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Student Spotlight: Robert Lester, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

Published: September 27, 2011

Robert Lester investigates how the structure of production adapts to the dynamics of the economic environment.

Student Spotlight: Michelle Blum, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Published: September 27, 2011

The focus of Michelle Blum’s research is the development, characterization, and simulation of a low-friction synthetic biomaterial for use as an articular cartilage substitute.

Student Spotlight: Michael Giordano, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Published: September 27, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Michael Giordano investigates the wear properties of three-dimensionally woven fabrics for use as a novel orthopedic device.

Student Spotlight: Matthew Prygoski, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Published: September 27, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Matthew Prygoski is working to develop and analyze a new method for bone-fracture fixation.

Student Spotlight: Patricia Snell Herzog, Ph.D. in Sociology

Published: September 27, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Patricia Snell Herzog studies the ways in which different communities and institutional contexts create, perpetuate, or seek to change the transmission of poverty and inequality from one generation to the next.

Student Spotlight: Ashleen Kelly, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science

Published: September 27, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The research interests of political theory student Ashleen Kelly include the civic republican tradition and the intersection between theology and political philosophy.

Student Spotlight: Deacon Jim Stokes, M.A. Candidate in Theology / Liturgical Studies

Published: September 26, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Deacon Jim Stokes, an attorney admitted to practice law in Florida and California, was ordained a Roman Catholic deacon in August 2008. “I had the benefit of some excellent professors as I was formed for ministry at the seminaries in South Florida,” Deacon Jim says, “however, it left me hungering for more.”

Two Notre Dame Biology faculty receive the prestigious NIH New Innovator Award

Published: September 21, 2011

Author: Marissa Gebhard

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Theology Doctoral Students Win International Honors

Published: September 20, 2011

Author: Kate Cohorst

Three Ph.D. candidates in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Theology have recently been awarded prestigious fellowships from organizations such as the American Academy in Rome, Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, the Dolores Zorhab Liebmann Foundation, and the Louisville Institute.

New Graduate Minor Focuses on Screen Culture

Published: September 02, 2011

Author: Susan Love Loughmiller

p(image-right). !/assets/47592/ftt_logo.jpg(Department of Film, Television, and Theatre)! A new graduate minor in screen cultures hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, offers participants a background in theory, methods for approaching film study, and ideas for integrating film, television, and new media into their teaching and scholarship.

Susan Blackwell Ramsey: Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2011

Published: August 30, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Susan Blackwell Ramsey, MFA Creative Writing 2008, is the winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2011 for her manuscript, _A Mind Like This_.

Physics Graduate Student Katherine Rueff Selected for Inaugural Joint Brazil-U.S. Physics Workshop: Exploring the Nature of the Evolving Universe

Published: August 09, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Katherine Rueff has been selected as one of 11 United States students to participate in the first Brazil-U.S. Physics Student Visitation Program funded by the American Physical Society.

Six Notre Dame graduate students win Fulbright Awards in 2011 competition

Published: July 25, 2011

Author: Gretchen Busl

A record number of six students in the Graduate School have earned coveted grants in the 2011 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition. The Fulbright Program operates in more than 155 countries worldwide and provides nearly 1,500 U.S. students the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad for one year.

Students in new global health graduate program evaluate Haiti cholera project

Published: July 14, 2011

Author: Shannon Roddel

Incoming students Annette Ruth and Lindsey McAlarnen, who will join Notre Dame's new Master of Science in Global Health degree program in the fall, are in Haiti with Eck Institute member and project leader Juan Carlos Guzmán to evaluate cholera programs implemented after the deadly fall 2010 outbreak that began in the aftermath of the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake.

Graduate Student James Clancy Selected to Attend the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany

Published: June 27, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

James Clancy, a Notre Dame graduate student in the Biological Sciences, was selected to attend the annual Nobel Laureate meeting in Lindau, Germany, from June 26 through July 1.

Graduate Students Honored with Kaneb Center Awards

Published: June 27, 2011

Author: Amanda G. McKendree

"The Kaneb Center":http://kaneb.nd.edu and the Graduate School are pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Kaneb Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award winners in the colleges of arts and letters, engineering, and science, and in the School of Architecture.

2011 Graduate School Shaheen Winners

Published: June 10, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

p(image-right). !/assets/42818/shaheen_certificates.jpg(The Eli J)! The winners of the 2011 Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards, the highest awards bestowed on Notre Dame graduate students, exemplify the academic excellence that is the hallmark of the Notre Dame Graduate School.

Dr. Barbara Turpin, Associate Dean of Students in the Graduate School, to Retire

Published: May 24, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Dr. Barbara Turpin, associate dean of students in the Graduate School, will retire from her position at the end of May.

Ambassador Roemer Delivers Graduate School Commencement Address

Published: May 23, 2011

Author: William G. Gilroy

p(image-right). !http://newsinfo.nd.edu/assets/41904/5.21.11_grad_school_roemer_1_.jpg(Timothy Roemer Prepares to Speak at Graduate Commencement Ceremonies)! The University of Notre Dame’s "Graduate School":http://graduateschool.nd.edu recognized 288 master’s and 159 doctoral degree recipients and presented several special awards during Commencement ceremonies today (Saturday) in the North Dome of the Joyce Center. Timothy Roemer, United States Ambassador to India, delivered the "Commencement address":/news/22032-graduate-school-commencement-address-2/. He also was recognized as the recipient of the Graduate School’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Bill Carbonaro (Sociology) and Shari Herman (Physics) Awarded Inaugural Graduate School Honors

Published: May 12, 2011

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Greg Sterling, Dean of the Graduate School, has announced the winners of two new awards in the Graduate School—one to recognize an outstanding director of graduate studies and the other to recognize an outstanding graduate administrative assistant. The awards, he says, were created to recognize exemplary contributions in graduate studies at Notre Dame.