ND Alum Named Chief of Spinal Surgery!

Lawrence G. Lenke, MD '82 was named Chief of Spinal Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  Lenke will be heading up one of the finest spinal surgery units in the world.  Congratulations Larry!

LINK:  CHIEF OF SPINAL SURGERY

Notre Dame Researchers: Great Lakes Issue

To rid the Great Lakes of invasive species -- zebra mussels, spiny water fleas, etc., -- researchers at the University of Notre Dame have pegged the investment at $200 million to protect the $7 billion fishery.  The photo above is of zebra mussels.

LINK:  GREAT PROBLEM -- GREAT LAKES

Former Irish Soccer Star Makes MLS Roster!

Found this great article today about recent Notre Dame grad Greg Klazura making the MLS' Vancouver Whitecaps.  Notre Dame fans will enjoy reading this story!  That's a photo of Greg in the blue jersey...

LINK:  THE FIGHTING IRISH SPIRIT

ND to Build Environmental Research Park

The University of Notre Dame and St. Joseph County Parks have reached an agreement to turn 28 acres of underdeveloped land in St. Patrick's County Park (sounds like the perfect name for a park...) into an environmental research and education facility.

The facility will be called the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND LEEF) at St. Patrick's County Park.  The University will be monitoring the effects of climate change, land use and invasive species in different ecosystems -- specifically water sources.

The University of Notre Dame is making a $1 million investment in this project.

ND LEEF will be using cutting-edge sensor technology so students and researchers can monitor experiments in real-time.  No time for sleep!

LINK:  ND LEEF