ND in the News: July 2023

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  1. Nearly half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with ‘forever chemicals,’ government study finds

    If PFAS is in 45% of US water systems, the country will have a lot of work to do, said Dr. Graham Peaslee, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry who does PFAS research at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Graham Peaslee

    Experimental Nuclear Physics

  2. MSN

    Study Finds That People Who Work Hard For Their Money Are Less Likely To Risk Their Earnings

    “Working Hard for Money Decreases Risk Tolerance” is a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Consumer Psychology from lead author Christopher Bechler, an assistant professor of marketing in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

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  3. Wife Calls Her Husband The 'Biggest Disappointment' In Her Life After He Can't Put Their Kids To Bed

    According to James McKenna, Ph.D., an anthropologist specializing in infancy and development and director of the mother/baby behavioral sleep laboratory at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, the location in which you sleep is less important when it comes to a baby's development.

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    James McKenna

    James McKenna

    Anthropology

  4. The GOP has a glaring Mormon problem

    As Notre Dame political science professor David Campbell, who was raised Mormon, told me, “There’s an allergic reaction among many Americans — particularly those who lean to the left politically — when religion and politics mix. We see it among Catholics. We see it among evangelicals. And we’re seeing it among Mormons.”

     
     

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    David Campbell

    David Campbell

    Political Science