September 4, 2024

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Lucy Family Institute evaluates interactive health career program for middle school students

The University of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society has received a grant from Ascension Foundation for Health Equity to assess the effectiveness of a program aimed at fostering diversity in the health industry through early exposure to healthcare career education.

Lucy Institute director, Nitesh Chawla, discusses generative AI during panel talks at international conference in Spain

In August, Nitesh Chawla, founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, shared his insights on generative AI for good during a panel discussion at an international conference in Barcelona, Spain.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) conference invites data mining researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to share their ideas, research results and experiences. Other panelists included Joleen Liang of Squirrel AI and George Karypis of Amazon Web Services and the University of Minnesota.

Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., Presidential Inauguration Events

September 11-13, 2024 | All day
University of Notre Dame

With great joy, the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees announces the events celebrating the inauguration of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president.

Event information will be updated as more details are confirmed. Please visit the inauguration events website for the most current information.

Democracy Catalyst Grants Available

Application Deadline: October 18, 2024

The Democracy Initiative seeks to support new research, formation, and convening projects on campus that further the study and strengthening of democracy.

The Democracy Catalyst Fund is explicitly aimed at catalyzing new areas of inquiry or programming.

Examples of the types of projects funded include: 

The Rev. Joseph Carrier C.S.C. Science Medal Ceremony and Lecture

September 9, 2024 | 5:30pm
Dahnke Ballroom, University of Notre Dame

Spend an evening overlooking the iconic field at Notre Dame Stadium as Michael Levitt, Ph.D., who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, accepts the Rev. Carrier Medal.

Levitt is being honored for his groundbreaking work in developing accurate computer models of chemical reactions, integrating features of both classical physics and quantum mechanics. His lecture, "Multi-disciplinary Revolution in Biology and Artificial Intelligence," will underscore the critical role of collaboration that will drive the next revolution in biology and AI. 

For more information, and to RSVP, please visit the link below.

ND-IBM Technology Ethics Lab Opens 2024-2025 Call for Proposals

Application Deadline: October 31, 2024

Each year, the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, a key component of the Notre Dame Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, releases a Call for Proposals (CFP) for the purpose of funding practical and applied interdisciplinary research in tech ethics.

The 2024-25 Call for Proposals opens today, and invites proposals for projects that provide new insights or suggest innovative solutions to the question How do we design effective solutions for safe and ethical human-AI collaboration in real-world settings?

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director