January 2006
Engineering professor had it right - unfortunately
By: William G. Gilroy
Joannes Westerink wishes he had been wrong after all. >
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ILS makes impact in Chicago and beyond
By: Shannon Chapla
The Latino population is the fastest growing group of people in the Chicago area and the lead driver for jobs and housing with $20 billion in household revenue and 38 percent of total growth among homeowners. In the past 35 years, more than 1.3 million Latinos have moved to the region, accounting for 96 percent of the total population growth. >
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Brain-Based Leading
By: Elizabeth Station
Some years ago, a prominent politician delighted “C” students at Yale with the assertion that “you, too, can be President of the United States.” He wasn’t the first to suggest that traditional measures of intelligence don’t always predict leadership success. > Read the Full Article
Professor publishes book on politics, technology, causes of war
By: Shannon Chapla
Keir A. Lieber, assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, examines technological change as a cause of conflict in a new book published this month by Cornell University Press. >
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Notre Dame and Purdue to create supercomputing grid
By: Amy Page Christiansen and William G. Gilroy
The new year will usher in a new era for supercomputing at Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame. >
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Notre Dame Energy Center established
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
The University of Notre Dame has established the Notre Dame Energy Center, an initiative that unites researchers devoted to developing new energy technologies to meet a compelling national and international challenge. >
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Raising the Ad-Savvy Child
By: Mary Hamann and Elizabeth Station
Your ten-year-old admires pop stars like Beyoncé and Britney Spears, but you think she’s too young to wear faux leopard skin, crop tops and miniskirts. You head for the mall to help her with back-to-school shopping and what do you find in the stores? Faux leopard skin, crop tops and mini-skirts, sizes 6 and up... >
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Notre Dame Center for Research Computing Established
By: William G. Gilroy
The University of Notre Dame’s Office of Information Technologies (OIT) and Office of Research have established a Center for Research Computing (CRC). >
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