ND in the News: March 2021
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CNN
Fact check: Prisoners also got relief checks from the pandemic bills Trump signed and Cotton voted for
March 08, 2021
"Assuming that (1) Mr. Tsarnaev's adjusted gross income fell below $75,000 in 2019 or 2018, (2) he possessed a valid Social Security number, and (3) no one could claim him as a tax dependent, then he would have been eligible for the two previous checks issued under President Trump," said Patrick Thomas, a University of Notre Dame associate clinical professor of law and the director of the Notre Dame Tax Clinic.
Associated Press
Indiana health officials tout 8,200 vaccinations at Speedway
March 07, 2021
Other vaccination clinics are scheduled for later this month including at the University of Notre Dame, Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg and in Gary.
The New York Times
Catholic leaders in the U.S. call vaccines a ‘moral obligation.’
March 06, 2021
The Catholic scholars — including Ryan T. Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; Prof. Robert P. George of Princeton University; and Prof. O. Carter Snead of the University of Notre Dame — said in a statement that the cell line used for scientific research does not contain the remains of any human being.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Forbes
Senate Passes Next Stimulus Package, Inching It Closer To Becoming Law
March 06, 2021
A December study by the University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities found that nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the start of the pandemic.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Religion News Service
At ancient city of Ur, Pope Francis makes heartfelt appeal for fraternity of faiths
March 06, 2021
“The Bible’s sort of a young kid on the block in the ancient Middle East, by its own admission,” said Abraham Winitzer, Jordan H. Kapson, associate professor of Jewish studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Los Angeles Times
Column: Is scamming hard-wired? That’s one explanation for the explosion of pandemic ripoffs
March 05, 2021
Ann Tenbrunsel, a professor of business ethics at Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, says some are narcissists who are selfish and lack empathy.
ND Experts
The Washington Post
After days of halting statements about vaccine morality, multiple Catholic leaders call the shots urgent, important
March 05, 2021
The signers included Ryan T. Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; Princeton University law professor Robert P. George; and O. Carter Snead, director of the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Vice
China Wants to Rewrite Hong Kong’s Election Rules to Eliminate Dissent
March 05, 2021
“This is really turning Hong Kong into the rest of China, except Tibet and Xinjiang,” said Victoria Hui, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame in the United States. “There is really no room for dissent.”
ND Experts
Political Science
NBC News
China proposes teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles
March 05, 2021
Geopolitics may be behind the government's fears that "yang" is on the decline, said Joshua Eisenman, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs who is a senior fellow in China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council.
Bloomberg
China Abandons 24-Year Experiment With Open Hong Kong Elections
March 05, 2021
“Beijing is so fearful of Hong Kong people that it is not enough to arrest and deny bail to those who participated in the 35-plus campaign,” said Victoria Hui, an associate professor of the department of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Political Science
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Associated Press
EXPLAINER: Pope’s risky Iraq trip aims to boost Christians
March 03, 2021
But the fact that the meeting is happening at all is enormously significant, said Gabriel Said Reynolds, professor of Islamic studies and theology at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Department of Theology
USA Today
Rockets strike Iraqi base housing US troops ahead of Pope Francis visit
March 03, 2021
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on the use of military force, said in emailed comments that the attacks in Iraq "demonstrate the danger and illegality of deploying force for deterrence."
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
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USA Today
Dropping mandates, hiking for stress, opening stadiums: News from around our 50 states
March 03, 2021
The state health department also announced the opening of three mass vaccination sites through partnerships with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the University of Notre Dame and Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg.
