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Our Futures Weekend: Discovering your path to graduate study at Notre Dame

One of the snowiest Januaries on record had left its mark on South Bend—38.6 inches of snowfall blanketing campus in …

Meet Notre Dame’s new student body president, computer science major Elijah Jones ’27

Elijah Jones, a junior majoring in computer science, has been elected the University of Notre Dame’s student body …

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Leading biomedical engineer John P. Fisher to direct Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative

Internationally recognized biomedical engineer John P. Fisher will join the University of Notre Dame as the Sabey …

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Notre Dame Engineering faculty earn three consecutive CMBE Rising Star Awards (2024–26)

For three years in a row, a faculty member from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering has won the …

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Engineering in Photos: Winter 2025-2026

Engineering in Photos captures the energy, creativity, and everyday moments that define our College. Highlights from …

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Engineering in ice: Martin Soros on the building of St. Olaf’s Chapel

On a cold February night, more than 2,000 students gathered for Mass—nothing unusual in itself. What made the …

Glowing orange light waves travel along and bend around a geometric, triangular-patterned surface, illustrating researchers guiding light through a structured material to form a 6G terahertz “super-antenna.”

Using geometry, researchers coax light into 6G terahertz “super-antenna”

Engineers have long focused their efforts on confining signal-carrying photons to chips. Every photon that escapes, …

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Notre Dame’s Edward Maginn elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Edward Maginn, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …

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Physical pressure on the brain triggers neurons’ self-destruction programming

To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This …

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Yamil Colón selected to join the New Voices program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Yamil Colón, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected for the National …