ND in the News: March 2021
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Vice
Why Does Basically Everyone Do This V-Finger Peace Thing in Photos?
March 31, 2021
“Smartphone cameras have advanced to where they are high resolution, and so if the fingertips are in view and take up a good part of the image and are not occluded and the lighting is good, then, yes, you can probably process the image with the right software and get a fingerprint that you could match against a fingerprint database,” says Kevin W. Bowyer, Schubmehl-Prein Family Professor at the University of Notre Dame and the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior and Identity Science.
ND Experts
Computer Science and Engineering
USA Today
Chef initiative, ice fishing trash, Tribeca plans: News from around our 50 states
March 31, 2021
South Bend: University of Notre Dame officials say they will be able to vaccinate all students on campus by the end of the spring semester.
The Hill
COVID-19 cannot be the grand finale for American research
March 30, 2021
However, there’s an inherent security risk that comes with sharing sensitive health data via a new platform, so researchers at the University of Notre Dame, with support from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, are designing an encrypted framework for mobile contact tracing.
The Wall Street Journal
Nike Files Lawsuit Over Lil Nas X’s Satan Shoes
March 30, 2021
Mark McKenna, a professor at the University of Notre Dame’s law school who specializes in intellectual property, said it is a close call as to who would win the lawsuit.
CNBC
The ship blocking the Suez Canal may be free, but experts warn the supply chain impact could last months
March 29, 2021
Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, anticipates minimal effects.
ND Experts
Finance
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USA Today
Grounded cargo ship Ever Given floating, moving through Suez Canal: 'We pulled it off!'
March 29, 2021
Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, specializes in the international economy and trade.
ND Experts
Finance
Associated Press
Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal is finally free
March 29, 2021
“Since most of the imports blocked over the last week are heading to Europe, U.S. consumers will likely see little effect on prices of U.S. imports, except to the extent that intermediate products of U.S. final goods are made in Europe,” said Jeffrey Bergstrand, professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
ND Experts
Finance
Crux
Winner of America’s highest Catholic award walks her own talk
March 29, 2021
On March 14, the University of Notre Dame announced that Harris, now the vice chairman of wealth management and a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, as well as a gospel singer, speaker and author, will be awarded the 2021 Laetare Medal, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic award.
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USA Today
Fact check: Claims that VP Kamala Harris refused to salute the military are missing context
March 27, 2021
Michael Desch, a professor of political science and the director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, told USA TODAY that until President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, "it was not common for the president, or other Cabinet officials, but especially the president, to return hand salutes."
ND Experts
Political Science
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Associated Press
Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say
March 27, 2021
“What the Black Lives Matter movement has done is use these various incidents to allow us to reevaluate the underlying cultural narrative,” said David Hooker, associate professor of the practice of conflict transformation and peacebuilding at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
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Associated Press
Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases
March 27, 2021
The defendants can still be convicted of conspiring to obstruct Congress even if the plan was formulated only moments before they stormed the Capitol, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who’s now a professor at the University of Notre Dame law school.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School