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Sacred Music at Notre Dame receives $1.9 million Lilly Endowment grant

Published: January 24, 2013

With the support of a "Lilly Endowment":http://www.lillyendowment.org/index.html grant of $1.9 million, "Sacred Music at Notre Dame":http://sacredmusic.nd.edu/ (SMND) is poised to help congregations across the region renew worship practices and enliven musical expression to engage people more deeply, across the generations.

Graduate student Matthew Cooper selected to serve on IGERT advisory board

Published: January 03, 2013

Author: Stephanie Healey

Matthew Cooper, a graduate student in the Global Linkages of Biology, Environment and Society (GLOBES) program, was recently nominated for a one-year term on the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program’s trainee advisory board. He will serve as a mentor to new trainees who will be competing in the IGERT program’s annual video and poster competition.

Notre Dame Announces New Ph.D. Program in Anthropology

Published: December 14, 2012

Author: Joanna Basile

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.

Notre Dame Launches Doctor of Musical Arts Program

Published: December 13, 2012

Author: Joanna Basile

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.

Hesburgh Library offers thesis and dissertation boot camps

Published: December 05, 2012

Author: Gene Stowe

A collaboration among the Hesburgh Libraries, the Graduate School and the Writing Center offered three “boot camps” during fall break--advising undergraduates on senior thesis writing, graduate students on dissertation writing, and other graduate students on grant writing.

Profile: James Fetter, Ph.D. in Political Science 2012 and Current Notre Dame Postdoctoral Scholar

Published: October 30, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

With the critical November elections now upon us, the work of political theorist James Fetter, Ph.D., couldn’t be more timely. Fetter, who earned his Ph.D. from Notre Dame in Political Science in 2012, studies and writes about the virtues of political leadership.

History Students Expand Horizons in International Exchange

Published: October 12, 2012

Author: Aaron Smith

Graduate students in Notre Dame's Department of History are making invaluable connections with German and Russian scholars as part of a graduate-student workshop now in its third year.

Ph.D. Graduate Wins NSF International Research Fellowship

Published: October 02, 2012

Author: Kevin Zeise

Christopher Porter, who recently completed the joint Ph.D. in logic and foundations of mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship.

Poem by English Ph.D. Student and Creative Writing MFA Ailbhe Darcy Featured by The Guardian

Published: September 25, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

A poem by University of Notre Dame English doctoral candidate Ailbhe Darcy is this week’s "Poem of the Week":http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/24/poem-week-silt-whisper-ailbhe-darcy in _The Guardian_.

Graduate Students Enjoy a Performance of Mountain Heart. . .and the Reception Following

Published: September 24, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Graduate students enjoyed a performance of the six-man acoustic band MOUNTAIN HEART on Thursday, September 20 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, along with a reception on the terrace following the performance.

Student Spotlight: Enrique Blair, Electrical Engineering

Published: September 19, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Enrique Blair, also known as Erik, is a Ph.D. student in the Department of "Electrical Engineering":http://engineering.nd.edu/departments/ee/graduate.

Holly Weiss: Notre Dame Bioengineering Doctoral Student

Published: September 17, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Notre Dame faculty members and graduate students are making huge strides in research that focuses on the ability of adult stem cells to regenerate tissues. These stem cells, which are found in many adult tissues, have shown promise in therapies that regenerate organs as well as those that aim to cure…

Brian M. Baker Named Graduate Associate Dean of Academic Programs

Published: September 13, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Brian M. Baker, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the Graduate School’s new associate dean of academic programs. He succeeds Prof. Edward Maginn, now chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Graduate School and GSU Host a GameWatch at Legends for Students

Published: September 05, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Two hundred graduate students and their guests gathered at Legends on Saturday to watch the broadcast of the Notre Dame football team's season-opening 50-10 victory over Navy.

Preeminent New Testament scholar joins Notre Dame

Published: August 20, 2012

Author: Sara Burnett

John T. Fitzgerald will join the University of Notre Dame’s "Department of Theology":http://theology.nd.edu this fall, saying getting to work with doctoral students at what he considers one of the premier programs in the world was a “compelling” opportunity.

Graduate School Orientation Set For Friday

Published: August 17, 2012

Author: Kevin Zeise

More than 450 incoming graduate students will descend on the Jordan Hall of Science on Friday for the Graduate School Orientation from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Alumna Honored for Redesign of Breast Cancer Procedure

Published: August 15, 2012

Author: Kate Cohorst

With her graduate thesis project, University of Notre Dame alumna Charlotte Lux, M.F.A. ’11, set out to redesign a stressful diagnostic procedure women who might have breast cancer undergo in the hopes of making it less traumatic.

Lionel Pittman, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Published: August 01, 2012

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Notre Dame Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering graduate student Lionel Pittman is back on campus after traveling to Mannheim, Germany, for the Open European Championship LEGO Robotics tournament.

Dr. Christine Maziar Begins as Acting Dean of Graduate School

Published: August 01, 2012

Author: Kevin Zeise

Dr. Christine Maziar, the Vice President and Senior Associate Provost at the University of Notre Dame, will add to her responsibilities the title of Acting Dean of the Graduate School on Wednesday, August 1. She takes over for outgoing dean Gregory E. Sterling, who left the University to become the Dean of the Yale Divinity School.

New Notre Dame research raises questions about iris recognition systems

Published: July 13, 2012

Author: William G. Gilroy

p(image-right). !http://newsinfo.nd.edu/assets/73080/08to11eye200.jpg(Iris biometrics image 2008-2011)! Since the early days of iris recognition technologies, it has been assumed that the iris was a “stable” biometric over a person’s lifetime -- “one enrollment for life.” However, new findings by University of Notre Dame researchers indicate that iris biometric enrollment is susceptible to an aging process that causes recognition performance to degrade slowly over time.