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Notre Dame Startup SIMBA Chain Awarded $9.5 Million Contract From U.S. Navy to Deploy Secure Messaging Solutions, a First for Blockchain

Author: The IDEA Center

University of Notre Dame startup SIMBA Chain has announced it has been awarded a five-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract (N68335-20-F-0012) from the Naval Air Warfare Center in San Diego, Cal., to deploy a secure, blockchain-based…

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Siegfried Day of Man

Author: Daily Domer Staff

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Siegfried Hall tradition "Day of Man," a fundraiser for the South Bend Center for the Homeless. Siegfried residents wear shorts and t-shirts in cold weather to show solidarity with the homeless. The red cups are for donations. Photo by Matt Cashore/copyright University of Notre Dame.

 

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In Mexico, Notre Dame medical anthropologist studies how and why some doctors foster a culture that discriminates against female patients 

Author: Brian Wallheimer

As a medical anthropologist, Notre Dame associate professor Vania Smith-Oka is interested in how larger institutions shape the lives of the people who interact within them. In her current research, she wants to know how some medical professionals, tasked with caring for patients, create a system that abuses some of their most vulnerable patients. She and graduate students are spending time in hospitals and doctor’s offices in Mexico to understand how such a culture evolves.

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The Work and the Walk: Q&A with Eric Love, director of staff diversity and inclusion

Author: Dennis Brown

Eric Love

As a part of this year’s Walk the Walk Week tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Eric Love, Notre Dame’s director of staff diversity and inclusion, sat down with Dennis Brown, assistant vice president for news and media relations, to discuss his life’s journey and the initiatives he’s led on campus.

 

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Notre Dame recognized by Carnegie Foundation for excellence in community engagement

Author: Erin Blasko

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has again recognized the University with the Community Engagement classification, citing excellent alignment among the University’s mission, culture, leadership, resources and practices in support of “dynamic and noteworthy community engagement.”

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"With Voices True," the Klau Center archive on race, launched in public forum

Author: Kevin Fye

Faced with a sharp rise in racial tensions and concern over seemingly intractable structural inequalities, simple acts of speaking and listening can promote understanding and open opportunities for progress. In a recent public forum, The Klau Center launched its new initiative…

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Notre Dame announces the Center for Network and Data Science

Author: Brandi Wampler

At the University of Notre Dame, the Center for Network and Data Science (CNDS) – formerly known as the Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) – brings together faculty and other researchers to generate fundamental transformative advances in artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and network science with interdisciplinary applications in biological sciences, neuroscience, molecular synthesis, health and wellbeing, network science, foundations of computing, physical and transportation systems, and social systems. 

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