News // Department of Political Science // University of Notre Dame

October 14, 2020

Bridging the Divide speaker series adds event with Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg, currently a faculty fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, will discuss “Rebuilding Trust in Our Nation’s Institutions”...

October 13, 2020

Liu Institute Experts Join Panel on US-Asia Relations

In a turbulent election year, it’s a topic that has received far less attention than the coronavirus, race relations, or...

October 09, 2020

Wolbrecht receives American Political Science Association grant to broaden impact of organization promoting expertise of female scholars

Christina Wolbrecht, a professor of political science and affiliated faculty member in the Gender Studies Program, has been awarded a Centennial...

October 08, 2020

International development studies minors adapt their capstone projects in wake of pandemic

Baitlotli and nearly a dozen other juniors in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies’ IDS program were forced to abandon their original...

October 07, 2020

Professor O. Carter Snead publishes new bioethics book with Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press has announced the publication of Professor O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human:...

October 01, 2020

Across three continents, research and languages are the keys to Ugandan undergrad’s success in economics and global affairs

Whether he’s studying in Uganda or France, South Africa or South Bend — or speaking English, Luganda, French, or Swahili...

September 28, 2020

Notre Dame Law School Professor Barrett nominated to US Supreme Court

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and a 1997 graduate of Notre Dame Law School, was...

September 24, 2020

Meet Luis Fraga, Learn About Undergraduate Opportunities at the Institute for Latino Studies

“The institute is consistent with the original mission of the school,” says Fraga. “[The University] was meant to serve a...

September 24, 2020

Thanking our Peer Reviewers

The editors of the Review of Politics would like to thank the following individuals for their expert assistance in evaluating...

September 23, 2020

Notre Dame speaker series to focus on civil conversations ahead of the presidential election

A new University of Notre Dame virtual event series will aim to promote understanding and civil dialogue ahead of the...

September 22, 2020

Notre Dame International Security Center embarks on a new wave of expansion

Over the last three years, the Notre Dame International Security Center has added faculty and postdoctoral fellows, expanded its undergraduate...

September 21, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month Reminds Us 1000+ ND Students are Latinx

Hispanic Heritage Month starts today at the Notre Dame and all over the nation. Over 14% of incoming undergraduates self-identify...

September 21, 2020

Statement by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame

“As we mourn the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I recall fondly her standing-room-only appearance in the...

September 17, 2020

Trump must contend with a mobilized religious left, new research finds

With the 2020 presidential election on the near horizon, Kraig Beyerlein discusses what he and his co-researcher learned about the...

September 09, 2020

Program Helps Underrepresented Students

When Yamil Colón arrived at the University of Notre Dame from Puerto Rico, he had yet to spend much time...

September 02, 2020

Kroc Institute welcomes 2020-21 Visiting Research Fellows

The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is pleased to announce that four scholars began their terms as visiting research...

August 28, 2020

Provost Miranda, EVP Cullinan message on resumption of in-person instruction

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students, By now you have probably seen or heard about Fr. John’s announcement that we will...

August 27, 2020

Research Theme for AY 2020-2021: Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Beginning with this academic year, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts will conduct yearly grant competitions that focus...

August 27, 2020

Donald Trump used the art of the deal buster with the Iran debacle

George Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, and David Cortright, Director of the Global Policy Initiative; Special...

August 26, 2020

Student Q&A: What Oneile Gorata Baitlotli Loves About Peace Studies

Oneile Gorata Baitlotli '21 is a political science major from Botswana. She came to Notre Dame intending to major in...