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Rose Androwich | Monday, May 1, 2023
Motels4Now, a low-barrier housing program created in 2020, received $1.5 million from the city of South Bend after months of uncertainty regarding funding. The city awarded $2.5 million from the American Rescue Plan to Motels4Now and other organizations. Jenny Wiertel, a Notre Dame master of divinity student and volunteer at Motels4Now, wrote about the importance of
Colleen Farrell | Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The Notre Dame office of pre-college programming has received a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc, a private charitable organization based in Indianapolis. The funding provided by this grant will go towards providing pre-college programming for teens from underserved high schools in Indiana. The Lilly Endowment has offered other grants in the tri-campus community, including
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Saint Mary’s will receive a five-year, $1 million grant to join the Kessler Scholars Collaborative, according to a press release from the College. The Kessler Scholars Collaborative is designed to help its network of colleges and universities provide direct financial support and cohort-based services to first-generation students. Founded in 2008 at the University of Michigan, the
Caroline Collins | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Spectrum refers to the radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over, and humans utilize these frequencies in all aspects of their daily lives: sending a text message, watching television or using the GPS in a car. Radiofrequency spectrum is a vital resource that is in high demand, and Notre Dame is a leading university in
Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The process of securing funds from Lilly Endowment Inc. started a year before pilot communities appeared in selected dorms during the spring 2021 semester. Christine Caron Gebhardt, associate vice president for student services, said she began developing a grant proposal in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus. Before she started working on the
Maggie Klaers | Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The National Health Institute (NIH) announced in October plans to give out nearly $251 million in grants over five years to 85 different scientists in their High-Risk, High Reward Research Program. Notre Dame’s Katharine White was on the list. White is an assistant professor of chemistry and biology at the University of Notre Dame, as
Show Some Skin | Thursday, April 25, 2019
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take our last column to thank everyone for the support Show Some Skin has been shown. This year’s show was wildly successful, and we continue to gain momentum as we strive to be a powerful force for change on this campus. For those reading
Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 5, 2019
Associate professor of psychological sciences Bettina Spencer received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with Notre Dame, the College announced in a press release email sent to the Saint Mary’s community Thursday. The grant will allow them to host a Research Experience for Undergraduates, and will allow students to gain experience in
Sophia Lauber | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Hundreds of murals cover the walls of homes businesses, schools, public buildings and train stops in the Pilsen neighborhood in the lower west side of Chicago. The murals depict the culture of the large Mexican population that blossomed in Pilsen in the 1960s and continues to live there today. However, visitors to the National Museum
Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, February 20, 2019
In pursuit of a better Saint Mary’s, two students — sophomore Addie Bobosky and junior Noel Keen — have become the face of the Truth Initiative grant on campus. According to its website, the Truth Initiative, a nonprofit that encourages institutions of higher learning to cut back on student tobacco, “offers grants of up to