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Francis Castellino Receives 2020 ISTH Esteemed Career Award
Francis J. Castellino, Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Esteemed Career Award. This prestigious award is given to those who “have made significant contributions to the understanding, treatment and diagnosis, research and education in the thrombosis and hemostasis field.” Five recipients are selected annually.
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Gezelter named College of Science associate dean of undergraduate studies
Dan Gezelter, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named associate dean for undergraduate studies for the University of Notre Dame College of Science, effective July 1, 2020.
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Common cholesterol drugs could slow spread of breast cancer to brain
A new study from the University of Notre Dame shows drugs used to treat high cholesterol could interfere with the way breast cancer cells adapt to the microenvironment in the brain, preventing the cancer from taking hold. Patients with breast cancer who experience this type of metastasis typically survive for only months after the diagnosis.
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Understand and Fight: Notre Dame researchers and the COVID-19 pandemic
The hero in Mary Shelley’s “The Last Man,” her second sweeping political science fiction after “Frankenstein,” is left alone in Rome, in a post-apocalyptic world. A global plague apparently took the lives of everyone else, yet he discerns a duty to forge ahead, no matter what.
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Mary Galvin: It is more meaningful to ask what we can do to end intolerance
Mary E. Galvin, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science, addressed the issue of inequality with the students, faculty, and staff of the college:
Like many of you, I am deeply saddened by the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and by this vivid…
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Steven Corcelli Receives 2020 Thomas P. Madden Award
Steven Corcelli, Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and Faculty Development, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Thomas P. Madden Award. This award honors the faculty member who contributed the most to the teaching of first-year students.
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Daniel Gezelter Receives 2020 Shilts/Leonard Teaching Award
J. Daniel Gezelter, professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is the 2020 recipient of the Father James L. Shilts, C.S.C./Doris and Gene Leonard Teaching Award. This award, given by the Notre Dame College of Science, recognizes excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Notre Dame to begin fall semester on campus the week of Aug. 10
The University of Notre Dame will welcome students back to campus for the 2020-21 fall semester the week of Aug. 10, two weeks earlier than originally scheduled, and will forgo fall break in October and end the semester before Thanksgiving.
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Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics announces new funding opportunity to combat COVID-19
Faculty are encouraged to apply for a new, competitive funding opportunity to support research into diagnostics or therapeutics for SAR-CoV-2 as well as other concerns related to COVID-19.
Faculty awards honor undergraduate teaching and advising
Twenty University of Notre Dame faculty members have received Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, and three have been honored with Dockweiler Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.
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Chemistry professors innovate new ways to perform labs during e-learning
"One of the great things about being at Notre Dame is seeing how our students and faculty have stepped up to the challenges posed by COVID-19,” said J. Dan Gezelter, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
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Friday Week: A Letter to the Faculty
Father John Jenkins, Provost Tom Burish, and Provost-Elect Marie Lynn Miranda wrote to the faculty this week to describe the underlying principles that govern the University’s thinking toward the return of in-person classes, the opening of laboratories, and other measures.
Dean Carlson: letter to graduate students on resolved issues
Science fair moves to new location, fosters same love of learning
On February 29th, over 200 students from 46 area elementary, middle, and high schools participated in the 2020 Northern Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NIRSEF) at Notre Dame, which fostered curiosity and empirical thinking in young scientists of all ages.
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Former Dean Castellino celebrates 50 years at the University of Notre Dame
Castellino, who has no immediate plans for retirement, remembers highlights from his research, teaching, and University culture during the past 50 years.
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Notre Dame commencement to be held online; on-campus celebration scheduled for spring 2021
In a letter today to the Class of 2020, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced that the University Commencement Ceremony on May 17 will be held online rather than in Notre Dame Stadium.
Research in Hibernation
Except for coronavirus-related work, Notre Dame suspends lab operations, altering the academic and career landscape for graduate students and postdocs. Full story here.
Researchers explore potential of highly sensitive point-of-care tests for novel coronavirus detection
Hsueh-Chia Chang, the Bayer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, said technology his lab developed for other uses could easily be extended to apply to testing for the coronavirus.