ALT Graphic announcing Peter Kogge as an HPCwire 35 Legends 2026 honoree, with his portrait and the text “Architect of Exascale Vision.”

ALT Graphic promoting the Notre Dame Engineering Club Shop on Friday, September 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fitzpatrick Pergola, featuring illustrated merchandise booths and a list of participating engineering student clubs.

ALT Gold Mass and Lecture Thursday, September 17, 2026 Learning the Language of Creation in an AI Age Sr. Damien Marie Savino, FSE, Ph.D.

ALT The image shows a narrow, underground tunnel beneath rubble. The tunnel is dimly lit with revealing a rough, rocky floor. In the center is a soft, snake-like white robot that can maneuver in the rubble easily.

ALT A crowded football stadium featuring a vibrant field with players. The stands are filled with spectators. A large video screen displays an image and text. The setting is Notre Dame Stadium.

ALT Wendy Angst, Neumann Family Director of the Powerful Means Initiative and Professor of Management & Organization at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, leads a Notre Dame Innovation Challenge learning session on problem discovery and scoping as students fill the classroom.

ALT Challenge mentor Kyle Doudrick, Rooney Family Collegiate Professor of Environmental Engineering in Notre Dame’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, answers students’ questions about plastics and life cycle analysis during Notre Dame Innovation Challenge office hours.

ALT The image is a black-and-white photo of people walking toward Ground Zero wearing hard hats and protective suits.

ALT A crowded football stadium at Lambeau Field during a game between Notre Dame and another team. The scoreboard shows Notre Dame leading 13-10. A large screen displays a close-up of a person. The stadium is well-lit, filled with spectators.

ALT Looking up at the Word of Life mural at Hesburgh Library with the sun reflecting off the top. A blue sky with a white, fluffy cloud is in the background. A green tree is in the lower left.

ALT Notre Dame Innovation Challenge participants gather for a learning session with Under Armour experts. Students fill tables and seating around the room as Matthew Trexler speaks from the front.

ALT Matthew Trexler, Director of Material Science Innovation - Research at Under Armour, speaks to Notre Dame Innovation Challenge participants during a learning session as students listen from tables around the room.

ALT An overhead view of Dahnke Ballroom shows hundreds of students filling round tables for the Notre Dame Innovation Challenge kickoff event. The stage and large screens displaying Innovation Challenge graphics are visible at the front of the room.

ALT Notre Dame Professor Kyle Doudrick speaks from a podium during the Notre Dame Innovation Challenge kickoff as students listen from tables in the Dahnke Ballroom. A Notre Dame Innovation Challenge step-and-repeat banner stands behind him.

ALT A group of students gathers around a table during the Notre Dame Innovation Challenge kickoff, talking and writing ideas on a large sheet of paper as part of a brainstorming activity.

ALT Seven Notre Dame students pose together holding Notre Dame Innovation Challenge signs, including “Challenge Accepted!” and “#NDInnovationChallenge,” with Notre Dame Stadium visible through the windows behind them.

ALT A person in a laboratory setting wearing glasses and a lab coat uses a pipette. Shelves with various lab equipment and supplies are visible in the background.

ALT A microscopy view of matrix-bound vesicles (MBVs). While this process produces black-and-white images only, blue was added here to highlight MBV structures.

ALT Headshot of a smiling man wearing glasses, a dark suit, light blue shirt, and tie against a light gray background.