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Project Studies Effectiveness of Mediation in Custody Disputes

Author: Renee Hochstetler

Categories: General News, Research, and Centers and Institutes

A joint project between the Law School’s legal aid clinic and the College of Arts and Letters’ Center for Children and Families will examine the effectiveness of mediation in child custody disputes—specifically the success of educational programs required by the courts and whether the type of mediation makes a difference.

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Study Links Cell Phone Usage and Relationship Strength

Author: Renee Hochstetler

Categories: General News, Research, Centers and Institutes, and Faculty News

A project on the dynamics of social networks at the University of Notre Dame's Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications (iCeNSA) has found a link between cell phone usage and relationship strength. To conduct the study, sociologists David Hachen and Omar Lizardo collaborated with faculty members from the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Physics.

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First Year a Success for Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study

Author: Renee Hochstetler

Categories: General News, Research, Centers and Institutes, Internationalism, Catholicism, and Arts

What must we change in order to help us bridge the gap between the world as it is, and the world as it should be? In its first year, the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS)—inspired by the classical values of beauty, goodness and truth—began transforming the academic landscape through an annual conference, lecture series and fellowships.

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Sociologist Mark Berends Researches Student Achievement

Author: Renee Hochstetler

Categories: General News, Research, Centers and Institutes, and Faculty News

As debate about how to improve education continues across the country, research currently underway at the University of Notre Dame will significantly contribute to the conversation. Mark Berends, a professor of sociology and education, is conducting two studies that seek to understand instruction’s role in student achievement.

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New Italian Studies Program Receives Two Office of Research Grants

Author: Renee Hochstetler

Categories: General News, Research, Internationalism, and Faculty News

The University of Notre Dame has longstanding historical and intellectual ties with Italy. While the University is already home to an impressive number of scholars whose research and teaching focus on Italy, previously no institutional structure captured their collective expertise. Now, thanks to support from the College of Arts and Letters and two grants awarded by the Office of Research, the University will further extend its engagement with that country in the form of an interdisciplinary program in Italian studies.

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