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Coach Brian Kelly has joined the ranks of Notre Dame football coaches who have achieved undefeated seasons—a list that includes Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz. Above, Fighting Irish linebacker Carlo Calabrese, #44, celebrates Notre Dame’s win over the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 24, bringing the season’s record to 12-0. Notre Dame will play Alabama for the National Championship in Miami on Monday, Jan. 7.

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Chawla Award Page 3 travelND Page 4 We’re #1! Page 7 Great Coaches Page 8 2 | NDWorks | December 6, 2012 News briefs Notre Dame photos make Fechin.” Notre Dame International offers senior director of the Notre Dame University Health Services The exhibition opened in Kazan, international study programs in 19 MBA. “But over the past two years, great Christmas gifts! Russia, in late 2011 and subsequently nations: Australia, Brazil, Chile, we’ve put a great deal of effort into awarded accreditation traveled to St. Petersburg. In February China, England, Egypt, France, enhancing our career development All official 2013, the exhibition Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, curriculum and engaging in an University Health Services University photos opens in Seattle at the Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Russia, aggressive outreach to corporations (UHS) has been awarded national available through Frye Art Museum. The Spain, Senegal and Uganda, as well as across the country. We’re very proud accreditation status for three years photos.nd.edu by the Accreditation Association matt cashore matt exhibition was organized a program in Washington, D.C. of our students, who have competed (including the 2012 by the Foundation for well in an incredibly difficult hiring for Ambulatory Health Care Inc., football season as well International Arts and environment.” aaahc.org, the nation’s leading as scenic and seasonal Education in Bethesda, Notre Dame MBA ranks The Notre Dame MBA, which accrediting organization for views of campus) Md. The catalog (in among top programs offers one- and two-year programs, outpatient facilities. are available for 20 Russian or English) is noted for its innovative teaching The accreditation effort involved percent off through is available from the The Notre Dame MBA ranked in the area of problem solving and a three-to five-year preparation T’eo Tuesday, Jan. 8. Use foundation (fiae.org, No. 20 among U.S. business schools for its emphasis on personal and period, and was UHS’s first coupon code ND#1 301-656-6102). in the Bloomberg Businessweek corporate ethics as well as social application for the credential. during the checkout process. magazine’s biennial survey, The responsibility. It was ranked No. 4 Says Ann E. Kleva, University Best U.S. Business Schools 2012, in the Aspen Institute’s 2010-2011 Health Services director, “We’re Notre Dame ranks ninth released Thursday, Nov. 15. The “Beyond Grey Pinstripes,” a biennial so proud and excited to have this Notre Dame Wellness in percentage of students program, located in the Mendoza ranking and survey of top U.S. credential. The staff has worked on Center holiday hours College of Business, jumped four business schools’ incorporation of this for more than three years, and studying abroad spots from its 2010 ranking. social and environmental stewardship it’s ongoing. Accreditation recognizes the quality of care and treatment • Monday, Dec. 24 (Christmas “We continually focus on into their curricula and research. The University ranks ninth in provided here.” Eve): 7 a.m. to noon providing the rigorous, values-based percentage of students participating • Christmas Day: closed education that Notre Dame has in study abroad programs among • Wednesday, Dec. 26: always stood for,” said Mary Goss, American doctoral/research 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. institutions, according to a report • Thursday, Dec. 27: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. released by the Institute for • Friday, Dec. 28: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. International Education (IIE). • Saturday, Dec. 29: 8 a.m. to noon During fall 2010, spring 2011 and • Monday, Dec. 31: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. summer 2011, the focus of this year’s • New Year’s Day: Closed study, 59.7 percent of Notre Dame students had participated in study During holiday hours, the programs in other countries, a 2.8 Notre Dame Conference Center Wellness Center Pharmacy will open half an hour later than the Wellness Center each day it is open still a full-service facility and close half an hour after the Center partners with Catering by Design Wellness Center’s scheduled close cashore matt time. BY COLLEEN O’CONNOR, FOR NDWORKS The center resumes regular business hours Wednesday, Jan. 2: Scheduling an event at the Notre Dame Conference 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Center? Food service is still available while the Morris Friday; 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday; Inn is temporarily closed for expansion and renovation pharmacy, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., London Centre whether it’s for a board meeting, conference or wedding Monday through Friday; 8:30 a.m. percent increase over the previous reception. