Martin family gift endows associate provost for innovation position
Author: Sue Ryan
John and Cathy Martin of Hinsdale, Illinois, have contributed $5 million to support and endow the University of Notre Dame associate provost for innovation.
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PFAS researcher to answer audience questions after screening of 'Dark Waters'
Author: Jessica Sieff
Notre Dame researcher Graham Peaslee will attend the screening and will be available to answer questions about PFAS and his research following the film.
Doctoral student recognized for research on traumatic brain injuries
Author: Naya Tadavarthy
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) selected fourth-year doctoral student James Hentig for the inaugural class of their highly-competitive Leadership Development Program, as well as a Trainee Professional Development Award. The society recognized Hentig's work on curing traumatic brain injuries, informed by his own experience in the U.S. Army.
Researchers are the first to observe electron-beam induced plasmonic Fano interferences
Author: Brandi Wampler
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Jon P. Camden and collaborators used a combination of electron spectroscopy and theoretical modeling to observe the first direct detection of Fano resonances, or Fano interferences.
Lurie Cancer Center and Harper Cancer Research Institute announce translational research partnership
Author: M. Sharon Stack, PhD
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and the Harper Cancer Research Institute are pleased to announce a collaboration designed to catalyze interdisciplinary translational research.
Fighting to Understand the Scientific Impact of Community
Author: What Would You Fight For?
Fighting to understand the scientific impact of community: Elizabeth Archie, associate professor of biology, focuses on the interaction between social behavior and health and survival. How, Archie wonders, can a baboon’s social life impact things like lifespan, parasite risk, fertility and gut microbiomes?
Scientia editors promote student research in undergraduate publication
Author: Naya Tadavarthy
Seniors Rosie Crisman and Vaishali Nayak edit Scientia, the College of Science student research magazine, which contains full research papers by undergraduate students in biology, health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biochemistry, as well as a "Student Spotlight" section. The co-editors also run the "Talk Science" lecture series and help select undergraduates for the Charles Edison Foundation Fellowship.
Premed Minute Ep. 4: Demonstrating Integrity and Ethics
Author: Notre Dame Science
Integrity and ethics is of utmost importance in medicine. How can you best demonstrate this as an undergraduate student, before applying to medical schools?
Dr. Tianhe Huang awarded an Early Investigator Research Award
Author: Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases
Tianhe Huang for an Early Investigator Research Award by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) of the Department of Defense.
Notre Dame biologist to study the role of woody vines in tropical forests
Author: Deanna Csomo McCool
Tropical forests absorb more carbon than any other system, and therefore help regulate the earth’s climate. Lianas — woody vines — that surround trees in these forests have been shown to slow rates of tree growth, but their role hasn’t been fully studied.Tarzan may find lianas in the jungle useful, but David Medvigy, associate professor in the department of biological sciences, intends to find out what they add or take away from these ecosystems.
WSJ reporter and ‘Bad Blood’ author John Carreyrou to talk at Notre Dame
Author: Carol Elliott
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will be speaking about the case during his upcoming talk at Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 29) in the Edward J. DeBartolo Hall Auditorium (Room 101).
‘Bridge building’ with the East: Provost’s visit marks 40 years of Notre Dame in China
Author: Colleen Wilcox
Forty years ago, Rev. Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh, C.S.C., then president of the University of Notre Dame, first visited China as part of an effort to build bridges with leaders in higher education that could lead to better relations between East and West. As he makes his 11th such visit to China, Notre Dame Charles and Jill Fischer Provost Thomas Burish reflected on the progress he has witnessed.
Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s to expand data science programs with ethics, social responsibility components
Author: Brandi Klingerman
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the iTReDS program will train undergraduate students in data science through a lens of social responsibility and engagement, including rigor and responsibility, ethics, society, and policy.
Environmental DNA to be used for monitoring endangered and invasive species in flowing waters
Author: Brandi Klingerman
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received $1.5 million to develop models that will improve the monitoring of endangered or invasive species in flowing waters, like streams and rivers, using information from environmental DNA (eDNA) samples.
Analytical chemistry program at Notre Dame climbs into national ranking
Author: Deanna Csomo McCool
Ten years after AD&T was formed, the combined efforts of many people who shared in one professor's vision have propelled Notre Dame to 13th in the nation for analytical chemistry, according to a recent U.S. News and World Report ranking of the best graduate school programs.