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Previous winner Monica Arul Jayachandran competes in the 2020 Three Minute Thesis competition. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame.

Graduate students to present research, compete for prize money in annual Shaheen Three Minute Thesis competition

Author: Erin Blasko

Nine University of Notre Dame graduate students will compete for $4,500 in prize money during the annual Shaheen Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at 5 p.m. Wednesday (March 1) in Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business on campus. The event is open to the public.

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2023 ESTEEM Career Fair

ESTEEM graduate program hosts first career fair

Author: Olivia Poole

Graduating students face a lot of pressure when they come home for the holiday break. One of the first questions they often hear from parents is, 'What are your plans after graduation?' This can be a stressful question for students who still need to make decisions, and the pressure can feel never-ending.…

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Luke Foster, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar Spotlight: Luke FosterĀ 

Author: Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government

Dr. Luke Foster has been a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Political Science with the Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government since 2022. For the previous two years, he was a Visiting Research Fellow and Lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris. During his time with the CCCG, Dr. Foster has taught classes, led CCCG colloquia, and worked to adapt his dissertation for popular publication. …

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Prio Mediation

Call for applications: 5-Day PhD course on international mediation: Theory, cases and skills

Author: Lisa Gallagher

Applications are now open for the annual 5-day PhD course on international mediation, hosted by the Research School on Peace and Conflict in Norway in partnership with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.  The course will be held in Oslo on 12-16 June 2023.…

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Political scientist and graduate student's research finds voter ID laws mobilize voters in both parties, rather than sway election results

Author: Tracy DeStazio

In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jeffrey Harden, the Andrew J. McKenna Family Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and concurrent associate professor in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, and Alejandra Campos, a third-year graduate student in the political science doctorate program, found that voter ID requirements motivated supporters of both parties equally to comply and participate, but had little overall effect on the actual outcomes of the elections.

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