The University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support research projects led by Notre Dame faculty and help recruit prominent poverty scholars to Notre Dame. Three of the investments were made through the Initiative’s …
There is no rest for weary Florida residents who have yet to recover from Hurricane Helene. Less than two weeks since the Category 4 storm made landfall, battering the state and surrounding southeast region, another major hurricane is charting a dangerous path toward Florida’s Gulf …
The built environment — which includes the construction and operation of buildings, highways, bridges and other infrastructure — is responsible for close to 40 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. While many building codes and benchmarks have …
The Notre Dame College of Engineering welcomes 13 new members to the faculty this fall. “We are pleased to welcome these talented and vibrant researchers, teachers and practitioners,” said Patricia Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “They bring …
A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts to reduce emissions and adds to an already disproportionate burden on “downwind” states, according to researchers at the University of Notre Dame. “Toxic air pollution is …
The earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August 2021 killed thousands of people and left more than half a million …
Predicting hurricane intensity has lagged behind tracking its path because the forces driving the storm have been …
The University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in …
Nolan Nicholson, a Notre Dame junior majoring in civil engineering, has received the 2024 Robert P. Wadell …