USA Today
Fact check: Mike Pence did not have the power to overturn 2020 election results, keep Trump in office
February 01, 2022
"Any claim that the vice president can unilaterally overturn the results of a presidential election is patently absurd,” Matthew Hall, a professor of constitutional studies and political science at the University of Notre Dame said via email.
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Political Science
The Wall Street Journal
The Attack Surface Is Expanding. Enter Cyber AI
February 01, 2022
Mike Chapple, information security leader and IT, analytics, and operations teaching professor, University of Notre Dame.
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Mendoza
New York Post
Google’s online ad business would be broken up under bill gaining bipartisan support
January 31, 2022
“A $100,000 stock trade will cost you a few dollars in exchange fees paid to the NYSE,” Notre Dame antitrust law professor Roger P. Alford said during a Senate hearing last month.
The Washington Post
An electric-plane pioneer has a plan to transform package delivery. It might work.
January 31, 2022
James O’Rourke, a University of Notre Dame professor and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel says a network of safety coordinators will be needed.
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Mendoza College of Business
Yahoo
Misinformation or potent symbol? An out-of-date yearbook photo of masked 2nd graders raises questions
January 31, 2022
“Is this photo misinformation? It’s in the eye of the beholder,” Tim Weninger, a professor of engineering at the University of Notre Dame who studies social media, told Yahoo News in an email.
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Computer Science and Engineering
Today Show
Former NFL star Jerome Bettis returns to Notre Dame 30 years later to get his degree
Video
January 28, 2022
Thirty years after his final season as a running back for the University of Notre Dame, Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis is back at his alma mater to finish his college degree.
Los Angeles Times
Column: Can sanctions repel a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
January 25, 2022
“Targeted sanctions were supposedly going to focus narrowly on punishing the leaders most responsible for the terrible policies,” said George A. Lopez, a professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Keough School of Global Affairs
The Washington Post
Why is Ukraine coming up so much in American politics?
January 24, 2022
But overall, the United States was caught off guard and didn’t respond forcefully, said Susanne Wengle, who studies the post-Soviet region at the University of Notre Dame.
Catholic News Service
Donnelly is confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican
January 21, 2022
“Joe is a person of deep Catholic faith and commitment to public service, and I am confident that he will serve in this important new role with vision and integrity,” said Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, Donnelly’s alma mater.
The Hill
As Russia braces for battle, sanctions can still be a deterrent
January 21, 2022
George A. Lopez is professor emeritus at the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame and author/editor of six books and 40 articles on economic sanctions.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Keough School of Global Affairs
The Hill
Former Sen. Donnelly confirmed as Vatican ambassador
January 21, 2022
“Joe is a person of deep Catholic faith and commitment to public service, and I am confident that he will serve in this important new role with vision and integrity,” Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins said in response to his confirmation.
Associated Press
Starbucks workers agree to union in Buffalo, NY
January 21, 2022
Labor shortages are giving workers a rare upper hand in wage negotiations. And Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, said the pandemic gave many workers the time and space to rethink what they want from their jobs.
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Center for Social Concerns
Associated Press
Former Sen. Donnelly confirmed as US ambassador to Vatican
January 21, 2022
Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins called Donnelly “a person of deep Catholic faith and commitment to public service.”
Al Jazeera
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Can US sanctions sway Putin’s thinking?
January 21, 2022
They’ve targeted oligarchs and organisations close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But they have so far failed to deter Putin from “continuing to stir up trouble over Ukraine,” said David Cortright, director of the Global Policy Initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
The Guardian
Yemen: Saudi-led airstrike on rebel-run prison kills at least 60 and wounds 200
January 21, 2022
“News of the Saudi air strike on a prison – a protected civilian site – and knocking out Yemen’s internet is both tragic and no surprise,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame law school in the US.
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Notre Dame Law School