Pat and Jana Eilers of Winnetka, Illinois, have made an additional $25 million gift to the University of Notre Dame to create the new Eilers Family Sports and Human Performance Institute, increasing their total investment in this area to $50 million. A first-of-its-kind partnership between Notre …
Since coming to Notre Dame, Patricia J. Culligan, the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering, has “dreamed of doing a challenge like this.” On August 31, 2026, that vision came to life as students packed the Dahnke Family Ballroom for the kickoff of the inaugural Notre Dame …
When the echoes of the marching band fade and the last of more than 77,000 fans depart, the memories remain—but so does the trash, an average of 51 tons of it. Plastic cups, wrappers and cans spill from overflowing trash receptacles, collect along pathways, and, carried by the wind, scatter …
The University of Notre Dame is a critical partner in a new multi-university research consortium selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Making Obstetrics Care Smart (MOCS) program to eliminate …
While the internet has provided sex traffickers with sophisticated tools for recruitment and exploitation, University of Notre Dame computer science students are learning how to marshal technology-based tools to stop it. To do this, Shreya Kumar, an associate teaching professor in computer …
Douglas and Diana Berthiaume have made a transformational gift to the University of Notre Dame to advance biomedical research through strategic investments in critical infrastructure. The gift, totaling $35 million, establishes the Center for Biomedical Discovery. It includes $5 million in seed …
Alec Houpt, who earned his doctorate from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) at the University of Notre Dame in 2020, will collaborate with Sergey Leonov, research professor in AME, to pursue the development of a supersonic nozzle designed to freeze and …
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 …
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 …
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 …