New York Post
China’s government can’t take a joke, so comedians living abroad censor themselves
December 05, 2023
“There are some areas where people won’t go, but it’s not typically because of government policies, but more social pressure or culture or religion,” said Michel Hockx, a professor of Chinese Literature and director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies in University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Fox News
How exodus from Congress could shape 2024 election
December 05, 2023
"Retirements can take many forms. Members seek another office or another career opportunity, or they simply get tired with the job after doing it for many years," Derek T. Muller, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, told Fox News Digital.
ND Experts
Law School
South Bend Tribune
Rev. Robert A. Dowd to replace Jenkins in July as president of University of Notre Dame
December 04, 2023
The Rev. Robert A. Dowd will become the 18th president of the University of Notre Dame, the board of trustees announced Monday morning.
Vox
How to think through allegations of genocide in Gaza
December 04, 2023
“I don’t think it’s genocidal yet. I think it can easily be,” said Ernesto Verdeja, an associate professor of political science and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. “At this point, it’s a little hard to put all the pieces together.”
ND Experts
Keough School of Global Affairs
Financial Times
Colombia’s leader promised ‘total peace’. Then violence surged
December 04, 2023
Of the 578 commitments made in the 2016 agreement, about half had either been implemented at a minimum level by November 2022 or not implemented at all, according to a study published in June by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
Radio Nacional de Colombia | Spanish
How is the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia going? Key data
December 04, 2023
Implementation progress: according to the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame (USA), as of November 2022, only 31% of the implementation of the Peace Agreement was complete.
Veja | Portuguese
Fragile gender? Not at all: study shows the strength of women from ancient times
December 04, 2023
It is thanks to Cara Ocobock, from the University of Notre Dame, and Sarah Lacy, from the University of Delaware, that they are responsible for further burying the myth of the hunting man.
ND Experts
Anthropology
Forbes
University Of Notre Dame Selects Robert A. Dowd As Next President
December 04, 2023
The University of Notre Dame has picked Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., to be its 18th president. Dowd will assume office on July 1, 2024, succeeding Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., who is stepping down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year after serving as Notre Dame’s president for 19 years.
El Espectador | Spanish
Expel the ex-FARC from the Peace Agreement?
December 04, 2023
We have just completed seven years, almost half of the 15 contemplated for the implementation of the Agreement with the FARC, and we have a bittersweet balance. On the one hand, for the Historical Pact, the Colombian State was destroying peace, but the Kroc Institute for Peace at the University of Notre Dame, in charge of monitoring it, shows progress by November 2022 of 31% of initiatives completed and 20 % in intermediate state.
USA Today
Are attacks on Trump witnesses 'par for the course'? Why the gag orders are hard to enforce.
December 04, 2023
“It’s a delicate balancing that the courts are going through," said Derek Muller, a lawyer professor at the University of Notre Dame. "I envy no one in trying to balance them in a case like this."
ND Experts
Law School
The Irish Times
North and South Series: A major research project examining attitudes North and South about the future of the island - and the likely outcomes of any Border polls
December 04, 2023
The opinion polls are part of the North and South series, a research collaboration between ARINS and The Irish Times. ARINS, Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South, is a joint project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
Notre Dame trustees select Robert Dowd as university’s 18th president
December 04, 2023
University of Notre Dame trustees have selected the Rev. Robert Dowd as the school’s 18th president. The university announced the move Monday. Dowd will take over as president on July 1.
Science Friday
Women Were Also Skilled Hunters In Ancient Times
Audio
December 01, 2023
Ira is joined by Dr. Cara Ocobock, assistant professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and Dr. Sarah Lacy, biological anthropologist at the University of Delaware, to discuss the details of their findings and why the myth of “Man the Hunter” has persisted for so long.
ND Experts
Anthropology
Science
‘Wherever we’ve looked, we see destruction.’ The Ukraine war’s impact on buried archaeological sites
December 01, 2023
Science spoke with co-authors Pavlo Shydlovskyi, an archaeologist at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and University of Notre Dame archaeologist Ian Kuijt about their efforts to track the damage—and prevent more.
Newsweek
War Destroying Ukraine's Cultural Heritage at Scale 'Not Seen Since WWII'
December 01, 2023
"As a group of international and Ukrainian archaeologists, we realized there was an urgent needed to visit these locations systematically and visit representative sites," Ian Kuijt, professor of anthropology with the University of Notre Dame who participated in the survey, told Newsweek.