May 2005
Building peace, chapter by chapter, in Tajikistan
By: Julie Titone
Tajikistan is a difficult laboratory for a nationwide experiment in peace education. It is isolated, extremely poor, divided by mountains into contentious regions, and struggling with the lingering effects of Soviet domination. >
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Research team achieves “spintronics” breakthrough
By: William G. Gilroy
An important breakthrough in the emerging scientific field of “spintronics” was reported this week by University of Notre Dame physicist Boldizsár Jankó and his research team from the Joint Institute for Theoretical Sciences of Notre Dame and Argonne National Laboratoires. >
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United’s pension default shows need for multi-employer plan
By: Shannon Chapla
United Airlines’ court victory recently, will allow the embattled company to dump its four pension plans, smoothing the path toward an exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy later this year. >
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New study examines timing of human actions
By: William G. Gilroy
A new study by Albert-László Barabási, Emil T. Hofman Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, offers new insights into the timing of human actions. >
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Pollard’s meaningful work is in fifth decade
By: William Gilroy
“Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did,” the late publisher Malcolm Forbes once observed. >
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