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Fulbright Information Session for Graduate Students and their Faculty Advisors

Published: August 23, 2010

The Graduate School will host an information session on the Fulbright Program for graduate students and their faculty advisers: Thursday, September 2, 4:30-5:30 pm, 202 McKenna Hall

New Student Graduate School Orientation, Fall 2010: Information and Registration

Published: August 11, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

All graduate students new to the University should plan to attend Graduate School Orientation on Friday, August 20, Jordan Hall of Science, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Student Spotlight: Joshua Cameron, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2007

Published: July 27, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The work of Joshua Cameron, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2007, has established Notre Dame as the world leader in turbomachinery research.

Graduate School Names Shaheen Award Winners

Published: July 23, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Dean Gregory E. Sterling has announced the winners of the University of Notre Dame 2010 Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards.

Student Spotlight: Seeing the world, one kick at a time

Published: July 12, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Gwendolyn Oxenham, 2006 M.F.A. graduate in Creative Writing, co-directed a critically acclaimed documentary on soccer played the world over. As the film's website describes it: "From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, Pelada is the story of the people who play."

2010 Graduate Student External Fellowship Awards

Published: July 01, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Gregory E. Sterling, Dean of the Graduate School, announced today that Notre Dame doctoral students were awarded external fellowships during the course of the 2010 awards season totaling over $1.5 million. Many other students received recognition as finalists for various prestigious national awards. Still others received internal fellowships to support their research, travel, or conference attendance.

Student Spotlight: The Reverend Michael Cover

Published: June 25, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Notre Dame's Department of Theology attracts the very best students in the world. One is Michael Cover, whose academic pedigree includes degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Yale—and who is also a newly ordained Episcopal priest.

Brennecke receives $2.5 million energy research grant

Published: June 07, 2010

Author: William G. Gilroy

Joan Brennecke, the Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a graduate student mentor, is the recipient of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant for research that could fundamentally change the way the United States uses and produces energy.

The 2nd Annual Notre Dame Akai 5K Run/3K Walk

Published: June 07, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

_Event canceled. See main story for details._ The Summer Session Office and the Office of the Registrar will host the 2nd annual "Notre Dame Akai 5K Run/Walk":http://www.nd.edu/~sumsess/Akai_5K_Run_2010.htm on July 15 at 6 p.m. The event will benefit a graduate student scholarship fund set up in memory of "Dr. Terry Akai":http://graduateschool.nd.edu/news/11051, former associate dean of the Graduate School.

Graduate School Story Contest

Published: June 02, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

p(image-right). !/assets/25342/ipad_thumbnail.png(Win an iPad! Contest open to current and graduating Graduate School students)! Graduate School students -- share your ND graduate experience for a chance to win an iPad or one of three $50 gift cards through this summer's "Graduate School Story Contest":http://graduateschool.nd.edu/contest. The contest is open to current students and 2010 graduates of Graduate School programs. Written, presentation, video, art, photo, and audio entries are welcome.

Graduate School Commencement ceremonies held

Published: May 17, 2010

Author: William G. Gilroy

The University of Notre Dame’s Graduate School recognized 278 master’s and 159 doctoral degree recipients and presented several special awards during Commencement ceremonies May 15 in the Purcell Pavilion of the Joyce Center. Gregory Sterling, dean of the Graduate School, delivered the "Commencement address":http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/15599.

Commencement 2010

Published: May 13, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The University of Notre Dame’s Graduate School recognized 278 master’s and 159 doctoral degree recipients and presented several special awards during Commencement ceremonies held Saturday in the Purcell Pavilion of the Joyce Center.

Graduate School Honors Shaheen Award Winners at Commencement

Published: May 13, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The top graduating doctoral degree recipients in the humanities, social sciences, science, and engineering received awards during the Graduate School's 2010 Commencement weekend.

Distinguished Alumnus and James A. Burns, C.S.C. Award Winners Honored at Commencement

Published: May 13, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

The winners of the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus and James A. Burns, C.S.C. Awards, Robert Boguslaski and Alvin Plantinga, were honored at Commencement festivities.

All Graduate Students Urged to Create A COS Profile

Published: April 28, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

p(image-right). !/assets/23958/cos_sm_logo.gif(COS)! All Notre Dame graduate students—in Engineering, Humanities, Science, and the Social Sciences—are urged to set up a COS profile to gain access to thousands of funding opportunities.

Spotlight on Robert Brenneman (Sociology Ph.D. January 2010)

Published: April 19, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

From gang “homie” to evangelical “hermano”: Recent Sociology Ph.D. recipient Robert Brenneman studies religious conversion, identity transformation, and the state of religion in Latin America

Medievalists' Spring Break

Published: April 19, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Ten Notre Dame graduate students enrolled in a seminar on the editing of Latin texts traveled to Vienna, Austria over the University’s spring break to study medieval manuscripts and to meet with colleagues in several Austrian libraries and institutes for advanced study.

GLOBES Scholar Patrick Shirey wins ESA Award

Published: March 23, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

p(image-right). !/assets/22587/patrick_shirey_thumbnail.jpg(Patrick Shirey, GLOBES program Ph)! "Patrick Shirey":http://science.nd.edu/research/profiles/shirey.htm, a third-year graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences and a fellow in Notre Dame’s interdisciplinary Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment, and Society ("GLOBES":http://globes.nd.edu) program, is one of three winners of the 2010 Graduate Student Policy Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

Student Spotlight on Raé Lundy: An Instinctive Passion for the Study of Psychology

Published: March 23, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

Living through a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina influenced the kind of psychology Raé Lundy chose to study and what she hopes to accomplish eventually in practice.

Student Spotlight on Hubert George: Engineering the Future by Harnessing a Blink

Published: March 23, 2010

Author: Mary Hendriksen

As a fourth-year doctoral student and Ph.D. candidate, Hubert George is an integral member of a research team developing nanotechnologies that may have important — even revolutionary — applications both in computer engineering and the medical imaging field.