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Expanding endometriosis research: Postdoctoral researcher Ell Handy focuses on women’s health

Author: Deanna Csomo Ferrell

Ell Handy, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame with the Bioengineering Life Sciences Initiative (BELS), seeks to uncover new ways to diagnose and treat endometriosis, a debilitating gynecological disorder affecting approximately 10 million women worldwide.

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Learn What It Takes to Be a Human: Teaching in the Humanities

Author: Salvatore Riolo

Writing for the Notre Dame Learning website, Salvatore Riolo, a graduate associate at Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Italian studies at the University, says that to teach humanities means to cultivate human nature and the different potentials of each student with attention to cultural intelligence.

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Graduate School honors 2025 alumni, faculty, and student award winners

Author: Eric Heath

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2024–2025 academic year. These awards include: the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award; the James A. Burns, C.S.C., Awards; the Dick and Peggy Notebaert Award; the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards; and the Social Justice Award. The award winners will be formally recognized for their achievements at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony to be held at Notre Dame Stadium on May 17.

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Angera to represent Notre Dame at national competition after winning campus and regional Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) contests

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Can you explain your research in three minutes or fewer, using just one slide? Meet this year's local finalists, including the doctoral student who will represent Notre Dame at the national competition after going on to win the regional competition.

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Stretchable bioelectronic device that monitors health data

Stretchable bioelectronics promise more accurate health monitoring devices

Author: Karla Cruise

Yanliang Zhang, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Collegiate associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, together with colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Purdue University, has created a novel material that seamlessly transitions between soft tissues and stiff electronics—stretchy enough to move with the body’s dynamic changes yet stiff enough to maintain electrical connectivity. The team’s results have been published in Advanced Materials.

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