sibling U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded centers had representatives aboard Research Vessel (RV) Sikuliaq: Trusted CI, the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and NSF CI Compass,…

New Notre Dame study links climate change to rising childhood stunting in 34 African countries. Learn how global warming and inequality impact child health.

The global health space has the power to connect researchers across disciplines and bring light to the world’s pressing challenges. For Ph.D. students and candidates who are pursuing research in global health, the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame facilitates this with its Ph.D. Fellowship program.

Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) is hosting 21 students as part of the summer 2026 NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship (NURF) program. The students have each been selected by NDnano affiliated faculty to join their research group for up to 10 weeks and experience academic research…

Joseph E. Capizzi, dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, has been appointed the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life (MICL), effective July 1.

The protein PA2854 (shown in red) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the outer-membrane protein OprI (shown in blue) to the cell wall (depicted in white), a process that is necessary for the health of the bacterium. (Graphic provided by the Mobashery Lab) Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have discovered a key process for how the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria …

University of Notre Dame rising senior Katharine Steffes has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship worth $35,000 in support of her graduate education. She is Notre Dame’s 11th Beinecke Scholar overall and third since 2023.