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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the University of Notre Dame: When: Thursday, April 18, 2013, noon (lunch will be served) Where: First Amendment Room, National Press Club, 529 14(th) St. NW, 13(th) floor, Washington, D.C. Scientists and researchers from the University of Notre Dame will join nonprofit and corporate partners at a press conference to announce an important advance in the Global Adaptation Index (GAIN), the...

Fighting Irish football coach will take questions from an audience of SiriusXM listeners on April 18 NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, the 2012 consensus national college football coach of the year, will sit down later this month for a Q&A with an audience of SiriusXM subscribers for a special "Town Hall" broadcast from inside storied Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, IN. (Logo:...

Mendoza College of Business expands their nonprofit professional development programs NOTRE DAME, Ind., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The business of nonprofits is constantly evolving to keep pace with the world's ever-increasing complexity, thereby creating the need for a new type of leader who can both manage and create positive, sustainable social change. Individuals can now gain the business, leadership and managerial skills vital to increasing their own effectiveness with the...

Tickets to the BCS Championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama on January 7th at Sun Life Stadium are available today at TicketProcess.com. The online ticket exchange has gained popularity among college football fans for great service and lower prices. (PRWEB) December 15, 2012 All the trappings for the 2013 BCS Championship game are currently in place, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play the Alabama Crimson Tide on the evening of Monday, January 7 in Miami Gardens, Florida....

American researchers say they’ve developed educational software capable of sensing and responding to the emotional state of its pupils. The project was spearheaded by Sidney D’Mello, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, who assembled a team of fellow researchers from the University of Memphis and MIT. The group says that their pedagogical software, which they’ve dubbed AutoTutor and Affective AutoTutor, is able to assess not only what its students are...

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Centerplate, the leading hospitality partner to North America's premier sports, entertainment and convention venues, announced today its selection as the University of Notre Dame's new hospitality provider for all of its athletic facilities. Following a competitive bidding process, Centerplate has been awarded a long-term contract to provide food and beverage services for fans of the Fighting Irish at all of the University's sports venues...

MCLEAN, Va., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF), an official NCAA® Corporate Champion, announced today the official winter standings for the Capital One Cup, a program rewarding NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men's and women's sports. Following a highly competitive winter championship season that featured eight championships and saw 30 men's and women's athletics programs earn their...

BALTIMORE, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you changed a life - or several? To highlight the good works that so many people perform every day and reward commitment to service, College of Notre Dame of Maryland is sponsoring the "Whose life will you change" YouTube video contest (www.ndm.edu/contest). Winners will receive a cash award and a $1,000 donation to the charity of their choice. The contest was announced in 30-second television ad during the season premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home...

NOTRE DAME, Ind., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Known as one of the top research universities in the U.S., the University of Notre Dame (www.nd.edu) today announced its purchase of another high performance cluster - a 6,000-core computer that allows researchers to quickly process large amounts of data for scientific research. Purchased by the Center for Research Computing (CRC) at Notre Dame and the faculty, the new computer - or "CRC cluster" - adds to the university's state-of-the-art...

Notre Dame officials said Wednesday that Fighting Irish Coach Charlie Weis would return for a fifth season to lead the school's football team. Notre Dame is 28-21 in four seasons under Weis, including 3-9 in 2007 and 6-6 in 2008. This season ended with a home loss to Syracuse and a rout by Southern Cal. The two-year record of 9-15 is the worst in school history. Though this past season fell short of the expectations that all of us have for our football program, I am confident that Charlie...