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Heartland Aflame: A Notre Dame professor unearths the mysteries and the lessons of native grasslands

Author: Brett Beasley

Guided by Ryan Sensenig, a grassland ecologist at the University of Notre Dame, doctoral student Max Scheel helped design a small "pocket prarie" on campus. Read more about the fascinating work they are doing.

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Notre Dame researchers develop new, ultra-power-efficient 5G antenna

Author: Brett Beasley

Fifth-generation (5G) wireless network users have gained more rapid upload and download speeds, lower latency, and greater reliability on their mobile devices, but the rollout of 5G technology has also come with a steep energy cost. 5G networks require more energy than previous generations, with each base station consuming as much energy as 73 U.S. households. Now, with funding from the U.S. Army, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are launching an effort that could help reverse this trend.

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Soft, air-filled 'muscles' power a new robotic exosuit created at Notre Dame

Author: Brett Beasley

The phrase “robotic exosuit” likely calls to mind something metallic, rigid, and hinged—Iron Man’s suit or the dozens of other, similar apparatuses that appear on screen, in video games, and even on the red carpet. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are working to show that for many real-world applications, there is value in exploring robotics’ softer side.

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Notre Dame helps bring the first high-resolution transmission electron microscope to Armenia

Author: Brett Beasley

The University of Notre Dame’s Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) has helped Armenia reach a historic milestone by supporting the acquisition and implementation of the country’s first-ever high-resolution transmission electron microscope (TEM).

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Notre Dame recognized as a top graduate school for aspiring entrepreneurs

Author: Brett Beasley

The University of Notre Dame has been named a top school for students aspiring to launch their own businesses. The Princeton Review, in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine, ranked the University at #14 on its list of the Top 50 Graduate Entrepreneurship programs for 2025.

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New HPLC workshop enhances graduate students' lab skills and career development

Author: Brett Beasley

The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH) at the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with Waters Corporation, recently hosted its first workshop on High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The event equipped graduate students with vital technical skills while bridging the gap between academic learning and industry requirements.

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Notre Dame’s Berthiaume Institute welcomes its 2024 cohort fellows

Author: Brett Beasley

The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health (BIPH) recently welcomed its cohort of eight doctoral student fellows for the summer of 2024. Selected students will train alongside leading Notre Dame faculty conducting interdisciplinary biomedical research.

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Strength in key doctoral programs prompts Notre Dame's election to Universities Space Research Association to advance space exploration research

Author: Brett Beasley

Based on the strength of key doctoral programs in science and engineering, the University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in 1969 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the USRA is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology, and engineering. The USRA consists of 120 universities that work together to advance space-related education, research, development, and operations around the world.

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Now open: Naughton Fellowships to study or conduct research in Ireland

Author: Brett Beasley

Now in its fifteenth year, the prestigious fellowship program provides Notre Dame undergraduate and masters-level students the opportunity to conduct research or complete a program of study in Ireland as well as for Irish students to study or complete research at Notre Dame.

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