ND in the News: April 2023
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As Trump pleads not guilty, Catholic experts weigh in on impact of indictment on 2024 campaign
April 12, 2023
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame who critically observes the modern American presidency, said that “the word ‘unprecedented’ is becoming the most common word associated with Donald Trump and his political career.”
ND Experts
American Studies
Vogue
Learn Your Stripes: Studying Thom Browne at Notre Dame
April 12, 2023
“When you’re here, you feel that you’re in such a safe, enclosed environment,” says the designer and CFDA Chairman Thom Browne over a bowl of honey-blended yogurt and granola, his gray knit vest catching and softening the springtime light. He’s discussing his impression of The University of Notre Dame, both 30 years ago, when he was a student, and today, when he’s back in South Bend, Indiana to partake in a class dedicated to him called “Strong Suits: The Art, Philosophy and Business of Thom Browne.”
ND Experts
Department of Philosophy
Reuters
Oklahoma to vote on first taxpayer-funded religious school in US
April 11, 2023
The law school at the University of Notre Dame, a Catholic institution in Indiana, helped with the application.
The New York Times
With Dueling Rulings, Abortion Pill Cases Appear Headed to the Supreme Court
April 11, 2023
But “the two decisions are in conflict and the conflict between them is not sustainable,” said Samuel L. Bray, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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The New York Times
Nation’s First Religious Charter School Could Be Coming to Oklahoma
April 11, 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who has argued for religious charter schools and has advised the St. Isidore organizers, said that the “underlying question” was whether charter schools were “state actors” or “private actors,” despite being publicly funded.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
The Wall Street Journal
Would That ‘Succession’ Twist Really Tank Waystar’s Stock? And Other Real-World Questions
April 11, 2023
Not surprisingly, share prices surge when a corporate leader seen as ineffective dies, and drop when a CEO seen as successful dies, according to the 2016 research, a result co-author Craig Crossland called “somewhat macabre.”
The Washington Post
A bathroom can be a safe tornado shelter. This family is proof.
April 10, 2023
The bathroom’s location within a home is crucial as to whether it’s relatively safe, said Ahsan Kareem, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
Time
States Consider Banning Cosmetics Containing PFAS
April 10, 2023
A study by University of Notre Dame researchers released in 2021 found that more than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada were awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions.
Newsweek
Is Disney Out of Ideas?
April 09, 2023
Jason Ruiz, associate professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame told Newsweek: "Out of ideas? Not sure about that, but Disney has clearly fallen into a rut of remaking their animated hits into live-action movies rather than aiming for originality. Tapping into nostalgia has proven more profitable than originality at the moment."
ND Experts
American Studies
USA Today
Why is Easter celebrated with eggs? What to know about the holiday's origins and how it's changed
April 09, 2023
"Easter's roots (date back to) a day in the week in which Christ rose from the dead. It would have been the first day of the week after the Jewish Sabbath, which was Saturday," Timothy P. O’Malley, a faculty member at the University of Notre Dame's McGrath Institute for Church Life, told USA TODAY.
ND Experts
McGrath Institute for Church Life
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The Wall Street Journal
Our Many Jesuses
April 07, 2023
According to Robin Jensen, an art historian and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, the Gospels give warrant for such variety, since they never physically describe Jesus and recount that, after his resurrection, some of his own disciples did not recognize him. For Christian Smith, a professor of sociology at Notre Dame, the proliferation of rival ideas of what Jesus stands for undermines the cultural authority of them all, by feeding into the “pluralistic, subjectivistic, relativistic” understanding of religion that prevails in contemporary America.
America
Writing music for the women of the Passion helped me embrace the contradictions of being Catholic
April 06, 2023
By Anna Straud '22. Once I made the decision to attend the University of Notre Dame, I joined the Folk Choir, a 60-person choir that serves weekly at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. ... During my sophomore year, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, our director Dr. J. J. Wright invited students in the folk choir to collaborate with him and librettist Tristan Cooley on a musical project related to Christ’s Passion.
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Reuters
Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings
April 06, 2023
If approved, St. Isidore would be the first religious charter school in the United States, according to Nicole Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, which has provided assistance to the school's organizers.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Inside Higher Ed
Rewriting the English Curriculum
April 04, 2023
The University of Notre Dame, which recently restructured its English major requirements, plans to better integrate traditional literary studies with creative writing courses beginning next fall ... Though the details haven’t yet been fully mapped out, Laura Knoppers, chair of the university’s English department, gave the example of a creative writing professor teaching a course in Caribbean literature that could count as a creative writing course or a literature course, fulfilling the degree’s requirement for a class on cultural literature.
Today Show
Former Marine returns fellow Vietnam war vet’s dog tag to family
Video
April 02, 2023
United States senator and Vietnam war veteran Jim Webb honors the life of fellow Vietnam veteran Corporal Larry Hughes by returning his lost dog tag to his family to keep his memory alive. Last fall, Webb led a group of Notre Dame students to that battlefield [in Vietnam].
