Alumna Ashley Zhou named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Zhou will study medical science at the University of Cambridge this fall as a member of the Gates Cambridge Scholar class of 2020.
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Biology major presents kidney cancer research at regional conference
Senior biological sciences major Yanting “Raven” Luo presented her research on how low levels of the mitochondrial gene UQCRH affect the energy and metabolism of kidney cancer cells at the Midwest Metabolism Meeting last fall. She hopes her work will help doctors find treatments for this devastating disease.
Prestigious Bergman Prize awarded to Mei-Chi Shaw, professor of mathematics
Mei-Chi Shaw, professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Bergman Prize from the American Mathematical Society for her lifelong contribution to several complex variables, partial differential equations, and Cauchy-Riemann geometry.
Ptasinska appointed new editor-in-chief of European Physical Journal D
Sylwia Ptasinska, associate professor of physics and an ND Energy faculty affiliate, was recently named an editor-in-chief for European Physical Journal D (EPJD) effective January 2020. She has served on the journal’s editorial board since 2015.
University of Notre Dame among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant
Notre Dame Professor Jason Rohr’s proposal—Disease, Food, Energy, and Water Solutions (DFEWS): Defusing a Global Crisis—offers a sustainable, local solution to reduce schistosomiasis while at the same time addressing food, energy, and water shortages afflicting marginalized populations throughout the developing world.
In memoriam: Richard Warren Fessenden, professor emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Richard Warren Fessenden, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and former associate director of the Radiation Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, died Tuesday, February 11. He was 86. Fessenden joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1976, after working as a professor at the Mellon Institute...
Random connection turned into research for Notre Dame chemistry senior
Clare Cahir came to Notre Dame four years ago with the intention of pursuing undergraduate research. After settling into campus for her first semester, she spent the second reaching out to several professors, searching for the right research fit. She initially contacted biochemistry Professor Matthew Champion, associate professor in the...
Glynn Scholars present at the 2020 National Collegiate Research Conference at Harvard University
Senior Michael Sokolowski and juniors Tyler Dan and Madeline Owen each presented at the 2020 National Collegiate Research Conference, held annually at Harvard University since 2007.
University of Notre Dame-developed home lead screening kits shown to be highly accurate
An inexpensive lead sample collection kit distributed to homes in St. Joseph County is comparable in accuracy and sensitivity to more costly in-home analysis, according to research published this month in the Journal of Environmental Research.
Father Jenkins welcomes new Saint Mary’s College president
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on the election of Katie Conboy as the 13th president of neighboring Saint Mary’s College.
Chemistry major fosters solar power from Nepal to Notre Dame
Last summer, chemistry major Jake Drysdale studied perovskite solar cells in the Notre Dame lab of Prashant V. Kamat, worked with the Nepal-based company Gham Power to bring solar-powered water pumps to small farmers, and founded his own company, Yeti Photovoltaic, to make this technology more accessible to all. ...
Robinson Community Learning Center to celebrate 19 years, say farewell to original space with event Feb. 14
The Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) will celebrate its 19th birthday — and last one in its original location — with a farewell celebration from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at the center’s longtime home at 921 N. Eddy St., South Bend.
Physics graduate student Nirupama Sensharma works to create nuclear energy awareness
Nuclear Energy – The Better Energy is an initiative to promote knowledge and awareness about the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Doctoral physics student Nirupama Sensharma’s vision in developing the initiative is to bridge the gap between her research as a nuclear scientist and her responsibilities towards society.
Lilly Endowment grant will benefit Notre Dame students
As part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s three-phase Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities initiative, the University has received a planning grant to research and identify mission-aligned areas of potential high impact.
Researcher discovers key to how a cell wall promotes bacterial replication
There are more bacteria in our mouths than the population of people on the planet, and no matter how clean our houses are, they’re brimming with various types of these micro-organisms. Still, despite bacteria’s ubiquitous influence, there’s so much that scientists do not know about them, according to University of...
Notre Dame physicists see nuclear wobbling in one isotope of gold
University of Notre Dame researchers and collaborators recently discovered that some nuclei wobble on their intermediate axes. Their research, “Longitudinal Wobbling Motion in 187Au,” was published in January 2020 in the premier physics journal, Physical Review Letters.
In Memoriam: Anthony N. Michel, dean emeritus of the College of Engineering
Anthony N. Michel, the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering and the Frank M. Freimann Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, died Saturday, Feb. 1. He was 84.
Graduate students receive 2020 Eilers and Forgash Awards to advance energy research
ND Energy is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Patrick and Jana Eilers Graduate Student Fellowship for Energy Related Research and the Forgash Fellowship for Solar Energy Research.