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. year. The University of San Diego By partnering with Catering by Design, the NDCC ranked first in the IIE report with is able to continue providing the same quality food Dean Porter publishes an 86.8 percent participation rate, products and services that for many years have been book on Nicolai Fechin followed by Georgetown University provided by the Morris Inn Banquet Department. at 75.9 percent. Notre Dame ranked In addition, the Center’s “Inside 30” program, which Dean Porter, emeritus director ninth last year as well. provides meeting space at no charge for departments of the Snite Museum of Art, is the Notre Dame also ranks 13th if booked within 30 days of the event, is still available. author of a catalog of the work of among research institutions for Says David Harr, associate vice president for auxiliary Russian-American painter Nicolai number of students participating in operations, “Our Conference Center is dedicated to its Ivanovich Fechin. long-term study abroad experiences, mission of merging scholarship with hospitality.” Porter served 17th among research Hosting more than 1,200 events each year, the Notre as consultant institutions for number of Dame Conference Center features 12 state-of-the-art and American students participating in meeting rooms, a 350-seat auditorium equipped for curator of a joint mid-length study abroad simultaneous translation, a large dining room seating up Russian-American experiences, and 36th to 200 guests, and a Business Center. exhibition of amongst research institutions Recent enhancements include the replacement of the Fechin’s work, for total number of students Center’s roof and skylights. The Notre Dame Conference Notre Dame Conference Center atrium “Discovering 20th participating in study abroad Center is the only facility in the area certified by the Century Russian experiences. International Association of Conference Centers. Masters: Nicolai For more information on booking an event, call 631-6691 or visit conferences.nd.edu.

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Nitesh Chawla receives 2012 We’re more passive than IBM Watson faculty award we predict when sexually This data and smart analytics, harassed, study shows when employed by cognitive Why observers condemn victims systems such as Watson, could lead matt cashore matt to improved outcomes and better BY SHANNON CHAPLA, PUBLIC RELATIONS management of chronic diseases; proactive and preventive treatment strategies; a reduction in health care costs through the empowerment of patients and physicians; and pre- emptive measures such as lifestyle cashore matt adjustments and accountability in care. This “smarter” continuum—from technology to application—will prepare students to better meet today’s health care challenges. Students will not only learn data mining/machine learning concepts, Chawla but they will also develop insights Research focuses on are the same skills IBM is seeking about the medical evaluation to inspire in the next generation process, the physician-patient intersection of big data and of engineers and scientists through adoption of technology and the health care its support of the IBM Watson societal implications. Solutions Faculty Awards. According to Chawla, this BY NINA WELDING, ENGINEERING The IBM Watson Solutions integrative education and its Faculty Awards recognize individuals application to health care, especially When IBM created its cognitive who are on the cusp of the next big when aligned with the use of computer system, Watson, it was trend in computing—big data and cognitive systems such as Watson, Tenbrunsel projecting far into the future but not analytics—and are introducing that are critical as the foundation for as far as one might think. information to their students via cost-effective, patient-centric care of Watson’s deductive abilities and innovative curricula. the future. Sexual harassment is devastating in and of itself for its victims, but incredible data retrieval speed allow Among the 10 instructors recently Chawla’s area of research is data new research shows there can be an even more insidious and troubling it to sift through vast amounts of named recipients of the 2012 IBM mining and machine learning. consequence that goes along with it. data and process information in ways Watson Solutions Faculty Award He is also at the frontier of When confronted with sexual harassment, we don’t stand up for ourselves similar to those of the human brain, is Nitesh Chawla, the Frank M. interdisciplinary applications with to the extent we believe we will, and because we use false predictions as including an understanding of basic Freimann Collegiate Associate innovative work in health care a benchmark, we condemn others who are passive in the face of sexual language as well as some human Professor of Computer Science and analytics, climate and