Physics Professor John LoSecco recently finished his term as one of 15 Jefferson Fellows for 2020-2021.  

Adam Jaffe, who studies the relationship between atomic structure and properties of hybrid organic-inorganic compounds, joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as an assistant professor this fall.

Harindra Joseph Fernando, the Wayne and Diana Murdy Endowed Professor of Engineering and Geosciences, has been elected as a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He will be formally recognized with the 2021 Class of Fellows during the AGU...

Five University of Notre Dame graduate students have received fellowships for the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Doctoral Program.

His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, who was not able to offer the commencement address to the University of Notre Dame Class of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will travel to the campus...

Notre Dame recently announced a goal to become carbon neutral by 2050, but achieving net zero emissions in less than 30 years will take more than just a lofty vision for the future.…

A journal article by Yahya C. Kurama, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences; Theresa C. Aragon (ND Ph.D. 2018); and Donald F. Meinheit has received the Martin P. Korn Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.…

    The University of Notre Dame is teaming up with the City of South Bend, Michiana Area Council of Governments and South Shore Clean Cities to present an Electric Vehicle Expo as part of National Drive Electric Week and...

The Center for Sustainable Energy (ND Energy) at the University of Notre Dame has announced the 15th annual Notre Dame Energy Week Plus. Since 2007, Energy Week has offered a broad range of events for the Notre Dame and surrounding communities to help raise...

The event, titled “Call to Action: Crossing the Political Divide to Address Climate Challenges,” featured Anne Thompson and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons exploring the global climate crisis broadly while also focusing on changes big and small that could help turn...

Notre Dame Engineering is a growing community of explorers, innovators, teachers and mentors. This year, we welcomed 21 new members of the faculty. They represent wide-ranging engineering expertise, research interests, and demonstrated enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring students. “We are...

The University of Notre Dame committed to becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2050 and to a reduction in carbon dioxide of at least 65 percent from 2005 levels within the next nine years, University President Rev. John I. Jenkins,...

Known as the University Energy Institute Collaborative, this nationwide network of energy researchers and experts will address critical challenges through infrastructure, policy, climate research, and workforce development.

Elected to the role in May 2007 after joining Notre Dame from Purdue University, Bernhard will have completed three five-year terms when he steps down next year.

Editor's note: The location for the Notre Dame Forum event on Sept. 10 has changed from Jordan Auditorium to Washington Hall. To launch the 2021 Notre Dame Forum, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson will host a “fireside...

Nosang Vincent Myung and his team have developed a prototype of an electronic nose, using nanoengineered materials to tune the sensitivity and selectivity to mimic the performance and capabilities of a human nose.

The new 10,000-square-foot facility offers a state-of-the-art experiential learning and advanced manufacturing environment with first-rate resources for collaboration, fabrication, automation, robotics and modeling.

Tengfei Luo had certain hypotheses about what would happen during his scientific experiment, conducted in June aboard the International Space Station, to form water vapor bubbles in an environment without gravity.

All full-time, regular faculty are encouraged to apply for the Faculty Research Support Program (FRSP) Regular Grant and the FRSP Initiation Grant by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 25, 2021.

The research of several Notre Dame Physics faculty members and graduate students resulted in a recently published article in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Journal (Irradiation-Driven Restructuring of UO2 Thin Films: Amorphization and Crystallization Vol 13, pp. 35153–35164, 2021) on...