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University
Join us for the 10th annual campus-wide observance of Walk the Walk Week, a week-long series of events designed to help us consider how we can take an active role in making Notre Dame more welcoming and inclusive.
Research
For scholars who share a common passion for inquiry because of what it can reveal about our world and ourselves, there is opportunity here.
Faith & Service
Notre Dame is animated by a faith that inspires us to seek knowledge because of the powerful tool it can be to improve humankind.
Global
Notre Dame seeks to be in the world, and to bring the world to Notre Dame, because inquiry and scholarly exchange are enriched by the pursuit of cultural fluency.
Notre Dame At Work
International
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, has awarded the 2025 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies to Megan Brown, associate professor of history at Swarthmore College, for her book “The Seventh Member State,” published by Harvard University Press.
Research
In what is considered the most comprehensive post-pandemic survey of trust in scientists, researchers have found a majority of people around the world carry widespread trust in scientists — believing them to be honest, competent, qualified and concerned with public well-being. Researchers surveyed…
Community News
The University of Notre Dame has received a $3.7 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in support of the Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) and its Talk With Your Baby program.
Research
As climate change drives increasingly severe hurricanes, U.S. coastal communities are bearing the brunt of mounting losses. With regulations failing to curb the damage, homeowners have become the front line of defense — but their efforts often fall short, according to research from the University of Notre Dame.
Notre Dame In Focus
Research
Notre Dame political scientist studies cross-partisan chat discussions
Research
To help those experiencing homelessness, Notre Dame researchers fight stigma with data
“Notre Dame must be the leading global Catholic research university, on par with but distinct from the world's best private universities. This effort to educate students and conduct research at the highest level animated by a distinctive Catholic mission is one of the most exciting and consequential experiments in global higher education.”
— Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework
Notre Dame In Motion