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Fast Company
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina’s new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production
March 18, 2024
By Paul Winters, a professor of global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
Rolling Stone
Potential 2024 ‘Chaos’: Election Deniers Refusing to Certify Results
March 18, 2024
... Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who has written about the issue of local certification of elections.
ND Experts
Law School
USA Today
Image of Donald Trump leading crowd down flag-lined street is AI-generated | Fact check
March 15, 2024
The original also contains several hallmarks of AI-generated images that are less prominent in the more recent version, Walter Scheirer, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, told USA TODAY in an email.
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Computer Science and Engineering
Newsweek
Joe Biden Faces Irish Anger on St. Patrick's Day
March 15, 2024
Robert Schmuhl, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Ireland's Exiled Children, said that while there were "brickbats of criticism" over Biden's approach to Gaza, Ireland and the U.S. still have "important and strong" ties.
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American Studies
The Atlantic
The Real Lessons of the Alabama IVF Ruling
March 15, 2024
O. Carter Snead is a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and the author of What It Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Fortune
The U.S. spent $179 million in 2023 minting pennies and nickels, and $100 bills are increasingly meh. Why do we still need cash?
March 14, 2024
“As the world becomes increasingly cashless, people who are already at a disadvantage may become increasingly disadvantaged,” said Christopher Bechler, a professor at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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Marketing
The New York Editorial
Breaking the Silence: Confronting America's Mental Health Crisis
March 14, 2024
Expert Opinion 3: Jennifer Hames is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame and is the clinic director of the Notre Dame Psychological Services Center, which is the training clinic for doctoral students in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program. Hames' area of expertise focuses on empirically supported treatments, suicide risk assessment and management, cognitive behavioral therapy, clinical supervision and evidence-based practice.
Forbes
Jerry Seinfeld And Bernie Sanders Among 2024’s Noteworthy Commencement Speakers
March 13, 2024
University of Notre Dame President, the Reverend John I. Jenkins, will be the principal speaker at that institution’s 179th Commencement Ceremony on May 19.
The Conversation
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina’s new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production – if it’s done right
March 13, 2024
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
phys.org
Carbon-neutral beef? Argentina's new certification could promote more climate-friendly livestock production
March 13, 2024
By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
Crux
2024 Laetare Medal winner Claire Babineaux-Fontenot called ‘beacon of hope’
March 11, 2024
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, the chief executive of the nation’s largest nonprofit working to feed the hungry nationwide, will receive the 2024 Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest and most prestigious honors given to American Catholics.
ITALY24 NEWS
What Whitmer’s second Taiwan visit in 6 months means for Michigan
March 11, 2024
Visits from US officials have “increased sharply” since Pelosi’s trip, said Kyle Jaros, a professor and expert on Chinese foreign relations at the University of Notre Dame. Jaros noted that Whitmer, as “a rising star right in the Democratic Party” and a consistent subject of future presidential speculation, “making two visits right in the space of six months, I think will certainly catch the attention of both Taipei and Beijing.”
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Keough School of Global Affairs and Department of Political Science
The Conversation
Ramadan will be difficult for those in Gaza or other war zones – what does fasting mean for those who might be already starving?
March 11, 2024
By Mahan Mirza, Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, and Teaching Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
National Catholic Reporter
CEO of Feeding America named recipient of Notre Dame's 2024 Laetare Medal
March 11, 2024
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, has been named the recipient of the University of Notre Dame's 2024 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.
WSBT TV
Operation Education: Large reading grant to help train Catholic teachers at Notre Dame
Video
March 11, 2024
At Notre Dame, the nearly half a million dollars in Lilly Endowment grant funding, will impact ACE Teaching Fellows. "Our program really rests on three pillars, growing as a professional, community, and also spirituality," says Kati Macaluso, the Academic Director for the ACE teaching fellows program.
The Hill
Israel’s Hezbollah problem could outlast its war in Gaza
March 11, 2024
“We’re inching closer to a war. So far, the two parties have been careful not to do something that would unravel everything and lead to an all-out war,” said Asher Kaufman, a professor and Middle East expert at the University of Notre Dame.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Nature
Geologists reject the Anthropocene as Earth’s new epoch — after 15 years
March 08, 2024
“We are now on a fundamentally unpredictable planet in ways that we have not experienced for the last 12,000 years,” says Julia Adeney Thomas, a historian at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana.
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Department of History
The Washington Post
Trump ballot ruling raises new questions even as it answers others
March 08, 2024
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller agreed the majority opinion left the question muddled.
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Law School
The Economist
Third-party candidates could be decisive in America’s election
March 08, 2024
Derek Muller of the University of Notre Dame reckons that “it's not difficult” to get on the ballot in 30 states.
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Law School
CNN
Trump’s on the ballot, but the Supreme Court left key constitutional questions unanswered
March 06, 2024
“It appears the court is limiting how Congress goes about enforcing Section 3 through legislation, which may also limit Congress if it attempts to refuse to count electoral votes,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School.
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Law School
Bloomberg
Barrett Chides Supreme Court Colleagues in Trump Ballot Rebuke
March 05, 2024
Notre Dame election law professor Derek Muller agreed that the majority’s opinion “would close the door to some post-election challenges that might otherwise be left open by the decision.”
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Law School
Politico
‘They didn’t do it clearly enough’: SCOTUS ruling prompts worries of another Jan. 6 crisis
March 05, 2024
“I think today’s opinion will at least close the door on some of that discourse,” said Derek Muller, a constitutional scholar at the University of Notre Dame.
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Law School
The Washington Post
Supreme Court rejects Colorado ruling, keeps Trump on ballot nationwide
March 05, 2024
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor closely following the case, said the court’s decision “does not resolve the contentious insurrection issues, which will remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months to come.
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Law School
NPR
A unanimous Supreme Court restores Trump to the Colorado ballot
March 05, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame, said in a statement the Supreme Court decision today "shuts the door on any exclusion of Trump from the ballot in any state, either in the primary or the general."
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Law School
CBS News
Legal analysis of Supreme Court's Trump ballot ruling
Video
March 04, 2024
CBS News election law contributor David Becker and Derek Muller, professor for Notre Dame Law School, discuss the legal aspects of the ruling.
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Law School
Associated Press
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
March 04, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, said “it seems no,” noting that the liberals complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision.
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Law School
Salon
Legal scholars question whether Dems could use Supreme Court ruling to “invalidate Trump’s victory”
March 04, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, disagreed that the court opened the door to a post-election challenge, noting that the liberal justices in their opinion complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision, according to the AP.
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Law School
The Conversation
Supreme Court says only Congress can bar a candidate, like Trump, from the presidency for insurrection − 3 essential reads
March 04, 2024
As Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller observed: "States are the ones who have the primary responsibility of running presidential elections.
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Law School
USA Today
Supreme Court rules Donald Trump can stay on Colorado ballot ahead of Super Tuesday
March 04, 2024
otre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller said the contentious insurrection issue will "remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months to come."
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Law School
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court rules Trump will stay on Colorado ballot despite Jan. 6 attack
March 04, 2024
“This decision does not resolve the contentious insurrection issues, which will remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months ahead,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor.
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Law School