In a world where hope is often in short supply, Notre Dame continues to be committed to creating a more sustainable and prosperous future for all of us. Join students, faculty, and staff for an engaging panel discussion to learn about the operational and academic projects happening on and around campus…

Michael Cramer, the assistant director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) will share more about how deer mice are an essential, but often overlooked, wildlife species in Northwoods forests. He will explain how mice are the ideal candidates to track seasonal and…

Katherine (Katie) is an NSF-Postdoctoral Research Fellow who joined the group in June 2025. Katie earned her PhD from U. of Hawaii at Mānoa in Atmospheric Sciences studying giant sea salt aerosol. Her PhD mainly focused on observing these particles in situ across a variety of environmental conditions using 3D-printed instruments, low-cost technology, and accessible sampling platforms like drones and kites. Her current research combines these in situ observations with LES to understand the mechanisms dictating the transport of these giant particles from close to the air-sea boundary through the effectively mixed layer within typical marine environments.

This Wednesday, come listen to Prof. Jon Coleman uncover what the Kankakee can teach us!

Where: Decio 235 Multi-Purpose Room

When: Wednesday, Oct. 8th, 5pm

A hint of what's to come:

It has been a long time since the Kankakee River quickened anyone’s pulse. Sandwiched
between…

Christiane Jablonowski is a Professor in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan. This talk will address two main themes. First, it will provide a brief overview of the history and current state of dynamical cores, with a particular focus on recent developments in the Spectral Element (SE) dynamical core used in the U.S. Department of Energy’s E3SM and NCAR’s Community Earth System Model (CESM). Special attention will be given to the nonhydrostatic version of SE, which has recently been extended to accommodate the so-called “deep-atmosphere” equation set, including all Coriolis forces. Idealized test cases will be presented to illustrate the differences between the shallow- and deep-atmosphere SE configurations. Building on this, the second theme will survey the rationale behind idealized test cases for dynamical cores, showcasing highlights from past DCMIP events and presenting the design and key results of the latest DCMIP-2025 test suite from June 2025. The talk will conclude with perspectives on future directions for dynamical core development.

Join us for Science at Sunset, an evening presentation at the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility, where Julian Torres-Dowdall, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biologicial Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss what can fish teach us about how animals respond to a changing world.

Steven Brus is a Computational Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on bridging the global and coastal scales for ocean processes within the Energy Exascale Earth System Model. His work centers on coupled wind-wave/ocean processes, tidal modeling, and coastal flooding. He also has a background in high-order methods for unstructured meshes and high-performance computing.