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Camden Hoover, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences

Biology graduate student and postdoc earn prestigious fellowships to study glial cells

Author: Deanna Csomo Ferrell

A graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher each received prestigious fellowships from the National Institutes of Health for work they are doing to investigate the roles of glial cells during the development of the nervous system.

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2023-2024 cohort of NDIAS Distinguished Graduate Fellows

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study announces its 2023–2024 class of Distinguished Graduate Fellows

Author: Kristian Olsen

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has selected five Notre Dame Ph.D. students for its Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Program. After a competitive application and interview process, these students were selected on the basis of their research profile, commitment to interdisciplinary…

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Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D.

Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D. wins "Best Dissertation" award

Author: Sociology Department

Former Notre Dame Sociology graduate student Emmanuel Cannady '22 Ph.D. has received the “Best Dissertation Award” from the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) section devoted to study of Collective Behavior and Social Movements.  All dissertations defended in 2022…

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Elischia Fludd, second-year MGA student.

GLOBE graduate student Elischia Fludd publishes policy brief on Indiana coal ash groundwater contamination

Author: Elischia Fludd

Elischia Fludd, a GLOBES and master of global affairs graduate student majoring in sustainable development, conducted research on the impact of coal ash waste on groundwater in Indiana. 

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Master's students in the data science program's immersion weekend, January 2023.

MS in Data Science immersion tackles uses of data in healthcare

Author: Caroline Crawford

Recently, an immersion weekend through the University of Notre Dame’s Online MS in Data Science program offered students the chance to delve into the topic. In January, they put their data science knowledge into practice by learning from experts in their field about the application of data science in healthcare and medicine during the in-person immersion weekend in North Carolina.

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Paola Uparela Reyes '19 Ph.D.

Alumna Paola Uparela '19 Ph.D. receives two article awards

Author: Maurcia Marschke

ND alumna Paola Uparela Reyes '19 Ph.D. has recently been the recipient of two article awards: 2023 José María Arguedas Essay Award for the essay:‘Multiplicarse ha la tierra de gente y de fruto’: Gender and Re-production in Las Casas’s and Guaman Poma’s Biopolitical Projects (1516, 1615) by …

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Graduate School honors 2023 alumni, faculty, and student award winners

Author: Eric Heath

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2022–2023 academic year. These awards include: the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award; the James A. Burns, C.S.C, Awards; the Dick and Peggy Notebaert Award; the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards; and the Social Justice Award. The award winners will be formally recognized for their achievements at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony to be held at Notre Dame Stadium on May 20.

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John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

Provost John McGreevy to deliver Graduate School Commencement address

Author: Erin Blasko

John McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver the keynote address during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony.

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Theology professor Jean Porter, inaugural Graduate Student Mentorship Award winner, takes positive, personal approach to transforming students into scholars

Author: Marilyn Odendahl

Jean Porter finds it difficult to describe her approach to mentoring graduate students, because it changes with each and every one. As a mentor, the John A. O’Brien Professor of Theology has been described as providing candid and clarifying advice while also offering patience, support, and generosity. She has guided and encouraged 28 doctoral students as they finished their dissertations, then written recommendation letters for them and given further advice as they launched their own careers.  “It’s just about forming a personal relationship with the student,” Porter said. “In my experience, there’s no substitute for that.” In recognition of the time and attention she has dedicated to her students, helping them grow intellectually and find their scholarly voices, Porter has been selected as the inaugural winner of the College of Arts & Letters Graduate Student Mentorship Award.

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New NSF REU site at Notre Dame offers summer 2023 opportunities in soft materials research

Author: NDnano Staff

The NSF-funded Soft Materials for Applications in Sustainability and Healthcare Engineering (SMASH Engineering) REU site at the University of Notre Dame will provide an immersive, full-time research experience for undergraduate students beginning the summer of 2023.

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Alyssa La Bella, Arthur J. Schmitt Leadership Fellow and second-year doctoral student in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Graduate student's research contributes to discovery of mechanisms that may cause catheter-associated fungal infections

Author: DeSantis, Dana

A team of Notre Dame scientists, including graduate student and Schmitt Fellow Alyssa La Bella, have discovered the mechanisms by which the fungal pathogen Candida albicans may form infections on urinary catheters.

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Michael Hildreth, professor of physics and astronomy, vice president, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, effective July 1.

Physicist Michael Hildreth appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of Notre Dame’s Graduate School

Author: Dennis Brown

Michael Hildreth, professor of physics and astronomy and senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School effective July 1.

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Georgina Curto Rex, Ph.D., is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the ND Technology Ethics Center.

Tech Ethics Center postdoc named visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Kavli Center

Author: Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center

Georgina Curto Rex, a postdoctoral fellow at the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC) who specializes in applied AI, has been appointed as a visiting scholar at the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public at the University of California, Berkeley.

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The Graduate School held its opening reception for the annual Solarium Art Show, FREQUENCIES, on March 8, 2023.

Art studio and design MFAs open their work to campus in Graduate School’s annual Solarium Art Show

Author: Eric Heath

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students in the University’s studio art and design programs unveiled their latest work to the campus community on March 8 at the opening reception of this year’s Solarium Art Show in Bond Hall. An annual collaboration between the Graduate School and the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, this year’s exhibition — titled FREQUENCIES, in a nod to the “vibrational energy” of this year’s pieces — featured nine students across a variety of visual disciplines

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