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To help identify — and ultimately mitigate — harmful heat islands in South Bend, a team of University of Notre Dame researchers has partnered with the city to collect data using a novel method: garbage trucks.

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Collecting more than trash: Researchers equip local garbage trucks to gather data on urban heat island effect
To help identify — and ultimately mitigate — heat islands in South Bend, a team of University of Notre Dame researchers has partnered with t...
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When studying theater, many scholars focus on the actors, director, or script.

But in her award-winning book "Revolutionary Stagecraft" Tarryn Chun points the spotlight backstage, using theater technology as a lens for viewing politics and culture.

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Rethinking theater: Tarryn Chun wins book award for research combining theater, technology, and politics
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Three Notre Dame researchers have been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, supporting work in classical archeology, contextualizing Catholic resistance in 20th-century Europe, and virtue ethics in generative AI systems.

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Three Notre Dame researchers win NEH grants for humanities-based projects
Three University of Notre Dame researchers have been awarded significant three-year grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of ...
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Theology professor Gabriel Reynolds' recent work explores how Islam historically interacted with Christianity.

"The way in which the Quran engaged with Christianity in the beginning could inform ways in which Muslims and Christians can better dialogue today."

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Christianity’s Presence in the Early Years of Islam – Gabriel Reynolds
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For CJ Jones, the joy of research is not the answers but the journey. And the next step on that journey is a fellowship with the National Humanities Center, where they'll bring to light women's roles in religious history.

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‘A special challenge’: German studies scholar wins National Humanities Center fellowship for research on medieval women
For CJ Jones, the joy of research is not the answers but the journey. And the next step on that journey is a fellowship with the National Humanities Cen...
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When a man becomes a father, his life changes forever.

And that includes his biology, says professor Lee Gettler, who studies male hormonal changes during major life events like fatherhood.

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Fatherhood, Hormones, and Healthy Families – Lee Gettler
Dr. Gettler is the Director of the Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory at Notre Dame and a faculty affiliate of the Eck Institute for Global Health. Much of his early research focused on how men’s hormone physiology responds to major life transitions, such as marriage and fatherhood, and how men’s hormones relate to their behaviors as parents and partners. Working with collaborators at multiple global sites, he has expanded his focus to family systems and well being, including the psychobiology of motherhood and fatherhood, parents’ physical and mental health, and child growth, development, and physiology. Presently, Dr. Gettler works on research projects related to these interests in the United States, the Philippines, and the Republic of Congo. https://anthropology.nd.edu/people/faculty/lee-gettler --- With 20 departments across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, the College of Arts and Letters is home to exceptional faculty and talented students who are studying what they love. It's an environment to ask big questions, read classic texts, and explore languages and cultures. We're not just about learning through acquisition. We're about learning through exploration. Our undergraduate students travel the globe to research topics that fascinate them, then turn their observations into conclusions about the world. Through the liberal arts, you learn to read deeply. Think about issues critically. Discuss topics thoughtfully. Write arguments persuasively. Contribute to projects creatively. And these abilities aren't just vital in the classroom—they're exactly what employers, graduate schools, and service organizations are looking for. Subscribe to Arts and Letters on YouTube: http://goo.gl/I2Sru YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/artslettersnd Twitter: @artslettersnd Website: http://al.nd.edu
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Thomas Burman is a medieval knight fighting for a noble cause, though he doesn’t wear a suit of armor or carry a broadsword.

His sword is his pen, and the banner he flies is that of the humanities.

And his next crusade? Leading the @medievalacademy.bsky.social.

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Rising to the occasion: Thomas Burman to lead the Medieval Academy of America
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Kenneth Scheve of Yale University has been appointed the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts & Letters by the University of Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C.

He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1.

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Kenneth Scheve appointed dean of the College of Arts & Letters
Kenneth Scheve, the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs and the dean of social science at Yale University, has been appointed...
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Holy Cross postulant and #ND2025 grad Lane Poche is walking the path toward priesthood, learning how to give more of himself along the way.

“Being at @notredame.bsky.social has helped me become a better human being, a better Christian, a better person who loves.”

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Holy Cross postulant Lane Poche ’25 finds his calling to be ‘a better person who loves’
Lane Poche meets Pope Francis while…
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For Laura Knoppers, mentorship is more than a professional obligation, it’s a way of giving back.

Her community feels the same. Recognizing her outstanding mentorship and care, the English department chair has been given the 2025 A&L Graduate Student Mentorship Award.

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For Luca Grillo, analyzing the classics can bring a greater understanding of today’s world.

The Department of Classics chair says classics is “at the origin of our culture and our civilization" — many cutting-edge contemporary theories are already present in Roman theory.

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Psychology grad student Yunyan Zhao won People’s Choice at The Graduate School’s Three-Minute Thesis competition. In a “lightning-talk," she presented her project, "Together Under Storm: The Umbrella Effect of Sibling Bonds.”

Congratulations to Zhao and her colleagues! 🎉

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Psychology graduate student wins People's Choice at Three-Minute Thesis contest
Can you explain your research in three minutes or fewer, using just one slide? Meet this year's local finalists, including the doctoral student who will...
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“The Notre Dame community joins with the Church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis. As Pope Francis often reminded us, no one is far from God’s merciful love, and the Church must be a ‘field hospital’ to warm hearts, heal wounds and open doors.”

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In the early ’80s, Notre Dame enacted a campus-wide boycott of Campbell’s Soup products to support better working conditions and wages for Midwestern farm workers.

The latest Rare Books and Special Collections spotlight exhibit shares the boycott's barrier-breaking story.

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Rare Books and Special Collections exhibit offers look at 1980s student boycott
Rare Books and Special Collections Exhibit looks at 1980s Notre Dame boycott.
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Huntington, WV, is known as ground zero for the opioid epidemic. With a population of 100,000, it's been flooded with 10 million pills a year.

ND alumnus Paul Farrell partnered with the Lab for Economic Development to help fight the opioid epidemic in his hometown & nationwide: go.nd.edu/fb4589
A tidal wave of pills
Notre Dame economists help determine how to remediate the opioid crisis
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Notre Dame psychologist Caitlin Clements has found simple childhood games can provide critical insight into the development and behavior of autistic children.

To continue this work, Clements received the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Grant.

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Psychologist awarded Young Investigator Grant to advance autism research in children
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