ND in the News: February 2022
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Associated Press
EXPLAINER: Ukraine shows how not all 'invasions' are equal
February 22, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame law professor and an expert on international law and the use of force, says any crossing of a national border with military forces is unlawful, even if it’s called something other than an invasion.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
U.S. News & World Report
The Past, Present and Future of Olympic Protests
February 22, 2022
“Dictatorships tend to try to use the Olympics as the equivalent of an international seal of approval,” says John Soares, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies Olympic history.
ND Experts
Department of History
Catholic News Service
Georgetown panel discusses ‘faith, politics and the Latino community’
February 19, 2022
Luis Fraga, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, pointed out that the baseline support for Republican candidates among Latino voters hasn’t changed that much.
ND Experts
Department of Political Science
Our Sunday Visitor
Understanding Pope Francis’ theology of the poor
February 18, 2022
The idea that the Church must reach out to poor people is not new, said Margaret Pfeil, an associate teaching professor in the theology department and Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame.
ABC News
How COVID-19 keeps a tight grip on the working poor
February 18, 2022
The author cites a December 2020 study by the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame which found that "poverty has risen sharply, however, in recent months as some of the benefits that were part of the government relief package have expired.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
The New York Times
Poem: Kingdom
February 17, 2022
Joyelle McSweeney is a poet whose books include “Toxicon and Arachne” (Nightboat Books, 2020), from which this poem is taken.
BBC News
Bionic eyes: Obsolete tech leaves patients in the dark
February 17, 2022
Elizabeth M Renieris, professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame, in the US, described the development as a cautionary tale.
CBS News
Firefighters say chemicals in gear are toxic
Video
February 17, 2022
Interview with Graham Peaslee, physics.
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
National Catholic Reporter
Latino vote not monolithic, though Catholic Latinos lean Democratic, say panelists
February 16, 2022
Although Latinos still overwhelmingly support Democrats, there was a jump in support for Donald Trump from 2016 to 2020, explained Luis Ricardo Fraga, director of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Department of Political Science
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Our Sunday Visitor
Opening the Word: Dorothy Day and exploring the gift of God’s unmeasured love
February 14, 2022
Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the master’s in theology program at the University of Notre Dame.