id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 3j333200w2m Christopher Scott Temple Fostering Elite Science at an American Catholic University: The Rise of a Research Culture at the University of Notre Dame, 1842-1967 2020 .txt text/plain 323 12 35 During World War II, Notre Dame's lay faculty scientists conducted secret research for the Manhattan Project and biological weapons. By fostering research in science, Notre Dame aspired to be ranked among the nation's leading research universities and most prestigious academic institutions in American higher education. cache/3j333200w2m.txt txt/3j333200w2m.txt