The University of Notre Dame announced Friday (April 26) a $42.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to form the Labs for Industry Futures and Transformation (LIFT) Network, which will enhance and link cutting-edge expertise, technologies, workforce development programs and innovation-based facilities throughout the broader South Bend-Elkhart region.
Service has always been a big component of Delaney Weiland’s life at the University of Notre Dame. A senior neuroscience and behavior student, Weiland’s commitment to community engagement has stood out from others, and she recently received the Richard J. Wood Student Community Commitment Award from the Indiana Campus Compact.
A competitive drive propelled Victoria Weber Woodard through a bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees, and a doctorate. Now, Woodard is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS).
Matthew Webber, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a recipient of the 2019 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the winners of its 2019 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), with 14 University of Notre Dame students and alumni winning the highly coveted award and another 12 receiving honorable mentions.
The projects will begin after Commencement and be completed before classes begin in the fall.
The University of Notre Dame’s Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND-LEEF) will host an event in their “Science at Sunset” series from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The event will take place at the Morrison Family Pavilion within St. Patrick’s County Park located on Laurel Road in...
Tank, who also currently serves as the current president of the Society for Freshwater Science, is being recognized for her research that sits at the intersection of freshwater systems and agriculture in the Midwest.
The event is at 4 p.m. April 24 and aims to educate the public on the vital role the U.S. government plays in the advancement of global health.
About 200 middle school girls attended the Expanding Your Horizons conference in March, which brings girls together with women professionals in science and engineering to encourage girls to learn about and possibly pursue a career in math, science or engineering. About 200 girls
IDEA Week 2019 honored leading South Bend – Elkhart entrepreneurs, inventors and innovative institutions with the inaugural IDEA Week Innovation Awards at a ceremony April 8 at the Palais Royale in downtown South Bend, the kickoff for this year’s events.
As part of the University of Notre Dame’s ongoing commitment to safety and security, walk-through metal detectors will be used at all gates of Notre Dame Stadium for the 2019 football season, beginning on Sept. 14 with the first home game.
According to the study, 62 percent of coastal homeowners are not considering taking any action to reduce the vulnerabilities of their homes or enhance protections against future hurricanes.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have effectively prevented the binding of peanut allergens with IgE to suppress the allergic reaction to peanuts using a first-in-class design of allergen-specific inhibitors.
Platins, the most widely used chemotherapeutic drugs, can also cause life-threatening allergic reactions. A Notre Dame-led team has developed a safer way of diagnosing hypersensitivity, so that cancer patients can more quickly and reliably receive the treatment they need.
Jenna Koenig’s fascination with biology brought her all the way from the Harper Cancer Research Institute at Notre Dame to Ireland, where she investigated the link between malaria and breast cancer. Her work with the National University of Ireland Galway demonstrates how science majors can make the most out of their study...
Greenberg will talk about the multibillion-dollar omega-3 industry, the subject of his latest book, on April 9 at the University of Notre Dame.
Scientists at the University of Notre Dame discovered microglia actually squeeze through the spinal boundary, crossing into the peripheral nervous system in response to injury.
Bill and Patti Sheedy, to honor Bill’s late father, Dr. John G. Sheedy ’54, have endowed the directorship of the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine at the University of Notre Dame.
Rebecca Whelan, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is excited to be a new faculty member at Notre Dame, where she can now do research with the aid of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
For the first time, three bald eagle eggs have been laid at the University of Notre Dame’s Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND-LEEF) in St. Patrick’s County Park. The first of the three bald eaglets hatched on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 and the last two eaglets are expected to hatch in...
