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New tool tracks cross-border pollution, revealing unequal distribution of risk, responsibility

Microscopic airborne particles known as PM 2.5 contribute to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. A new University of Notre Dame study finds that 40 percent of these deaths can be attributed to pollution that crosses state lines, highlighting the impact of the problem and …

Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a woman with long, dark brown hair and glasses, stands in front of a colorful map.

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 …

The Vaisala FD70 sensor, a piece of equipment used by researchers in northern Alaska, is decorated with white string lights, red beaded garland, and red Christmas ornaments.

Shedding Light on Ice Fog in the Darkness of Polar Night

Ice fog—a curtain of tiny ice crystals suspended above the earth’s surface—reduces visibility and makes air travel treacherous. How ice fog forms and why it persists is not entirely understood, and this has led to inaccurate forecasts, particularly visibility predictions that are critical …

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 …