University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1842 in Notre Dame, Indiana initially as an all male Roman Catholic institution. Today the University of Notre Dame has a student body of approximately 11,600 and is a Roman Catholic co-educational campus. Notable academics include, the Cushing Hall of Engineering. Mendoza College of Business and the School of Law. Notre Dame is also noted for work in nuclear physics. The Notre Dame Web site while dynamic in appearance, could be easier to navigate.
Address
317 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Web
Wikipedia link
News Office
jflory [at] nd [dot] edu
Phone
574- 631-7367
Fax
574- 631-4311
Contact
"University of Notre Dame" in the news:
Asian carp may have breached barrier protecting Lake Michigan
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Two feared species of Asian carp have zoomed beyond the $9 million electric barriers built to keep them out of Lake Michigan. Now, the only thing left between the carp and the Great Lakes is a lock and dam in southern Chicago.
Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water expands when it freezes. Anyone who has ever left a can of soda or bottle of water in the freezer too long has witnessed this first hand. So how do plants and animals survive severe ...
Hunting for Planets in the Dark
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find.
Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...
Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change
Nov 17, 2009 |
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As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.
New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
Nov 12, 2009 |
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A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...
15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings ...
Compound shows potential for slowing progression of ALS
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A chemical cousin of a drug currently used to treat sepsis dramatically slows the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, in mice. The results offer a bit of good news in ...
Warming, heat waves projected to grow worse with large regional variability
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While long-term projections call for higher temperatures and heat waves even more intense than previously thought, considerable geographic variability is also in the forecast, according to a study published ...
Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, published recently in the European journal Anthropology Today, states that although Darwin’s basic ideas still form t ...
New metabolic safeguards against tumor cells revealed
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cells don't like to be alone. In the early stages of tumor formation, a cell might be pushed out of its normal home environment due to excessive growth. But a cell normally responds to this ...
New study examines how cost affects decisions to marry
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Money can’t buy me love," the Beatles famously sang. And now a new paper by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey S. Buckles and colleagues suggests money, or more precisely the price of marriage, can ...
Switching schools affects student achievement, study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a kindergarten classroom of 20 students. By the time that class finishes fourth grade, only six students—30 percent—will have been continuously enrolled in the same school.
Study describes promising approach to treating cancer-related anorexia
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Research Center, and Marie C. Brenner, a Notre Dame graduate who is a student at Loyola University Medical School ...
