Rampant misclassifications make bond mutual funds appear far less risky, significantly impacting investors, study shows

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.
13-Nov-2019 10:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

Notre Dame Stories: Of Analytics and Art

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.
8-Nov-2019 10:10 AM EST Add to Favorites

Believing in climate change doesn’t mean you are preparing for climate change, study finds

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.
8-Oct-2019 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers land funding to help launch diabetic ulcer drug over ‘Valley of Death’

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.
7-Oct-2019 11:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers discover critical process for how breast cancer spreads in bones

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.
7-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Biology professor receives NIH New Innovator Award to study the nervous system

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.
2-Oct-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Notre Dame Stories: Food and Thought

A look at ideas that are addressing major food-related problems: A potential breakthrough on peanut allergies.
27-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientists tackle potential drug resistance by using new single-cell genetic method

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.
25-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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