The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces 2021-2022 Undergraduate Research Fellowship class
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has selected 16 Notre Dame students for its 2021-2022 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. The students were chosen through a competitive application process and were selected on the basis of their research…
Veselik named assistant dean of undergraduate advising; Robichaud to direct undergraduate studies in biology
David J. Veselik, associate teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named assistant dean of undergraduate advising for the University of Notre Dame College of Science, effective July 1, 2021.
Is targeting human cells, rather than the virus itself, key to preventing the next pandemic?
Geoffrey Siwo, research assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, realized there may be a way to develop therapies for new viruses. Rather than target a virus, he is looking at methods to stimulate the natural antiviral defense systems present in all cells and that can work broadly against a wide variety of viruses … known, unknown, and mutant.
Fellowship recipients to study clean energy, environmental science, and more
Nine doctoral students from the University of Notre Dame have received Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Predoctoral Research Fellowships.
First College of Science Diploma Ceremony highlights personal and scientific achievements
The University of Notre Dame College of Science hosted its first ever college-wide undergraduate diploma ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021, honoring the 455 students who were conferred Bachelor of Science degrees.
New minor in science and patient advocacy added for Fall 2021
The University of Notre Dame College of Science will begin offering a new minor in science and patient advocacy beginning with the Fall 2021 semester.
Madeline Owen named valedictorian; Alexis Waldschmidt selected salutatorian
Madeline Owen of Columbus, Ohio, has been named valedictorian and Alexis Waldschmidt from Naperville, Illinois, was selected salutatorian of the 2021 University of Notre Dame graduating class.
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces its 2021-2022 distinguished graduate fellowship class
The students were selected through a competitive application and interview process and were chosen on the basis of their research promise, interdisciplinary potential, collaborative commitment, and fit with the NDIAS’s mission and research theme.
Alumna Caroline Murtagh named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Established in 2016, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program is an international graduate-level scholarship program that cultivates and supports a highly engaged, multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students at Stanford University in California.
Diogo Bolster to lead Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Diogo Bolster, professor and Notre Dame Chair in Hydrology, has been appointed as the Henry J. Massman Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences.
In memoriam: Kenyon S. Tweedell, professor emeritus of biology
Kenyon S. Tweedell, a professor emeritus of biology who taught and conducted research at the University of Notre Dame for 34 years, died March 30. He was 97.
Parise and Perkins receive 2021 Shilts/Leonard and College Research Awards
The College of Science at the University of Notre Dame is proud to bestow the 2021 Father James L. Shilts, C.S.C./Doris and Gene Leonard Teaching Award upon …
Undergraduate team places as finalists in NASA competition
A team of University of Notre Dame undergraduate students' 55-page proposal led them to the finalist round of the NASA Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science competition, which invited students from across the country to design experiments to send to space.
32 students and alumni earn NSF fellowships or honorable mentions
The National Science Foundation has awarded scholarships to 22 University of Notre Dame students and alumni as part of the 2021 Graduate Research Fellowship Program, with an additional 10 students and alumni singled out for honorable mention for the award.
Notre Dame and partners begin first spatial repellent trials for Unitaid-funded research program
Led by the University of Notre Dame and implemented by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the AEGIS research team will begin the first of four planned trials in Kenya.
College of Science alumni among Alumni Association's 2020 Domer Dozen honorees
The Notre Dame Alumni Association announced its second annual Domer Dozen cohort, honoring…
Sustainability studies minor completes botany field research during pandemic
Michael Piotrowski was one of the few students in the sustainability minor able to do field research in the summer of 2020, as he tracked the elusive rough-seeded fameflower (Phemeranthus rugospermus) across Indiana.
Climate change can reduce the success of interventions that combat infectious disease
Research from the lab of Jason Rohr, the Ludmilla F., Stephen J. and Robert T. Galla College Professor of Biological Sciences, and collaborators, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), demonstrated significant findings about when to target interventions that control the spread of the tropical disease schistosomiasis.
Three-part Zoom series, “Neuroscience and (your) Behavior,” to launch in March
An online, synchronous three-part series, "Neuroscience and (your) Behavior) will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 18, 25, and April 1, and will be led by Nancy Michael, associate teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for Neuroscience and Behavior.
Restorative Justice through Nature: Elsa Barron '21 and Karli Siefker '21
A baby preying mantis will extend its front legs and make itself appear as tall as possible to fend off a hungry spider. This may seem trivial, or perhaps humorous, and indeed, the group of teenage…