January 2007
New study demonstrates economic value of invasive species screening programs
By: William G. Gilroy
A new study by a team that includes David Lodge, a professor of biology and director of the Center for Aquatic Conservation at the University of Notre Dame, contends that screening programs for invasive species can not only be effective in stopping the spread of such species, but also can produce economic benefits. >
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ACE meets bishops’ challenge to bolster Catholic schools
By: Gail Hinchion Mancini
In the 12 years since it was founded, the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) has moved many steps beyond its original mission to prepare Catholic schoolteachers. And it will be taking many more in the interest of fortifying America’s unique Catholic school system, according to a document prepared by a Notre Dame task force for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. >
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Engineering team receives $3 million grant for CO2 sequestration
By: William G. Gilroy & Nina Welding
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has announced that a University of Notre Dame project led by College of Engineering faculty members Edward J. Maginn, Joan F. Brennecke, and William Schneider, has been awarded a grant in excess of $3 million to explore the use of ionic liquids as solvents for the post-combustion capture of carbon dioxide (CO2). >
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Internet broadcast of Chinese theater performance is a first
By: William G. Gilroy
Theater in China has a long history, beginning, according to some estimates, somewhere between 722 and 484 B.C. A new chapter was added to that rich history on Dec. 14 when the University of Notre Dame and Qinghua University in Beijing completed the first live theater performance from China over the Internet2/CERNET. >
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Consumers still have negative view of marketing
By: Shannon Chapla
The current barrage of advertising targeting frenzied Christmas shoppers may not reap the desired result, according to two University of Notre Dame marketing professors. >
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