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The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) has received a $2.06 million award from Porticus to support Tout Moun Ladan 2.0 (TML 2.0): Each One, Teach One. Running from August 2026 through December 2028, the project will sustainably strengthen social and emotional learning (SEL) across the entire Grand North region of Haiti.
On Tuesday (Aug. 18), Pope Leo XIV appointed two University of Notre Dame faculty members, Emmanuel Katongole and Clemens Sedmak, as consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. University Trustee Kathryn “Katie” Koch, president and CEO of TCW, a global investment management firm, was also named a consultor.
The inaugural Notre Dame Arts Biennial, which runs January through June 2027, will feature more than 100 public events, including exhibitions, performances, community workshops, and guest artists slated to visit the South Bend area for a six-month festival of visual, literary, spatial, and performing arts. Most events are free to attend.
Professor Yanliang Zhang and colleagues have created a novel hybrid bioprinting technique that produces vascular networks containing capillaries fewer than 10 micrometers in diameter—smaller than that of the finest human hair—completing a crucial step in realizing lab-grown organs.
This summer, America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, widely recognized as the formal founding of our nation and one of the early stages of establishing a democratic government. Over the past two decades, however, democracies all over the world have struggled with a lack of clear support. Democracy scholars have referred to these challenges as…
Five researchers at the University of Notre Dame earned a Faculty Early Career Development Program Award, the most prestigious award from the National Science Foundation for early-career faculty.
Frances Arnold, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 The University…
Gilberto Cárdenas, professor emeritus of sociology and founding director of the Institute of Latino Studies (ILS) at the University of Notre Dame, died Sunday, July 26. He was 79.
Notre Dame’s Data, AI, and Computing Initiative outlines a multi-year, campus-wide effort to position the University as a trusted leader in emerging technologies. The Initiative convenes discussions and action for research, education and impact across colleges, schools, centers, and disciplines in support of Notre Dame’s broader strategic framework.
On Monday (Aug. 3), the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative, in partnership with the City of Benton Harbor, the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission and Cornerstone Alliance, will launch a community-driven planning process to create a shared vision for the St. Joseph Riverfront in Benton Harbor.
As the University of Notre Dame’s Democracy Initiative approaches its fourth year, Inaugural Director David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, is preparing to transition leadership of the initiative to renowned political scientist Ken Kollman, the Dr. William M. Scholl Professor of Politics in the Department of Political Science and the Keough School of Global Affairs.…
A new study co-authored by Notre Dame researcher Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat shows how AI can help homeschooling parents build culturally responsive lesson plans that incorporate family heritage and cultural norms alongside age-appropriate educational standards.
