Ten Years Hence lecture series examines the new space race
Ten Years Hence, an annual lecture series sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business, will present a fascinating look at the dangers, opportunities and mysteries of outer space.
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Senior Andrew Burke Named 2022 Churchill Scholar
University of Notre Dame senior Andrew Burke ’22 has been awarded the 2022–23 Churchill Scholarship. Burke, originally from Stewartsville, New Jersey, is a mathematics honors major with a concentration in computing. In addition, he is a…
Toroczkai and team win BMW quantum computing challenge
Zoltán Toroczkai and collaborators won the BMW quantum computing challenge, which called for a method to optimize millions of combinations of test processes that prototype vehicles use before the cars hit the road.
Chemistry doctoral graduate named to the National Academy of Inventors
Madan Bhasin’s work focuses on the way the rate of chemical reactions can be increased by using catalysts.
D’Souza-Schorey and Smith named as journal editors
“I have been a proponent of open-access publishing because of the broad and inclusive reach it engenders,” D'Souza-Schorey said. “It is important to develop a journal editorial structure that is as diverse as the research community it represents, both scientifically and demographically.”
Two ND TEC faculty submit response to RFI on biometric technologies
Two faculty affiliates of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC) recently responded to a request for input from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) concerning the “Public and Private Sector Uses of Biometric Technologies.”
Faculty and students are encouraged to apply for a Naughton Fellowship
The prestigious international fellowship program provides funding for exceptional undergraduate and masters students with an aptitude for the STEM disciplines to complete research or study in Ireland or at Notre Dame.
Through research and service, history and neuroscience major examines the past and prepares for a future focused on helping communities build resilience
The image of Black inmates working in fields where enslaved African Americans once toiled has been seared into Notre Dame senior Aysha Gibson’s mind since she went on a high school field trip to the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Gibson, a history and neuroscience and behavior major, is now writing her...
In memoriam: Subhash Basu, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry
Subhash Chandra Basu, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, died Nov. 15 in his Granger, Indiana, home.
Neuroscientist unwraps the magic of science during inaugural Christmas Lecture
The inaugural Christmas Lecture hosted by the College of Science was an interactive celebration of brains and neurons, as demonstrated by Greg Gage, co-founder and CEO of Backyard Brains.
Statistics professor enjoys range of applications within the field
Statistics drew Xiufan Yu in originally because of the wide range of applications from public health to policy to genetics.
Pedagogy is a passion for new chemistry professor
Julie Kessler, new assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is passionate about teaching students chemistry – a subject some may view with dread and trepidation.
When mathematics is like poetry, it must be topology
New mathematics Assistant Professor Alexandra Kjuchukova has written poetry, and sees parallels between both of her passions.
Topologist Nick Salter joins Notre Dame faculty
Topologist Nick Salter joined the Department of Mathematics as an assistant professor in fall 2021
Marie Lynn Miranda stepping aside as provost
Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame, has announced her intention to step aside as provost, effective Dec. 31. She will remain a tenured member of the faculty.