- Enzyme within cancer cells prevents immune system from fighting diseaseAn enzyme in cancer cells called aconitate decarboxylase (Acod1) appears to cause the release of short chains of amino acids, called peptides, that interfere with the way our bodies’ immune cells fight the disease, a new study by University of Notre Dame cancer biologist Zachary…
- Research and Representation: Senior Alan Avalos finds his passion for neuroscience and for advocacy.Avalos, dressed in a traditional charro suit, performs with Mariachi ND and learned to play the guitar for the group.…
- University awards honor Notre Dame faculty excellenceOn Wednesday (May 15), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2024 faculty…
- Opioid epidemic reaches beyond health impacts to influence politicsVicky Barone, assistant professor of economics at Notre Dame, researched the origins and development of the opioid epidemic and found that the unregulated marketing of potent painkillers led to increased access to prescription opioids and subsequent overdose mortalities. Tracing the long-term consequences of opioid overdose deaths on the political landscape in America, she found an increased support for conservative beliefs and Republican candidates.
- Notre Dame Faculty and IBM Research Partner on Ethics and Large Language ModelsThe Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab announced today that it has launched ten projects that will receive almost $300,000 in funding for 2024. The projects pair 10 Notre Dame faculty members and 15 IBM researchers who will work together to study the ethical challenges emerging at the research frontier…
- Society of Science Fellow Gerasimov lands IAU prize for research in stellar physicsRoman Gerasimov, a University of Notre Dame Society of Science Fellow, has won an International Astronomical Union's (IAU) 2023 PhD Prize for his research in stellar physics. Gerasimov, who holds a doctoral degree from the University of…
- Conexus Indiana names Industry Labs’ Jody Suryatna to Rising 30 Class of 2024South Bend, IN(May 10, 2024) Industry Labs’ enfocus Project Manager, Jody Suryatna, has been named to the Rising 30 Class of 2024 for his work in advanced manufacturing and logistics (AML). Conexus Indiana today announced the…
- Students research and create a digital exhibition of art that speaks for democracy and human rightsThe Nanovic Institute for European Studies releases today its latest student-created digital exhibition called “Fighting for Democracy and Human Rights Through the Arts,” the culmination of the…
- "Learn every day." Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., reflects on 19 years as presidentIn October, it was announced that Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., would step down from his role as the 17th president of the University of Notre Dame. He has shaped and grown the University and its impact over the past 19 years in research, global engagement, and by attracting super faculty and the…
- Matthew Webber selected as director of Notre Dame’s Berthiaume Institute for Precision HealthMatthew J. Webber, the Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering and associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to serve as the acting director of the …
- As humans change the globe, they also influence the transmission of diseases, an extensive study in Nature showsHuman activity across the globe contributes to the rise in emerging infectious disease, but researchers had not concluded which of these activities, called global change drivers, increases risk the most. …
- Daniela Rovida receives Notre Dame Research grantDaniela Rovida, rare books cataloger and metadata librarian at the Hesburgh Libraries, was recently awarded a Research and Scholarship Program — Initiation Grant through Notre Dame Research.
- British Ecology Society Harper prize awarded to Coverdale for paper describing structural complexity in ecosystemsTyler Coverdale won the John L. Harper Early Career Researcher Award from the British Ecological Society.
- Fruit fly model identifies key regulators behind organ developmentA new computational model simulating fruit fly wing development has enabled researchers to identify previously hidden mechanisms behind organ generation. Because organs develop in remarkably similar ways in fruit flies and people, biological insights from this model can be used to inform the…
- Mary Gallagher appointed dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global AffairsMary Gallagher, the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Chair in Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights and director of the International Institute at the University of Michigan, has been appointed the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Gallagher, who will also hold a tenured faculty position in the Keough School, begins her five-year term as dean on July 1.
- Disadvantaged entrepreneurs often fear success, but new research can helpWhen low-income entrepreneurs start their own businesses, they frequently fear failure—a well-documented phenomenon. But over time, they may also fear success, given the costs and unknowns it can bring—and this barrier to growth is under-studied and underappreciated. A new study from a Keough School expert breaks new ground by explaining this fear and offers five recommendations to help entrepreneurs overcome it and move out of poverty.
- ND Law Graduate Justice Fellows Lead Charge for Justice Research at the Center for Social ConcernsNotre Dame Law students Kaitlyn Bowe and Dennis Wieboldt completed a year-long fellowship with the University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns, an…
- NDTL shares aerospace research with local high school studentsMark H. Ross, senior research scientist at NDTL Propulsion & Power, recently stepped out of the lab and into a local high school. Ross, who received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Notre Dame in 2014, visited the computer science and engineering magnet…
- Notre Dame senior wins Best Publication Image AwardNotre Dame senior Kevin Armknecht of the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health has been recognized by ND’s Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) with the Best Publication Imaging Award, based on images he created in a recent Nanoscale Advances publication. Armknecht, a pre-professional studies…
- A&L and engineering faculty to create new curriculum for responsible computingFaculty from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Engineering are working together to integrate responsible computing instruction across the undergraduate curriculum, to better equip students to think critically and thoughtfully about technology. The project, “Computing, Culture, and Society: A Community-based, Intersectional Approach to Responsible Computing Across the Curriculum,” is led by Katherine Walden and Karla Badillo-Urquiola.
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