Notre Dame Launches Multi-Year AI Initiative, Adding Fall 2026 Business Minor
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Updated · ND Newswire · Jul 29
Notre Dame Launches Multi-Year AI Initiative, Adding Fall 2026 Business Minor
2 articles · Updated · ND Newswire · Jul 29
Summary
Notre Dame unveiled a multi-year Data, AI, and Computing initiative to coordinate AI research, teaching and campus services under one university-wide structure.
Nitesh Chawla will direct the effort, which combines the Lucy Family Institute, the Scientific AI Initiative and specialized labs, while a new DOME unit will supply research software engineering and data science support.
Fall 2026 will bring a new undergraduate minor in AI Analytics in Business as Notre Dame reviews additional interdisciplinary courses and degree programs across undergraduate and graduate education.
Industry roundtable discussions helped shape the push, with faculty and employers stressing that graduates need AI fluency alongside communication, adaptability and ethical judgment.
The initiative also backs working groups in areas from health and digital humanities to sustainability and democracy, framing AI development around Notre Dame's responsible, inclusive, safe and empowering principles.