News & Events

Past Events

News: Call For Proposals

CAC is awarding four semester long fellowships for the 2009/2010 academic year. If you are an ND graduate student, you may be eligible for funding from CAC. Pre-proposals for CAC fellowships are due March 14. Final Proposals are due April 30th. Click here to submit your proposal.

Event: AAAs Symposium

On Friday February 13, CAC's director David Lodge organized the 90 minute symposium for the 2009 AAAs Annual Meeting.

News: CAC Fellows announced!

The CAC fellows for 2008/2009 are: Stephanie Storer (Civil Engineering/Geological Sciences), Patrick Shirey (Biological Sciences), Chris Patrick (Biological Sciences), and Sarah Roley (Biological Sciences).

News Release (July 7, 2007): South Bend Tribune article describes 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

News Release (Summer 2007): Research Experience for Teachers (RET) offered at the CAC.

May 3 - Film showing "Flock of Dodos"

April 12 - Lecture: Ken Miller (Biology, Brown University), Intelligent Design, 4:15, location TBA

March 7 - Director Lodge testifies before House subcommittee.

November 16, 2006 - NDEER 2006 (Notre Dame Environmental Education and Research Symposium) was held at the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Notre Dame.

July, 2006 - Great Lake Protection Fund awards P.I. David Lodge, Director Center for Aquatic Conservation.

April 21, 2006 - Center for Aquatic Conservation participates in local Earth Day

January 2006 - Partnership with The Nature Conservancy formalized through MOU

January 2006 - News Alert: Freshwater Biodiversity Threatened by Climate Change

January 5, 2006 - Opening of the new Invasive Exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium.

CAC News

New results: Environmental DNA surveillance of Asian carp in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal