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iCeNSA network opens flow of ideas, collaboration

iCeNSA is a connector and a hub whose interdisciplinary work and faculty affiliates span computing, science, engineering, mathematics, social science and humanities. Nitesh Chawla of computer science and engineering is director of the center, with co-directors Michael Ferdig of biological sciences, David Hachen of sociology and Zoltán Toroczkai of physics....

iCeNSA network opens flow of ideas, collaboration

iCeNSA is a connector and a hub whose interdisciplinary work and faculty affiliates span computing, science, engineering, mathematics, social science and humanities. Nitesh Chawla of computer science and engineering is director of the center, with co-directors Michael Ferdig of biological sciences, David Hachen of sociology and Zoltán Toroczkai of physics....

Fish barrier vs. carp DNA: What to believe?

This piece is the third of the three-part series "Deep Trouble - A High-Tech Hunt for Asian Carp," by Dan Egan, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This story draws from research compiled since 2006. It involved more than 100 interviews and is based on a review of thousands of pages of documents,...

Fish barrier vs. carp DNA: What to believe?

This piece is the third of the three-part series "Deep Trouble - A High-Tech Hunt for Asian Carp," by Dan Egan, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This story draws from research compiled since 2006. It involved more than 100 interviews and is based on a review of thousands of pages of documents,...

Chicago River becomes battleground test lab

This piece is the first of the three-part series "Deep Trouble - A High-Tech Hunt for Asian Carp," by Dan Egan, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This story draws from research compiled since 2006. It involved more than 100 interviews and is based on a review of thousands of pages of documents,...

Chicago River becomes battleground test lab

This piece is the first of the three-part series "Deep Trouble - A High-Tech Hunt for Asian Carp," by Dan Egan, reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This story draws from research compiled since 2006. It involved more than 100 interviews and is based on a review of thousands of pages of documents,...

Asian carp DNA proof confirms 'worst fears'

Under the protective gaze of Touchdown Jesus, scientists inside the Life Sciences Center here on the Notre Dame campus were examining water samples from Lake Erie last week, hoping they would never find what they were looking for -- evidence of Asian carp DNA. Then that troubling moment arrived, when...

Asian carp DNA proof confirms 'worst fears'

Under the protective gaze of Touchdown Jesus, scientists inside the Life Sciences Center here on the Notre Dame campus were examining water samples from Lake Erie last week, hoping they would never find what they were looking for -- evidence of Asian carp DNA. Then that troubling moment arrived, when...

Asian carp DNA found in Lake Erie

Genetic material from Asian carp has been discovered in Lake Erie water samples collected nearly a year ago, officials said Friday. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame, Central Michigan University and the Nature Conservancy detected DNA from the invasive fish this week when examining more than 400 samples taken...

Asian carp DNA found in Lake Erie

Genetic material from Asian carp has been discovered in Lake Erie water samples collected nearly a year ago, officials said Friday. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame, Central Michigan University and the Nature Conservancy detected DNA from the invasive fish this week when examining more than 400 samples taken...

Notre Dame breaking ground on environmental center

The University of Notre Dame is breaking ground on a $1 million environmental research center at a northern Indiana park. The university is leasing 28 acres at St. Patrick's Park in St. Joseph County for a field-based environmental research facility. It will allow Notre Dame scientists, student researchers, visiting scholars...

Author: WNDU

Notre Dame breaking ground on environmental center

The University of Notre Dame is breaking ground on a $1 million environmental research center at a northern Indiana park. The university is leasing 28 acres at St. Patrick's Park in St. Joseph County for a field-based environmental research facility. It will allow Notre Dame scientists, student researchers, visiting scholars...

Author: WNDU

Notre Dame breaks ground on waterways research center

University of Notre Dame officials said Friday a $1 million research center to be built in a county park will help researchers find ways to minimize the impacts humans have on the environment. The university held a ground breaking ceremony for the center to be built in St. Patrick's Park...

Notre Dame breaks ground on waterways research center

University of Notre Dame officials said Friday a $1 million research center to be built in a county park will help researchers find ways to minimize the impacts humans have on the environment. The university held a ground breaking ceremony for the center to be built in St. Patrick's Park...

Groundbreaking for ND-LEEF set for June 15

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND LEEF) will take place Friday (June 15) at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick’s County Park on Laurel Road. The new research facility is a partnership between the University of Notre Dame and St. Joseph County Parks. Its goal...

Groundbreaking for ND-LEEF set for June 15

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND LEEF) will take place Friday (June 15) at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick’s County Park on Laurel Road. The new research facility is a partnership between the University of Notre Dame and St. Joseph County Parks. Its goal...

What baboons can teach us about social status

A new study by University of Notre Dame biologist Beth Archie and colleagues from Princeton and Duke Universities finds that high-ranking male baboons recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males.

What baboons can teach us about social status

A new study by University of Notre Dame biologist Beth Archie and colleagues from Princeton and Duke Universities finds that high-ranking male baboons recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males.