Sharon Lavigne, an environmental justice activist, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2022 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 177th University Commencement Ceremony on May 15 (Sunday).

    ND Energy announces its fifth annual research symposium focused…

Marc Muller, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the highest honors awarded to young faculty.

New research shows large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in Ethiopia's Omo River region could threaten water resources downstream to the local farmers and Indigenous populations living along the Omo — just one example of how a decades-long “global land rush” could intensify...

The 2022 gold rating places Notre Dame, which had earned a silver rating with the previous report in 2017, among the top 23 percent of more than 680 reporting institutions across the world.

Santiago Schnell, the William K. Warren Dean of the College of Science, has appointed three new department chairs, effective July 1, 2022: David Galvin will become chair of the Department of Mathematics;…

Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy (TNC), will give a public lecture, “A Climate for All of Us," on Saturday, March 5 at 2:30 p.m. in the McKenna Hall Auditorium at the University of Notre Dame.