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National Catholic Reporter
Catholic colleges cut humanities programs, citing student interest in other fields
March 24, 2023
At the University of Notre Dame, Sarah Mustillo, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, questioned the federal data on humanities graduates for the school.
Today Show
Notre Dame says name, image, likeness rule is too easy to abuse
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March 23, 2023
Less than two years after the NCAA changed the rules about college athletes using their name, image and likeness to make money, Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins and athletic director Jack Swarbrick say the new NIL system is damaging college athletics.
CNBC
This is the personality test you should take, says psychologist—it’s a ‘better predictor of behavior’
March 23, 2023
“They don’t get into the dirty underbelly of personality,” said David Watson, a professor of personality psychology at the University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
College Sports Are a Treasure. Don’t Turn Them Into the Minor Leagues.
March 23, 2023
By John I. Jenkins and Jack Swarbrick. Father Jenkins is the president of the University of Notre Dame, where Mr. Swarbrick is director of athletics.
Our Sunday Visitor
Jewish parents challenge California ban on special education funds at religious schools
March 22, 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News that it is “pretty clear” that the California provision distinguishing between sectarian and nonsectarian private schools’ eligibility for the funding is unconstitutional.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
The Economist
A fight in Arizona over sacred land and a mine raises big issues
March 22, 2023
Stephanie Barclay, of the University of Notre Dame, who will represent the National Congress of American Indians in the Oak Flat case, says that the federal government has a history of showing “callousness, disregard and, I think, contempt” to Native American faith.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
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Our Sunday Visitor
Mercy sister who is lifelong advocate for developmentally disabled to receive Notre Dame's Laetare Medal
March 21, 2023
Mercy Sister Rosemary Connelly, former executive director of Misericordia and lifelong advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, will receive the University of Notre Dame's 2023 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.
Associated Press
Video on social media doesn’t show genetically modified mosquitoes
March 21, 2023
Nora Besansky, a biology professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in mosquitoes, notes mosquitoes only have one pair of wings while the insect in the video has two pairs.
ND Experts
Department of Biological Sciences
Crux
Mercy nun serving disabled children wins American Catholic honor
March 20, 2023
Sister Rosemary Connelly, a lifelong advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, will receive the 2023 Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, one of the oldest and most prestigious honors given to American Catholics.
BBC News
The numbers that are too big to imagine
March 20, 2023
To get my head around just how big this is, I spoke with the mathematician Joel David Hamkins of the University of Notre Dame in the US, who writes a newsletter about enormous numbers and infinity called Infinitely More.
Chicago Sun-Times
Catholic nun who ran Misericordia for decades honored with prestigious award from Notre Dame
March 19, 2023
Sister Rosemary Connelly is set to receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2023 Laetare Medal during an upcoming commencement ceremony at the university.
Foreign Policy
China Is Tweaking Its Propaganda for African Audiences
March 16, 2023
Joshua Eisenman is an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and a senior fellow for China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council.
USA Today
Russian fighter jet collides with US Air Force drone over Black Sea
March 14, 2023
The U.S. should not respond with direct force against Russia, said Notre Dame Law School professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law and the use of force. While the drone was probably conducting surveillance for Ukraine, Russia’s disruption of the Reaper was within the laws of armed conflict, even if Russia had better ways of doing so, she said.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
The Guardian
Russian fighter jet collides with US drone causing it to crash into Black Sea
March 14, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame Law School professor and expert on the international law and the use of force, noted that by dumping fuel and downing the drone, the Russian pilot was “further polluting the fragile Black Sea”, but she noted the US had not called the interception “unlawful”.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Fast Company
What do Lyft and Krispy Kreme have in common? This—and consumers hate it
March 10, 2023
“Consumers perceive unconventionally spelled names as a persuasion tactic or a marketing gimmick, leading them to view the brand as less sincere,” lead researcher John Costello told Notre Dame News.
ND Experts
Marketing
America
You’ve never heard the story of Jesus’ Passion like this: An interview with the Notre Dame Folk Choir
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March 10, 2023
Each year, during Holy Week, Catholics hear the story of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and the washing of the apostles’ feet, and finally, the betrayal, trial and crucifixion of Jesus. These events at the heart of our faith can become familiar, even sanitized after a while. But this year, we can hear them all anew thanks to “The Passion,” a new musical production from the Notre Dame Folk Choir.
