NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 31 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: * * * Ahsan Kareem elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) Ahsan Kareem Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to t  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 30 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: * * * Aspects of marriage counseling may hold the key to depolarizing, unifying the country, study finds Laura Gamboa, assistant professor of democracy and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Research has shown that polarization undermines democracy by driving citizens to prioritize partisan preferences over democratic principles, encourages democratic gridlock and threatens democratic  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 31 -- The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, a part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at Notre Dame, issued the following news: * * * Dispatches from Morocco's Booming Wind and Solar Industry Author: William Kakenmaster From August to October 2024, Kellogg PhD Fellow William Kakenmaster (political science) traveled to Morocco on a Kellogg Institute Graduate Research Grant to conduct research for his project "Decarbonizing the Desert: Explaining Renewa  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 1 -- The National Federation of State High School Associations issued the following news release: * * * Judgment Call on Second Contact Eliminated in High School Volleyball Multiple contacts by one player attempting to play the ball will now be allowed on second contact if the next contact is by a teammate on the same side of the net. This elimination of a judgment call by officials highlights the 2025-26 high school volleyball rules changes. In all, six rules cha  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 30 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: * * * Liam O'Connor selected as 2025 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate at the University of Notre Dame; Philippe Rotthier wins Henry Hope Reed Award The RAF Bomber Command Memorial by Liam O'Connor is made from Portland stone and covered with an open structural stainless steel roof, inspired by the Vickers Wellington 'geodetic' airframe designed by Barnes Wallis. The riveted aluminum ceiling panels were f  more