ND in the News: March 2022
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The Hill
Multinationals find quickly exiting Russia isn't so easy
March 24, 2022
“If Mr. Putin claims he’s going to expropriate those assets, you may as well act as though it’s going to happen,” said James O’Rourke, a professor at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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Mendoza College of Business
Catholic News Service
Court rules in favor of inmate’s prayer request during execution
March 24, 2022
Prior to the oral arguments, John Meiser, supervising attorney of the University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, said it is “difficult to see in Texas’ newest policy anything other than callousness toward those it has condemned to die.”
Inside Higher Ed
Ukrainian Archbishop to Speak at Notre Dame’s Commencement
March 24, 2022
The University of Notre Dame announced Wednesday that Ukrainian archbishop Borys Gudziak will be the principal speaker and receive an honorary degree at the university’s commencement May 15.
The Wall Street Journal
Milky Way Study Yields Fresh Insights Into Formation of Our Galactic Home
March 23, 2022
“If you’re going to say, tell me a story of how the galaxy came to be, we really couldn’t do that without a precise clock for individual stars,” said Timothy Beers, a University of Notre Dame astrophysicist who wrote a Nature article accompanying the new study but wasn’t involved in the research.
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Department of Physics
New York Post
This is how old our galaxy really is: Milky Way birthday discovered
March 23, 2022
“With an innovative approach to estimating the birth dates of stars, Xiang and Rix have succeeded in helping us to better understand how our galaxy formed,” said University of Notre Dame physicist Timothy Beers in an editorial tied to the new report.
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Department of Physics
Associated Press
Labor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows
March 20, 2022
But Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, said he is well-positioned to do so.
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Mendoza College of Business
Catholic News Service
Munitions Russia is using, justifications for war come under scrutiny
March 18, 2022
"Justification for secession is a difficult topic," said Gerard F. Powers, director of Catholic peacebuilding studies for the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Reuters
Putin acting 'irrationally,' says analyst, but settlement possible
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March 17, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the University of Notre Dame, said that the conflict is at a critical juncture, and that Russia’s failure to attain its military objectives provides an opportunity.
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Notre Dame Law School
CNN
These women may become the first African-American Catholic saints
Video
March 16, 2022
Features interview with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Professor of American Studies and History and Director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism.
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American Studies
National Catholic Reporter
Has study of women's history neglected the role of religious sisters?
March 16, 2022
Vezzosi's remarks came during a daylong symposium on "International Identities and American Saints" convened at the University of Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway center on March 9.
CBS News
Starbucks' Howard Schultz returning as interim CEO as current chief Kevin Johnson steps down
March 16, 2022
There's a value in having Schultz step in, given his knowledge of the brand, according to Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
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Mendoza College of Business
Business Insider
US lawyers no longer want to work for Russian oligarchs, especially those who want their sanctions overturned, a report says
March 16, 2022
"These law firms are damned if they do and damned if they don't," Jimmy Gurulé, an attorney who served as undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence under former President George Bush, told The Post.
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Notre Dame Law School
The Washington Post
Four ways the Fed’s interest rate hike could affect you
March 16, 2022
“Even though much of this is anticipated, when short-term rates rise, there’s going to be a bump in mortgage rates and a bump in the cost of capital — and that will happen immediately,” said Jeffrey Bergstrand, an economics and finance professor at the University of Notre Dame and former economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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Finance
MarketWatch
If China aids Russia, what options would the U.S. have?
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March 16, 2022
But sanctions may not stop China from stepping in as an economic buffer, according to Joshua Eisenman, a senior fellow in China studies for the American Foreign Policy Council.
Forbes
Why Starbucks Naming Howard Schultz As Interim CEO Is A Huge Red Flag
March 16, 2022
As Dee-Ann Durbin reported, “It’s curious that they were not able to find a successor within a year,” said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. "For a company the size and stature of Starbucks not to have a solid succession plan is surprising.”
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Mendoza College of Business
CNBC
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is retiring, and Howard Schultz is returning as interim chief
March 16, 2022
“Howard Schultz knows Starbucks. He knows the company’s strategy and goals. And Schultz is in a position to help in ways other interim CEOs could not. But, for a company the size and stature of Starbucks not to have a solid succession plan is surprising,” said Timothy Hubbard, an assistant management professor at University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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Mendoza College of Business