August 2006
New study offers insights into planetary formation
By: William G. Gilroy
Surprisingly, given the vast amount of information astrophysicists have uncovered about planets, the exact process by which they form remains a mystery. A new study by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame astrophysicists Terrence Rettig and Dinshaw Balsara may help solve that mystery. >
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Archeological dig offers new view ofArcheological dig historic life
By: Susan Guibert
A cluster of ancient roasting pits packed closely together on a bank along the Kankakee River in northwest Indiana may have been the celebratory gathering place of early Native Americans – with remains of mussel shells in the pits pointing to an ancient version of a modern clam bake. >
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Institute for Latino Studies report examines Mexican naturalization
By: Shannon Chapla
Fewer Mexican permanent legal residents in Chicago become U.S. citizens than immigrants from other countries with the same legal status, and they also delay naturalization an average of three years longer than other immigrant groups, according to a new report released by the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) and the Metro Chicago Information Center (MCIC).>
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Study explores online marketing of food to children
By: Dennis Brown
There is less breadth but more depth in the marketing of food products to children on the Internet compared to television, according to a new study by Elizabeth Moore from the University of Notre Dame. >
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Aerospace professor helps outline future of U.S air transportation
By: Dennis Brown
Lost in the focus on the Bush’s administration’s charge to NASA to return to the moon, build a permanent base there and then undertake a historic manned mission to Mars has been a discussion of how such an effort will effect U.S. aeronautics. >
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Sociologist edits new book analyzing school sector effects on students
By: Shannon Chapla
“School Sector and Student Outcomes,” edited by renowned University of Notre Dame sociologist Maureen T. Hallinan, has been published by Notre Dame Press. >
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