environmental harassment, according to a new study co-authored by Ann Tenbrunsel, nuances. Engineering and director of both the science and network science. His professor of business ethics. But the machine’s purpose was Interdisciplinary Center of Network research in data-driven personalized In “Double Victimization in the Workplace: Why Observers Condemn more than mimicry; it was created Science and Applications and the health care is focused on patient- Passive Victims to access and analyze data, helping Data, Interference, Analytic and centered disease diagnoses and of Sexual organizations identify trends and Learning Lab at the Notre Dame. management. Harassment,” operational hiccups while projecting Like the other recipients, Chawla Chawla is the recipient of forthcoming in possible outcomes. is being honored this month for multiple awards for research and Organization In January 2011, the world development of a unique program teaching innovation, including a Science, witnessed Watson in action as that combines business and technical National Academy of Engineering Tenbrunsel and viewers watched the TV game show skills that support use of big data New Faculty Fellowship and a researchers from “Jeopardy!” During a tournament- and analytics in finding solutions for number of best paper awards and the University style competition, Watson beat some some of society’s biggest issues. nominations. of Utah and of the greatest “Jeopardy!” contestants Chawla’s winning proposal focuses He currently serves as the chair Brigham to grace the screen, but what was on the intersection of big data and of the IEEE CIS Data Mining Young and more important is that Watson health care innovation and how best Technical Committee and also serves Northwestern showed the enormous potential to present those issues to students, on a number of editorial boards and universities conducted five studies that explored observers’ condemnation of offered by computers in the areas who will become the next generation organizing/program committees passive victims. of natural language recognition, of innovators. for conferences. He is a fellow Pointing to the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas’ data analysis and the processing of The availability of the digitized of the Reilly Center for Science, appointment to the Supreme Court, the researchers note that Anita Hill solutions. data that already exists in many Technology and Values and the testified she had been sexually harassed by Thomas during his tenure as These are the same analytical skills health care systems across the country founder of Aunalytics Inc., a startup head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She testified companies that want to become offers the opportunity to explore and focused on big data and analytics, that despite being harassed numerous times years before, at no point did bigger, stronger, faster and leaner will take advantage of novel large-scale housed at Innovation Park at Notre she confront Thomas about his behavior or take any action against the be demanding of their employees in analytics that can be used in patient- Dame. harassment. Her claim of repeated sexual harassment and perpetual inaction the next eight to 10 years. And they centric health care. led to public suspicion with and condemnation of Anita Hill. Far from being an isolated incident, the case illustrates a trend that prevails even today. “If we can increase the accuracy of our predictions and realize we won’t stand up for ourselves as often as we would like to think, we will be less condemning of other victims,” Tenbrunsel says. Consortium of universities will In the first two studies, observers predicted they would be more confrontational than victims typically are, and this led to greater judgment of other passive victims, including unwillingness to work with them and to offer for-credit online education recommend them for a job. Semester Online will be delivered through a virtual classroom milestone for undergraduate The third study identified the failure to consider what may motivate first of its kind environment and interactive platform education, one that will influence victims to be passive, and the final two studies reduced condemnation of developed by 2U, formerly known the wider adoption of for-credit passive sexual harassment victims by highlighting their likely motivations at A group of the nation’s leading as 2tor. online learning across all of higher the time of the harassment and by having participants recall a past experience universities, including Notre Dame, Initial Semester Online courses will education,” says Chip Paucek, co- of their own when they did not act in the face of intimidation in the Brandeis University, Duke University, feature the same faculty and curricula founder and CEO of 2U. “Semester workplace, a situation related to but distinct from sexual harassment. Emory University, Northwestern as brick-and-mortar counterparts. Online demonstrates 2U’s mission The results from these studies add insights into the causes and University and the University of Through a state-of-the-art virtual to help great schools go