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Conference to investigate climate investing

Alex Cao | Monday, September 28, 2015

On Tuesday, the Mendoza College of Business will host various companies and speakers at McKenna Hall for a conference titled, “Climate Investing: Transition to a Low-Carbon World.” Leo Burke, director of the Global Commons Initiative at Mendoza and director of the conference, said he hopes to discuss the investing opportunities in greener technologies and the impact those

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ND experts offer insight into Greek economic situation

Alex Cao | Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Last night, the University’s Nanovic Institute of European Studies organized a panel at the Hesburgh Center Auditorium titled “The Greek Crisis and the Future of Europe,” which presented information about the economic crisis in Greece.  The panel consisted of professor of economics Rüdiger Bachmann from Notre Dame, professor of political science George Tsebelis from Michigan, Dr.

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Student starts Spoon University chapter at Notre Dame

Alex Cao | Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Notre Dame is now home to a chapter of Spoon University, an online magazine for food recipes, restaurant recommendations and more. “At Spoon ND, our goal is to put out super fun and informative content that will change the way college students think about food,” Kristin Brennan, the site’s editor-in-chief, said. “We cover everything from

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Jenkins, Thesing and DeLee reflect on religious life, vows

Alex Cao | Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Last night at Legends of Notre Dame, University President Fr. John Jenkins sat on a panel with Mendoza College of Business Director of Finance and Administration Fr. Mark Thesing and Sister Lois DeLee, held in celebration of the “Year of the Consecrated Life.” Thesing, Jenkins and DeLee talked about their different experiences in adopting the consecrated

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Cavadini discusses eating disorders

Alex Cao | Friday, February 27, 2015

Wednesday night in Ryan Hall, Dr. Katie Cavadini, assistant chair to the department of theology at Notre Dame, drew on her personal experiences with anorexia and talked with students about eating disorders and the role faith can play in healing victims in an event titled “Created in God’s Image: Faith and Friendship’s Role in an Eating

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Team discovers new MRSA treatment

Alex Cao | Thursday, February 19, 2015

A team of researches led by Professor Shahriar Mobashery and Mayland Chang developed an antibiotic to combat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a strain of a certain species of bacteria that is resistant to a considerable number of conventional modern antibiotics. “MRSA is a multi-drug resistant version of a very common bacterium called staph aureus,”

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Global initiative chair explains mission

Alex Cao | Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Tim Phillips, chair and co-founder of the global initiative Beyond Conflict, spoke about his experience working with leaders around the world for over two decades in the Eck Hall of Law Tuesday evening. Beyond Conflict began in 1992 to facilitate discourse between societies divided in conflict, focusing on the human element of conflict and the experiences of other leaders transitioning to

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Junior faculty win National Science Foundation, Army Research Office awards

Alex Cao | Friday, January 23, 2015

A record number of eight junior faculty from the University of Notre Dame won Early Career Awards (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and two faculty members won the Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the Army Research Office, according to a University press release. According to the NSF’s website, the organization provides approximately

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English professor examine La Santa Muerte folk figure

Alex Cao | Friday, January 16, 2015

Professor Desiree Martin, an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Davis, spoke Thursday in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium about the growing following of La Santa Muerte, a skeletal Central American folk figure whose name translates to Saint Death, in a talk called “Borderlands Saints: Reflections on Secular Sanctity and La Santa Muerta.” “It [the

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Sociologist analyzes KKK impact on modern politics

Alex Cao | Thursday, December 4, 2014

Professor Rory McVeigh, chair of sociology at Notre Dame, co-authored an upcoming article to be published in the American Sociological Review with professors David Cunningham from Brandeis University and Justin Farrell from Yale University. The article, titled, “Political Polarization as a Social Movement Outcome: 1960s Klan Activism and its Enduring Impact on Political Realignment in

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