Past News
December 14, 2011
GLOBES Fellow Sarah Roley gives talk on “A Bioeconomic Assessment of Nitrogen Removal Practices in the Corn Belt”
Nitrogen pollution from agricultural landscapes results in drinking water contamination, coastal hypoxic zones, and loss of freshwater biodiversity. Sarah discussed costs and effectiveness of several management practices designed to reduce nitrogen pollution before her peers at the December 14 fellowship meeting.
Nov. 29, 2011
"Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares" is next GLOBES Book Club selection
"Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares" by ecologist-turned-historian Nancy Langston of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the GLOBES Book Club Selection for AY2011/2012. Beginning her story before the arrival of white settlers, Dr. Langston presents a history and analysis of forest management in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon and Washington. The first book club meeting date is set for Tues, Nov. 29 at noon. >Read more
Nov. 4, 2011
GLOBES Fellow Patrick Shirey invited to present at ESA Emerging Issues Conference
Shirey's poster abstract, “Commercial Internet trade of endangered plants cultivates opportunity for do-it-yourself assisted colonization” was one of twenty selected by the conference committee for presentation at the Ecological Society of America’s 2012 Emerging Issues Conference. The ESA will also cover up to $1,000 of travel expenses.
August 2, 2011
Cohort 1 Fellow Peter Levi wins award for best oral presentation
GLOBES Fellow Peter Levi has won the 2011 Best Oral Presentation in Basic Research out of 235 student presentations at the May 2011 annual meeting of Society for Freshwater Science (formerly known as the North American Benthological Society). Peter credits GLOBES communications training in winning the award for the paper, "Sediment nitrification rates may alter the nutrient subsidy provided by Pacific salmon in Great Lakes' streams," co-authored with advisor Dr. Jennifer Tank. A $400 honorarium accompanies the award as well as a book donated by Chuck Crumly of the University of California Press.
Mon, July 25, 2011
GLOBES REU students visit the Dunes
Undergraduate researchers in the GLOBES REU program for Summer 2011 spent a day at Lake Michigan hiking through the Dunes and kayaking at the nearby Galien River. 
GLOBES Fellow Matt Cooper, whose research is connected with Lake Michigan coastal wetlands preservation, organized the day trip assisted by colleague Patrick Shirey.
Fri, April 8, 2011
GLOBES students launch "Invasivores" website
Add a few spices and sauté in butter and you'll find eating invasive species is a tasty way to limit the damage done by plants and animals that have spread well beyond their native domain. Find recipes and more food for thought at Invasivores.org, a website created by three GLOBES students who share a passion for eating while raising public awareness of invasive species. > Read More
February 7, 2011
GLOBES announces interdisciplinary book club
GLOBES fellow Peter Levi has organized a GLOBES Book Club for Spring Semester 2011. The intention is to increase the dialogue between disciplines and address topical issues from multiple perspectives. Participation from GLOBES fellows, graduate students, and faculty from departments throughout the University is welcome. The group will meet over the lunch hour every 3-4 weeks in the Founders Room at Geddes Hall beginning Monday, Feb. 7 at noon. Future meeting dates are Feb. 28, March 21, and April 11. >Read More
January 27, 2011
Shirey commentary in Nature calls for trade regulation of endangered plants via the Internet
GLOBES fellow Patrick Shirey and GLOBES faculty advisor Gary Lamberti issued a call for better trade regulation of rare and endangered plants in a commentary for the Jan. 27 edition of the journal, Nature. Online sales via the Internet provide an easy method for obtaining endangered or non-native species. >Read More >Go to NPR story and podcast
December 7, 2010
GLOBES announces undergraduate research opportunities for Summer 2011
With funding from an NSF IGERT grant award and University support, GLOBES is pleased to continue a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2011. GLOBES undergraduate research fellowships provide exciting opportunities for students to be involved in cutting-edge research with the intent of providing real world solutions to global environmental and human health issues. Deadline for applications is Feb. 11, 2011. > Go to Summer REU 2011
October 22-23, 2010
Guest journalists participate in Communications Workshop
GLOBES fellows and graduate students will interact with three guest journalists during "Meet the Press," a two-day training workshop designed to teach skills and practices needed to effectively communicate science and research to non-academic audiences, with a primary focus on the media in all its forms. Journalists include Michael Hawthorne, an award-winning environment reporter for the Chicago Tribune, Susan Milius, a writer for the national magazine Science News, and Gary Sieber, a 35-year veteran of local television, radio and print media. Workshop leaders are members of the communications consultant group, COMPASS, who are the lead trainers for the Aldo Leopold Leadership program.
