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The Washington Post
Secret meetings, social chatter: How the Columbia protest sparked a student revolt
April 26, 2024
Historians like David Cortright, a professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, say the demonstrations already compare to several other large protest movements over the last 60 years, including the campaign to end apartheid in South Africa and the 2011 Occupy Wall Street demonstrations over corporate greed.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
OSV News
High court appears skeptical of Trump’s absolute immunity claim
April 26, 2024
“In this complicated case, the Supreme Court will be faced with deciding whether personal actions can be separate from presidential ones,” Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, who critically observes the modern American presidency, told OSV News.
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American Studies
WSBT TV
Senator Todd Young on impact of innovation legislation and research funding
Video
April 25, 2024
Senator Todd Young, along with a director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, were at the University of Notre Dame Thursday, highlighting a piece of legislation focused on innovation and research and how it affects us here at home.
USA Today
Image of Trump, Epstein and Diddy is combination of AI and editing | Fact check
April 25, 2024
Walter Scheirer, a professor of engineering at the University of Notre Dame, told USA TODAY the hands and unnaturally-rendered fingers of those in the image are clear indications the picture was most likely AI-generated.
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Computer Science and Engineering
The New York Times
E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal Burning Power Plants
April 25, 2024
Emily Grubert, an associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame, said it was possible but unlikely that coal plants would be able to continue operating under the new regulations.
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Keough School of Global Affairs, College of Engineering
Chicago Tribune
New techniques being used to analyze finds at Collier Lodge
April 25, 2024
New archaeological techniques are being used to analyze artifacts uncovered during digs at the Collier Lodge site along the Kankakee River. Mark Schurr, an anthropology professor at the University of Notre Dame, has led excavations at the site for 20 years.
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Anthropology
Newsweek
Jewish Professor Says Columbia Barred Him From Campus
April 23, 2024
"What we see broadly is a weaponization of accusations of antisemitism that are grounded on false assumptions that equate Israel with Jews and confuse and conflate the politics of a nation-state with Jewish people," Atalia Omer, a professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
ABC News
State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections
April 22, 2024
"There's a lot of deep legal contestation over what happens next. I mean, in my judgment, I think it needs congressional consent," Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, told ABC News.
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Law School
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Opinion | 7 Ideas to Perk Up Your Last Day of Class: How to end the semester with a flourish instead of a fizzle.
April 22, 2024
Kristi Rudenga is the director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame, where she also teaches courses on both neuroscience and college pedagogy.
U.S. News & World Report
How to Find a Strong Human Rights Law Program
April 19, 2024
Prospective students should research whether the program offers courses “on the full spectrum of international human rights law,” says Diane A. Desierto, professor of law and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame Law School in Indiana, where she also is faculty director of the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law and founding director of the Global Human Rights Clinic.
Inside Indiana Business
Notre Dame rebrands international program
April 19, 2024
The University of Notre Dame this week rebranded its network of international locations as Notre Dame Global in what it says is an effort to further raise its stature as a leading Catholic research university worldwide.
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OSV News
Experts: U.S. officials must aim to prevent ‘tit-for-tat’ escalation between Israel, Iran
April 17, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that “the clear success in countering Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel is a dramatic demonstration of the true legal and moral meaning of ‘self-defense.'”
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Notre Dame Law School
The Christian Science Monitor
LA County constantly fights homelessness. How AI helps prevent it.
April 16, 2024
Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California’s Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrollment in a financial assistance program.
Harvard Business Review
Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing
April 15, 2024
By Malin Malmström, Barbara Burkhard, Charlotta Sirén, Dean Shepherd and Joakim Wincent.
ND Experts
Management & Organization
Daily Mail
Los Angeles uses AI to fight homelessness crisis
April 15, 2024
Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California's Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrolment in a financial assistance program.
CBS News
Contributions of Black baseball players celebrated
Video
April 13, 2024
The team's rich history was recovered at the University of Notre Dame. Using a single black and white photo and catalogs of uniforms from the time, design professor Clint Carlson and students like Kiaya Jones began to reimagine what the Giants' uniforms looked like.
The Irish Times
The cost of Irish unity: Non-partisan research and debate
April 12, 2024
Such work is being published and disseminated by Arins (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South), a joint project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Arins was established in the aftermath of Brexit.
The Conversation
How to battle boredom at work
April 11, 2024
Casher Belinda, Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, University of Notre Dame
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Management & Organization
The Ladders
Dull happens: Here’s how to stop boredom from impeding productivity
April 11, 2024
“Like whack-a-mole, downplaying boredom on one task results in attention and productivity deficits that bubble up during subsequent tasks,” says lead author Casher Belinda, assistant professor of management at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, in a university release.
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Management & Organization
Financial Times
War by algorithm raises new moral dangers
April 11, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who supports a ban on LAWS, says that realists tend to favour the projection of power over the protection of the rule of law.
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Notre Dame Law School
CNN
GOP leaders pursue new lawsuits over 2024 election rules – including attacking methods of voting they want supporters to use
April 11, 2024
The willingness to bring more marginal legal cases reflects how the amount of money being put toward election litigation has increased significantly, said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame who noted that the trend also applies to Democrats and outside groups across the ideological spectrum.
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Law School
Bloomberg
Election Fights Have Begun & Trump's Social Media Suits
Audio
April 11, 2024
Elections law expert Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the many lawsuits over voting rules that have already been filed.
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Law School
The Boston Globe - subscription
New presidential ballot battles in Ohio and Alabama trigger fears election laws are being weaponized
April 11, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's law school who focuses on election law.
ND Experts
Law School
America
Donald Trump attacks pro-life critics after video arguing abortion must be left to the states
April 10, 2024
However, O. Carter Snead, director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News, “Nothing in the Dobbs decision — which President Trump celebrated — precludes the federal political branches from regulating abortion.”
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Notre Dame Law School
The Japan Times
Opposition projected to retain majority in South Korean parliament
April 10, 2024
"Voters over 60 represent a formidable and staunchly conservative base for Yoon," said Sharon Yoon, a Korean studies professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel's Gaza conflict
April 08, 2024
“The case next week in The Hague will likely further galvanize opposition to any support for Israel,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
PBS
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: Supporting Students with NVLD
Video Audio
April 06, 2024
Next, our experts explore the scope of nonverbal learning disability and provide interventional strategies that support children's success. Dr. Joshua Diehl is an associate teaching professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of expertise include neurodevelopmental disorders, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, child psychopathology, and neurodiversity. His primary focus is on neurodevelopmental disorders with an emphasis on individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families.
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The Washington Post
Opinion | How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular America
April 05, 2024
The scholar David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame told the Associated Press, “Increasingly, Americans associate religion with the Republican Party — and if they are not Republicans themselves, they turn away from religion.”
ND Experts
Political Science
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Bloomberg
The 2024 US Election Is Already Being Fought in the Courts
April 04, 2024
Political parties’ legal expenses have skyrocketed to $154 million in 2022 from around $5 million in 2003, according to data compiled by Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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Law School
The Hill
‘I wouldn’t put my damn daughter in these’: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ lurk in feminine products
April 03, 2024
She reached out to Graham Peaslee, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who was already well-known for discovering the presence of PFAS in fast food packaging.
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Experimental Nuclear Physics