They dance, they cheer, they sing, they hold up their pets, they even juggle and do backflips. But the main thing the University of Notre Dame MBA Class of 2022 students do in the video is send a message that despite the swirl of uncertainty and disruption caused by the pandemic, they love Notre Dame. And they can’t wait to become part of the family. Full Story…

Notre Dame archaeologists trace the history of island Catholicism. Full Story…

In designing a recent study, Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Darcia Narvaez wanted to test the possibility of promoting the sense of ecological attachment that was inherently part of many pre-industrialized societies and is still practiced by First Nation peoples. An experiment that was part of the study, now published in Ecopsychology, showed that students reported increased mindfulness towards the environment after performing ecological attachment tasks like contemplating nature, or practicing environmental preservation tasks like recycling and limiting electricity usage. Only the tasks that had students communing with nature increased feelings of connection to it. Full Story…

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing are recording details about the coronavirus vaccine candidates currently in development as well as the progress of those candidates via a new interactive online tool. Full Story…

When you work at an institution as big as Notre Dame, you have a number of opportunities to meet a lot of people — but do you get a chance to get to know them? THRIVE! Inspiring ND Women is one organization that gives you that chance. Thrive! is an employee resource group focused on increasing opportunities for women to be recruited, retained and advanced as leaders at the University. Full Story…