Centers and Institutes
For more information about Notre Dame’s Centers and Institutes, including applicable guidelines, visit the Office of the Provost.
The following list includes director's names.
University Institutes
- Center for Social Concerns
Rev. Paul V. Kollman, C.S.C. - Eck Institute for Global Health
David Severson - Institute for Asia and Asian Studies
Nelson Mark - Institute for Church Life
John Cavadini - Institute for Educational Initiatives
Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C. - Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications
Nitesh Chawla - Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)
Michael Wiescher - Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Paolo Carozza - Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies,
Christopher Fox - Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Scott Appleby - Medieval Institute
Olivia Remie Constable - Nanovic Institute for European Studies
A. James McAdams - Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
Ian Carmichael - Tantur Ecumenical Institute
Very Rev. Timothy S. Lowe - W. M. Keck Center For Transgene Research
Francis Castellino
University Research Centers
- Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases
Kasturi Haldar - Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (cSEND)
Joan Brennecke
College Institutes
- Center for Aquatic Conservation
David Lodge - Environmental Research Center (UNDERC)
Gary Belovsky - Harper Cancer Research Institute
M. Sharon Stack - Institute for Flow Physics and Control
Thomas Corke - Institute for Latino Studies
José E. Limón - Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery
Alan Seabaugh - NDnano - Center for Nano Science and Technology
Wolfgang Porod - Wireless Institute
J. Nicholas Laneman
College Centers
- Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE)
Peter Easton - Center for Astrophysics (CANDU)
Grant Mathews - Center for Building Communities
Ronald J. Sakal - Center for Children and Families
Julie Braungart-Rieker - Center for Civil and Human Rights
Paolo Carozza - Center for Environmental Science and Technology
Jeremy Fein - Center for Ethics and Culture
O. Carter Snead - Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business
Rev. Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C. - Center for Mathematics
Claudia Polini - Center for Microfluidics and Medical Diagnostics
Hsueh-Chia Chang - Center for Philosophy of Religion
Michael Rea - Center for Research on Educational Opportunity
Mark Berends - Center for the Study of Financial Regulation
Paul Schultz - Center for the Study of Religion and Society
Christian Smith - Center for the Study of Social Movements
Rory McVeigh - Center for Zebrafish Research
David Hyde - Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
Kathleen Sprows Cummings - Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication
James S. O'Rourke, IV - Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Jeffrey A. Bernel - Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
Ann Tenbrunsel - Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNAP)
Michael Wiescher - Institute for Theoretical Sciences
Boldizsar Janko - Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity
Mark Alber - John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values
Don Howard - QuarkNet Center
Randal Ruchti - Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
David Campbell - Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine
Dominic Vachon - The Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership
Ed Conlon
Academic Support Units
- Center for Creative Computing
Richard Gray - Center for Research Computing
Jaroslaw Nabrzyski - Center for Social Research
Christian Smith - Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures
Lance Askildson - Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
Deb Rotman - Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
Thomas Merluzzi - Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
Kevin Barry - Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility
Bradley Smith - The Writing Center
Matthew Capdevielle
Encouraging Innovation
U.S. News & World Report and Entrepreneur Magazine rank Notre Dame’s Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies among the top 25 in the nation.
Featured Institute
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies conducts research on violent conflict and sustainable peace and offers degrees in peace studies.
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