Faculty and Staff
A conversation with Luis Fraga, Director of the Institute for Latino Studies
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, Luis Fraga, Director of the Institute for Latino Studies discusses the intersection of Latino identity and politics.
Fighting For
Fighting for Water Sustainability
New, energy-efficient method desalinates and purifies water to help solve the global freshwater shortage
Research
The Opportunity of Inquiry
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
The Demands of Justice
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
The Connected World
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.
University News
Notre Dame At Work
Research
Similarities in movie review content by critics and general users impact movie sales, study shows
By analyzing movie reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, a film and TV review website, new research from the University of Notre Dame proposes a “topic consistency” measure to capture the degree of overlap between critic and user review content and finds that it does impact movie sales. If both critics and users discuss the same aspects, it will be more memorable and increase the likelihood people will go see a movie.
Research
NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention
University of Notre Dame psychologists Theodore Beauchaine and Kristin Valentino have been awarded the Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to research two promising new interventions to reduce the risk of suicide among vulnerable youth.
Centers and Institutes
ACE program prepares educators for next generation of linguistically diverse students
As a mentor with the Latino Enrollment Institute, part of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame, Christine Tax works with school principals to implement marketing and recruitment efforts aimed at boosting Latino enrollment in Catholic schools across the U.S.
University Stories
Notre Dame In Focus
Research
Saving Peck’s Rex
A Notre Dame paleontologist, one of the world’s largest T. rex specimens and a tense standoff in the badlands of Montana
Global
Restoring God’s Creation
Bethany Land Institute integrates environment and economics in Uganda
“The world needs a university that graduates men and women who are not only capable and knowledgeable, but who accept their responsibility to serve others – especially those in greatest need.”
— Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
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