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39 posts tagged "research"

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Notre Dame professor’s research forecasts COVID-19 cases

Alysa Guffey | Monday, November 9, 2020

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has published forecasts for the number of coronavirus cases and deaths for the upcoming weeks. Notre Dame professor Zifeng Zhao has also been working on predicting the numbers of the virus two weeks into the future. Zhao, who works on the analytics team

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Notre Dame researchers find certain brain cells promote metastasis in breast cancer patients

Adriana Perez | Thursday, November 5, 2020

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month drew to a close, the journal “Cell” published research spearheaded by Notre Dame scientists outlining new ways to think about breast cancer metastasis to the brain and its treatment. The researchers found that a certain type of myeloid cells, located in the brain, can suppress this organ’s immune response and

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Science professor named recipient of NIH New Innovator Award for cancer research

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

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Engineering professor develops infrared light detectors to study sun

Izzi Barrera | Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Despite it being the most important star in the galaxy, the astronomy community still has a lot to learn about the sun. As a complex ball of gas and plasma, it proves enigmatic. However, with discoveries made by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Notre Dame with funding from NASA, the world may reach a

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Students, patients, clinicians gather to raise rare disease awareness

Cate Von Dohlen | Monday, March 2, 2020

This weekend at the Morris Inn, the Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare & Neglected Diseases hosted the 11th annual conference on advancing rare disease research, therapy and patient advocacy. The event aligned with the global World Rare Disease Day and was chosen to fall on Feb. 29 in order raise awareness for people living with rare

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A decade of data: Notre Dame’s 2010s by the numbers

Kelli Smith, Natalie Weber, Mary Bernard and Mary Steurer | Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Notre Dame has seen a number of substantial changes over the last 10 years. Increases in tuition, applications for admission and research spending have impacted the University just as dramatically as other schools around the nation, while other numbers have stayed fairly consistent since the start of the decade. Here is a look at how

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SMC receives grant from National Science Foundation

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

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First, do no harm

Ellie Dombrowski | Thursday, March 7, 2019

Stuart Little, The Rats of Nimh, Charlotte’s Web. Penicillin, meningitis vaccines, antibody therapy. These are sides of a spectrum I could not reconcile. If you are like I was, these two lists first appear unrelated. Much to my dismay, rats have been instrumental in the development of medicine. I learned this when I applied to

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Response to ‘The men of ND request a porn filter’

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 25, 2018

I completely agree with “the men of Notre Dame” about the dangers of pornography. But I cannot sign their petition, because imposing the campus-wide filter they propose would cause more problems than it would solve. First, there is the problem of defining when something is pornographic, the issue the Supreme Court wrestled with in Jacobellis

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Professor shares advice on seeking success, balance

Claire Rafford | Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Professor Maria McKenna, an education and Africana studies professor at Notre Dame, delivered the fourth Sorin Scholars lecture this academic year Tuesday evening. Her talk, titled “(In)congruence in Life and Learning,” gave advice to college students about success in higher education and how to find opportunities to engage in research that is fulfilling and interesting

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