The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study invites highly-motivated students to apply to be Undergraduate Research Assistants for 2016-2017. Those students who are selected will work side-by-side with top scholars on questions that transcend disciplinary boundaries. The online application is available now on the NDIAS website, and the application deadline is Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Students will be informed of selection decisions no later than Monday, August 22.

Get to know the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study's 2016-2017 Class of Fellows!

The 2015-2016 Year in Review issue of the NDIAS Quarterly is now available, featuring scholarly discourse, Institutional news, and the ongoing research of our current and alumni fellows.This issue of the NDIAS Quarterly features contributions from Vanessa Davies, Celia Deane-Drummond, Tomáš Halík, David Bentley Hart, and Laurent Lafforgue, among many others. To view the digital edition, click here. To receive a print version of the quarterly please subscribe here.

Notre Dame Research will be participating in the Alumni Association’s Annual Reunion event on the first Friday of June on the third floor of the Main Building. From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the dome will be open to tours, where several offices will open their doors to alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the University. Additionally, other buildings on campus will also be open for tours throughout the day.

Augustine of Hippo is recognized as one of the most important church fathers and greatest thinkers of Christianity. While many theologians and philosophers study his work, Hildegund Müller, associate professor of classics and associate vice president for research at the University of Notre Dame, takes a different approach to reading Augustine’s texts.