Notre Dame faculty receive highly competitive NSF early career awards
Since 2014, Notre Dame faculty have earned 49 of these nationally competitive awards.
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Physicist Tsai, a high energy theorist, joins Notre Dame faculty
Yuhsin Tsai, a high energy theorist, is joining the faculty this month in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Physics.
Student Emergency Relief Fund aids in students’ return
In May, the Department of Development established the Student Emergency Relief Fund (SERF) in response to the University’s promise to students and their families that additional financial need, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, would be met in full. University President…
Science and Engineering Scholars program expands reach, hires Jorza to teach calculus
Mathematician Andrei Jorza will begin his new position as associate professor of the practice in August, teaching classes for the Science and Engineering Scholars program.
Pinzón-Caicedo, a topologist, joins Notre Dame mathematics department
As a new assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, Juanita Pinzón-Caicedo is looking forward to the service component portion that tenure-track professors are asked to complete as much as her research in topology and teaching responsibilities.
Notre Dame announces annual research awards funding
The University of Notre Dame has received $172.5 million in new research funding awards for fiscal year 2020 – the second highest in its history.
Notre Dame elects three new Trustees
Three new members — Justin R. Liu, Michael G. O’Grady and Jennifer F. Scanlon — have been elected to the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees.
New study takes closer look at how environment affects daily life of brown-throated three-toed sloth
Scientists studying brown-throated three-toed sloths, where predators are extinct and food is more accessible, have found that the animals adapt to have a primarily diurnal, or daytime, schedule.
Notre Dame nuclear physics professors receive $8.1M grant from NSF
A team of Notre Dame nuclear physics professors was recently awarded a three-year $8.1M grant from the National Science Foundation to continue operation of the Nuclear Science Laboratory (NSL) and to continue their research in nuclear physics.
Francis Castellino receives 2020 ISTH Esteemed Career Award
Francis J. Castellino, Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and director of the W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Esteemed Career Award. .
dCEC to host panel discussion about racism and the culture of life
Inspired by Pope Francis's observation that Christians "cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life," the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will host a webinar discussion on racism and the culture...
Statement from Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on the status of international students
"I was heartened to learn that the government has abandoned plans which would have resulted in the deportation of foreign students enrolled at certain American colleges and universities. Their presence enriches us all. They should be welcomed, not threatened or sent home." Originally published by Notre Dame News…
Notre Dame launches materials science and engineering doctoral degree program
Students can now earn a distinctive, interdisciplinary doctoral degree in materials science and engineering through the College of Engineering and the College of Science.
Notre Dame to file brief in support of Harvard, MIT court motion
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., today announced that the University would in coming days file an amicus curiae brief in support of a court motion by Harvard University and MIT to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from expelling international students who are enrolled exclusively...
Aprahamian appointed to JINR Scientific Council
The Committee of Plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the Member States of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) has appointed Freimann Professor of Physics Ani Aprahamian as a new member.