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The Boston Globe
Meet the Boston-born winners of one of literature’s most prestigious prizes
September 12, 2026
(Joyelle) McSweeney, a Harvard University graduate, is cofounder and co-editor of Action Books, an international press for poetry and translation. She also serves as Chair of the English Department and the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.
OSV News
Notre Dame-Vanderbilt report: Support for democracy rises in Americas, but concerns remain
September 11, 2026
Support for democracy has begun a modest recovery across the Americas, according to the 2026 Pulse of Democracy report by the University of Notre Dame‘s Keough School of Global Affairs and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy. However, researchers also expressed concern about the rise of authoritarianism. “The findings offer some encouraging signs, but they also underscore the work that remains,” Ann Mische, acting director of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies and an associate professor of sociology and peace studies, said in a statement.
Law.com
'You Gotta Run': Justice Kavanaugh Recalls Chaotic Dash Out of White House on 9/11
September 11, 2026
Kavanaugh recalled the events of the "chaotic" day during an appearance at the University Notre Dame on the 25th anniversary of the event Friday.
America
In the footsteps of St. Francis: How my travels through Italy brought me closer to a beloved saint
September 11, 2026
“It was the cross of San Damiano that was the entrance point into his vocation, his mission to rebuild the church, and he spent his entire life unfolding that mission,” said Sister Damien Marie Savino, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist and a visiting professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame.
Newsweek
Experts Predict No Fed Rate Cut Next Week: What It Means
September 11, 2026
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Campbell, a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and a former senior economist and research adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is more hawkish.
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Economics
C-SPAN
Justice Brett Kavanaugh Reflects on September 11, 2001 Attacks
September 11, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh reflected on the September 11, 2001 attacks and their lasting impact. He spoke at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Marketplace
U.S. energy agency raises oil price forecast as war drags on
Audio
September 11, 2026
Shippers might be able to adjust to a new normal, according to Eugene Gholz, who focuses on national security and economic policy at the University of Notre Dame.
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Political Science
Bloomberg
Religious Freedom for All on Trial as Abortion Ban Case Begins
Audio
September 10, 2026
Richard Garnett of Notre Dame University Law School, who filed an amicus brief in support of the state with Georgtown Law’s Stephanie Hall Barclay, said it would be a mistake and an oversimplification to say it’s an easy case for the plaintiffs. He called their argument “a stretch.”
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Notre Dame Law School
The Telegraph
Mosquitoes are evolving to evade bed nets – but there may be a solution
September 10, 2026
“We’re battling evolution. And right now, we’re losing,” said Prof Neil Lobo, a research professor in the Eck Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame.
Fortune
College-educated women are snapping up the highest-earning men without college degrees, leaving the rest further behind
September 10, 2026
Other research on the question points in different directions, he noted. Economist David Autor and his coauthors found that manufacturing decline during the China Shock reduced marriage rates in the hardest-hit communities. Economists Melissa Kearney and Riley Wilson, studying localized fracking booms that raised men’s earnings, found increases in both marital and nonmarital births—but no corresponding increase in marriage rates.
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Department of Economics
Devex | Subscription Only
Exclusive: OpenAI Foundation commits $60M to AI forecasting for farmers
September 10, 2026
The investment brings together the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley, and AIM for Scale, alongside international agricultural research center CIMMYT and the nonprofits Precision Development and Digital Green. AIM for Scale, which stands for Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale, is an initiative launched by the Gates Foundation and the United Arab Emirates at the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference, and is now funded through the University of Notre Dame.
Vatican News
Within Your Gates, Jerusalem
September 09, 2026
“Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born, a new interdisciplinary forum promoted by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the academic center of the University of Notre Dame. “Each of us felt that something in our souls had died. Cardinal Pizzaballa’s invitation was, first and foremost, to listen deeply and compassionately to others, without an attitude of moral superiority, but in order to learn from them,” explains Daniel Schwake, Director of Notre Dame Jerusalem and of the Advisory Committee of Within Your Gates.
USA Today
Brett Kavanaugh was at the White House on 9/11. It changed his life.
September 09, 2026
Kavanaugh will be speaking about his experience for a panel discussion at the University of Notre Dame on Sept. 11 in honor of the 25th anniversary.
Americas Quarterly
Support for Democracy—but also Strongmen—Is Rising in Latin America
September 08, 2026
This finding comes from the 2026 Pulse of Democracy, published this month by Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
National Catholic Register
Catholics, Can We Discuss the ‘Nod of Peace’?
September 08, 2026
Tim O’Malley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and academic director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, told the Register that in the U.S. bishops thought handshaking would be most consistent with our local customs.
