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A white silkworm laying on leaves and cocoons of silk.

The silk road to innovation: Entrepreneur Ailis Tweed-Kent, ’07, gives an ancient fiber new purpose 

Silk is the superhero of materials—as strong as a filament of steel, as stretchy as a bungee, yet able to dissolve …

Young man wearing a suit and conference badge stands beside a research poster titled “Charge-Based Anion-exchange Membrane Sensor Array for Ewing Sarcoma and Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics” at a scientific poster presentation.

Tyler Moorman presents cancer diagnostic research at AIChE

Tyler Moorman, a junior majoring in chemical and molecular engineering, presented his research paper “Charge-Based …

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Notre Dame engineer receives inaugural ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators award to power lymphatic disease research

As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful …

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ND Sensor Initiative announces installment of new, specialized mass spectrometers

Earlier this spring, the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative (NDSI) installed two new instruments in …

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Notre Dame launches Minor in Earth and Planetary Sciences with focus on space exploration

The University of Notre Dame announces the launch of the Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) minor, a multidisciplinary …

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Notre Dame experts respond to Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas

ND Experts Kathleen Sprows CummingsAmerican Studies Meghan SullivanDepartment of …

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Douglas and Diana Berthiaume make groundbreaking gift to support strategic investment in biomedical research infrastructure

Douglas and Diana Berthiaume have made a transformational gift to the University of Notre Dame to advance biomedical …

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Engineering in Photos: April 2026

Engineering in Photos highlights the people, discoveries, and experiences that shaped the College throughout April …

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Interdisciplinary team of Notre Dame student entrepreneurs wins America’s Startup competition

A team of four University of Notre Dame undergraduate students won the national competition America’s …

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Cleared for Take-off: Senior Aero RC planes take flight

This spring, powerful gusts and icy crosswinds transformed the skies of northwest Indiana into a high-stakes physics …