online consequences of victim condemnation and help explain why passivity in the North Carolina at Chapel Hill, classroom, students will participate and provide high-quality learning face of harassment—the predominant response—is subject to so much scorn. has announced plans to launch an in discussions and exercises, attend experiences for credit, empowering Tenbrunsel, the Rex and Alice A. Martin Professor of Business Ethics at innovative new online education lectures and collaborate with peers students to continue their education the Mendoza College of Business and director of the University’s Institute program, Semester Online, while being guided by renowned as they follow their ambitions, for Ethical Business Worldwide, is co-author of the book “Blind Spots: Why beginning in fall 2013. professors—as close to an on-campus anywhere.” We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do About It.” She specializes in The program will be the first to class experience as is available online. For more information, visit decision making and negotiations, with a particular emphasis on ethics. offer undergraduate students the “By making for-credit online semesteronline.org. opportunity to take rigorous, online undergraduate coursework a reality courses for credit from a consortium for these top schools, Semester of universities. 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EVP initiative highlights business intelligence News Benefits seen across informed decisions?” others? If so, maybe there’s an issue briefs the University says Todd Hill, interim there.” director of Academic and An analysis of contributions BY GENE STOWE, FOR NDWORKS Administrative Services in cashore matt to the voluntary retirement plan Holland receives the Office of Information unexpectedly revealed that women Sheedy Award A university-wide business Technologies. participate more than men. “Those intelligence initiative, the Data “What we’re trying to sorts of things are important,” he Peter Holland, professor of Driven Decision Making program, do is give the decision says. “HR can adjust communications English and McMeel Chair in is accelerating access to meaningful, makers real-time access to for more participation if they can Shakespeare Studies, is the 2012 user-friendly data that can mean that information that they find out the characteristics of those recipient of the Sheedy Excellence smarter choices on topics from don’t already have readily nonparticipants, rather than blanket in Teaching Award, presented promoting retirement plan contri- available to them now.” the campus.” annually to an outstanding teacher butions to boosting graduation rates. The data is stored, Student data in the registrar’s in the College of Arts and Letters. The focus on metrics, initiated but access can be time- office can reveal trends in choices of Holland, one of the central by the Office of the Executive consuming. A survey academic major and help prepare figures in performance-oriented Vice President, is part of a broader showed that people sufficient classes, or provide guidance Shakespeare criticism, served “Big Data” trend in business, spent 80 percent to 90 that can improve graduation rates by as director of the Shakespeare government and other fields that percent of their time identifying common traits of those Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon mines stored records for precise, gathering data with who don’t complete degrees. before coming to Notre Dame in targeted information that can provide only 10 percent to 20 “Everybody within the University 2002. enhanced service and a competitive percent left for analysis Hill can benefit from this,” Hill says. He is editor of Shakespeare edge. and decision making— “You can see how you can use this Survey as well as a number of The Notre Dame effort was rates that the new system aims to and a long list of people. You can data quite a bit. Obviously you other series. Among his books are recently highlighted in the Research reverse by generating understandable make better decisions when you have can use it in the financials. Are we “English Shakespeares: Shakespeare Bulletin of the Educause Center for information quickly. data that’s easily understood.” being good stewards of our financial on the English Stage in the 1990s” Applied Research. “They have a lot of transactional The technology has application assets, whether the endowments or and a major study of Restoration “What we’re doing is called reporting,” says Brandon Burke, across the campus. For example, in unrestricted funds?” business intelligence or data business intelligence and portal human resources, Hill says, “What The program could even measure analytics—how do you use, tap manager, such as records of employees if we want to know where we are for Development whether a No. and unlock the data you have with certain characteristics. “What growing at the University headcount- 1 football ranking increases donor in your existing transactional they didn’t have before the project was wise? Where are we having turnover? giving. cashore matt systems so people can use that on a good way to visualize that data so Is that turnover acceptable? Is it more a day-today basis to make better they’re not getting this ream of paper pronounced in some area more than

