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EARTH: A New Way to View the Blue Sky

Academics and HVACR professionals say innovation is equal parts imagination and science. When Irish physicist John Tyndall was conducting research on why the sky is blue, he explored the notion with awe, for the pure sake of the idea. As he performed his experiments at The Royal Institution in …

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Luis Montestruque, Ph.D. ’04, uses smart water systems to teach old infrastructures new tricks

Luis Montestruque, ND Ph.D. ’04 (electrical engineering), is a pioneer in the field of smart water systems. For more than two decades, he has helped utilities improve water resource management, reduce flooding, and minimize combined sewer overflows. He is the founder and CEO of HydroDigital—a …

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Bridging the gap between people and planet: Notre Dame hosts National Sustainability Conference

More than 375 sustainability professionals gathered at the University of Notre Dame on October 20–23, 2025 for the second annual conference of the National Sustainability Society. The theme running through every session, informal conversation and keynote address was clear: a just and sustainable …

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Notre Dame, Beacon Health System announce new, multiyear research collaboration

Today, the University of Notre Dame and Beacon Health System announced a new, multiyear research collaboration. Through this agreement, Notre Dame and Beacon will jointly develop collaborative, health-focused research projects that are of interest to both organizations, particularly in the areas …

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Professor organizes symposium focused on food insecurity and climate resilience in East Africa

For Assistant Professor Gabriel Burks, orienting his work and study around human needs isn’t just a hopeful ideal, it’s a priority. It’s why he spent years in STEM education. It’s why he co-founded a company that developed a sustainable option for farmers to protect their crops from frost. …

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Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins team up to bring digital privacy and AI literacy education to the Smithsonian

Visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., were recently invited to step into the shoes of synthetic personas—fictional yet data-driven characters created using generative artificial intelligence (AI)—to explore the real-world consequences of digital …

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Team led by Professor Fanny Ye awarded 2025 Poverty Research Package

The Notre Dame Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support high-impact, poverty-related research projects led by Notre Dame faculty in multiple disciplines. The Initiative’s second annual call for proposals drew a strong response, with 18 …

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Keeping cool this summer

Ivy Tech professors amp up their AC game at Notre Dame From discovering novel ways to purify and reuse chemicals to creating sensors that will make cooling systems safer and more cost-efficient, teams of researchers have been working together this summer to modernize a sector many take for …

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From reaction to resolution: The future of allergy treatment

Twelve-year-old Lauren Eglite was thrilled to attend a Notre Dame football game with her father, Erik, in 2017, even though her acute peanut allergy demands constant vigilance. She was even more excited when the stadium’s brand-new video board aired an NBC Fighting For story about Basar …

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Finding fusion: an engineer and neurosurgeon unite to improve spinal surgery

It is the summer of 2023, and Dr. Stephen Smith sits face-to-face with a model skeleton in the Engineering North building on the University of Notre Dame campus. Smith is a neurosurgeon at Beacon Health System’s Memorial Hospital in downtown South Bend, Indiana, about a mile southwest of the …

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