The University of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters will launch a doctoral program in the Department of Anthropology, with the first cohort of students due to enroll in fall 2014. The new program, says Susan Blum, professor and chair of the department, will focus its curriculum and training on integrative anthropology.

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Sacred music is foundational to many of the world’s artistic traditions, and this is especially so when it comes to Western music. It is also an artistic—and academic—area that continues to grow and develop. To celebrate and promote this diverse and vibrant art form, the University of Notre Dame is launching a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) program with majors in organ and choral conducting, beginning in fall 2013.

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"Olivia Remie Constable":http://history.nd.edu/faculty/directory/olivia-remie-constable/, a professor in the "Department of History":http://history.nd.edu/ at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a fellowship from the "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation":http://www.gf.org/ for her book project "Christian Perceptions of Muslim Identity in Medieval Spain."

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Betsy Cornwell, a master’s student in Notre Dame’s Creative Writing Program, has sold her first two novels to Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Both books, written for a young adult audience, have their roots in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

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Notre Dame psychologist Nicole McNeil recently received a three-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences for her research in factors affecting children's understanding of mathematics.

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In July 2012, scholar, conductor and interdisciplinary artist Carmen-Helena Tellez will join the University of Notre Dame as a professor in the "Department of Music":http://music.nd.edu/ and in the "Master of Sacred Music":http://theology.nd.edu/graduate-program/master-of-sacred-music/ program in the "Department of Theology":http://www.theology.nd.edu.

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Lauren Rich, a Ph.D. candidate in Notre Dame’s Department of English, has been awarded a 2011–12 American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women for her research on food in early 20th century British and colonial fiction.

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Three doctoral students in Notre Dame’s Department of History have been named 2011 Fulbright Scholars. Max Deardorff, Nathan Gerth, and John Moscatiello will use their Fulbright funding in Russia and Spain to support research that spans education policy, government bureaucracy, and religion.

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