Associated Press
Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in insurrection, but rejects constitutional ballot challenge
November 20, 2023
“It’s a stunning holding for a court to conclude that a former president engaged in insurrection against the United States,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has followed the case closely.
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Law School
America
What a Catholic peace studies expert thinks is the way out of war in Gaza
November 20, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and of international peace studies at the university’s Kroc Institute, believes this tit-for-tat strategy is precisely the wrong response if regional de-escalation is indeed the desire of the Biden administration.
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Notre Dame Law School
CNN
Trump ‘engaged in an insurrection,’ judge says, but should remain on Colorado ballot
November 20, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, said Wallace’s conclusions about Trump’s role in the insurrection were “remarkable.”
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Law School
ABC57
Sculptor with art across the country celebrates roots at Notre Dame
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November 18, 2023
A local artist is creating beautiful sculptures all across the country, including at the University of Notre Dame. But his artwork isn’t the only tie that binds him to South Bend. His late father was a long-time professor at Notre Dame. One of his pieces is actually on display on campus.
C-SPAN
Lectures in History: World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Video
November 18, 2023
University of Notre Dame military history professor Ian Ona Johnson discussed the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes during World War II.
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Department of History
The Christian Science Monitor
On university campuses, students wrestle with Israel-Hamas war
November 16, 2023
But for many years on college campuses “there has been great confusion on what is antisemitism and what is legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and the state of Israel,” says Atalia Omer, a professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
Our Sunday Visitor
Starbucks denies new employee benefits to unionized workers during bargaining
November 16, 2023
Daniel Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame”s Center for Social Concerns, remarked, “Starbucks has become the poster child for the service sector employer — the labor-intensive sectors — that say, ‘We cannot have a unionized workforce; we cannot imagine any kind of reallocation of power that’s going to result in some reallocation of the surplus; some reallocation of the income to our workforce.'”
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Center for Social Concerns
Voice of America
Terror of Israel-Hamas War Resonates With US Families
Video Audio
November 16, 2023
Lisa Schirch, a professor of peace studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, sees potential for a political solution to the decades-long conflict.
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Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
Marketplace
Postmaster DeJoy wanted to make a government service profitable. It’s not happening.
Audio
November 16, 2023
But this year’s net loss was predictable, argues James O’Rourke, a professor of management at Notre Dame.
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Mendoza College of Business
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Associated Press
Closing arguments set for lawsuit to bar Trump from Colorado ballot
November 16, 2023
“There’s this very public fight, in all these colloquial terms, about whether it’s an insurrection, but it really comes down to brass tacks defining what this constitutional term means,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who’s followed the litigation closely, told the Associated Press.
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Law School
CHCH NEWS (CANADA)
Israel air strike kills and wounds dozens at Gaza refugee camp
Video Audio
November 16, 2023
Israeli airstrikes have hit apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City for a second day in a row, causing many deaths and injuries, while accusations of war crimes from the international community grow. We’re joined by Ernesto Verdeja, Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
The Hill
Opinion | Stop weaponizing the Holocaust
November 16, 2023
Atalia Omer is a professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
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CNN
Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene botches the explanation
November 15, 2023
“Hamas’ massive, brutal attacks and kidnappings perpetrated against Israelis on October 7 violated humanity’s most fundamental international legal principles,” wrote Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law expert at the University of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame Law School
Time
Is What’s Happening in Gaza a Genocide? Experts Weigh In
November 14, 2023
“One has to prove that the perpetrator not only committed the actions, but they committed the actions with a very specific intention of destroying the group,” says Ernesto Verdeja, a professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in genocide.
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Keough School of Global Affairs
The New Yorker
What the Doomsayers Get Wrong About Deepfakes
November 13, 2023
The computer scientist Walter J. Scheirer has worked in media forensics for years. He understands more than most how these new technologies could set off a society-wide epistemic meltdown, yet he sees no signs that they are doing so. Doctored videos online delight, taunt, jolt, menace, arouse, and amuse, but they rarely deceive. As Scheirer argues in his new book, “A History of Fake Things on the Internet” (Stanford), the situation just isn’t as bad as it looks.
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Associated Press
Protesters demonstrate against world leaders, Israel-Hamas war as APEC comes to San Francisco
November 13, 2023
Rory McVeigh, sociology professor and director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame, said politicians use protests to gauge public opinion and that media attention helps.
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Department of Sociology