Notre Dame News

• Notre Dame wraps another landmark year for research awards

  The University of Notre Dame continued its trajectory of research growth, submitting the most proposals and receiving the highest value of external research awards in the institution’s history.

• Pope Leo XIV appoints Notre Dame theologian to the Vatican’s International Theological Commission

  Father Khaled Anatolios, the John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology and senior ecumenical fellow in Notre Dame’s Tantur Ecumenical Institute, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to the Vatican’s International Theological Commission. Established under Pope Paul VI in 1969, the commission is composed of 30 scholars from across the globe who are appointed for five year terms. Members are tasked with examining doctrinal questions of great importance and advising the Pope and the Holy See through the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith.

• Notre Dame’s Early Learning Foundations Lab expands literacy work to Nebraska With new grant

  The University of Notre Dame’s Early Learning Foundations (ELF) Lab is partnering in work supported by a nearly $10 million federal grant to strengthen early reading skills in Nebraska. Through the project, the ELF Lab will help scale and evaluate two of its evidence-based shared book reading programs, which support preschool children and the adults who read with them. The five-year Education Innovation and Research grant was awarded to Nebraska Children and Families Foundation (NCFF) by the U.S. Department of Education. 

• Notre Dame faculty member appointed consultant to USCCB task force on preserving human dignity in the age of AI

  On Friday, October 16, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced that Notre Dame faculty member Meghan Sullivan will serve as a consultant to the newly formed Task Force on Preserving Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Sullivan, the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy and director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative, is one of only three lay consultants providing support to the task force.

• Alumni Association honors four outstanding alumni at fall board meeting

  The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association recognized the 2026 recipients of four of its most prestigious awards during its fall gathering of the NDAA Board of Directors October 8–9, honoring alumni who have made lasting contributions to military and public service, athletics, and the arts. The association honored Brig. Gen. Edward G. Burley, US Army (Ret.) ’83 with the Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., Award; Deacon Ned Berghausen ’08 M.Ed. with the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award; Lori Miller ’97 with the Harvey G. Foster Award; and Patrick Creadon ’89 with the Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C., Award.