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Popular Science
This waddling robot could guide baby turtles to the sea
August 09, 2023
To both better understand their movements, as well as potentially help them out, a team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame recently designed and built their own turtle robot.
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Do homelessness prevention programs work? Santa Clara County-based study says yes
August 02, 2023
“Our study shows that financial assistance almost totally reduces the chance of somebody having the really severe outcome of becoming homeless,” researcher David Phillips said. The study, conducted by the University of Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, was published earlier this month.
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$2,000 can help prevent South Bay families from being homeless, data shows
August 02, 2023
“It’s not just delaying homelessness,” said David Phillips, a professor at Notre Dame. “It’s really actually preventing homelessness.” Phillips was one of two professors who authored the study, both with the university’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities.
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phys.org
Social media marketing shown to be most effective when it prompts consumers to start posting
August 01, 2023
"The Ripple Effect of Firm-Generated Content on New Movie Releases," published in the Journal of Marketing Research from lead author Shijie Lu, the Howard J. and Geraldine F. Korth Associate Professor of Marketing at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, analyzes 145,502 firm-generated and 5.9 million user-generated Twitter posts associated with 159 movies.
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A first-ever study in Santa Clara County finds financial aid effectively averts homelessness
July 25, 2023
“There really was not a rigorous response to that concern,” said James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame professor of economics and co-founder of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, which aims to help the most vulnerable with its work. Lead author David Phillips said prevention is not a panacea for issues like health and substance abuse, which are often associated with “the most visible forms homelessness.”
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NPR
Study: No matter the economic upbringing, Black families likely to experience similar economic outcome
July 24, 2023
On Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Steven Alvarado, an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, talked with show host Rose Scott about the report and research and why change must start with the labor market.
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First Study Of Its Kind Shows Financial Aid Can Prevent Homelessness
July 22, 2023
"There really was not a rigorous response to that concern," said James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame professor of economics and co-founder of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, which aims to help the most vulnerable with its work. "This really addresses that concern head on."
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Los Angeles Times
Would an occasional blackout help solve climate change?
July 21, 2023
The power grid is already prone to blackouts caused by events as small and difficult to avoid as a squirrel chewing on an electric line, said Emily Grubert, a civil engineer and environmental sociologist at the University of Notre Dame.
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Researchers reveal why obesity makes ovarian cancer more deadly
July 20, 2023
In a study published this month in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame researchers in collaboration with NeoGenomics Laboratories have shed new light on one key factor that can make ovarian cancer especially deadly: obesity.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Professors sample road dust in Gary
July 20, 2023
Graham Peaslee, a professor from Notre Dame University, and Leah Zimmer, a Notre Dame student, prepare to head out to collect dust samples in Gary.
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Associated Press
How Benjamin Franklin laid groundwork for the US dollar by foiling early counterfeiters
July 17, 2023
A team at the University of Notre Dame has shed new light on his methods via advanced scanning techniques that reveal some of Franklin’s methods in greater detail — along the way, also providing one more reason Franklin appears on the $100 bill.
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The Wall Street Journal
How Benjamin Franklin Helped Foil Early American Money Counterfeiters
July 17, 2023
Khachatur Manukyan, research associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, led a team that analyzed nearly 600 paper money notes printed in America from 1709 to 1790.
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The New York Times
What Benjamin Franklin Learned While Fighting Counterfeiters
July 17, 2023
The study draws on more than 600 artifacts held by the University of Notre Dame, said Khachatur Manukyan, a physicist at that institution and an author of the new paper.
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Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money
July 17, 2023
Khachatur Manukyan at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his colleagues analysed the structure and chemical composition of more than 600 bills printed by Franklin and associates between 1709 and 1790.
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Newsweek
Benjamin Franklin Developed a Money Invention We Didn't Know About
July 17, 2023
A team of experts from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana detected the secret techniques after analyzing hundreds of paper bills printed more than 200 years ago.
