Notre Dame biologist Nora Besansky leads international consortium in sequencing the genomes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Published: November 27, 2014

William G. Gilroy

Nora Besansky, O’Hara Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a member of the University’s Eck Institute for Global Health, has led an international team of scientists in sequencing the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquito species from around the world. Anopheles mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting human malaria parasites that cause an estimated 200 million cases...

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Video: Diversity, Culture, Religion in Science lecture by Rev. Hugh Page

Published: November 07, 2014

Notre Dame College of Science

In his Diversity, Culture, Religion in Science lecture, Rev. Hugh Page discusses diversity within a Catholic educational setting.

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Political scientist Luis Fraga joins Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies

Published: November 20, 2014

College of Arts and Letters

Luis Ricardo Fraga, a heralded scholar and pioneer in the field of Latino politics, joined the faculty of Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters this fall. Fraga has been named the Arthur Foundation Endowed Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership in the Institute of Latino Studies and a professor in the Department of Political Science.

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Video: Diversity, Culture, Religion in Science course lecture by Monica Chambers, IBM

Published: November 06, 2014

Notre Dame College of Science

In her Diversity, Culture, Religion in Science course lecture, Monica Chambers, Human Resource Director IBM, gives a short history of IBM’s commitment to diversity and emphasizes the value of difference in global business relations.

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Michelle Whaley is 2014 Indiana Professor of the Year

Published: November 20, 2014

William G. Gilroy

Michelle A. Whaley, a teaching professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the 2014 Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). She will be announced as the award winner at a luncheon Thursday...

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Notre Dame unites to fight Ebola

Published: November 01, 2014

Carol C. Bradley, NDWorks

When news broke of the outbreak of Ebola in Liberia, “We knew we had to do something,” says Katherine Taylor, director of operations for the Eck Institute for Global Health and interim director of global health training. “Ebola in West Africa is a crisis in our own family,” she says. “We felt we couldn’t stand around and do nothing. This...

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