Notre Dame partners with 11 universities to address national semiconductor shortage

The University of Notre Dame has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the Midwest Regional Network to Address National Needs in Semiconductor and Microelectronics.
4-Aug-2022 2:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Lymphatics Help ‘Seed’ Early Brain Cells in Zebrafish

A recent paper in Nature Neuroscience by University of Notre Dame biologist Cody J. Smith demonstrated how lymphatics — which remove waste from the rest of the body — are also associated with microglia and brain development in zebrafish.
19-Jul-2022 1:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Chloe Gibbs to serve on Council of Economic Advisers

Chloe Gibbs, assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to a one-year term as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).
18-Jul-2022 2:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Nanoparticle ‘Backpacks’ Restore Damaged Stem Cells

Bioengineers at the University of Notre Dame have shown that a new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again.
7-Jul-2022 10:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

First Multigenerational Study of Head Start Shows Significant Gains for Second Generation

When assessing the children of the first generation of Head Start participants, Notre Dame researcher Chloe Gibbs, saw decreases in teen parenthood and criminal engagement and increases in educational attainment, which correspond to an estimated 6...
21-Jun-2022 11:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Multi-Decade Research Links Fathers’ Testosterone Production to Their Adolescent Experiences with Their Own Fathers

Notre Dame's Lee Gettler and his collaborators have drawn on data collected over more than 30 years from almost 1,000 men in the Philippines to help shed light on the importance of adolescence and father-son experiences to sons’ adult testosterone...
31-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Follow the science? Consumers aren’t always impressed with scientifically developed products, study shows

Sometimes consumers like products created with science and other times they do not, and new research from the University of Notre Dame shows that it all depends on what the marketer is trying to sell: sensory pleasure or practicality.
9-May-2022 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance

The Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame has launched the Central America Research Alliance (CARA): a network focused on delivering evidence-based advocacy by amplifying the work of Central American scholars and...
3-May-2022 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites