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Danny Chen, Joshua Shrout elected AAAS fellows

Two University of Notre Dame engineering faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies. Danny Chen, professor of computer science and engineering, and Joshua …

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Notre Dame researchers to advance detection and community knowledge of opioids, including new variants

Four teams of researchers across the College of Science and the College of Engineering have been selected to receive seed funding from the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative (NDSI) for research advancing affordable, fast, and accurate platforms for on-site opioid detection. As opioid …

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Notre Dame ranks among top 100 US universities granted utility patents for third straight year

The University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025, a list published annually by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The Top 100 U.S. Universities ranking highlights and celebrates U.S. academic institutions that play a …

Meet Notre Dame’s new student body president, computer science major Elijah Jones ’27

Elijah Jones, a junior majoring in computer science, has been elected the University of Notre Dame’s student body president. He previously served as Alumni Hall’s first-year class council representative, the inaugural student union historian and, most recently, judicial council …

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Notre Dame-Indiana University team enters final round for Alzheimer’s Insights AI competition

More than 55 million people worldwide now live with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Without treatments or cures, that number could rise to a staggering 152 million people by 2050. Yiyu Shi, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is co-leading a team …

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Inaugural Notre Dame bioengineering club wins gold at international iGEM competition

A team of five undergraduate researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Science and College of …

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Tackling e-waste with biodegradable electronics

In 2022, according to the Global E-waste Monitor 2024, humanity produced 62 million tons of e-waste—discarded …

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Notre Dame Faculty Contribute to Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence at the Vatican

Fifty global experts gathered at the Vatican's historic Casina Pio IV on October 16–17 to explore how artificial …

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Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program

The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows, a …

Postdocs enjoying a free lunch on sunny Library Lawn during Postdoc Appreciation Week in 2025.

Postdoc Appreciation Week: Meet three postdoctoral scholars driving research and innovation at Notre Dame

Their role is an important one. Postdoctoral scholars are critical to the research engine of a university. Their hard …