Online tool created to track development of coronavirus vaccines
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing are recording details about the coronavirus vaccine candidates currently in development as well as the progress of those candidates via a new interactive online tool.
Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey Receives 2020 Faculty Award
Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey, the Morris Pollard Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences,…
Notre Dame to begin fall semester on campus the week of Aug. 10
The University of Notre Dame will welcome students back to campus for the 2020-21 fall semester the week of Aug. 10, two weeks earlier than originally scheduled, and will forgo fall break in October and end the semester before Thanksgiving.
College of Science 2019-2020 awards announced
Seniors in the College of Science and faculty were recently honored with awards for the 2019-20 academic year. …
In Memoriam: Clarence "Earl" Carter, assistant dean in the College of Science
Clarence “Earl” Carter, 61, assistant dean for faculty affairs and special projects in the College of Science, died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 14, at his home.
To the Class of 2020: A note from Department Chair, Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey
Dear Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences Graduates, heartiest congratulations to each of you. The annual Biological Sciences commencement celebration over commencement weekend is a hallowed and cherished tradition in our department and a well-deserved tribute to our seniors...
Brady Stiller named valedictorian; Love Osunnuga selected salutatorian
Brady Stiller of Madisonville, Louisiana, has been named valedictorian and Love Osunnuga from Granger, Indiana, was selected as salutatorian of the 2020 University of Notre Dame graduating class.
Notre Dame’s Nora Besansky elected to National Academy of Sciences
Nora J. Besansky, O’Hara Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
New online portal forecasts coronavirus transmission to aid officials in management, planning
Developed for government and public health service officials, the portal models predict COVID-19 disease transmission by using county data of daily reported infections and current human movement restrictions, such as shelter-in-place and social distancing orders.
Notre Dame researchers to study wastewater, focus on short-term forecasts in response to pandemic
Alex Perkins and Kyle Bibby are looking at short-term forecasts of potential infection and are monitoring spread of the coronavirus in wastewater.
Why are our lower jawbones fused? It’s all about strength, study finds
Using testing methods more common in engineering research, Professor Matthew Ravosa, in the Department of Biological Sciences, determined that the lower jawbones of certain primates – including humans – are stronger than those of their “cousins” because the bones are fused.