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Science
‘Win-win-win’ strategy reduces dangerous parasite infections in African villages
July 13, 2023
In a randomized, controlled trial, researchers led by Jason Rohr of the University of Notre Dame paid residents of eight villages in Senegal to remove water plants every 3 months.
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CBS News
Environmental group tests to find the best water filters for removing PFAS
July 13, 2023
"We've since discovered that all these PFAS are immune suppressants, so they suppress your immune system and that means any opportunistic disease, including some types of cancer, could take over," said Graham Peaslee, who is a biochemist.
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phys.org
Targeted prevention helps stop homelessness before it starts
July 13, 2023
David Phillips, a research professor in the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) within Notre Dame's economics department, and James Sullivan, a professor of economics and co-founder of LEO, found that people offered EFA were 81 percent less likely to become homeless within six months of enrollment and 73 percent less likely within 12 months, as reported in their study recently published by The Review of Economics and Statistics.
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phys.org
Researchers invent trap for capturing and comparing individual bacterial cells
July 13, 2023
"For the average healthy person, P. aeruginosa does not pose a serious threat," said University of Notre Dame bacteriologist Joshua Shrout. "But for those who are most vulnerable—who are immunocompromised, who are using a ventilator or catheter, or who are recovering from serious burns or surgeries—it is not just serious, but life-threatening. And that is due to the bacteria's sophisticated suite of self-defense tactics."
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CNN
Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ government study finds
July 06, 2023
If PFAS is in 45% of US water systems, the country will have a lot of work to do, said Dr. Graham Peaslee, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry who does PFAS research at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Washington Post
How do you know if drinking water is safe from forever chemicals?
June 24, 2023
Whether you use city tap water, well water or buy bottled water, here’s what we know about PFAS in the water you drink.
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People Who Work Hard May Be Bad Investors, Study Shows
June 19, 2023
“Consumers feel greater psychological ownership over their earnings when they work hard for them,” lead author Christopher Bechler, a marketing professor at Notre Dame, explains in a blog post.
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The Atlantic
The Path to Happiness Is Narrow But Easy
June 15, 2023
In 2010, psychologists from the University of Rochester and the University of Notre Dame observed the dynamics of families over a three-year period.
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New approaches to evaluating water interventions around the globe
June 14, 2023
The study was the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from the Pulte Institute for Global Development and Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
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phys.org
Working hard for money decreases consumers' willingness to risk their earnings, study shows
June 13, 2023
"Working Hard for Money Decreases Risk Tolerance" is forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Psychology from lead author Christopher Bechler, assistant professor of marketing in Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, along with Samina Lutfeali, Szu-chi Huang and Joshua Morris from Stanford University.
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The Washington Post
How can I avoid eating food with ‘forever’ chemicals?
June 06, 2023
“For the average consumer, there’s no way to avoid it,” said Graham Peaslee, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame. “But, you can do some smart things.”
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Fox News
Researchers find psychopathy, narcissism linked to far-left extremism
June 04, 2023
University of Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen joined 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss his reaction to the study and why the findings make 'perfect sense.'
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The Guardian
Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster
June 02, 2023
Inhance late last year also began claiming that an April 2022 adjustment to its fluorination process reduced PFAS leaching to negligible levels. That was contradicted by a late 2022 peer-reviewed University of Notre Dame study of Inhance containers.
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The Washington Post
Six universities join elite research group, including George Washington U.
June 01, 2023
Three large public institutions known for providing access to educational opportunity are among the newcomers: Arizona State University and the universities of California at Riverside and South Florida. The other two are the private universities of Miami and Notre Dame.
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Forbes
Six Institutions Invited To Join Association Of American Universities
June 01, 2023
University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., said, “our mission at Notre Dame is to be a preeminent research university, provide an unsurpassed undergraduate education and to have all we do informed by our Catholic mission. We are honored to be invited to join the AAU, heartened by the AAU board’s recognition of our progress as a research university, and we look forward to participating in this august organization.”
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