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Migrating Great Lakes salmon carry contaminants upstream Research reveals pollutants, laundry.” Even intentionally introduced including PCBs and species such as Pacific salmon can breakdown products of DDT result in unintended consequences for the ecosystem and the BY CAROL C. BRADLEY, NDWORKS environment. Salmon acquire pollutants through Be careful what you eat, says the lake food chain. When they are stream ecologist Gary Lamberti. young, they feed on invertebrates— If you’re catching and eating fish worms and insect larvae. As they from a Lake Michigan tributary grow larger, salmon consume more with a strong salmon run, the stream and more fish, such as alewives— fish—brook trout, brown trout, which have also picked up pollutants panfish—may be contaminated by through invertebrates they eat, which pollutants carried in by the salmon. have picked up pollutants from algae Research by Lamberti, professor and bacteria. and chair of biology, and his Salmon are a fatty fish, and these laboratory has revealed that salmon, polluting chemicals are particularly as they travel upstream to spawn and “sticky,” Lamberti says. “They are die, carry industrial pollutants into lipophilic—they absorb into fat Great Lakes streams and tributaries. tissue.” The research was recently published The consequence is that the in the journal Environmental Science salmon magnify the pollutants and Technology. as they move up the food chain. It’s a problem inadvertently created “Salmon are longer lived, eat more, by people with good intentions, he and the pollutants are then bio- notes. concentrated.” “Most people don’t realize that The concern is that salmon are salmon are a non-native species in naturalized to many tributaries of the Great Lakes,” he says. “They were the Great Lakes. “And it’s a one-way introduced to control alewives— street for them,” Lamberti says. another non-native fish species.” “They spawn, die in the stream Although salmon fed on and where they spawn, and then leave contained the alewives—and have their contaminant load in the stream. become important to sport fishing— Stream fish eat salmon eggs, and there were unintended consequences. may also eat carcass tissue as they That’s because of a lengthy history decompose.” of industrial pollution of the Great Fish in streams and tributaries with Lakes. large salmon runs—fish that never “All the Great Lakes have some go out into the lake, he notes—show level of pollution,” says Lamberti, contaminant levels very similar to “especially near cities—Chicago, that of Great Lakes salmon. Detroit, Cleveland. There are far “Let’s keep in mind,” he adds, fewer pollutants now than over the “there are FDA advisories for salmon spawn and die. river, and that will allow salmon to past century, but many are persistent. pregnant women and children on the “The upstream section of the same move upstream, we need to realize There are hot spots, and Lake risks of eating large Great Lakes fish, river was not contaminated. Below that the salmon will carry pollutants Michigan has a lot of them—heavy because of the danger of chemical the salmon, the river had measurable with them and disperse them into metals, mercury, organic pollutants contaminants. levels of contaminants. There’s no the food web,” Lamberti says. like PCBs.” “But there are no warnings for other way for the contaminants to get “In sensitive areas with a lot PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) stream fish—that’s the specter. If there but the salmon. Water doesn’t of native fish, we might want to come from fluids in older electrical you’re eating fish from a stream with flow uphill.” prevent salmon from moving transformers. Also present is DDE a lot of salmon, you might as well be The conclusion? upstream. And in the Great Lakes, At top, stream ecologist Gary (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene), eating the salmon. I would err on the Although salmon are an economic maybe we should consider restoring a breakdown product of the banned side of caution when eating any fish benefit to the Great Lakes and the native populations of lake Lamberti researches stream ecology insecticide DDT, and PBDEs from a salmon river. Either that or perform important ecological trout and whitefish rather than in Alaska and in the Great Lakes (polybrominated diphenyl ethers). harvest fish only upstream of where functions (such as controlling the encouraging more salmon.” region. Above left, salmon migrate PBDEs, notes Lamberti, are salmon spawn.” population of alewives), we need to upstream to spawn and die. Above flame retardants used in furniture, For comparison purposes, consider the impact of salmon on right, salmon eggs pumped from the mattresses and children’s clothing. Lamberti’s research analyzed the streams where they spawn. stomach of a brown trout. Bottom, “They wash out when you do the tissue of fish upstream from where “If we want to remove a dam on a chinook and coho salmon.

