ND in the News: January 2021
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Catholic News Service
Capitol invasion adds to challenges facing incoming Biden administration
January 07, 2021
Richard Garnett, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said Congress could take the fast track to impeachment.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Inside Higher Ed
‘The Worst Day for American Democracy in My Lifetime’
January 07, 2021
The Reverend John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.: “Today's assault on Congress was unworthy of our democracy. We pray for the nation and call on everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to condemn unequivocally the disruption of institutions designed to serve the common good.”
BBC News
Hong Kong national security law: Activists say arrests confirm worst fears
January 07, 2021
"It's not illegal for people to organise and plan together for a winning strategy," said Victoria Hui, a politics professor at the University of Notre Dame, saying she was left speechless by the arrests.
ND Experts
Political Science
The Guardian
In Hong Kong it now looks like opposition is against the law
January 06, 2021
“What is normal in the rest of the world, and was normal in Hong Kong until a few months ago, is not normal in Hong Kong now,” said Victoria Hui, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, and specialist in Hong Kong politics.
ND Experts
Political Science
CNBC
Researchers expect the US to face underpopulation, blaming a falling birth rate and economic crises
January 06, 2021
After that, researchers like University of Notre Dame economics professor Kasey Buckles expect to see fertility to level off or decline.
ND Experts
Economics and Econometrics
Forbes
Prisoners Eligible For $600 Stimulus Checks; Stimulus Bill Language Doesn’t Exclude Them
January 06, 2021
There is no mention of incarcerated individuals in the CARES Act, which some argue makes the IRS position wrong because it “contravenes the clear text” of the Act, noted Patrick Thomas of Notre Dame Law School. Others contended that the IRS didn’t follow its own processes.
Bloomberg
Beijing Sends Biden Stark Message with Hong Kong Crackdown
January 06, 2021
“If running for office and trying to win elections means subversion, it is clear that the national security law is aimed at the total subjugation of Hong Kong people,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame specializing in Hong Kong politics.
ND Experts
Political Science
Religion News Service
Could Catholic moral theology light the way for a new GOP?
January 06, 2021
University of Notre Dame political scientist Patrick Deneen has developed an important argument that U.S.-style autonomous individualism must be demythologized on both the left and the right.
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Forbes
Blind Spots In Climate Policy: EV Supply Chain And Climate Adaptation
January 05, 2021
Although adaptation is multifaceted, scholars have developed clear measures (see the work by ND-Gain).
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Bloomberg
Hong Kong Arrests U.S. Citizen, Dozens More Under Security Law
January 05, 2021
“This is a total sweep of all opposition leaders,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame specializing in Hong Kong politics.
ND Experts
Political Science
Chicago Tribune
University of Illinois’ COVID-19 saliva test moves closer to FDA approval, but not fast enough to meet the demand: ‘Every school district in Illinois would love to have this’
January 05, 2021
U. of I. researchers have also shared their methodology with other universities, including the University of Notre Dame, which have been able to replicate the process and conduct saliva tests on their own.
The New York Times
Hong Kong Police Arrest Dozens of Pro-Democracy Leaders
January 05, 2021
“This is a total sweep of all opposition leaders,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame who studies Hong Kong.
ND Experts
Political Science
Nature
Will increasing traffic to the Moon contaminate its precious ice?
January 05, 2021
“Right now, we’ve got some scientists saying we can’t go anywhere near it because we’re going to ruin it,” says Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Our Sunday Visitor
Opening the Word: Beloved, come
January 04, 2021
Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
McGrath Institute for Church Life
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Transitions: New Presidents Named at Colorado College and Hofstra University
January 04, 2021
Paul J. Browne, vice president for public affairs and communications at the University of Notre Dame, plans to retire on June 30.
CNN
Microsoft says hackers viewed its source code
January 01, 2021
Mike Chapple, a former National Security Agency official and an information technology professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the attackers were likely looking for potential security vulnerabilities in Microsoft products that they could exploit to gain access to users of those products.
ND Experts
Mendoza
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CNBC
The legacy of 2020: Riches for the wealthy, well educated and often White, financial pain for others
January 01, 2021
In June, there were almost 5 million fewer Americans among the ranks of the poor than at the start of the year, before the pandemic, according to data published by researchers at the University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame and Zhejiang University.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)