ND in the News: 2023

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  1. Mishandled classified materials have caused an uproar. Here’s why.

    Perspective by Katlyn Marie Carter. Carter is an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Katlyn Carter

    Katlyn Carter

    Department of History

  2. The SEC Would Revamp Stock Trading. Its Math is Dubious.

    Finance researchers such as University of Notre Dame professor Robert Battalio have looked for evidence that individual investors suffer when their brokers get paid to send orders to market makers. 

  3. Peace through strength? US rattles China with new defenses near Taiwan.

    While it’s not hard to see why the new announcement on bases seems hostile to Beijing, “we’re not talking about putting intermediate-range ballistic missiles there, which would look like an ability to attack targets in China,” says Eugene Gholz, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.  

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    Charles Gholz

    Political Science

  4. Former Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili speaks at Notre Dame

    European politics came to Notre Dame on Wednesday. Giorgi Margvelashivili, the former President of Georgia, spoke on campus about Russian aggression in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

  5. Russia Only Managing Tiny Advances Amid Ammo and Troop Issues: U.K.

    "It is clear the Kremlin thinks it has the capacity to continue the war and resume the offensive," said Ian Ona Johnson, assistant professor of military history at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.

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    Ian Johnson

    Ian Ona Johnson

    Department of History

  6. UK energy giant BP's profits double to $27.7 billion

    “The question becomes, what will they do with record profits and operating cash flow? Governments are already questioning record profits from other peer global energy companies,’’ said Gianna Bern, an oil expert and professor of finance at the Mendoza College of business at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Gianna Bern

    Gianna Bern

    Mendoza College of Business

  7. Why the Philippines Is Letting the U.S. Expand Its Military Footprint in the Country Again

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    The agreement also comes after last year’s election brought new leadership to the Philippines and helped solidify Filipino President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s “radical shift in foreign policy,” says Diane A. Desierto, professor of law and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

  8. How Student Loan Forgiveness Could Win at the Supreme Court

    “The standing theories that have been thrown at the wall in these cases are wrong, and many of them would have dangerous implications,” wrote Samuel Bray, the Notre Dame professor, and William Baude, who is at the University of Chicago.

  9. Scholars, diplomats reflect on U.S. and church's response to the Holocaust

    Scholars and diplomats discussed the historical legacies of the responses of the United States and of the church at a screening of segments of Ken Burns' documentary "The U.S. and the Holocaust" at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27.

  10. Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges

    Bruce Huber, an expert in environmental law at Notre Dame University, said the new complaint highlights the external pressure that environmentalists are now placing upon fossil fuel companies.

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    Bruce Huber

    Bruce Huber

    Notre Dame Law School

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    Kansas City’s role in making doomsday weapons is a boon for the local economy

    “There’s a lot of sophisticated electronics, you know, timers, fuses, conventional explosives that help the nuclear explosives go off,” says Eugene Gholz, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Eugene Gholz

    Charles Gholz

    Political Science

  12. Low unemployment or low inflation? The Fed’s dual mandate, explained, and why officials could soon face an impossible choice

    “The Fed wants the unemployment rate to be consistent with what the economy’s potential is, and that’s not zero,” says Eric Sims, economics professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Eric Sims

    Department of Economics

  13. Firefighters’ union mounts legal push against ‘forever chemicals’: ‘It stops now’

    Diane Cotter eventually sent samples of the gear to Graham Peaslee of the University of Notre Dame, who was able to test the items for PFAS content.

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    Graham Peaslee

    Experimental Nuclear Physics