Crux
Catholic schools will emerge from pandemic stronger, officials say
November 25, 2020
“I think the pandemic has served to amplify and/or accelerate what you could consider pre-existing conditions in Catholic schools,” John Schoenig, senior director of teacher formation and education policy at the University of Notre Dame told Crux.
The Washington Post
The Finance 202: Yellen will face host of political problems as Biden's treasury secretary
November 24, 2020
“When you’re head of the Fed, you’re in charge of monetary policy. At Treasury, you have to work with Congress — they control both the spending and the taxes,” said Jeffrey Bergstrand, a former economist at the Federal Reserve now at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Finance
The New York Times
Watching What We Flush Could Help Keep a Pandemic Under Control
November 24, 2020
For starters, the amount of virus an infected person sheds in stool “can vary by six orders of magnitude,” says Kyle Bibby, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame.
America
Experts: Seminaries need clear sexual harassment guidelines to prevent clerical abuse
November 24, 2020
According to the working group, assembled by the University of Notre Dame theologian John Cavadini, seminary and formation house leaders should strive to implement five benchmarks when it comes to protecting faculty, staff and students.
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Theology
USA Today
As Treasury chief, Yellen may be a calming influence in a Washington split over stimulus and everything else
November 24, 2020
“She’s a moderate and a centrist,” says Jeffrey Bergstrand, a finance professor at the University of Notre Dame and a former Fed economist.
ND Experts
Finance
Quartz
Meet the company that’s tracking your location to study Covid-19
November 23, 2020
Public health and national security issues are some of the most valuable applications of aggregated location data, says Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Mendoza College of Business
The Wall Street Journal
White House Weighs New Action Against Beijing
November 23, 2020
“This would be a Cold War-like division of the world,” said Eugene Gholz, a University of Notre Dame national security expert. “We expect (China) to behave badly, so we’ll prepare a defense.”
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Political Science
Business Insider
China just launched a mission to the moon to collect rock samples — the first time a country will have done so in more than 40 years
November 23, 2020
"The moon is small, so its heat engine should have run out a long time ago," Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told Nature.
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
ABC News
Joe Biden's presidential transition allowed to proceed after 16-day standoff
November 23, 2020
"Best available is the way this has been done in transitions over many decades," said Denis McDonough, who is leading a study of the transition at the University of Notre Dame.