| By: | William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding |
| Date: | August 29, 2008 |
Robert M. Dunn, most recently the director of the Integrated Engineering and Business Practices Program in the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering, has been named the managing director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) and the recently established Midwest Institute of Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND).
| By: | Gail Hinchion Mancini | ||||
| Date: | August 11, 2008 |
Some academic experiences are built from moments and memories.
Tracy Kijewski-Correa remembers being at her home in downtown South Bend on Dec. 26, 2004, when the television began broadcasting news of a tsunami that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, killing more than 225,000.
“I just felt sick to my stomach,” says Kijewski-Correa, Rooney Family Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. “We’ve all seen the damage Katrina caused, and how long rebuilding is taking. Imagine, then, the effects of a tsunami on a village where the homes are simple shacks and family members are having breakfast when a tsunami strikes with no warning.”
| By: | William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding |
| Date: | July 30, 2008 |
In support of its mission to pursue the development of abundant and inexpensive energy sources that do not harm the environment, the University of Notre Dame’s Energy Center has announced that three projects pursuing novel concepts in clean energy will be supported through the center’s new Seed Fund program.
According to Joan F. Brennecke, center director and Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the Seed Fund program sponsors early-stage research related to energy production, delivery and use.
“The challenge for us all is to find solutions to energy that are clean, economically feasible and renewable for the long term,” Brennecke said. “The Energy Center, and these seed fund projects, actively address that challenge.”
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| By: | Julie Hail Flory and William G. Schmitt |
| Date: | April 29, 2008 |
The University Libraries of Notre Dame have been renamed the Hesburgh Libraries, in honor of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University.
“Renaming the entire University Libraries system after Father Ted is an appropriate way to honor the depth and breadth of his vision for interdisciplinary excellence at Notre Dame,” said Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., the University’s president. “Now, the ‘Hesburgh Libraries’ include not only the monument to learning called the Hesburgh Library, but also the various subject-specific libraries that bring world-class resources and expertise to faculty and students all around campus.”
The University’s principal, 14-story library was designed and constructed under Father Hesburgh’s leadership in the 1960s and has borne his name since his retirement in 1987. His name now also will apply to the other 10 libraries within the campus system, which, along with the main facility, contain a total of nearly 3 million volumes, more than 5,850 electronic titles, more than 3 million microform units and 25,200 audio-visual items. The libraries subscribe to approximately 12,100 serials and are managed by a faculty of 50 and a staff of 145.
Of the new Hesburgh Libraries, Father Jenkins also said: “They, like Hesburgh the priest, will help us to educate minds and hearts with a great sense of community that bridges past, present and future.”
Considered one of the most influential figures in higher education in the 20th century, Father Hesburgh, now 90 years old, led the University from 1952 to 1987. Among his many honors, his public service career was recognized in 2000 when he became the first person from higher education to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He also received the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
By: William Gilroy
Date: April 22, 2008
On the surface, high performance computing and greenhouses appear to have little in common. But the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing and the City of South Bend have wedded them in a marriage that is environmentally friendly, economically beneficial and worthy of celebration on Earth Day.
The center, established in 2005, supports the research agenda of the University by making available managed computing assets and staff with expertise in the application of these resources to multidisciplinary research interests.
South Bend’s Potowatomi Greenhouses have provided area residents with year-round access to flowers and plants since the 1920s. In 1973, the Arizona Desert Dome was built at the greenhouses to serve as the home of a botanical collection donated by Rev. Joseph Sarto McGrath, C.S.C. The late Father McGrath was a Notre Dame chemist, summer school dean and rector at Fisher Hall, whose hobby was visiting Arizona to obtain many different types of cacti.
South Bend Tribune April 14, 2008
Staff writer Margaret Fosmoe
University lead partner in new Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures.
Business, government and educational leaders in late March announced big news: establishment of the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures (MANA).
It's a new research consortium and the University of Notre Dame, which is already involved in extensive nanotechnology research, is the lead partner. The group's mission is to discover and develop the next nanoscale logic device, the basic building block of smaller, faster computers of the future.
The partnership is expected to bring more federal money to Midwestern universities and potentially bring well-paying, high-technology jobs to South Bend and the region.
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