As urban populations grow and temperatures rise, city dwellers will rely on cool, green, shady places as never before. Green infrastructure—such as green roofs, rain gardens, urban forests—offer sustainable solutions to the water management and heat dissipation challenges unique to cities. …
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Notre Dame faculty member Ashley Thrall, Myron and Rosemary Noble Collegiate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, to its 2024 class of Fellows. Election as an Academy …
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 …
A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts …
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 …