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McGrath Institute for Church Life
The Independent
OPINION | Company ordered to pay $5.6 million after breaking little-known driving law
September 08, 2026
Richard Marcantonio is an Assistant Professor of Environment, Peace, and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Vatican News
‘Within Your Gates’ forum explores Jerusalem’s vocation to reconciliation and peace
September 07, 2026
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem launches “Within Your Gates,” an interdisciplinary initiative bringing together scholars and practitioners from different faith traditions and disciplines to reflect on the Holy City’s universal mission. The initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s academic centre in Jerusalem and will bring together scholars and practitioners from different faith traditions and academic disciplines. The forum will be led by Dr Daniel Schwake and builds on more than three years of cooperation with the University of Notre Dame’s academic centre in Jerusalem and other colleagues from the university.
International Business Times
International Business Times: Strait of Hormuz remains in ‘deadly stalemate’ as Iranian attacks continue six months into war
September 06, 2026
Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on conflict in the strait, said the current standoff reflects a rough balance of power between the two sides, neither of which has been able to fully impose its will on the waterway.
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Political Science
The New York Times
Iran’s Attacks Keep the Strait of Hormuz in a Lethal Stalemate
September 06, 2026
“The strait is neither fully closed nor fully opened,” said Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on conflict in the waterway. “Iran can’t close it completely, and the U.S. can’t open it completely.”
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Political Science
Forbes
21 Elite Colleges Where Middle Class Students Go For Free
September 05, 2026
Beginning in the current 2026–27 academic year, Notre Dame is covering the full cost of tuition for families with annual incomes below $150,000 and half the cost of tuition for families with annual incomes below $200,000, with typical assets.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Once the largest Methodist church in the Midwest is slated for demolition
September 05, 2026
Gary and the University of Notre Dame’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative then came up with a vision in 2025 to use the church’s bell tower for a proposed City Renaissance Park — part of a larger strategic plan to revive Downtown Gary.
Christianity Today
The Questions ChatGPT Can’t Answer
September 04, 2026
Meghan Sullivan, a Catholic philosopher at the University of Notre Dame who often meets with AI leaders and developers, said many workers in the industry “talk very flippantly” about job displacement and AI being able to do work faster and cheaper.
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Department of Philosophy
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Bloomberg
Bloomberg Law: Ballroom & Special DC Grand Jury
Audio
September 03, 2026
International law expert Mary Ellen O’Connell discusses the war in Iran. June Grasso hosts.
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Notre Dame Law School
PBS
Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order: What’s at Stake in 2026?
Video
September 03, 2026
Derek Muller is a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and joins the show to discuss the potential impact.
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Law School
The Wall Street Journal
IRS Proposes Rules to Strip Tax Exemptions From Colleges Using Race in Policies
September 03, 2026
Because the rules allow no wiggle room and the potential penalty is so large, schools are likely to examine their own activities and make changes even before the regulations take effect, said Lloyd Mayer, a tax-law professor at the University of Notre Dame. “The chilling effect is very real, and you will see changes in policies and practices because of that,” he said.
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Notre Dame Law School
MarketWatch
Here’s what Nvidia’s $13 billion Hugging Face deal means for the world of AI
September 03, 2026
While the acquisition "could be a real game changer" for the open-source ecosystem by improving competition with closed models such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic, Ahmed Abbasi, a professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said he sees potential tension with monetization efforts. "It remains to be seen whether Nvidia's shareholder-value pressures will cause it to follow in the footsteps of other Big Tech firms that were once ardent champions of the open-ecosystem movement, but no more," he said in emailed comments.
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IT, Analytics and Operations
Vox
How freaked out should you be about Trump’s plot to disrupt mail voting?
September 03, 2026
“The Court has repeatedly said we’re worried about intruding on how states run their elections,” said Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School.
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Law School
Reuters
Key US bar exam score suggests poorer showing on latest test
September 03, 2026
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, who tracks bar exam trends, said the decline is likely to fuel speculation that over-reliance on AI for studying and an increase in student accommodations in law school were factors. Students who use AI shortcuts in law school may not be gaining the foundational knowledge they need to pass the bar, Muller said, though he cautioned that it's too early to tell. He also said law schools tend to be more generous with accommodations — such as extra time on tests — than bar examiners, meaning test takers who are accustomed to those accommodations might struggle to perform under the time pressure of the bar exam.ND Experts
Law School
South Bend Tribune
Iris Seabolt exonerated after 25-year court battle in Elkhart County
September 02, 2026
Iris Seabolt served nearly 19 years in prison for a felony murder she did not commit. She was fully exonerated on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with help from the University of Notre Dame's Exoneration Justice Clinic, bringing an end to a case that began with the murder and robbery of a man in August 2000.
ArtDaily
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opens Mimmo Paladino exhibition
September 01, 2026
Although commissions from the Vatican and the University of Notre Dame have focused attention on his liturgical work, Paladino’s oeuvre is vast; he explores history, literature, and dream imagery through his iconography, creative vision, and innovative use of materials.