GrantProtecting will help develop of environmentalthe DNA Great will be researcher Lakes for the project, which early-detection strategies for tested across a diverse group of high- also includes researchers from the risk invasive species threatening Department of Biological Sciences, high-risk invasive species the Great Lakes region, including Environmental Change Initiative and mussels, snails, crayfish and plants Department of Physics. BY WILLIAM GILROY, such as Hydrilla. The research will Physicists Carol Tanner and PUBLIC RELATIONS develop novel genetic markers for Steven Ruggiero collaborate with environmental DNA detection of Notre Dame biologists to use The University has received these high-risk invasive species. molecular genetic tools and a new a $599,931 Environmental Research under the grant funding technique called laser transmission Protection Agency grant under the also will focus on where best to spectroscopy to rapidly detect species- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative detect each invasive species in aquatic specific DNA. This technology, (greatlakesrestoration.us/) to environments, since they differ which fits in a small suitcase and can develop technologies for the early ecologically in their habitats. For run off a car’s battery, will be tested as detection of invasive species using example, crayfish may spend more a method to generate early detection environmental DNA. time toward the bottom of the water in the field at sites where invasive Environmental DNA refers to column, and fish toward the surface. species are suspected. all types of tissue samples collected Another focus of the research The Great Lakes Initiative grant by filtering water from aquatic will be on the longevity of the will fund research in labs, at the new environments, such as sloughed environmental DNA signal, which Notre Dame Linked Experimental cells, microscopic organisms or will test how long detection can be Ecosystem Facility at St. Patrick’s extracellular DNA from degraded useful after an invasive species has County Park and in field experiments tissues. This process, in combination moved on. in aquatic environments known to with species-specific molecular Scott Egan, a research assistant have invasive species as well as those genetic tools, has been successfully professor with Notre Dame’s that have not yet shown evidence of used to detect Asian carp. Advanced Diagnostics and an invasion. In the present grant, the efficacy Therapeutics initiative, is lead Zebra mussels 6 | NDWorks | December 6, 2012 Team Irish Awards

nergy conservation and sustainability have increasingly become the focus of colleges and universities everywhere. E The University continues the work it began decades ago to make a difference in reducing emis-

sions, conserving resources, and creating awareness barbara johnston through education and outreach. Team Energy Conservation consists of staff members from the Utilities Department Engineering Group, Building Controls Group and the Office of Sustainability who have worked together in support of the common goal of conservation. Together, they have implemented several initiatives that have made both the University and the world better places. Upgrades to the lighting and HVAC systems in more than 70 buildings have guaranteed savings in both costs and energy. Carbon and other emissions have been considerably reduced due to the use of natural gas rather than coal. All new campus buildings are designed and constructed to LEED NC3.0 Silver specifications or better. Electricity meters, along with real-time Web-based dash- board systems, were installed in the residence halls to help monitor usage. This also helped create awareness and promote some friendly rivalry between the dorms through the Kill-a-Watt Energy Competition. Team Energy Conservation members include: Team Energy Conservation will continue its commitment to seek out new technologies, ideas and information. Its goals re- Chris Banach Erin Hafner Paul Shepard main aligned strategically with the University’s vision, while Chris Blazi Glenn Hayes Dan Shoop balancing the environmental, social and economic impact of Jamey Bontrager-Singer Mark Hummel Rich Warner energy systems. Because of this, members are recognized today Tricia Dalenberg Justin Kurtich Robert Warner with the Presidential Team Irish Award. They consistently demon- Tim Golichowski Rachel Novick strate the core values of teamwork, integrity, accountability, leadership in mission and leadership in excellence.

Political science course draws on real-time research Adapting to climate change relocation works and that it’s a good says she is deeply idea.’ interested in the BY CHRIS MILAZZO, “But it’s a great starting point for political ramifications arts and letters conversation,” she says. of climate change, and her new course Bringing her latest research into Taking a new direction focuses on just those the classroom, Debra Javeline, sorts of questions. associate professor in the Department Javeline, an expert in survey She draws on of Political Science, is helping research, has spent much of her her research with undergraduate students make a career focusing on mass political Hellmann and connection between politics and behavior and the politics of post- McLachlan, as well biology. Soviet and other post-communist as work from other Javeline’s new course, “The Politics regimes. About four years ago, scholars, to form of Adapting to Climate Change,” Hellman and McLachlan sought her the course’s