Building the Good in Business
A New Era of Business Education at Notre Dame
In 2025, the Mendoza College of Business is embarking on an ambitious plan to expand its facilities and resources to advance the College’s strategic goals: Recruit faculty members who are thought leaders in their disciplines; elevate the College’s research reputation; and provide students with an unparalleled academic experience.
Echoing the College’s imperative to Grow the Good in Business, “Building the Good in Business: A New Era of Business Education at Notre Dame” represents the collective construction projects that support the College’s mission as a leading business school guided by the University’s Catholic identity.
An illustration of what the North Addition terrace will look like.
The North Addition, a three-story, 28,000-square-foot addition scheduled to open in fall 2026 that includes a classroom/auditorium, student lounges and study areas, a third-floor open terrace, Ph.D. student offices and two flexible seating classrooms, among other features. The addition and the auditorium will be named to honor founding dean Father John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C., with artwork and other installations in the common areas devoted to telling his life story.
The Trading Room, a 1,200-square-foot space designed to optimize an industry-standard, hands-on lab experience in financial markets and investment strategies. Located in the highly visible northeast corner of the atrium, the Trading Room features a glass-front entry, wall-to-wall video board and racetrack-style stock tickers. The room, set to open in fall 2025, will provide access to industry-leading platforms like Factset, Bloomberg and CapIQ, with roughly 24 workstations, a conference table and a soft seating area.
The Mendoza Behavioral Lab, a dedicated research center designed for examining human behavior as it relates to business. With multiple rooms configured for studies involving human subjects, including virtual reality and biometric equipment, the lab will allow business faculty to run trials and experiments to collect primary data — a great advantage in pursuing impactful scholarly research. The lab opens in summer 2025.