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Angela Abarca, Hanfeng Zhang, and Bingxin Yang

Materials science and engineering Ph.D. students present their research on materials for water treatment, machine learning, and gas sensing

Author: NDnano Staff

Three students pursuing the doctorate in materials science and engineering (MSE) at Notre Dame were the featured speakers at the program’s first two community-building events of the spring semester. Angela Abarca and Hanfeng Zhang were presenters at the January meeting, while Bingxin Yang presented at the February meeting.

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Ijeoma Nwaogu, Ph.D., spoke on the topic of overcoming imposter anxiety, commonly known as "imposter syndrome".

Confronting imposter anxiety: Graduate School hosts renowned author and speaker Dr. Ijeoma Nwaogu

Author: Julaine Zenkleberger

On February 1st in Washington Hall, the Graduate School — in conjunction with Graduate Student Life, the Association for Women in Science, and Graduate Student Government —  hosted the first of two events given by renowned speaker and coach, Ijeoma Nwaogu, Ph.D. Dr. Nwaogu uses her work to give practical and approachable advice to help people move beyond the pervasive problem of “imposter syndrome” and achieve their own personal, academic, and professional goals. 

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Researchers in the field at the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC), part of Notre Dame Research (NDR).

University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center announces new cohort of graduate research fellows

Author: Bella Laufenberg

A new cohort of students will get the chance to participate in Graduate Fellowships at the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) this summer. UNDERC, part of Notre Dame Research (NDR), has announced the names of six graduate students who will conduct research at its field research station, which crosses the boundaries of Michigan’s upper peninsula and Wisconsin. There, the fellows will collect data connected to their research interests and to ongoing projects in on-campus labs.

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roboMUA Co-founders Emmanuel Acheampong '21 M.S. (left) and Rofy Okyere-Forson '22 M.S.

Beauty industry disruption: ESTEEM graduates revolutionize with cutting-edge AI tools

Author: Notre Dame ESTEEM

Emmanuel Acheampong '21 M.S. ‘21 and Rofy Okyere-Forson '22 M.S., are working to revolutionize the beauty industry with AI-powered tools geared towards matching beauty and skincare products to all skin shades. The pair are co-founders of roboMUA, a cutting-edge…

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Left to right: Isaac Angera, voted People's Choice winner; Mariama S. Dampha, second-place winner; and Alex Boomgarden, first-place winner of the 2023 Shaheen 3MT Competition (3MT®).

Alex Boomgarden wins 2023 Notre Dame Graduate School Shaheen 3MT®

Author: Eric Heath

Alex Boomgarden, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Biological Sciences, won the University of Notre Dame’s 2023 Shaheen Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) on Wednesday, March 1. The event — jointly sponsored by the Graduate School, the Meruelo Family Center for Career Development, and Graduate Student Government — was held on the stage of the Jordan Auditorium in the Mendoza College of Business.

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Walk the Walk Lightning Talks program, 2023: "Research That Matters: Scholarship Advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion"

Graduate student DEI research gets a spotlight in Graduate School's Walk the Walk Week event

Author: Julaine Zenkleberger

During Notre Dame’s eighth annual Walk the Walk Week in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Graduate Student Life, in collaboration with the Graduate School, hosted a series of lightning talks featuring nine graduate students — across six different disciplines — whose research centers around topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The lightning talks were hosted at the Graduate School’s home of Bond Hall and highlighted the groundbreaking research of ND graduate students that is — whether directly or indirectly — advancing the goals and dreams set forth by Dr. King.

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Previous winner Monica Arul Jayachandran competes in the 2020 Three Minute Thesis competition. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame.

Graduate students to present research, compete for prize money in annual Shaheen Three Minute Thesis competition

Author: Erin Blasko

Nine University of Notre Dame graduate students will compete for $4,500 in prize money during the annual Shaheen Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at 5 p.m. Wednesday (March 1) in Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business on campus. The event is open to the public.

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Call for applications: 5-Day PhD course on international mediation: Theory, cases and skills

Author: Lisa Gallagher

Applications are now open for the annual 5-day PhD course on international mediation, hosted by the Research School on Peace and Conflict in Norway in partnership with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Kroc…

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Political scientist and graduate student's research finds voter ID laws mobilize voters in both parties, rather than sway election results

Author: Tracy DeStazio

In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jeffrey Harden, the Andrew J. McKenna Family Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and concurrent associate professor in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, and Alejandra Campos, a third-year graduate student in the political science doctorate program, found that voter ID requirements motivated supporters of both parties equally to comply and participate, but had little overall effect on the actual outcomes of the elections.

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