ND in the News: January 2023
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Transitions: Texas Christian U. Names New President; U. of Nebraska at Lincoln President to Retire
January 20, 2023
Keona Lewis, associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear
January 20, 2023
The presence of PFAS in Thinx products was first revealed in January 2020, when Sierra magazine published an investigation, in partnership with a researcher at the University of Notre Dame, that found these chemicals in the crotch area of Thinx underwear.
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
NBC News
Thinx to pay up to $5M to settle claims its period underwear contained potentially harmful chemicals
January 20, 2023
The presence of PFAS appears to have been first reported in January 2020 in the Sierra Club’s magazine, “Sierra,” with the headline, “My Menstrual Underwear Has Toxic Chemicals in It.” Reporter Jessian Choy sent her Thinx to a University of Notre Dame nuclear scientist, who found high levels of PFAS, “especially on the inside layers of the crotch.”
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
USA Today
Fact check: No, cell data used to arrest Idaho suspect doesn't prove '2000 Mules' correct
January 20, 2023
"The data isn't good enough to tell you for sure that somebody physically went up to a ballot box," said Aaron Striegel, a computer science and engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Computer Science and Engineering
Slate
The Politics of Being Pope Francis
January 20, 2023
Making things more tenuous, according to Ulrich Lehner, a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, Francis has rejected the typical practice of using the College of Cardinals as an advisory board in favor of consulting a small circle of trusted advisers.
ND Experts
Department of Theology
The Economist
Could Europe end up with a worse inflation problem than America?
January 19, 2023
Recent work by Rüdiger Bachmann of the University of Notre Dame and colleagues shows that workers in Germany are more likely to change jobs when demand is high than during recessions.
ND Experts
Economics
The Daily Beast
Trump’s Dark Money Machine Just Got Darker
January 19, 2023
But Lloyd Mayer, an expert in nonprofit law at the University of Notre Dame, said the filings also suggest a reset.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
NPR
Thinx settled a lawsuit over chemicals in its period underwear. Here's what to know
January 19, 2023
In 2020, reporter Jessian Choy sent several pairs of Thinx underwear to a University of Notre Dame laboratory, which found high levels of fluorine and concluded that the underwear contained PFAS.
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
C-SPAN
Lectures in History: American Colonies after the Seven Years War
Video
January 18, 2023
University of Notre Dame professor Katlyn Carter taught a class about British imperial reforms and American colonial grievances in the wake of the Seven Years War (1756-63).
ND Experts
Department of History
Associated Press
Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms
January 17, 2023
The proposal, which federal officials expect to finalize in June, reflects a “fundamental shift in the way we think of species protection and conservation,” said University of Notre Dame biologist Jason McLachlan.
MarketWatch
Rise in middle-aged white ‘deaths of despair’ may be fueled by loss of religion, new research paper argues
January 16, 2023
The working paper, from Tyler Giles of Wellesley College, Daniel Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame, and Tamar Oostrom of The Ohio State University, looked at the relationship between religiosity and mortality from deaths of despair.
ND Experts
Economics
Fortune
Student Loan Forgiveness: More Than a Dozen Briefs Have Been Filed in Support of Biden’s Plan
January 13, 2023
As CNBC reported, that view is shared by William Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School; and Samuel Bray, a University of Notre Dame law professor.