The Jerusalem Post
Efforts to mark Int’l Women’s Day suppressed in some Middle East countries - analysis
March 09, 2023
Another report about the meeting noted that the activists described “the ongoing suffering of women in Iraq and outlined a policy blueprint for supporting Iraqi-led efforts to promote women, peace and security. The briefing drew on insights from a new report, ‘Women and the Iraq War, 20 Years Later: The Consequences of War, Sanctions, and Occupation for Women and the Continuing Struggle for Women’s Rights,’ from Fourth Freedom Forum and the University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs.”
ABC News
Trump loyalist Kash Patel's tax-exempt charity raises questions, experts say
March 08, 2023
"There are definitely a number of [potential] issues," said Lloyd Mayer, a law professor at Notre Dame who specializes in nonprofit organizations.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
La Razon 25
"The mafias enjoy the monopoly of transport and opt for the longest and most dangerous routes"
March 05, 2023
(in Spanish only) Given this latest tragedy, we asked migration expert Maurizio Albahari about whether this shipwreck could have been avoided. Albahari, who is a professor at the School of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, explains why the routes to Italy are so risky and recalls that "smugglers enjoy a monopoly on transportation and opt for longer routes and dangerous."
ND Experts
Anthropology
The Today Show
Doctor takes his practice to the streets to help heal the homeless
Video
March 05, 2023
Two nights a week for 30 years, Dr. Jim O’Connell has been quietly taking to the Boston streets to care for the homeless in need of help. NBC’s Harry Smith reports in this week’s Sunday Spotlight. A classroom wiz at Notre Dame, he studied philosophy and theology, then Harvard medical school. [O'Connell is a University of Notre Dame graduate and 2023 honorary degree recipient.]
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National Catholic Reporter
Cardinal McElroy says church must 'redesign' just-war theory, favor nonviolent action
March 03, 2023
Drawing on six decades of papal teaching on peace, the cardinal told an audience at the University of Notre Dame on March 1 that Catholics are facing a "new moment" in history, one that requires finding nonviolent alternatives to prevent war.
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff (Ret.)
Reilly Center
Notre Dame Law School
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
The Wall Street Journal
Trucks Hauling U.S. Mail Frequently Violate Safety Rules. Crashes Killed 79 People Since 2020.
March 03, 2023
“The Postal Service has been hit across the board,” said James O’Rourke, a professor of management at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Mendoza College of Business
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The Economist
Places with high religious participation have fewer deaths of despair
February 27, 2023
A new paper by Tyler Giles of Wellesley, Daniel Hungerman of Notre Dame and Tamar Oostrom of Ohio State bolsters the case that deaths of despair stem in part from weakening social ties.
ND Experts
Economics
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Our Sunday Visitor
Restored Black Catholic churches show power of Black Catholic tradition to evangelize
February 27, 2023
Darren Davis, professor at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of “Perseverance in the Parish?: Religious Attitudes from a Black Catholic Perspective,” estimates that anywhere from 200 to 400 parishes in the U.S. reflect the African American heritage in Catholic life.
ND Experts
Political Science
The Washington Post
A U.S. Marine lost his dog tag in the Vietnam war. A tour group just found it.
February 24, 2023
Former U.S. senator from Virginia and former secretary of the Navy, Jim Webb, took Notre Dame students late last year on an 11-day tour of Vietnam based on his own war experiences. Webb was a platoon commander and first lieutenant in the war, and now is a distinguished fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center. Michael Desch, international relations professor at the University of Notre Dame, was also with Webb leading the tour.
ND Experts
Political Science
Fortune
Board members who don’t share a CEO’s political views are likely to leave
February 24, 2023
Directors are more likely to quit when they don’t share a new CEO’s ideology but will stick around when there’s political alignment, according to a study of S&P 500 companies led by John Busenbark, a professor of management at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
ND Experts
Management & Organization
Newsweek
Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Divorce' From Reality | Opinion
February 23, 2023
Matthew Hall is the director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy and the David A. Potenziani Memorial College Professor of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Political Science
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Our Sunday Visitor
Putin's suspension of key US-Russia nuclear arms treaty increases global risk, say experts
February 22, 2023
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor of law and a research professor of international dispute resolution at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News that the suspension is different in substance than a withdrawal. Gerard Powers, director of Catholic peacebuilding studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, told OSV News that "during the Cold War, arms control was often possible when there were thaws in U.S.-Soviet relations."
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
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The New York Times
Counting votes and cutting violence
February 22, 2023
Because I want to talk about a new paper about Brazilian political institutions by Camilo Nieto-Matiz, a political science professor at the University of Texas San Antonio, and Natán Skigin, a Ph.D. student at Notre Dame.