Category: Awards and Honors

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Cheers to recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2026)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the spring 2026 recipients of the Staff Excellence Awards, which recognize staff members’ exemplary contributions above and beyond the scope of their standard job responsibilities.  Award recipients are honored for having a …

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Civil engineering major Martin Soros selected as valedictorian; business analytics major Allison Elshoff named salutatorian for the Class of 2026

Martin Soros of Bethesda, Maryland, has been selected as valedictorian, and Allison Elshoff of Valencia, California, has been named salutatorian of the 2026 University of Notre Dame graduating class. The 181st University Commencement Ceremony will be held May 17 (Sunday) in Notre Dame …

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Andrew Bartolini receives 2026 Outstanding Mentoring Award

Andrew Bartolini, director of the First-Year Engineering Program and associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2026 College of Engineering Outstanding Mentoring Award. This honor recognizes faculty members who extend their influence beyond academic …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers among 2026 Graduate School award recipients

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2025–2026 academic year. These awards include: the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award; the Rev. James A. Burns, C.S.C., Awards; the Dick and Peggy Notebaert Award; the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards; …

Danny Chen and Josh Shrout

Danny Chen, Joshua Shrout elected AAAS fellows

Two University of Notre Dame engineering faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies. Danny Chen, professor of computer science and engineering, and Joshua …

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Notre Dame ranks among top 100 US universities granted utility patents for third straight year

The University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025, a list published annually by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The Top 100 U.S. Universities ranking highlights and celebrates U.S. academic institutions that play a …

Tracy Kijewski-Correa

Tracy Kijewski-Correa appointed the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Structural Engineering and Hazard Resilience

Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame and the William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development in Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, has been appointed the Frank M. Freimann …

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Tracy Kijewski-Correa, President-Elect, American Association for Wind Engineering

Tracy Kijewski-Correa, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, with a joint appointment in the Keough School of Global Affairs, was installed on January 9 as president-elect of the American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE), the Americas division of the …

Kyle Bibby and Jason Rohr

Two Notre Dame faculty named to 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List

Kyle Bibby, professor and associate chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and Jason Rohr, Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla College Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, were named 2025 Highly Cited …

Four smiling Postdoc Spotlight finalists stand in a Notre Dame lecture hall. Screens behind them display "Notre Dame Postdoc Spotlight Finals" and university logos. A man in a blue vest, a woman in a white turtleneck, a woman in a black blazer, and a man in a dark suit are pictured.

Breakthrough Research. Talented Scholars. Inaugural Notre Dame’s Postdoc Spotlight Delivers.

The concept wasn’t new—the competition challenged scholars to present their complex research in just three minutes, equipped with a single slide, in a way that anyone could understand. While the Graduate School has hosted the Shaheen Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for graduate students …