ND in the News: October 2022

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  1. The US isn’t ready for stronger hurricanes, experts say. How structures are built could help.

    Hurricane recovery can last at least a decade and sometimes longer, said Tracy Kijewski-Correa, an engineering and global affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame who has worked on several major disasters, including 2017's Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

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    Tracy Kijewski-Correa, female professor is pictured seated, smiling, in front of a gray backdrop. She has long dark hair and glasses.

    Tracy Kijewski-Correa

    Pulte Institute for Global Development; Engineering; Keough School of Global Affairs

  2. Liz Cheney Still Mulling 2024 Presidential Run

    Cheney, who is vice chair of the House of Representatives' Select Committee investigating January 6, 2021, spoke at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana on Friday.

  3. Death Row Inmate's DNA Testing Depends on Technicality(Podcast)

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    Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a Professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the high stakes seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers. June Grasso hosts.

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    Jimmy Gurulé

    Jimmy Gurulé

    Notre Dame Law School

  4. If US presidents could serve three terms

    In his insightful and learned look at the presidency, Robert Schmuhl, a Notre Dame professor emeritus in American studies and author of "Ireland’s Exiled Children," provides some fascinating insights into why the pattern came about and the importance of the 22nd Amendment which bars a president from running for more than two terms, put in place by a disgruntled Republican Congress who wanted badly to see the back of FDR.

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    Robert Schmuhl

    Robert Schmuhl

    American Studies

  5. Women Over 50 Are The Most Undecided Bloc Of Voters This Election

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    The 19th's Mariel Padilla, Notre Dame's Christina Wolbrecht, Bellwether Research and Consulting's Christine Matthews, and AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond join us for the conversation.

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    Christina Wolbrecht

    Political Science

  6. How Russian Tanks Captured by Ukraine Are Helping the Fight Against Putin

    Michael Desch, director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, said he did not think Ukraine's recent success in the Kharkiv region was due to any difference in tanks or other armored vehicles.

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    Michael Desch

    Political Science

  7. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week

    CATHOLICISM: A Global History From the French Revolution to Pope Francis, John T. McGreevy.

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    John McGreevy

    History

  8. Trump Critics Float Theory Jared Kushner Urged Saudis to Cut Oil Production

    The OPEC decision will increase domestic gas prices—notably in California and the Pacific Northwest—and "will contribute to the inflation we've been experiencing," University of Notre Dame finance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand told Newsweek.

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  9. A Prolonged U.S. Recession More Likely After OPEC Oil Cuts: 'No Question'

    "There's no question this will contribute to the inflation we've been experiencing," University of Notre Dame finance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand told Newsweek.

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  10. Why Outcry Against Netflix's 'Blonde,' 'Dahmer' May Be Missing the Point

    "It's an interesting moment in media right now because viewers seem to have an insatiable appetite for true crime, and movies and series that can claim to be 'based on a true story' at the same time that some are uncomfortable about the exploitation of violence and trauma on a platform such as Netflix," Professor Jason Ruiz of the University of Notre Dame told Newsweek.

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    Jason Ruiz

    Jason Ruiz

    American Studies

  11. Opinion | How much cruelty is a pork chop worth?

    In addition to Scully, the brief is co-written by two other prominent conservative thinkers — Notre Dame law professor O. Carter Snead, who is also director of the university’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, and journalist Mary Eberstadt, a senior research fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute.

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    Carter Snead Portrait

    Carter Snead

    Notre Dame Law School