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Vol XXXIII No. 6

Tuesday, August 31, 1999

  Members approve change in Shirt Project funding cap
KATIE WALTER

The Campus Life Council kicked off its year Monday by discussing new du Lac revisions, debating the addition of an ATM on North Quad and voting to increase the earning potential of The Shirt Project. ... [more]


Prof receives funding from March of Dimes
ERIN PIROUTEK

Fruit flies and humans may not seem to have anything in common, but David Hyde, associate professor of biological sciences, hopes that the study of fruit flies will lead to new ways of treating human disease. ... [more]


DeLisle discusses workplace ethics
KATIE McVOY

Acquiring a background in values and ethics from Saint Mary's is important to enter the global marketplace, said Paula DeLisle, a 1975 graduate and Shannon Alumna Executive Scholar. ... [more]


Donors establish new scholarship
Special to The Observer

The University received a $250,000 commitment from two anonymous donors to establish an undergraduate scholarship in honor of the late Father J. Bernard Clark. ... [more]


Laboratory releases new LAM software library on Web site
Special to The Observer

Notre Dame's Laboratory for Scientific Computing has released a new version of its Local Area Multicomputer (LAM) software library. LAM software implements a Message Passing Interface (MPI) which allows the Central Processing Units (CPU's) of multiple computers to work in concert, thus combining and greatly increasing their power. This process is called parallel computing. The LAM software can run on many different types of computer, from desktop personal computers (PCs) to supercomputers. ... [more]