July 8, 2010
Clancy research featured on cover of science journal
GLOBES fellow James Clancy, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has recently published his research in the July issue of the journal Molecular Biology of the Cell; it appears as the cover story of the journal. Clancy is advised by Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey, the Walther associate professor in biology. The article, entitled “Unregulated ARF6 Activation in Epithelial Cysts Generates Hyperactive Signaling Endosomes and Disrupts Morphogenesis,” focuses on tumor development in glandular tissues and provides new insight into the molecular processes that promote epithelial glandular disruption. >See MBC Cover
GLOBES Fellow James Clancy receives prestigious iCTSI award
James Clancy, a GLOBES/NSF-IGERT fellow in the laboratory of Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, has been awarded a year of Indiana-CTSI predoctoral funding for 2010-2011. The fellowship will support his graduate studies in translational cancer research. The review was an extremely competitive process with nearly 50 predoctoral applications. Clancy receives a stipend along with travel funds for training at the National Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program meeting in St. Louis, Missouri in May 2011. As a GLOBES fellow in training, Clancy must fulfill interdisciplinary program requirements that demonstrate a willingness to look beyond the laboratory in finding effective solutions to human health concerns. Criteria for the Indiana CTSI award includes co-mentorship by faculty investigators from at least two different disciplines as well as research that is translational in nature.> Read more
March 2, 2010
GLOBES Fellow Patrick Shirey receives ESA Graduate Student Policy Award
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has announced that GLOBES Fellow Patrick Shirey is one of three winners of the 2010 Graduate Student Policy Award. 
By demonstrating his commitment to interfacing science with public policy, Shirey won the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC in April to participate in a congressional visits event sponsored by the Biological Ecological Sciences Coalition (BESC), co-chaired by ESA. > Read More >See Grad School News Story
Dec. 11, 2009
GLOBES announces undergraduate research opportunities for Summer 2010
With funding from an NSF IGERT grant award and University support, GLOBES is pleased to continue a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2010. GLOBES undergraduate research fellowships provide exciting opportunities for students to be involved in cutting-edge research with the intent of providing real world solutions to global environmental and human health issues. Deadline for applications is Feb. 12, 2010. > Read more on the GLOBES REU program
Dec. 1, 2009
GLOBES fellow Patrick Shirey co-authors journal article on legal issues associated with assisted colonization
A journal article by Patrick Shirey and Prof. Gary Lamberti warns of potential legal problems that could hamper efforts to help species adapt to climate change. The article was published early online and will appear in a future issue of the journal Conservation Letters. > Read more >PDF
Oct. 19-20, 2009
GLOBES Fellows complete Policy Training Module with trip to Washington DC over Fall Break
Twelve GLOBES fellows put communications skills training into practice during a Fall Break trip to meet with journalists and policymakers in Washington DC. > Read more.
July, 2009
GLOBES fellows receive grant awards to further research
GLOBES Cohort 1 fellows Andy Deines (Biological Sciences) and Adam Bee (Economics) received a matching grant award from Notre Dame's Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Ford Family Program for Human Development Studies to fund ongoing research on the ecological and economic impact of exotic aquaculture in Zambia. The grant matches funds from the Center for Aquatic Conservation and the Dept of Economics and Econometrics and furthers the interdisciplinary effort to understand the overall economic value of the fishery industry, and how that value may change as the invasion of Nile tilapia continues in the Kafue Watershed, Zambia. The grant monies support work with foreign collaborators to compile the economic data needed for the analysis. > Read more on tilapia research
GLOBES fellow Peter Levi (Cohort 1) received a Bayer Predoctoral Research Fellowship for the 2009/2010 academic year from Notre Dame's Center for Environmental Science and Technology.
July 9, 2009
See the NSF news video with GLOBES Program Director Jeffrey Feder on a recently published paper in Science that sheds light on sequential speciation and how new species emerge.
> Go to Video > Go to Science Article
June 6, 2009
US News and World Report features the research work of GLOBES Faculty Advisors Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan on "managed relocation," a climate change strategy
A multi-disciplinary working group under the leadership of Notre Dame biologists Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan and law professor Alejandro Camacho has recently published a paper in the May 25, 2009 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that describes a ground-breaking tool that helps determine when and how to use managed relocation, an intervention strategy designed to help species adapt to rapid climate change. > Read more >Go to ND News article > Go to PNAS article
April 3, 2009
Behind the Scenes news article on NSF LiveScience.com describes a GLOBES research trip to China to study the impact of Louisiana crayfish on native ecosystems.
GLOBES Fellow Ashley Baldridge and GLOBES Associate Matt Barnes explored natural systems and investigated research facilities and resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that will be essential to the successful study of the impact of nonindigenous crayfish in China.
The article also appears in Discoveries on the NSF website.
December 18, 2008
GLOBES announces undergraduate research opportunities for Summer 2009
With funding from an NSF IGERT grant award and University support, GLOBES is pleased to sponsor a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2009. GLOBES undergraduate research fellowships provide exciting opportunities for students to be involved in cutting-edge research with the intent of providing real world solutions to global environmental and human health issues. Deadline for applications is Feb. 27, 2009. > Read more on the GLOBES REU program
October 9, 2008
ND Magazine features article on climate change and assisted migration
"Where the Wild Things Will Be" features the research work of ND Biologists Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan, along with GLOBES scholar Derrick Parker, who are studying the fate of butterflies and other species affected by climate change. > Read More
July, 2008
GLOBES welcomes Cohort 3 fellows at UNDERC training module
Four new IGERT trainees joined the GLOBES team of scholars for the Practicum in Environmental Ecology module held at UNDERC (University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center) in northern Wisconsin. Trainees enjoyed the retreat-like atmosphere in the pristine woods, lakes and streams that are part of UNDERC. > Read more
January, 2008
GLOBES program accepting applications for fellowships
Home departments involved in the GLOBES interdisciplinary studies PhD program in environmental and human health are accepting applications for Fall 2008 admission. These include Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Economics and Econometrics, History, History and Philosophy of Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, and Theology. Students interested in applying to the Department of Biological Sciences for a GLOBES PhD fellowship should submit applications materials by January 5, 2008. Please see the Graduate School website for other departmental deadlines. > Read more on how to apply for a GLOBES fellowship
January 3, 2008
GLOBES announces undergraduate research opportunities for Summer 2008
The GLOBES program at the University of Notre Dame with funding from an NSF IGERT grant award is pleased to sponsor a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program during the summer of 2008. GLOBES undergraduate research fellowships provide an exciting opportunity for students to be involved in cutting-edge research with the intent of providing real world solutions to global environmental and human health issues. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2008. > Read more on the GLOBES REU program
November 1, 2007
ND biologists assess fish life in streams near and far
Stream ecologist Gary Lamberti and his students see similarities between fish-life assessments done locally at Juday Creek on the Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame and studies of Alaskan wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. > Read More
October 25, 2007
Catholic Digest names Shrader-Frechette U.S “Hero”
Kristin Shrader-Frechette, F.J. and H.M. O’Neill Professor of Philosophy and concurrent professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected by Catholic Digest magazine as one of 12 “heroes for America” — lay people living or working in the United States who are performing exemplary work in the spirit of the Catholic faith. The magazine cited her work on behalf of environmental justice. > Read More
October 8, 2007
New study examines ecological consequences of transgenic corn crops
A new paper by a team of researchers that includes Notre Dame biologist and GLOBES advisor Jennifer Tank addresses the potential for effects from genetically modified corn to aquatic ecosystems in the agricultural Midwest. > Read More
September 20, 2007
Gates Foundation Grant to support malaria control research
A $20 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports research aimed at evaluating existing malaria control programs and the design of improved methods of disease control. > Read More
July 7, 2007
ND Biologists work to control importing and sale of invasive plants
Consumers have easy access to the purchase of invasive plants and animals, something Notre Dame's aquatic ecologists David Lodge and Reuben Keller would like to change. > Read More from the May 2007 edition of BioScience > Read South Bend Tribune news article
May 17, 2007
ND Biologist and GLOBES Faculty Advisor David Severson led an international effort which has recently completed its work to sequence the genome of the Aedes aegypti mosquito
The international research, announced on May 17 in the online journal Science Express, brings about significant advances in the fight against two of mankind's oldest diseases- yellow fever and dengue fever. > Read more
Jan. 24, 2007
ND Biologists appear in NY Times Science News article on assisted migration
Notre Dame Biologists Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan talk about their research work to save endangered species in a recent New York Times Science News article. Written by science writer Carl Zimmer who visited Notre Dame in September as part of the GLOBES Inaugural Seminar Series, the article explores the effects of global warming on endangered species and the pros and cons of assisted migration. > Read More on Prof. Hellmann's work
Oct. 24 - 26, 2006
GLOBES students publish series of articles calling for action on global health crisis
GLOBES students Matt Barnes, Sarah Epstein, Peter Levi, and Jill Mueller submitted a series of three columns addressing the global health crisis that were published in Viewpoint, the editorial section of The Observer, Notre Dame's student-run campus newspaper. > Read Column 1 > Read Column 2 > Read Column 3
June 7, 2006
Biology Professor co-edits stream methods book
Gary A. Lamberti, professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has co-edited the second edition of a book titled, "Methods in Stream Ecology." > Read More
April 20, 2006
UNDERC program heads into the West
Three University of Notre Dame faculty members and eight undergraduates are the charter members of an upcoming new environmental science summer experience in Montana that has the unusual additional missions of reuniting Native Americans with their ancient lands and enhancing Native American educational opportunities at Notre Dame. > Read More
April 1, 2006
Pro-bono work by ND students and faculty mixes science with social justice
Combining scientific and social-justice themes in her work, Kristin Shrader-Frechette is the O’Neill Family Professor of Philosophy and Concurrent Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. > Read More
March 3, 2006
Lodge helps author paper calling for federal leadership to control invasive species
David M. Lodge, professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, is the lead author of a new Ecological Society of America (ESA) paper calling for a stronger government response to the problem of invasive species. > Read More
March 2, 2006
Biologist Hellman awarded career enhancement fellowship
Jessica Hellmann, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a 2006 Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which administers the program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. > Read More
January 8, 2006
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium opens invasive species exhibit with the help of Notre Dame's Center for Aquatic Conservation
Prof. David Lodge, director of the Center for Aquatic Conservation at the University of Notre Dame, was a featured speaker at the January opening of a new permanent exhibit on invasive species at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. > Read More
October 26, 2005
New interdisciplinary program to address global health problems
GLOBES (Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society) is the new interdisciplinary PhD program at the University of Notre Dame.
Published October 26, 2005 by William G. Gilroy
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