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Inside Indiana Business
Notre Dame rebrands international program
April 18, 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.
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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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.
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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
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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.
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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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.
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Law School
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
Bloomberg
Election Fights Have Begun & Trump's Social Media Suits
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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 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
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
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.
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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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.
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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.
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.”
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Political Science
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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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
Newsweek
How Air Conditioning Costs Could Be Cut Significantly
April 03, 2024
"The angle between the sunshine and your window is always changing," study author Tengfei Luo, a professor of energy studies at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement.
The Guardian
States work to ban period products containing toxic PFAS after 2023 report
April 03, 2024
Despite a growing awareness of the dangers and ubiquity of PFAS, federal regulators have been slow to respond to the bombshell 2023 report from the University of Notre Dame, in which researchers found forever chemicals in various menstrual products including those mentioned above and more.
Newsweek
Pope Francis' Culture Wars Divide Catholic Church
April 01, 2024
"There's no question that [Francis] is deeply concerned, perhaps even more concerned in some ways, with what's happening in the German ecclesial," David Lantigua, a moral theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.
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Theology
Voice of America
Tens of Thousands Protest the Netanyahu Government in Israel
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April 01, 2024
Tens of thousands of Israelis came out to protest the Netanyahu government. It’s the largest protest since the start of the October 7th war in Gaza. Netanyahu turned over the reins of the Israeli government temporarily Sunday to have surgery. We talk with Atalia Omer, PhD Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies/Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
Business Insider
Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.
March 29, 2024
In an email to BI, Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, said: "His departure is a long time coming. The embattled leader has struggled to rebuild confidence in Boeing's products following years of design and manufacturing issues."
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Mendoza College of Business
Our Sunday Visitor
Catholics react to Trump’s Bible sale with concern and humor
March 29, 2024
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, who critically observes the modern American presidency, told OSV News that “there’s a certain incongruity and a strange marriage of ‘church and state’ in this blatant merchandising of the Bible.”
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American Studies
Bloomberg
In Pricey Silicon Valley, a Plan to Preempt Homelessness
March 28, 2024
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, who studied HPS found that 81% of those who enrolled were less likely to experience homelessness within six months. And more than 90% of US cities have assistance programs aimed at preventing homelessness, according to economics professor David Phillips, one of the Notre Dame researchers who studied Santa Clara County’s system.
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Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Newsweek
Migrant Who Encouraged Squatting Broke ICE Rules
March 28, 2024
Gilberto Cárdenas, a sociology professor at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Institute for Latino Studies, said the border problem began more than a century ago and has remained consistent in recent years.
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Sociology
CNN
Opinion: Boeing needs a completely different kind of boss
March 27, 2024
Tim Hubbard is an assistant professor of Management and Organization in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
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Mendoza College of Business
CBS News
How jury selection could work in Trump's "hush money" trial
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March 26, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller and CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett join with analysis.
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Law School