Category: Women’s History Month

A collage of five women's headshots with the words "Women's History Month" along the bottom.

Five Women Leading the Future of Notre Dame Engineering

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the College of Engineering is proud to spotlight five faculty members who hold named chairs—positions that represent the highest level of academic and research achievement. As leaders and engineers, these women are helping to chart the course forward in …

Innovating, inspiring, leading: Celebrating women engineers at Notre Dame

Historically, women have been underrepresented in engineering classrooms and professions nationwide. But things are changing. At Notre Dame, women now make up 40% of today’s undergraduate engineering students and 29% of the graduate students—both figures are higher than the national …

Mosaic of Notre Dame Women Engineers

Celebrating Women in Engineering, at Notre Dame and everywhere

In March 2024, during Women's History month, we salute the women who now make up nearly one quarter of Notre Dame Engineering's 200-member faculty; the women students who now comprise 38 percent of the Notre Dame Engineering student body; and women engineers around the country and the world, who …