core. survey expertise for their adaptation Her students then to climate change initiative, and the study this material, “side project” soon became a major and analyze it from CA -photo interest. multiple angles— “Climate change adaptation—the including that of a reduction of vulnerability to climate political scientist and change—is perhaps the single a policy maker. most understudied political world Students in the problem,” Javeline says, “and I would class also get the like to devote a significant portion of mind-opening my future scholarship to correcting opportunity to this deficit.” engage with research To further her work in this area, outside their primary collaboration surrounding climate U.S. and the rest of the world.” she has received grants from the discipline. change so that meaningful and Javeline says that the questions the National Science Foundation as well “I don’t think many political sustainable methods to adapt to course poses are difficult and that Javeline as the College of Arts and Letters’ scientists have occasion to think this climate change can be implemented.” straightforward answers are hard to Institute for Scholarship in the much about science and how you Sophomore Christina Gutierrez, come by, if not impossible. But for was born of the work she is doing Liberal Arts. need to bring science into policy,” who studies political science, French students, she says, learning how to with Notre Dame biologists Jessica She was also awarded an Andrew Javeline says. and Italian, says the course has opened thoughtfully consider these problems Hellmann and Jason McLachlan to W. Mellon Foundation New her eyes to the complexity of adapting is critically important. measure the scientific community’s Directions Fellowship, which assists Approaching a complex puzzle to climate change. “This is hard. It is a huge puzzle, opinions about managed relocation, faculty members in the humanities “I’ve learned how incredibly and no one has easy answers,” she a developing mode of wildlife and social sciences “who seek to Senior Chelsea Nobriga, a difficult decisions and policies can be says. “But my students now have a conservation that involves moving acquire systematic training outside major in political science and to instate, particularly as they relate to foundation to engage these questions. threatened species from their natural their own areas of special interest.” environmental science, says the class the short-term and long-term effects “Policymakers don’t always but changing habitats to new, more The fellowship allowed her to has given her new insights into the of climate change.” have evidence at their disposal, climatically suitable ones. expand her knowledge base by understudied intersection between The real-time aspect of the class is and sometimes they have to make “What’s interesting is that taking courses across Notre Dame, politics and climate change. particularly exciting, she adds. “We’re decisions anyway. The class is a because the class is based on real- tackling everything from advanced “I really have enjoyed getting not depending on textbooks that were place to discuss that: how you make time research, I don’t always have biology and environmental risk a different perspective on climate published years ago for information, decisions in positions of uncertainty.” an answer for students,” Javeline to environmental law and climate change from an unlikely source: a but rather up-to-date documents says. “I can’t say, ‘Having done all change law. political scientist,” she says. “There that we know are being used to make this research, I know that managed As a political scientist, Javeline needs to be more interdisciplinary decisions in policy right now in the December 6, 2012 | NDWorks | 7

Learning at Work academy gives Service Anniversaries The University congratulates the following employees who celebrate employees opportunity for development significant service anniversaries in December, including 35-year employee Susan R. McGonigal, athletics. Attend an information car ol c . brad l e y open house 25 years 10 years LinDa L. Grams, philosophy Jennifer L. Lechtanski, Ivy Tech Nanovic Institute Thursday, Dec. 13 20 years Jeanette Mattei, psychology in DeBartolo Hall 119 Barbara A. Panzica, School Victoria L. Trimberger, 2-5 p.m. of Architecture development Joan C. Varga, GED and ENL 15 years Investment Office Tuesday and Wednesday Jill R. Bodensteiner, athletics Dec. 18 and 19 Hal R. Culbertson, 3-5 p.m. Kroc Institute Grace Hall Allen F. Utterback, Lower Level College of Science Kevin E. Young, Training Room chemistry and biochemistry Reinhardt Classes are held on campus Training Room, is for non-native from Trine University. speakers of English who want to “I get choked up when I think By Brittany Collins, NDWorks increase their fluency in speech and about how much the University has writing and enhance their ability to invested in me,” she says. “I have new employees University employees who want communicate and perform effectively participated in various programs The University welcomes the following employees who started work in to pursue personal and career in their work environment. that have aided in both my personal October: The GED Preparation program, and professional development. development can enroll in a program Marta R. Brummell, Adam Kruszewski, also held at the Mason Center, There are so many resources in which they can earn a degree from First Year of Studies Information Security provides University employees who