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Released: 6-Jan-2020 3:20 PM EST
New study unravels the complexity of childhood obesity
University of Notre Dame

In a new study led by the University of Notre Dame, researchers examined how various psychological characteristics of children struggling with their weight, such as loneliness, anxiety and shyness, combined with similar characteristics of their parents or guardians and family dynamics affect outcomes of nutritional intervention.

   
Released: 18-Dec-2019 10:45 AM EST
Air Travel Reduces Local Investment Bias, Benefits Investors and Firms, Study Shows
University of Notre Dame

Easy access to air travel has not only flattened the world, it also has flattened the bias toward investing locally, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame.

Released: 20-Nov-2019 1:35 PM EST
Can Ethics Be Taught? Study Offers First Large-Sample Evidence of the Effect of Ethics Training on Financial Sector Behavior
University of Notre Dame

New research from Notre Dame offers the first large-sample study on how rules and ethics training affects behavior and employment decisions in the financial sector.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 4:10 PM EST
Strength in numbers: Crowdsourcing challenge seeks new methods to combat drug-resistant malaria
University of Notre Dame

A team of researchers at Notre Dame put out a call to the masses, enlisting researchers, data scientists and health professionals to analyze genomic data from emerging drug-resistant malaria parasites and gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of resistance.

Released: 18-Nov-2019 9:00 AM EST
Liberal or Conservative? CEOs’ Political Leanings Skew Firms’ Logic in Structuring Initial Pay Packages, Study Shows
University of Notre Dame

Newly appointed, conservative CEOs who are naturally more risk averse receive less performance-based pay than those who are more willing to take risks, and more liberal CEOs get more performance-based pay, according to research from Notre Dame's Timothy Hubbard.

Released: 13-Nov-2019 10:30 AM EST
Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows
University of Notre Dame

Some mutual fund managers appear to be overestimating the safety of their holdings, resulting in misclassifications by Morningstar that have a significant impact on investors, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame.

Released: 8-Nov-2019 10:10 AM EST
Notre Dame Stories: Of Analytics and Art
University of Notre Dame

In this episode we meet a business student who is helping the NBA understand a new rule change... And, one of the most iconic landmarks on campus gets an upgrade.

Released: 8-Oct-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Believing in climate change doesn’t mean you are preparing for climate change, study finds
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame researchers found that although coastal homeowners may perceive a worsening of climate change-related hazards, these attitudes are largely unrelated to a homeowner’s expectations of actual home damage.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 11:40 AM EDT
Researchers land funding to help launch diabetic ulcer drug over ‘Valley of Death’
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame's $4.6 million award from the Department of Defense will help fund the expensive studies required before the compound can be given approval by the FDA to be tested on people.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers discover critical process for how breast cancer spreads in bones
University of Notre Dame

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have identified a pair of proteins believed to be critical for spreading, or metastasizing, breast cancer to bone.

Released: 2-Oct-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Biology professor receives NIH New Innovator Award to study the nervous system
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame's Cody Smith has been granted a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award that will allow him to perform bold research that has the potential to impact a broad area of science.

Released: 27-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Notre Dame Stories: Food and Thought
University of Notre Dame

A look at ideas that are addressing major food-related problems: A potential breakthrough on peanut allergies.

Released: 25-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Scientists tackle potential drug resistance by using new single-cell genetic method
University of Notre Dame

Using a new technique that can identify genetic profiles of individual cells, University of Notre Dame researchers modeled a breast cancer tumor’s potential resistance to a drug, and then identified a drug combination that reversed that resistance.

Released: 10-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Government housing voucher program effectively reduces homeless veteran population, study shows
University of Notre Dame

Research led by Notre Dame's William Evans confirms that for every HUD-VASH voucher distributed, one fewer veteran is living on the streets.

   
Released: 10-Sep-2019 8:05 AM EDT
iLocater achieves first light, giving scientists clearer picture of nearby planets
University of Notre Dame

After successfully achieving “first light,” capturing a beam of starlight filtered through the telescope’s adaptive optics system, the team discovered what was thought to be a singular star was actually a previously unidentified binary star system.

Released: 6-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Notre Dame Stories: Unexpected Guides
University of Notre Dame

What your social circle can tell you about your health, and what centuries-old travel guides can tell us about a city.

   
Released: 29-Aug-2019 10:00 AM EDT
Study provides insight into spatial repellents as method to reduce infection of vector-borne diseases, encourages additional research
University of Notre Dame

According to researchers at the University of Notre Dame, data from a clinical trial in Indonesia designed to evaluate the impact of a spatial repellent on reducing malaria infections showed promising results.

Released: 28-Aug-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Humility is a double-edged sword for some leaders, study shows
University of Notre Dame

New research from the University of Notre Dame counters the theory that humble leaders are the best leaders, and in fact finds that those who display humility are viewed as less competent, independent and influential.

Released: 27-Aug-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers to create quick, low-cost cancer diagnostic
University of Notre Dame

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received $2.9 million to develop a new diagnostic platform that could diagnose cancer in as little as three hours by using only one or two drops of blood.

Released: 27-Aug-2019 8:45 AM EDT
Notre Dame philosopher appointed to Vatican academy on St. Thomas Aquinas
University of Notre Dame

Therese Cory is one of 50 total members and one of two women — the third in the academy’s history — to be so honored.

Released: 26-Aug-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Greek temple ruins suggest lifting machines in use 1.5 centuries earlier than previously believed
University of Notre Dame

New research from the University of Notre Dame adds nuance to the broadly accepted view that the crane was not in use until 515 B.C. by demonstrating how forerunners to the machine were experimented with as early as 700-650 B.C.   

Released: 7-Aug-2019 3:05 PM EDT
Dirty laundry: Over-sensationalized scandal can actually be a job saver for strong performing leaders
University of Notre Dame

A new study from the University of Notre Dame introduces the role of the “severity gap,” showing that when media or public perceptions of a scandal outpace its actual severity, strong-performing leaders are more likely to keep their jobs.

Released: 5-Aug-2019 2:25 PM EDT
2015 Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Damaged Other German Automakers’ Reputations and Profits, Study Shows
University of Notre Dame

Rüdiger Bachmann at the University of Notre Dame and his co-authors studied the scandal and found that the fallout from Volkswagen’s wrongdoing cost other German car makers billions of dollars in sales.

Released: 5-Aug-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Notre Dame Announces Significant Growth in Research Funding
University of Notre Dame

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have received $180.6 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019 — $100 million more than 10 years ago and a more than 27 percent increase from last year.

Released: 1-Aug-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Study finds mutual fund managers tap into their networks for info on insider trades, portfolios benefit
University of Notre Dame

New research from the University of Notre Dame found that these tracked insider trades can predict future firm returns, with the stocks bought by a fund manager after a tracked insider buy outperforming other firm purchases.



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