ND in the News: May 2021
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The Washington Post
How Peloton backed down and agreed to recall treadmills tied to one death, many injuries
May 06, 2021
“You don’t very often see a company fight a federal agency like this,” said Kaitlin Wowak, an assistant professor of operations at Notre Dame University, who studies product recalls.
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Mendoza College of Business
Business Insider
Experts say Peloton will emerge from the treadmill recall with its bottom line intact — even as its delay in issuing a recall exposes larger safety issues
May 06, 2021
Kaitlin Wowak, assistant professor of IT, analytics, and operations at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business who specializes in recalls, said that while Peloton may have learned from its mistakes, its failure to immediately recall the treadmills is troubling.
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Mendoza College of Business
Al Jazeera
Facebook oversight board to decide Trump’s fate on the platform
May 05, 2021
Elizabeth Renieris, director of the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab, said the ruling is unlikely to end the controversy about content moderation.
NPR
In Abrupt Reversal, Peloton Agrees To Safety Recall Of Treadmills
May 05, 2021
Kaitlin Wowak, an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said there are a number of reasons that companies might initially resist product recalls, including concerns about costs and the cultural dynamics within an organization.
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Mendoza College of Business
Associated Press
EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?
May 04, 2021
The board’s decision “will be far less important than the rationale behind it,” said Elizabeth Renieris, founding director of the Technology Ethics Lab at the University of Notre Dame.
Marketplace
There’s more to the baby bust than COVID-19
Audio
May 04, 2021
All that contributes to America’s record-low birthrates, says Notre Dame economics professor Kasey Buckles, but she’s not ready to call it a crisis yet.
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Economics and Econometrics
National Geographic
In Venezuela, a quest for sainthood offers proof of miracles
May 03, 2021
The definition of what is holy changes over time, says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, history professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of the book A Saint of Our Own. “We reinvent saints in each age.”
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American Studies
NPR
Roughly 40% Of Post Offices Operate In The Red. Could Banking Offer Them A Way Out?
May 01, 2021
Rather than shutter offices, the Postal Service settled instead for service cutbacks, according to James O'Rourke, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
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Mendoza College of Business