available to us, as employees of this Ivy Tech, complete a GED or become Ibrahim Y. Chaaban and Margaret M. Lloyd, do not have a high school diploma University, that it would behoove fluent in English—without leaving Joseph Lott, Keough Institute with the opportunity to refresh us all to keep abreast of these campus. Customer Support Services Katharine Lyvers, Reckers forgotten academic skills or learn the resources and take advantage of The Learning at Work Skills David Chaudoir and Jake L. Marmul, women’s lacrosse knowledge necessary to complete the those opportunities that appeal to Academy, offered by the Office Bridget Moreno, development Slawomir Nowosad, GED examination. The Learning you.” of Human Resources, is a multi- Sheila F. Christopher Nanovic Institute at Work program covers the cost of A major feature of the Learning approach service that seeks to Gokkaya, ND Environmental Morgan R. Oiler, psychology taking the GED exam, up to two at Work Skills Academy is that the enhance individual success while Change Initiative Tara A. O’Leary and attempts. programs are offered to employees strengthening the talent base for the Stephen L. Goen and Alexander Papson, The Ivy Tech Associate Degree at no charge. Course materials are University. Instruction through the Kelly Todd, security Hesburgh Libraries program, typically held in DeBartolo provided. Learning at Work service is provided Adam Henkaline, Emily R. Sipos-Butler, Hall, offers an accelerated curriculum Registration for all three by outside educational institutions, Army ROTC Kroc Institute to enable regular full- and part- programs is open now through the but all classes are conveniently held Stephen Hilburn, Utilities Stacey A. Stewart, time employees to earn a technical beginning of January. Employees on campus. Alec W. Hipshear, AgencyND film, television, and theatre certificate or an associate degree in who are interested in the academy Employees can take advantage Karoline E. Jambor, Eric Szajko, Au Bon Pain business administration. can contact LaTonia Ferguson, of three programs within the Accounting and Financial Suzanne T. Thoren, Mendoza Patti Reinhardt, program learning and organizational academy: the ENL (English as a Services Paul G. Ullrich, registrar assistant at the Gigot Center for development consultant for the New Language) program, the GED Kim Johnson, Paul Van Ness, DeBartolo Entrepreneurship, graduated with an Office of Human Resources, at Preparation program and the Ivy St. Michael’s Laundry Performing Arts Center Tech Associate Degree program. Ivy Tech degree after enrolling in the 631-5679 or [email protected]. The ENL program, held in the program. She is currently pursuing a Mason Support Services Center’s bachelor’s degree in communications

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Lighting the #1 sign on the roof of Grace Hall? Somebody has to do it. And after the win against USC on Nov. 24, the ones who turned on the lights were (at right) Todd Weaver, from Koontz-Wagner Electric Co., and (center) building systems technician Jim Panagiotis. Keeping a watchful eye (at left) is NDSP Officer Richard Bliley. photos: matt cashore photos: matt The 8-foot sign, originally placed outside Moreau Seminary after the 1973 national championship football season, remains lit as long as any Irish sports team is ranked No. 1. 8 | NDWorks | December 6, 2012 The Fighting Irish Undefeated seasons, legendary coaches matt cashore matt

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A. Coach Knute Rockne (1918-1930) at practice with D. 2012 was a special year for the Irish, beginning with the The Four Horsemen, c. 1924—Harry Stuhldreher hands season opener in Dublin and finishing undefeated, 12-0. The the ball to Don Miller; Jim Crowley is behind Stuhldreher; cashore matt team will play for the national championship at the Orange Bowl Elmer Layden is behind Miller. Rockne celebrated in January. undefeated seasons in 1919, 1920, 1924, 1929 and 1930; the Irish were national champions in 1924, 1929 E. Coach Ara Parseghian’s 1973 team ended the season 11-0 and 1930. and won the national championship with a 23-24 win against Alabama at the Sugar Bowl. Above, Parseghian and legendary B. The 1913 football team poses with a toy mule, possibly Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant talk on the sidelines. representing the team’s 35-13 win over Army at West Point on Nov. 1. The team, coached by Jesse Harper (1913-1917) F. Quarterback Terry Hanratty, #5, talks with Coach Ara Parseghian ended the season 7-0. In the center of the second row is (1964-1974) on the sidelines of the ND vs. Northwestern game in Team Captain Knute Rockne. Photo by Bagby Photo Co. 1968; the team took the national championship in 1966 and 1973.

Cunningham C. Coach Lou Holtz (1986-1996) with players on the field after G. Coach Frank Leahy (1941-43, ’46-53) with an unidentified player and his last home game, ND vs. Rutgers. Holtz’s 1988 team ended the the Irish terrier mascot, possibly Clashmore Mike, c. 1940s. Leahy’s teams season 12-0 and went on to win the national championship against were 9-0 in 1947 and 10-0 in 1949 and were national champions in No. 3 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers at the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, 1943, 1946, 1947 and 1949. Ariz. H. Brian Kelly ended his first season as coach (2010) with an 8-5 win-loss record. At left, Kelly celebrates his first victory as coach, against Purdue.

H. 2010 Images courtesy Notre Dame Archives