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Record-tying 4 Notre Dame students named Goldwater Scholars, including RadLab Research Assistant
A record-tying four University of Notre Dame students, all from the College of Science, have been named 2026 Goldwater Scholars in recognition of their exceptional promise as future leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and/or mathematics. Juniors Charles Sander, Katherine Sopko, Ian Talty and Oliver Wardhana each will receive $7,500 for tuition and other expenses for the upcoming 2026-27 academic year.
Prashant Kamat Named 2025 Pioneer in Energy Research
Radiation Lab Research Assistant Jacob Finley named 2026 Churchill Scholar
University of Notre Dame senior Jacob Finley has been named a 2026 Churchill Scholar. He is one of 16 selected for the award from a pool of nearly 160 applicants. He is Notre Dame’s fifth Churchill Scholar overall and second in the past three years.
Four Notre Dame faculty invested as members of American Academy of Sciences and Letters
University of Notre Dame faculty members Margot Fassler, Sherif Girgis, Brad Gregory and Prashant Kamat have been inducted into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of their outstanding scholarly achievement.
Notre Dame's Rad Lab shepherds in next generation of radiation research with historic expertise
When the Radiation Research Building was blessed by Father Theodore Hesburgh during its dedication on September 1, 1963, then-Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Glenn Seaborg heralded the new laboratory as the nation’s foremost center for the production of scientists in the highly specialized…
ND Energy announces 2025 Summer Slatt Scholars, including a Rad Lab student
ND Energy at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Summer…
Radiation Lab Research Assistant Named Goldwater Scholar
A record-tying four University of Notre Dame students, including NDRL Research Assistant Jacob Finley, have been named 2025 Goldwater Scholars in recognition of their exceptional promise as future leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Rad Lab students awarded 2025 ND Energy Research Fellowships
Clarivate Selects Professor Prashant Kamat as Highly Cited Researcher
Clear Genius: Scientific Glassblower Kiva Ford Featured in Notre Dame Magazine
“The process is magical,” says Kiva Ford, who makes a living converting silica into liquid and then into exquisitely crafted glass forms — some pragmatically useful, and others valued for their artistic quality and on exhibit in museums and galleries.
Professionally, the 43-year-old glassblower…
Prashant Kamat Awarded the Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry
Congratulations to Professor Prashant Kamat of the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory! He is the 2023 recipient of the Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry. The award is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution or contributions to fundamental or engineering energy…
Opportunities to Support Research on Notre Dame Day
Notre Dame Day, the University's annual day of giving, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. From April 25th to 26th, alumni, parents, students, and friends of Notre Dame will have the chance to support the causes, clubs, and residence halls that inspire them—including the University’s research…
Notre Dame physicist Jay LaVerne selected as a member of the Radiation Research Society’s inaugural class of Fellows
Prashant Kamat Ranked in Top 50 World Chemists
NDRL Graduate Student Receives Prestigious Award
It is our great pleasure to announce that Jeffrey DuBose, a recent PhD graduate from the Kamat group at the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, has received the Gerhard Closs award. This prestigious award is given annually by the Inter-American Photochemical Society to talented PhD students with significant…
Prashant Kamat wins 2022 Richard E. Smalley Research Award and Porter Medal
Congratulations to Jeff DuBose
Congratulations to Jeff Dubose on winning the 2022 Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award for Science,…
