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Nine ND Graduate Students Win NSF GRFP Awards

Published: April 24, 2013

Nine Notre Dame Graduate students were named winners of the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, equaling the total number of winners from Notre Dame over the last seven years combined.

47 Graduate Instructors Receive 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards

Published: April 22, 2013

Author: Joanna Sherbun

The 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, which is given annually by the Notre Dame Graduate School and the Notre Dame Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, honors graduate student instructors and teaching assistants whose teaching demonstrates excellence in the classroom or laboratory.

Genetic analysis saves major apple-producing region of Washington state

Published: March 22, 2013

Author: Arnie Phifer

Working in Jeffrey Feder's laboratory, graduate student Gilbert St. Jean was part of a team tasked with using a revolutionary method of identifying larval specimens of fruit flies affecting Washington apple crops by using genetic analysis, saving the region thousands of dollars in monitoring, inspection and control costs.

Dr. Nathan Hatch Selected to Speak at Graduate School Commencement

Published: March 20, 2013

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University and formerly Provost and The Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at Notre Dame, will be the principal speaker on Saturday, May 18, at the Commencement ceremony for the University of Notre Dame Graduate School.

Building a future for young engineers, one LEGO at a time

Published: February 22, 2013

Author: William G. Gilroy

Much has been written and discussed about the outlook for science and engineering in the United States. If a recent event at the University of Notre Dame’s Stinson-Remick Hall is any indication, the future looks bright.

Graduate Student Appreciation Week: Celebrating the Notre Dame Graduate Community

Published: February 21, 2013

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The inaugural Graduate Student Appreciation Week offers free giveaways and discounts, professional development and wellness workshops, and fun and engaging events for Notre Dame's community of graduate and professional students.

Graduate Students as Teachers

Published: February 18, 2013

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Teaching, either as an instructor of record or as a teaching assistant, is a critical component of professional development for many graduate students. To celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week, we're turning the spotlight toward three of the 2012 graduate student teaching award winners.

Student Spotlight: Stephanie Lyons, Physics

Published: February 18, 2013

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Physics graduate student Stephanie Lyons cannot remember a time in which she was _not_ interested in the scientific world. Her first love — all the way back in the second grade — was the teeming world of insects. Now, though, rather than looking down, her gaze is focused upwards: on the stars.

Virtual Career Fair to be held Feb. 19

Published: February 14, 2013

Author: Kevin Zeise

Master's and Ph.D. students have the opportunity to meet with employers from more than 25 organizations from around the world through a Virtual Career Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Notre Dame to be part of $194-million university research center network focused on next-generation microelectronics

Published: January 24, 2013

Author: William G. Gilroy

The University of Notre Dame has been selected to lead one of six new university microelectronics research centers that will share $194 million in funding from the "Semiconductor Research Corp.":http://www.src.org/ (SRC) and the "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency":http://www.darpa.mil/ (DARPA) to support the continued growth and leadership of the U.S. semiconductor industry.

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

Published: January 24, 2013

Author: Notre Dame News

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.