ND in the News: 2024

2023 2024 2025

  1. Jewish Professor Says Columbia Barred Him From Campus

    "What we see broadly is a weaponization of accusations of antisemitism that are grounded on false assumptions that equate Israel with Jews and confuse and conflate the politics of a nation-state with Jewish people," Atalia Omer, a professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.

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    Atalia Omer

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  2. Opinion | 7 Ideas to Perk Up Your Last Day of Class: How to end the semester with a flourish instead of a fizzle.

    Kristi Rudenga is the director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Notre Dame, where she also teaches courses on both neuroscience and college pedagogy.

  3. State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections

    "There's a lot of deep legal contestation over what happens next. I mean, in my judgment, I think it needs congressional consent," Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, told ABC News.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School

  4. How to Find a Strong Human Rights Law Program

    Prospective students should research whether the program offers courses “on the full spectrum of international human rights law,” says Diane A. Desierto, professor of law and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame Law School in Indiana, where she also is faculty director of the LL.M. in International Human Rights Law and founding director of the Global Human Rights Clinic.

  5. Notre Dame rebrands international program

    The University of Notre Dame this week rebranded its network of international locations as Notre Dame Global in what it says is an effort to further raise its stature as a leading Catholic research university worldwide.

  6. Experts: U.S. officials must aim to prevent ‘tit-for-tat’ escalation between Israel, Iran

    Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that “the clear success in countering Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel is a dramatic demonstration of the true legal and moral meaning of ‘self-defense.'”

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    Mary Ellen O'Connell

    Notre Dame Law School

  7. LA County constantly fights homelessness. How AI helps prevent it.

    Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California’s Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrollment in a financial assistance program.

  8. Los Angeles uses AI to fight homelessness crisis

    Last year, the University of Notre Dame published a study that found that at-risk people in California's Santa Clara County were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months of enrolment in a financial assistance program.

  9. Harvard Business Review

    Research: How to Close the Gender Gap in Startup Financing

    By Malin Malmström, Barbara Burkhard, Charlotta Sirén, Dean Shepherd and Joakim Wincent.

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    Dean Shepherd

    Management & Organization

  10. Contributions of Black baseball players celebrated

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    The team's rich history was recovered at the University of Notre Dame. Using a single black and white photo and catalogs of uniforms from the time, design professor Clint Carlson and students like Kiaya Jones began to reimagine what the Giants' uniforms looked like.

  11. The cost of Irish unity: Non-partisan research and debate

    Such work is being published and disseminated by Arins (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South), a joint project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Arins was established in the aftermath of Brexit.

  12. The Boston Globe - subscription

    New presidential ballot battles in Ohio and Alabama trigger fears election laws are being weaponized

    Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's law school who focuses on election law.

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    Derek Muller

    Law School