On the invitation of the Bergischer Geschichtsverein, one of the oldest Historian Associations in Germany, Michael Wiescher, Freimann Professor of Physics, gave a talk on his recent book Bauern, Weber, Arbeiter. His book and talk are concerned with the socio-economic changes in the city of Barmen during the 18^th…

Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) is accepting proposals from Notre Dame faculty in the Colleges of Science and Engineering for one-year seed grants. The purpose of the funding is to stimulate cross-college and cross-disciplinary research that broadens and deepens the understanding of complex scientific questions and grand technical challenges.…

Freimann Professor of Physics Ani Aprahamian was the opening speaker of the workshop on "r-process Sources in the Universe" at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ held March 27-30, 2019. Professor Aprahamian talked on "Nuclear Physics Experiments and the Neutron Star Merger". The workshop was organized by Frank Timmes of ASU  and Mohammad Safarzadeh of Harvard University and was supported by JINA-CEE. Notre Dame Physics had a large presence from the astrophysics group at with lectures by Professors Grant Mathews…

Freimann Professors of Physics Ani Aprahamian and Michael Wiescher were lecturers at the 16th Russbach School on Nuclear Astrophysics.This school belongs to the European Network of Nuclear Astrophysics Schools (ENNAS) and took place at the village of Rußbach am Paß Gschütt, southeast of Salzburg, Austria from March 10 to March 16, 2019. Professor Aprahamian lectured on the “The Role of Nuclear Physics Experiments in the Neutron Star Merger”. Professor Wiescher lectured on the “Nucleosynthesis in the First Stars and the Onset of Chemical Evolution”.…

Panelists at the STEM Forum XII at Notre Dame last month agreed shared strategies and techniques for educating students to be workforce ready in a changing economic climate